129 - 112

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Capital One Arena

Officials: Sean Corbin, Courtney Kirkland, and Simone Jelks

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Charlotte Hornets	38	23	44	24	129
Washington Wizards	37	19	28	28	112

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Charlotte Hornets	129	43-87	49.4%	25-46	54.3%	18-25	72.0%	16	60	27	17	9	12	5
Washington Wizards	112	41-84	48.8%	18-42	42.9%	12-17	70.6%	9	40	24	17	6	11	5

PLAYER STATS


Charlotte Hornets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kon Knueppel^SF	28:25	28	10-18	5-9	3-5	1	6	7	4	1	0	3	1	33
Grant Williams^PF	25:33	5	1-4	1-3	2-3	0	4	4	5	0	2	2	2	33
Ryan Kalkbrenner^C	15:15	6	2-3	0-0	2-2	4	5	9	2	0	3	0	0	24
Brandon Miller^SG	26:06	22	8-14	5-7	1-2	1	3	4	3	1	0	2	3	7
LaMelo Ball^PG	27:29	37	12-20	10-15	3-3	1	7	8	7	1	0	0	1	20
Josh Green	23:18	12	4-6	2-4	2-2	1	3	4	1	2	0	0	1	10
PJ Hall	16:49	2	0-4	0-0	2-2	3	2	5	1	1	0	2	2	-7
Tidjane Salaün	20:44	9	3-3	2-2	1-2	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	-9
Sion James	21:02	0	0-3	0-2	0-2	2	4	6	0	0	0	2	3	-2
Tre Mann	20:31	6	2-8	0-3	2-2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	-3
Pat Connaughton	11:09	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-17
Xavier Tillman	03:39	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	-4
Miles Bridges	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moussa Diabaté	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tosan Evbuomwan	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
Coby White	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Washington Wizards	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Bilal Coulibaly^SF	17:10	17	6-9	3-4	2-4	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	-6
Kyshawn George^PF	17:54	13	4-9	2-4	3-3	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	-21
Anthony Gill^C	30:31	8	4-5	0-1	0-0	0	5	5	4	1	0	2	2	-33
Tre Johnson^SG	19:16	11	5-10	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	2	-21
Bub Carrington^PG	30:06	6	2-10	1-6	1-2	1	2	3	2	0	0	3	2	-27
Sharife Cooper	22:00	9	3-5	1-2	2-3	1	2	3	3	1	0	1	4	-4
Will Riley	30:37	11	4-11	1-4	2-2	2	4	6	4	1	0	0	1	4
Jaden Hardy	21:41	16	5-10	4-8	2-2	0	4	4	1	0	1	0	2	6
Alondes Williams	34:17	8	3-5	2-3	0-0	2	5	7	3	1	0	2	2	4
Jamir Watkins	16:28	13	5-10	3-7	0-1	2	2	4	1	0	1	0	2	13
Justin Champagnie	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tristan Vukcevic	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Davis	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D’Angelo Russell	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Sarr	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cam Whitmore	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trae Young	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cls63amgsinmygrage | Hornets

112 | 21 hours ago

Kon’s last 10 games:

51% from the field, 49% from three, 89% from the line

23 ppg, 6 rpg, 3 apg

Rook2Rook

40 | 20 hours ago

Cooper better return and not miss the rest of the season if he wants that rookie of the year. Mavs are tanking hard right now and they’ll be incentivized to hold him out.

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

30 | 20 hours ago

We have a championship level big 3 which is the hard part. Just gotta make sure the roster is well rounded.

michaelalex3 | Hornets

21 | 20 hours ago

Idk man, BM and Melo imo are not consistent/efficient enough yet to be considered part of a “championship level” big 3.

We’ve been winning recently because we play great as a team and we’ve had Collin/Kon/Miles step up when they’re needed.

I think they can get there, but they aren’t there yet.

a_moniker | Hornets

19 | 20 hours ago

They’re young and have the potential to be those guys though. That’s all you can really hope for. It’s impossible to know if guys are capable of winning a title until they actually do it.

Once you find a core that you think can put it together you’ve got to go all in!

TJFLASH1

-7 | 20 hours ago

I feel like going all in is probably choosing one of those guys to put in a Giannis package this offseason

Titanstheory | Hornets

8 | 20 hours ago

It’s so short sighted with him on a one year deal.

Miles and all 8 of our draft picks over the next 5 years

TJFLASH1

1 | 19 hours ago

Well you’re definitely not doing a trade without some kinda extension agreement in place

flaming_burrito_ | Lakers

5 | 20 hours ago

They’re young, they will grow together. Melo needs to work on his midrange to get some more consistent scoring, but the team operates much better when he’s on the floor, that can’t be denied. But the recipe for the most successful teams nowadays is a lot of depth and options, which I would say the Hornets have, they just need more development as a whole

svall18 | Hornets

7 | 19 hours ago

That’s ignoring that a large part of Kon’s success is due to LaMelo. Kon is not great at self creation yet

There’s a reason Kon shoots 36% from 3 when LaMelo’s not on the court and 52% from 3 when LaMelo’s on the court. I’m not even a Ball Stan or whatever

michaelalex3 | Hornets

6 | 19 hours ago

Look I like Lamelo, but I don’t think that is Melo specifically, it’s more just the fact he’s our only good PG.

Even with Collin, Kon was shooting 43%. If you put him with any good PG I think he’ll be in the mid-high 40% range.

svall18 | Hornets

1 | 19 hours ago

Yeah, I agree with that overarching point. I wish we had a competent backup to test that more. Hopefully Coby’s healthy soon. I do think LaMelo’s a bit underrated with his impact on the team due to his shit efficiency

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

5 | 20 hours ago

I’m obviously factoring in progression but I don’t think it’s completely delusional. Plenty of teams have won with worse #3s than B mill. My main point is I don’t think we absolutely NEED another star level player to be a championship level team although I wouldn’t complain if we ended up with one lol

TJFLASH1

5 | 20 hours ago

The teams that have won with a worse #3 than BMill had an MVP caliber #1, do you think you have that?

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

4 | 20 hours ago

Not exactly but the synergy between Kon and Melo is other worldly

TJFLASH1

5 | 20 hours ago

Just feels like you’re missing that Jokic/SGA, even Tatum level player to put you over the top. One of your guys really needs to take a leap into that next tier, and maybe they do, but odds are if Hornets really wanna go to the next level they’ll have to package someone I guess probably Miller, into a trade for some disgruntled MVP level player.

XLGrandma | Hornets

1 | 19 hours ago

bmill is the #1 homie

Supreme_God_Bunny | Hornets

2 | 19 hours ago

Brandon has an excuse since the injury has delayed his development and Brandon has been attempting more mid range than anyone on the team so he knows that’s a shot he has to polish and he has to get stronger

yourebreakingmyballs

4 | 20 hours ago

lol

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

2 | 20 hours ago

Its always funny till it happens

Imsortofabigdeal | Hornets

2 | 19 hours ago

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We’re finally a competitive team. Championship level is a different place and we’ve never been there

Mysterious_Pea_5272

1 | 20 hours ago

It’s really more that you have a big 3 of guys who are either the 2 or the 3. Maybe Kon grows into the number 1 guy though

thesagenibba

-2 | 20 hours ago

We have a championship level big 3

maybe make the playoffs first? you haven’t won a playoff series since 2002 and have not made the playoffs since 2016.

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

2 | 20 hours ago

Didn’t say we had a championship level team yet but the starting lineup being like 17-2 is not a nothing sample size

Azncheesy | Lakers

42 | 21 hours ago

King Kon so good ROTY

Coffee____Freak | Hornets

8 | 20 hours ago

Yes sir!! 🐝🐝

YizWasHere | Hornets

39 | 21 hours ago

Adam Silver punching air watching that 3rd quarter.

dank-kush | Hornets

35 | 21 hours ago

The only wizards players to surpass 20 mins were Anthony Gil, Bub Carrington, Sharife Cooper, Will Riley, Jaden Hardy, and Alondes Williams. Elite tanking.

a_moniker | Hornets

29 | 21 hours ago

Sitting young players who need to develop, in order to lose a game they would have lost anyway, is some nasty work

legend023 | Pelicans

10 | 21 hours ago

Feel bad for Tre Johnson

Just a rookie trying to find his way and literally being forced to not play so his team can lose games, like they were struggling to do so before.

blast0ise | Wizards

31 | 21 hours ago

He’s on a minutes restriction coming back from a sprained ankle

anon135797531 | Nets

13 | 21 hours ago

Nah it’s just horrible they completely ruined his development by playing him 18 minutes instead of 28

legend023 | Pelicans

5 | 20 hours ago

I can say the same thing about Bilal and Kyshawn though.

This could be a big opportunity for those guys to showcase what they can do instead of giving 10-day guys 30+ minutes

a_moniker | Hornets

10 | 20 hours ago

Exactly. I get tanking. I don’t get benching any young player that plays well. You don’t have to lose every game by 30, just 1. It’s not like Kyshawn, Tre, and Bilal playing regular minutes is gonna win them that many games.

Beetle919

7 | 20 hours ago

It’s egregious because Bilal needs heavy reps to work on his offensive game.

a_moniker | Hornets

6 | 20 hours ago

He came out so hot too. I’d be so frustrated if I were him.

z3mcs | Wizards

4 | 20 hours ago

He can’t be frustrated at anything other than himself. He has a long way to go and he’s making glacial progress. On defense he’s a monster. Bilalcatraz. On offense he’s like that drawing where one half of the horse looks amazing and the other half is a child’s drawing. He’s trained with Tyler Relph and tried to work on speeding up his 3. It’s taking him quite a while but he has no reason to be frustrated with his playing time.

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

4 | 20 hours ago

he was having the game of his life in that 1st quarter

blast0ise | Wizards

5 | 20 hours ago

Kyshawn is also on a minutes restriction, I’d agree with bilal though

Clemsontigger16

-4 | 20 hours ago

Being on “minute restrictions” for fake, exaggerated injuries isn’t an excuse

a_moniker | Hornets

25 | 21 hours ago

Uh, y’all got any more of those Wizard’s games for us???

Always a great way to get the shooting on track

AwarenessRare4221 | Suns

21 | 21 hours ago

at some point, a coach has to say “fuck it, we’re breaking records” right? keep my boy in there

LaMelonBallz | Hornets

50 | 21 hours ago

Nah we’re guarding those ankles like fucking Smeagle

DeusVultSaracen | Hornets

2 | 11 hours ago

We let him get the franchise record and pulled him out. I really wonder, with how ridiculously hot his hand was, if he could’ve gone for the league record tbh

LaMelonBallz | Hornets

1 | 7 hours ago

One of one bb

Pure-Can-9432 | Hornets

24 | 21 hours ago

If it wasnt LaMelo “Out - Ankle Sprain” Ball id agree but I just want us to stay healthy rn

Chardoggy1 | Hornets

21 | 20 hours ago

You just lost to the worst driver in North Carolina

Lucky13200 | Celtics

16 | 21 hours ago

The wizards looked like they were playing a pickup game just no defense wide open shots every time the Hornets ran action. Not even sure they are helping develop their players playing defense like that.

devinbookersuncle | Hornets

11 | 21 hours ago

They played damn near most of the 4th quarter with no timeouts.

I have no clue what their coach was doing but it was embarrassing to watch honestly.

bigtice | Rockets

14 | 20 hours ago

44 points.

12 threes.

Hornets were on fire in that third quarter.

Supreme_God_Bunny | Hornets

3 | 19 hours ago

We were a terrible third qtr team early on the season and we turned that around once Brandon came back

One_Consequence3861

14 | 20 hours ago

37 points on 20 shots with 7 assists 8 boards and zero turn overs. Insane game from Lamelo

Raven-19x | Spurs

14 | 21 hours ago

One of these super tank teams gonna be so pissed being out of top 5 again.

a_moniker | Hornets

3 | 20 hours ago

Hopefully. They deserve it

blitzKriegzzz | Wizards

3 | 19 hours ago

We’re just trying to be in top 8 to keep our pick at this point … NBA is probably gunna give like SA (through ATL pick), Dallas, and Milwaukee the top 3 picks or something

Aidanator800 | Hornets

2 | 19 hours ago

If Milwaukee is in top 3 then that pick goes to Atlanta. Both the Milwaukee pick and the Pelicans pick would need to be top 3 for the Bucks to be able to pick in that range, since Atlanta automatically gets whichever is the best out of those two picks.

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

15 | 20 hours ago

why don’t the Hornets shoot ¹²⁄₁₃ from deep in a 9 minute window every day, are they stupid?

AcanthocephalaSad541 | Heat

8 | 20 hours ago

I mean they go nuclear on offense for a brief stretch almost every game, maybe not to that extent but games r close and then they aren’t is how it feel

JoeyBlaze | Hornets

14 | 21 hours ago

Charlotte hit a few 3’s in this one

LaMelonBallz | Hornets

2 | 20 hours ago

We hit a few after too

But we hit a few

Krimson_F | Hornets

11 | 21 hours ago

could’ve genuinely gone for Klay’s record there if the win wasn’t already sealed in the 4Q

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

11 | 20 hours ago

Hornets FC has swept Wizards FC the debate is settled

devinbookersuncle | Hornets

6 | 21 hours ago

Buzz buzz motherfuckers

The-Pharcyde | Raptors

8 | 20 hours ago

Lamelo was out there hitting literally everything!

heat_fan_ | Raptors

6 | 21 hours ago

Ball went en fuego 🔥

SirTacoMaster

5 | 20 hours ago

Would have loved to see them try to break the record but it’s smart to ignore that shit and focus on LaMelos health.

Terrible coaching from the Wizards. How do you fail to manage Timeouts?

One_Consequence3861

3 | 20 hours ago

U know Lavar told him you better play good since you crashed that car

ColdWarWarrior | Celtics

5 | 19 hours ago

Kon might pass 300 3s before the season ends.

Bonesawisready5 | Spurs

1 | 19 hours ago

Cmon hornets bros you gotta pass up the hawks in the standings (Giannis baby, come back and make a late season run at play in) for your friends in SA, send us address for the churros

axecalibur | CHI

-1 | 20 hours ago

Melo needs to crash more cars.

The Charlotte Hornets (27-31) defeat the Washington Wizards (16-40), 129-112 behind Lamelo Ball’s 37 points on 10 3s!