132 - 139

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Rocket Arena

Officials: James Williams, Natalie Sago, and Sha’Rae Mitchell

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Charlotte Hornets	36	27	32	37	132
Cleveland Cavaliers	33	37	34	35	139

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Charlotte Hornets	132	46-94	48.9%	21-42	50.0%	19-25	76.0%	17	58	29	18	10	19	3
Cleveland Cavaliers	139	48-87	55.2%	24-44	54.5%	19-19	100.0%	6	35	36	20	9	13	2

PLAYER STATS


Charlotte Hornets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kon Knueppel^SF	30:49	20	6-11	5-9	3-3	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	-19
Miles Bridges^PF	29:33	17	6-14	0-3	5-7	2	4	6	4	0	1	1	0	-11
Mason Plumlee^C	10:00	5	2-4	0-0	1-1	2	3	5	0	0	0	3	2	-10
Brandon Miller^SG	26:43	20	8-13	2-4	2-3	0	1	1	3	2	1	2	3	-18
LaMelo Ball^PG	24:23	23	8-16	6-10	1-1	0	4	4	9	0	0	3	1	-7
Sion James	20:42	7	2-5	0-2	3-4	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	-6
Moussa Diabaté	28:23	5	2-6	0-0	1-2	6	8	14	2	6	0	3	4	8
Josh Green	19:30	10	3-4	3-4	1-2	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	3
Tre Mann	17:20	13	5-13	3-5	0-0	4	1	5	3	0	1	1	1	12
Tidjane Salaün	21:28	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	-11
Pat Connaughton	05:33	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Liam McNeeley	05:33	7	2-3	1-2	2-2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	12
Ryan Kalkbrenner	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Peterson	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
KJ Simpson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Williams	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	±
Jaylon Tyson^SF	20:02	0	0-6	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	3	3	0	2	1	-11
Dean Wade^PF	27:53	14	4-7	4-7	2-2	0	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	18
Jarrett Allen^C	19:48	12	4-4	0-0	4-4	1	4	5	2	1	2	2	4	4
Donovan Mitchell^SG	28:43	30	10-18	6-11	4-4	1	3	4	5	0	0	3	5	10
Darius Garland^PG	30:24	27	9-15	5-6	4-4	3	2	5	10	2	0	3	4	13
Sam Merrill	25:56	4	2-7	0-4	0-0	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	6
De’Andre Hunter	25:40	27	9-13	4-5	5-5	1	4	5	1	1	0	2	3	9
Lonzo Ball	23:49	6	2-5	2-4	0-0	0	2	2	7	1	0	1	1	11
Thomas Bryant	19:39	10	4-5	2-3	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-13
Nae’Qwan Tomlin	12:44	5	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
Craig Porter Jr.	02:55	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-7
Tyrese Proctor	02:26	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
Chris Livingston	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

ianbits | Cavaliers

41 | a day ago

Honestly, wasn’t a blowout and not a great opponent, but this is the best the Cavs have looked in a while eye test wise. The ball movement was great, people were aggressive, and the rotations worked well to always have scoring on the floor. The defense was bad but the Hornets can score and Mobley will help that. This was a strong showing. Best I’ve felt about the team in a while.

Alternative-Bad-6555

13 | a day ago

Darius Garland played well, team won. Maybe he really just was severely unconditioned

ianbits | Cavaliers

6 | a day ago

I don’t subscribe to the idea that Garland solves all the woes. Team needs buy in from everywhere. Effort has to increase across the board. This game against the Knicks on Christmas will be telling. They need to come out like they’re down 3-0 in the Finals.

Ecstatic_Degree_7027

2 | a day ago

DG looked smooth as hell tonight, that 5-6 from three was chef’s kiss. Having Lonzo back running second unit makes such a difference too, you can see the flow is way better when they got multiple playmakers out there

Lem__Mann7

21 | a day ago

“All he needed was to get hit in the fucking face!” Canon moment loading

Dame-in-EpstienFiles

2 | a day ago

He definitely knew they were live

afjecj | Magic

13 | a day ago

Am I crazy for thinking Kon is the best player on this team like genuinely better than lamelo

gargoyleboy69 | Bulls

10 | a day ago

I don’t know how you watch this game and come to this conclusion.

afjecj | Magic

9 | a day ago

Lamelo definitely has higher peaks but Kons defensive instincts exist (lamelos still don’t), his shooting form is perfect, he moves into space intelligently blah blah blah. Maybe I’m too early on it but I feel pretty confident that atleast by the end of the season I would say kon is better than lamelo

Matthegreat34

5 | a day ago

Yes you are

OutsideMammoth

4 | a day ago

Kon isn’t close to Lamelo at Lamelo’s best, unfortunately Lamelo is at his best once every 15 games he actually plays this season

Mintastic | NBA

7 | a day ago

If you average it across the season then yes, because half of Lamelo’s stats will be games with 0’s from his DNPs. In terms of actual play, no not yet.

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

11 | a day ago

mitchell looking like kobe out there

heat_fan_ | Raptors

8 | a day ago

Cavaliers definitely needed this

Great games from Spida and Garland

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-5 | a day ago

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lordnorinaga | Timberwolves Bandwagon

6 | a day ago

a really bad team

Hornets are 6-6 with a healthy Brandon Miller including tonight’s loss.

Dame-in-EpstienFiles

-4 | a day ago

How many of those 6 wins were against a fully healthy team?

WaffleConeHat | Hornets

8 | a day ago

Pretty hard to win when your opponent shoots 56% from three.

Tarrot469

13 | a day ago

Y’all shot 50 so it evens out.

archivedpear

1 | a day ago

when you also shoot 21-42 from 3 it’s hardly a margin. cavs won by 7 and hornets missed 6 free throws and made 3 less 3s. the shooting 56% from wasn’t the end all be all difference it seems like

OverallGeneral7129 | Cavaliers

7 | a day ago

It’s the Hornets but hell I’ll take it

Reinhardtisawesom | Hornets

4 | a day ago

All things considered we didn’t get embarrassed on national TV I’ll take that any day

One day bum ass dudes will stop having disrespectful magnet balls on us

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

6 | a day ago

The bum magnet balls will continue until morale improves

gargoyleboy69 | Bulls

4 | a day ago

Don’t see why Charles Lee has a job. Don’t see how the Hornets new ownership doesn’t press to make moves to be a playoff team. How many more seasons with the mindset of “building for the future”.

You can soft launch a competitive drive without giving up all your cards. What are they afraid of. Leverage Miles, Josh Green, and Connaughton’s contract. Your own ‘27 pick considering that you have Miami’s and Dallas’ in 2027. Why is Charlotte so okay with being mediocre. Why are Charlotte fans so okay with being mediocre.

Supreme_God_Bunny | Hornets

7 | a day ago

Jeff Peterson isn’t gonna rush anything because he saw first hand what happened with the nets big 3, We’ve been doing good under Jeff, Getting assets and we have 4 good young rookies with promise

gargoyleboy69 | Bulls

8 | a day ago

Urgency to compete isn’t rushing its emphasis on establishing and prioritizing putting your personnel in the best position to play for something especially with players that are on different timelines due to a botched rebuild. The organization has said LaMelo Brandon and Kon are the core, they aren’t operating on the timeline of rookies. LaMelo and Brandon are in Year 6 and Year 3 their peers are Detroit, San Antonio, Orlando, & Indiana in terms of rebuild and personnel.

Brandon will need to get paid Summer 27. LaMelo will be halfway into a 5 year supermax starting next season. What is the goal of the team if not to win if these are your supposed core players. What is being done to ensure that the roster has talent if one of these players aren’t available. Paolo and Franz go down the Magic are competitive. Trae goes down the Hawks are competitive. Ja goes down the Grizzlies are competitive. Wemby goes down the Spurs are competitive. Suns lose KD they are competitive despite their lottery pick and max player they received in the KD deal not playing.

The Hornets are behind schedule and the personnel doesn’t fit that of a team with competitive aspirations. Coaching staff, supporting players, the people responsible for roster construction, the vets, everything over their is built for a purpose that isn’t conducive to winning. The people pulling the strings in Charlotte simply don’t understand how to put the pieces together to create an environment that WINS.

That has to change with the new ownership now in place, the longer fans make excuses or try to force themselves to cope with what they are seeing, the more damage it does. Make noise. Don’t settle for mediocrity before the mediocrity festers and infects the good new things that have inspired hope and incited belief within the fanbase.

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

3 | a day ago

First things first, mediocre is better than we’ve been for the vast majority of the last 20 years lol. That said, I also can’t stand Charles Lee. That dude has zero fire in him from what we can see and it has to have a trickle down effect to a team that already seems permanently lethargic. Get this dude outta here and bring me someone who’s gonna get up for some basketball and doesn’t have a paper bag personality.

Classic_Reference_92

-6 | a day ago

I want ro see Garland in Minnesota

Ok_Possible_5702

7 | a day ago

you’ll have to drive him there during ASB, because there’s no plausible 2-teams trade that takes him to Minneapolis.

Opposite-Skirt5158

2 | a day ago

I love Garland and I love Ant. That backcourt would be insane. I don’t think Minny wants to do what it would take to make it happen

The Cleveland Cavaliers (16-14) defeat the Charlotte Hornets (9-20), 139-132 behind 27 points and 10 assists from Darius Garland.