Charlotte Hornets blew out the Phoenix Suns 120-106 Sunday afternoon. It’s the fourth win in the last five games for the Hornets, while the Suns have lost eight straight. Charlotte is two games back from the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs with ten games remaining. Charlotte Hornets came out on fire to start the game, quickly built a 30 to 7 lead with help from Marvin Williams who help sparked the run, connecting on his first three three-pointers. And would lead by 22 at halftime. The Suns did cut the lead to four with 4½ minutes left after TJ Warren made a reverse layup and Devin Booker hit some jumpers. But the Hornets would respond with a Nic Batum three-pointer and Kemba Walker cutting layup that ignited an 11-0 run and would outscore the Suns 14-5 after that to put the game away.
The MVP for the Hornets this game is the captain Kemba Walker who scored 31 points and handed out 9 assists. Kemba always comes ready to play but the past few games he hasn’t been playing well. But that changed today, shooting 55% from the field and 44% from the three are great numbers to see out of our number one scorer. He also had two buzzer beaters in this game also, hitting a three-pointer right before halftime and crossing-over a Phoenix defender and hitting a mid-range jumper as the third quarter was winding down. I guess he thought he was back at UCONN or something. That not much more to say about this game, Suns never led in this game, Hornets had 8 steals and blocked two shots which are two great stats to see from a team that is known for their defense. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist also did a great job on Booker who scored 70 points in the Suns game before this game. Shutting down Booker for the first 10 minutes of the game, not allowing him to score or get into a rhythm. The leading scorer for the Hornets this game were Marvin Williams with 21 points 7 rebounds, Nicolas Batum with 18 points 10 assists, Cody Zeller with 16 points 4 steals, Frank Kaminsky with 10 points and Marco Belinelli with 8 points. The leading scorers for the Suns were Devin Booker with 23 points, TJ Warren with 21 points 10 rebounds, Tyler Ulis with 16 points 9 assists, Alan Williams with 11 points and 11 rebounds. The Charlotte Hornets (33-40) host the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday night.
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