119 - 111

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Rocket Arena

Officials: Rodney Mott, Michael Smith, and Nick Buchert

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Total
Charlotte Hornets	33	24	31	23	8	119
Cleveland Cavaliers	29	18	32	32	0	111

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Charlotte Hornets	119	43-98	43.9%	17-44	38.6%	16-21	76.2%	12	67	28	26	9	16	7
Cleveland Cavaliers	111	38-95	40.0%	12-38	31.6%	23-29	79.3%	13	56	27	24	10	14	4

PLAYER STATS


Charlotte Hornets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kon Knueppel^SF	43:50	29	11-19	3-7	4-4	0	4	4	3	0	1	2	5	10
Miles Bridges^PF	39:26	20	7-19	3-8	3-4	2	8	10	6	1	0	2	1	10
Ryan Kalkbrenner^C	20:30	7	3-4	0-0	1-2	1	2	3	0	1	3	2	1	1
Brandon Miller^SG	38:55	25	8-23	5-10	4-4	5	8	13	6	1	0	4	5	1
Sion James^PG	37:08	9	3-9	3-6	0-0	0	7	7	3	0	1	1	4	12
Josh Green	14:57	8	3-6	2-5	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	8
Moussa Diabaté	21:50	5	2-3	0-0	1-1	2	4	6	0	2	1	1	5	-6
KJ Simpson	19:04	6	2-9	1-6	1-2	0	0	0	4	2	0	3	1	-9
Drew Peterson	04:53	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Tidjane Salaün	13:57	6	2-3	0-1	2-4	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	2
Mason Plumlee	10:27	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	4	1	0	0	2	9
Grant Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LaMelo Ball	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Connaughton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tre Mann	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liam McNeeley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antonio Reeves	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Collin Sexton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cleveland Cavaliers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
De’Andre Hunter^SF	26:32	4	1-7	0-3	2-2	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	3	-4
Dean Wade^PF	31:33	14	5-9	3-6	1-2	1	7	8	2	1	0	0	2	-11
Jarrett Allen^C	22:54	9	3-8	0-0	3-5	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	-5
Donovan Mitchell^SG	37:55	17	6-24	1-11	4-5	1	1	2	7	2	1	2	4	-12
Darius Garland^PG	39:25	26	8-19	3-7	7-8	0	2	2	9	1	1	4	2	-8
Jaylon Tyson	35:29	16	6-13	2-4	2-2	3	10	13	1	1	0	1	5	-4
Nae’Qwan Tomlin	14:09	7	3-3	1-1	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
Lonzo Ball	31:54	8	3-8	1-5	1-2	2	3	5	4	5	1	2	0	-1
Thomas Bryant	14:13	10	3-4	1-1	3-3	2	4	6	1	0	1	1	3	6
Craig Porter Jr.	04:23	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-7
Tyrese Proctor	06:32	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6
Chris Livingston	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Merrill	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Evan Mobley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Nance Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Strus	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Travers	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

dank-kush | Hornets

329 | a day ago

If you go scoreless against this hornets team for a full 5 mins there is something seriously wrong with your offense.

theuncleiroh | Raptors

93 | a day ago

I’m gonna look the other way as a Raptors fan….

shangalang69 | Raptors

50 | a day ago

nothing to see here gang

goofenstein_in_3D | Cavaliers

54 | a day ago

Cavs fans get mad when I talk about how the team is full of bums and led by bums but yet all they produce is bum-like results

NotManyBuses | Charlotte Bobcats

30 | a day ago

Mitchell played like the Monstars stole his talent

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

16 | a day ago

Garland,Mitchell,Mobley,Allen are all just there for the vibes they don’t care about getting better and winning meaningful games.

goofenstein_in_3D | Cavaliers

15 | a day ago

100%, they realized last year they the post season gets in the way of them doing what they really enjoy (anything besides basketball) and this year are determined to not have to play any extra games

HokageEzio | Knicks

12 | a day ago

They’re tanking on purpose so the lights can get as dim as possible. Bright lights are scary.

goofenstein_in_3D | Cavaliers

12 | a day ago

they can’t handle the bright lights and media scrutiny of…hold on a second…Cleveland Ohio

HokageEzio | Knicks

5 | a day ago

Cleveland fans are notorious for only expecting greatness from their teams. Tough environment for anybody.

goofenstein_in_3D | Cavaliers

6 | a day ago

if you need to find suckers, just check the home fans at Browns and Cavs games. asking for nothing, accepting even less

BuQuChi | Knicks

2 | a day ago

🫴 Mid 3

Legitimate_Cow_4166 | Warriors

11 | a day ago

Cavs gotta choose between Garland and Mitchell. Also Jarret Allen and Deandre Hunter should be in every trade conversation possible.

I’d move Tyson to the starting lineup sooner than later.

Honestly do a quick re build around Mobley, Tyson, Mitchell

K1NG2L4Y3R | Timberwolves

3 | 21 hours ago

You guys are just Jazz East honestly

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

2 | a day ago

They rely on a better version of Ricky Davis not surprised

smoothsoul23 | Raptors

1 | a day ago

They did a Raptors impression alright lol

Simple_Caregiver_394

1 | 7 hours ago

Bro they literally forgot how to play basketball in OT lmao 0 points is wild

Aslan27 | Rockets

125 | a day ago

0 points in the entirety of overtime at home against the Hornets. Holy shit that is next level bad

ChickenLiverNuts | PHI

17 | a day ago

kinda surprised this has only ever happened twice

feel like there are 5 min scoring droughts all the time during regular play but im probably thinking of field goal droughts.

dylanbackers

3 | 21 hours ago

Yea I think offensive efficiency is too high nowadays for most teams especially during clutch time with their best lineups out there to go scoreless that long. I’m surprised there weren’t those droughts during the deadball era though

29671 | Hornets

108 | a day ago

8-0 overtime hahaha

Comprehensive_Main | Lakers

45 | a day ago

Makes sense. If a team can’t beat the hornets in regulation then they probably won’t in OT

29671 | Hornets

10 | a day ago

https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401748704/hornets-lakers

Comprehensive_Main | Lakers

6 | a day ago

Yep probably wouldn’t win if it to OT

penguin_torpedo | Nuggets

1 | 8 hours ago

All of their wins are in overtime?

NotManyBuses | Charlotte Bobcats

79 | a day ago

How garbage are the Cavs my lord

toggaf69 | Cavaliers

27 | a day ago

Yes

JohnySilkBoots | Cavaliers

8 | a day ago

I agree, go Cavs?

Pagliaccio13 | 76ers

77 | a day ago

Imagine shooting 1 of 6 in ovetime and winning by 8 lmao

Jay_Shadow | Cavaliers

64 | a day ago

Call me old school, but I believe scoring in overtime is how you win games.

HokageEzio | Knicks

15 | a day ago

Technically speaking both teams could have an ass off and score zero points in OT to send it to double OT.

Standard-Juice-3738 | Cavaliers

2 | a day ago

Then what happens?

Express-Pandas | Kings

11 | a day ago

Adam Silver comes down and deports both teams

No_Swimming_9472 | Magic

42 | a day ago

Kon should be a rookie All Star

sv_trader | Charlotte Bobcats

40 | a day ago

Ive done the research and can confirm, this was the worst overtime of all time

cajun_vegeta | Lakers

8 | a day ago

reddit thread - worst OT losses

Yellowbucket58 | Celtics

44 | a day ago

The Cavs didn’t lose their twelfth game until late March last year. What a drop off.

goofenstein_in_3D | Cavaliers

13 | a day ago

they’re still shell-shocked from having their hymens destroyed by the pacers in the postseason last year

1azaz1 | Knicks

14 | a day ago

Bro so did the knicks but they bounced back, im just confused on the drastic drop off even with the injuries. Ty Jerome was sacrificed for this…

BuQuChi | Knicks

7 | a day ago

Yeah but remember we bullied them the year before.. Knicks actually made positive changes and big moves to develop each year. Cavs notable moves were: losing Ty Jerome and Okoro and adding Hunter..

chantlernz | Cavaliers

14 | a day ago

If you’re going to mention the moves then at least do it properly instead of being disingenuous - we lost Jerome and Okoro, and added Hunter, Lonzo, Nance Jr and Bryant, along with some good development from Tyson.

It’s not amazing, sure, but if you’re going to mention Okoro then at least put the returning player in the trade.

BuQuChi | Knicks

1 | 6 hours ago

Adding Lonzo Ball in 2025 coming off a knee injury.. is not a notable move.

I do like Nance Jr and the young guys Proctor and Porter Jr, but these are irrelevant to title aspirations

Legitimate_Cow_4166 | Warriors

4 | a day ago

Cavs have had their ass pounded 3 playoffs in a row now: 1-4 series losses to each of Pacers, Celtics, and Knicks

RxJax | Heat

26 | a day ago

All the carry jobs Mitchell has had to do are catching up him, he looks knackered already

nefnaf | Celtics

16 | a day ago

Yeah it feels like lately, if Mitchell doesn’t go berserk the Cavs just lose. And even if he does go berserk the outcome is a coin flip.

Skipton | Knicks

23 | a day ago

Garland and Allen on pretty crazy contracts relative to their level of play

Tarrot469

4 | 21 hours ago

Allen’s on 20 million I think, he’s getting paid less than DeAndre Hunter who went ¹⁄₇. I don’t know why he gets scapegoated/blamed so much for the woes considering how little he’s making.

Garland’s got a steel plate in his foot I believe and its clearly affecting his play. Its the same as 2 years ago where he lost all the weight from having his mouth injured and playing poorly after that, then bouncing back last year before he hurt his toe.

IndoFountainPenner | Lakers

1 | a day ago

What happened to Allen? He was a fan fav and getting minor all star shouts a few seasons before no?

Aquetas | Cavaliers

11 | a day ago

He broke a finger earlier in the year and just came back from 2 weeks off for a separate injury. The whole team besides Mitchell has been injured all year.

Barrelled_Chef_Curry | Warriors

1 | 21 hours ago

Come to the warriors Allen

Daconvix | Knicks

19 | a day ago

Scoreless in OT is crazy

Fire_Demon-215

19 | a day ago

Getting shut out in overtime by the hornets has to be a sign to blow it up

GuraNuS | Finland

13 | a day ago

That was one ugly OT

Not_Great_B0B_ | Knicks

11 | a day ago

Garland’s body language was terrible

Soapstarboi | Cavaliers

9 | a day ago

One of those players who is high when he’s high and low when he’s low. Not a serious player.

onefootback | Raptors

10 | a day ago

that was a humiliation ritual for the cavs, jesus

Prior-Rooster3232 | Warriors

10 | a day ago

0 points in ot is crazy

Pseudonym_Misnomer

9 | a day ago

does this make the Cavs frauds?

inshamblesx | Rockets

17 | a day ago

last year they were frauds this year they are just ass

pinhead-l | TOR

0 | a day ago

always have been

GroovyMelodicBliss | Cavaliers

2 | 11 hours ago

Flair up nephew

avroLancasterBPR1

1 | a day ago

every team with best player mitchell is a fraud team

crazy how this guy had embarrassing playoff losses, then moved to a whole different conference and kept having more embarrassing playoff losses and he still escapes the blame

HokageEzio | Knicks

7 | a day ago

This Cavs team is unbelievably ass…

heat_fan_ | Raptors

8 | a day ago

How do you go scoreless in OT damnn

Hornets got a stud in Kon

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

4 | a day ago

Donovan Mitchell is not a top 10 player in this league closer to 20

NegbombDB

10 | a day ago

This is his worst shooting night of the season after carrying the offense the entire season.

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

-2 | a day ago

Carried it straight into the ground

theuncleiroh | Raptors

-2 | a day ago

I wasn’t lying when I said I’d rather have Scottie this year. Mitchell doesn’t feel like he has that spark this year, I’m always pretty surprised that his numbers aren’t as bad as I imagine

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

-4 | a day ago

Scottie sooo much better lol Mitchell is popular with ppl who got into the sport or were born 10 years ago.

goofenstein_in_3D | Cavaliers

-2 | a day ago

he’s not a top 10 athlete in Ohio

Soapstarboi | Cavaliers

-2 | a day ago

What team did Mitchell make his teammates better? Not Utah. Not team USA at world cup (7th placer as the leading man). Not Cavs.

Devin Booker is much better player. Mitchell can score against 5 defenders but he just feels so alone when he does these. When Mitchell takes over it feels like he has the need to be the hero. When Booker takes over it’s the feel the need to win.

Starveiled | Hornets

7 | a day ago

Cavs played with such low energy in the 1st half. Finally brought it in the fourth but man that was rough for them. Really bad vibes coming off that team.

0 points in OT is impressively bad. I am giving a lot of credit to my Hornets for really good defensive effort, but still.

WellFedBird | Hornets

5 | a day ago

Cavs need to blow it up tbh

Forsaken_Flight6188 | Knicks

5 | a day ago

Going scoreless in OT versus the Hornets at home without Lamelo Grant Williams and Colin Sexton is egregious

Unusual-Ask6933 | Celtics

4 | a day ago

I’ve seen some fans blame injuries, others say they’re saving it for the playoffs (lol), but the reality is this Cavs team is mid. They’re not the same team they were last regular season.

Even with injuries, you should still be able to get wins with role players stepping up (or better yet star players). Especially against worse teams. Every Cavs game I’ve seen this year is either a loss or they’re losing for most of the game and squeak out the win late. Injuries or not, you can and should still be building winning habits. Good news is there’s lots of season to go.

The-Pharcyde | Raptors

4 | a day ago

King Kong saved the hornets. Also scoreless in OT in 2025 is wild lol.

toggaf69 | Cavaliers

3 | a day ago

Damn we suck this year

Otherwise-Radio-8787

4 | a day ago

Wtf happened to the cavs fr?

gsnake007

3 | a day ago

And that’s why the cavs suck. You lost to the fucking hornets of all teams smh

nasty_clean

3 | a day ago

Anyone remember the Bobcats games? OT felt like that but with more 3 attempts

Goldenkeywee

2 | a day ago

When was the last time a team went scoreless in OT

Vicentesteb | Timberwolves

1 | a day ago

From what I can see, Chicago in 2015 vs the Wolves went scoreless.

deejaysea

2 | a day ago

brandon miller was actively trying to give the game away down the stretch in the 4th but the cavaliers are a clownball team and couldn’t do shit about it

smoothsoul23 | Raptors

2 | a day ago

Yikes Cavs are underperforming

x_TDeck_x | Spurs

2 | a day ago

I think the 2nd half was decently inspiring for the Cavs but the 1st half looked like they were sleepwalking, then OT was something

I thought Lonzo outperformed what the stat sheet shows so thats pretty nice

gradedonacurve | Knicks

2 | a day ago

Could be a brutal stretch without Mobley for the Cavs. Garland also doesn’t really look right though he had a really nice line today. You can see this team settling in and making a run if they can get everyone back but it’s starting to feel like a tall task.

The_Living_L | Raptors

2 | a day ago

Idk how the Cavs can walk into the playoffs thinking anything will be any different, yes they can easily turn this around still and end up with a high seed, but I doubt they will do any different in the playoffs regardless

handgredave | Hornets

2 | a day ago

Ok after losing to this hornets team at home I am officially ready to ask WTF is wrong with the cavs? The hornets were doing their very best to give this game away in the 4th

Lepablito

2 | a day ago

Lost to my bug boys

CASE-90 | Magic

2 | a day ago

I don’t get this Cavs team. Starting five is stacked with talent. I know garland has had issues and looks like Mobley is out but they still got Donovan mitchelll and Jarrett Allen amongst other great pieces.

lielenoca

2 | a day ago

i was rooting for cavs last year and ive been following most of their games, i think cavs became shit when they signed hunter

legoislyfe

2 | a day ago

You just can’t win anything serious with 2 undersized guards in the back court at once, unless one of the guards has all-nba level defense and even then in today’s nba that’s iffy.

Like dude look at Ellis and Curry, 2 undersized guards together, then once warriors shipped off Ellis to Bucks, Curry prospered.

You literally can’t win anything serious with Garland and Mitchell on the floor at the same time, sure maybe win a playoff series against another mid team but that’s all that will happen.

Whenever things are going bad Garland doesn’t have that dog in him, bad body language, and has some ego issues. He’s also so fragile and injury prone and bad at defense. He has good handles and passing but the offensive output can’t outmatch his defensive liability with Donovan on the court, Donovan also shit at defense since he expells too much energy offensively dribbling a lot.

bigbuginabag | Knicks

0 | a day ago

Lonzo Ball destroying the cavs from the inside

No_Pop_5719

1 | a day ago

Cavs aren’t going anywhere with this core.

Mitchell just isn’t enough of a transcendent talent and Mobley hasn’t developed as a scorer like he needed to.

They might be able to turn the RS around, but I doubt the results in the playoffs will change that much

Ahfekz | DET

1 | a day ago

Lmao

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

1 | a day ago

It’s over for the Cavs. Get out of the second apron,trade away Darius

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

1 | a day ago

Cavs might have to blow it up after this season

Low_Income4405 | Knicks

1 | a day ago

First look: Geez how’d yall lose to Charlotte in OT

Closer Look: SCORELESS?!?!

Several_Hour_347

1 | a day ago

Didn’t people say this Cavs team was ready to leave LeBron in the past? Lmao

yelsamarani | Cavaliers

1 | 18 hours ago

that would be because people can’t actually predict anything(obviously) and in fact are just extrapolating from what is being observed from past and present.

poop-fungus50

1 | a day ago

Yeah Cavs are going to make some big changes. Nobody looked like they wanted to even play in the 4th, and the guy making 23m/yr sat the last half of the 4th and didn’t even get up during OT. GG

Gristle__McThornbody | Lakers

1 | a day ago

What’s up with the Cavs. Last time I checked they were top 3 in the East.

Afraid-Department-35 | Mavericks

1 | a day ago

Damn, scoreless in OT. WTF happened lol

No-Equipment-20 | Lakers

1 | a day ago

Bro what is going on in Cleveland 💀

Giuseppe_exitplan | Magic

1 | a day ago

Big Nipple ROTY

Giuseppe_exitplan | Magic

1 | a day ago

I take back all previous comments. The Cavaliers may be done.

JohnySilkBoots | Cavaliers

1 | a day ago

We suck again!

IamSofakingRAW | Raptors

1 | 21 hours ago

Kon is the best player on the Hornets

IonHazzikostasIsGod | Raptors

1 | 21 hours ago

Truly ass

BuQuChi | Knicks

0 | a day ago

Even the Cavs comms are soft, can’t criticise that turgid OT or how many bricks they threw up.

Top end talent is a major issue, there’s some good role players / young guys they’ve picked up, but the problems start from the top down.

Ryan Kalkbrenner and Diabate are lowkey nice role players for the Hornets, but Kon looks to have great potential as a 2/3rd option if he stays on this trajectory

Focused_Sky

0 | a day ago

Donovan “Empty calories” Mitchell

Ahfekz | DET

0 | a day ago

EVERYBODY GET IN HERE

gothxo | Cavaliers

0 | a day ago

zero dawg in this team. just a bunch of players going through the motions and occasionally Donovan Mitchell wants to farm some highlights. can’t stand them

FreeHat1234 | Knicks

0 | a day ago

Frauds

_theghost_ | Lakers

0 | a day ago

It’s officially time to slam the panic button if your a Cavs fan. This may just boil down to roster construction which might necessitate an incredibly uncomfortable conversation about the teams future.

IndoFountainPenner | Lakers

-1 | a day ago

Please blow it up cavs and send us Hunter for our scraps

unH4te

-1 | a day ago

Donovan is a fraud

The Charlotte Hornets (8-18) defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers (15-12), 119-111 in overtime.