99 - 111

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Mortgage Matchup Center

Officials: Scott Foster, Nate Green, and Jenna Reneau

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Charlotte Hornets	30	28	19	22	99
Phoenix Suns	28	32	21	30	111

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Charlotte Hornets	99	37-87	42.5%	15-45	33.3%	10-15	66.7%	13	53	24	21	1	11	6
Phoenix Suns	111	36-79	45.6%	16-41	39.0%	23-26	88.5%	10	49	24	17	5	6	5

PLAYER STATS


Charlotte Hornets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kon Knueppel^SF	29:34	15	4-11	2-8	5-6	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	-1
Miles Bridges^PF	28:57	16	7-16	1-6	1-2	3	4	7	1	0	0	2	1	-4
Moussa Diabaté^C	26:44	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	2	0	4	2	2	5
Brandon Miller^SG	32:14	11	4-12	2-7	1-2	1	8	9	3	0	1	2	5	-16
LaMelo Ball^PG	33:14	22	9-19	4-12	0-0	0	7	7	6	0	0	2	4	2
Josh Green	13:28	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-4
Ryan Kalkbrenner	19:07	10	4-6	0-0	2-4	4	3	7	0	0	1	0	1	-21
Grant Williams	19:13	10	3-4	3-4	1-1	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	-6
Coby White	19:35	7	3-10	1-5	0-0	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	3	-14
Sion James	13:34	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	-4
Pat Connaughton	01:19	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tre Mann	01:19	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Xavier Tillman	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
PJ Hall	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
Tidjane Salaün	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phoenix Suns	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jalen Green^SF	29:50	24	8-19	4-10	4-6	0	4	4	2	1	0	3	1	13
Royce O’Neale^PF	32:02	3	1-6	1-6	0-0	1	6	7	1	3	2	0	0	9
Oso Ighodaro^C	27:55	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	5	0	1	0	4	2
Devin Booker^SG	35:12	30	7-18	1-6	15-15	1	2	3	10	0	0	2	2	11
Collin Gillespie^PG	35:45	24	8-15	5-10	3-3	1	4	5	4	0	0	1	3	5
Khaman Maluach	19:45	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	3	5	8	0	0	2	0	1	10
Haywood Highsmith	20:54	3	1-4	0-2	1-2	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	2	19
Ryan Dunn	09:22	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	-6
Rasheer Fleming	22:42	16	6-8	4-6	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
Amir Coffey	04:52	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-4
Jamaree Bouyea	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Livers	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grayson Allen	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Koby Brea	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dillon Brooks	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Goodwin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CJ Huntley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

WusijiX | Suns

179 | 14 hours ago

Rasheer Fleming was picked in the second round

95castles | Suns

41 | 13 hours ago

So much potential🙏🏽

shangalang69 | Raptors

-16 | 12 hours ago

took a first to get that srp lol

samurairocketshark | Suns

18 | 11 hours ago

Fuck them pick

Imthegoat175 | Suns

115 | 14 hours ago

Beat the demon Hornets but lose to the tanking Bulls

Spideyboii

58 | 13 hours ago

Bulls just lost to the league-worst Kings today too

heybobson | Suns

26 | 13 hours ago

Bulls employed the best strategy to beat the Suns. Push after every shot. Makes or misses. The gamble paid off for them, as the Suns couldn’t get offensive boards or get back to set up their defense.

Accomplished_Bid7987 | Bulls

11 | 12 hours ago

Jalen green was solely responsible for that loss.

Super-Blackberry19

-4 | 12 hours ago

Khaman Malanuach was pretty garbage too

thecleansanchez | Suns

4 | 5 hours ago

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted… He was awful that game lol

Source: I was at the game

dat_llama | Suns

1 | 20 minutes ago

Probably because he played 12 minutes. Hard to blame a bench player for a loss even if they were terrible.

samurairocketshark | Suns

6 | 12 hours ago

After what Sexton did to us I was so scared it was going to happen again with Coby White

WaffleConeHat | Hornets

89 | 14 hours ago

The Hornets are a volatile team that did just about everything wrong in this one.

Also, Devin Booker with 30 points on 7 made shots and only one 3PM, very Hardenesque.

MasochisticCanesFan | Suns

49 | 14 hours ago

Pretty non ethical game from my guy.

FapFapkins | Suns

53 | 13 hours ago

I mean he clearly got into Brandon Miller’s head and absolutely took advantage lmao

Suns_In_420 | Suns

22 | 13 hours ago

Sometimes you have to dip into the dark side.

DeusVultSaracen | Hornets

14 | 14 hours ago

I appreciate you for recognizing it at least because my blood pressure is through the fuckin roof rn

MasochisticCanesFan | Suns

14 | 13 hours ago

End of the third was so ass. Refs missed like 3 calls for us and then proceeded to miss a call for the hornets too.

RitzComputerChips

14 | 13 hours ago

That might just be the bbq.

FutureGrassToucher | Suns

47 | 14 hours ago

Booker played the foul game lol, but he was surgical tonight. Schooled a young hornets team with his playmaking and drawing fouls

Icy_Information_6563 | Suns

33 | 13 hours ago

He saw a team of young players and decided to do some bullshit. He got Castle to foul him 3 times in one possession earlier this year.

shaad20 | Suns

33 | 14 hours ago

Idk if this is controversial lol but I feel like he should’ve been at the line a few more times

Puppetmaster858 | Suns

9 | 10 hours ago

He definitely got hacked multiple times late in the 3rd where he had that stretch where he missed like 4 shots in a row

InCobbWeTrust | Suns

1 | an hour ago

He’s CP3 adjacent in Scott Foster’s eyes. He got pummeled by Grant Williams who then flopped like a fish and gets the call on Oso. Insane no-call.

I gotta say Grant Williams is maybe the most mismatched player in terms of his actual skill and his own perception. Would hate to have to watch him play night in/out.

Isosinsir | Suns

14 | 13 hours ago

Only one of the handful of games he’s gotten the star whistle.

phd2k1 | Suns

13 | 13 hours ago

This was a clinic by Booker, but not in the flashy kind of way. He facilitated and got his teammates fed for 2 ¹⁄₂ quarters, played good defense, and controlled the tempo of the game. Then in the 3rd quarter, when others got cold, he took over scoring and did his usual Kobe impression from mid range, hitting high difficulty shots, late in the shot clock, killing any momentum Charlotte got going.

PolarPower | Suns

12 | 14 hours ago

Free throw merchant

datboijustin | Suns

75 | 14 hours ago

I am going to be absolutely fucking devastated if we can’t keep Gillespie after the year.

ValleyRalley | Suns

45 | 13 hours ago

The Valley Suns are doing a Gillespie bobblehead giveaway on the 25th and I’m gonna be the first in line. Would kill me if we couldn’t keep him but I’m very positive Ishbia isn’t letting him go.

Grooviemann1 | Suns

22 | 13 hours ago

I have no doubt he’ll stay. There’s maybe one team that would offer more than we can pay and that’s the Nets who are still going to be shit next year.

Jbash_31 | Suns

12 | 13 hours ago

People smarter than I are pretty bullish on us retaining him. If they’re wrong I will kill myself tho

high_drag_low_speed | Suns

2 | 13 hours ago

Hol’ up

Icy_Information_6563 | Suns

7 | 13 hours ago

He’d have to get signed to a team thats either under the cap or under the first apron for an MLE. And if he does that, it’ll reset his Birds Rights timer.

It honestly makes financial sense for him to stay here. If he goes to a new team, there’s a good chance he cant find a role, so they release him and he resets his birds rights yet again. That would cement him as a guy bouncing around the league on vet mins again.

Fun_Mind1494

-15 | 12 hours ago

Congrats, you win dumbest comment of the day award.

WaffleConeHat | Hornets

57 | 13 hours ago

People already don’t like him for reasons completely unrelated to the game, but I don’t think it’s said often enough how bad of a player Miles Bridges is. He’s not good at anything. He’s barely passable at a handful of things. He should never, ever, take 16 shots in a game when we are healthy.

Ship him out this offseason. You could do nothing else this summer and I’d be happy, but do not let this guy stick around for another season. He sucks.

Ok-Entertainer9968

77 | 13 hours ago

Hes the Killian Hayes of Aaron Gordons

Decimate_2K | Hornets

14 | 13 hours ago

Top tier comment

RansomGoddard | NBA

49 | 13 hours ago

Currently the most obvious “the dynasty starts after you” player in the league.

WaffleConeHat | Hornets

26 | 13 hours ago

Let me just list his weaknesses real quick:

Undersized.
Bad 3pt shooter.
Zero mid range game.
Falls asleep on defense.
Underwhelming rebounder.
Iffy playmaker.
No positional flexibility (can only play the 4).
Actually not that good of a rim finisher.

And his strength(s)?:

Good for a cool lob dunk, occasionally.

Easily my least favorite player.

Scrypto | Hornets

15 | 13 hours ago

His rim finishing is horrible. He has no touch so everything spins off the iron in the most weird way. He’s also ambidextrous with seemingly no precise coordination on either hand. I seriously think he’s a righty like Ben Simmons who just doesn’t have that level of mental block

RitzComputerChips

11 | 13 hours ago

You missed:

Strengths: +3 Bonus to hit vs. Women and children

Starveiled | Hornets

2 | 3 hours ago

All he really does in that starting lineup is attack mismatches. Either that or he chucks shots like tonight. I want to see the team explore having Grant with that starting group even more. He is just so reliable.

HornetsAreBad | Hornets

18 | 13 hours ago

I’ve been wanting us to move off him forever. He’ll have a good game every once in a while but man I so badly just want to ship him out to continue changing our culture. Miles isn’t a winning player.

1216996 | Celtics

15 | 13 hours ago

Yes please, ship him out to Guantanamo so I can fully commit to liking the Hornets

FitTune5515 | Supersonics

2 | 13 hours ago

Yeah bro i’ve been saying that it feels like he hasn’t improved much over the years

RightCut4940 | Hornets

2 | 13 hours ago

Calm down he just missed a few threes.

svall18 | Hornets

11 | 12 hours ago

There’s a reason he was benched in crunchtime in the Heat game. He doesn’t have a future here even though he has a lot of fans for some reason

The 4 spot is a huge weak spot. You’re not a serious team if Miles Bridges who’s a terrible 3 pt shooter and bad defender is your starting Power Forward

If he stays next year, it’s only because he’s LaMelo’s BFF/an expiring contract

RightCut4940 | Hornets

1 | 9 hours ago

If we are to blame someone for the losses it’d be Miller. You can’t be the primary soon supermaxed scoring option on a team and regularly score around 10 points. He’s really inconsistent.

Icy_Information_6563 | Suns

-2 | 13 hours ago

I dunno man I think you’re trippin. He still got 16 on 16 shots tonight, despite a poor 3pt game. And his defense was an issue for us

GriffinQ | WAS

11 | 12 hours ago

16 on 16 shots is not good.

net_403 | CHA

4 | 12 hours ago

Yeah people are very excited to lineup and gang up on Miles. He is a significant part of our starting rotation and creates a lot of opportunities for us

samurairocketshark | Suns

6 | 12 hours ago

It’s more that he’s not worth his contract in addition to the awful stuff off the court. Also just not worth the defensive liability in the current iteration of the league

Puppetmaster858 | Suns

2 | 10 hours ago

16pts in 16 shots is awful tho lol

myhellcatgotRepod | Hawks

54 | 14 hours ago

Collin Gillespie made himself some money this year. Something about Jordan Ott and a white bench guard who’s been bouncing around teams playing in a contract season matches well

shake_this_feeling | Suns

33 | 13 hours ago

Every team needs a White Boy™

Luckily for the Suns we’ve got two!

ajteitel | Suns

6 | 13 hours ago

Works for LeBron

datboijustin | Suns

26 | 13 hours ago

Fwiw Gillespie was showing flashes of this last year but Bud is a terrorist and refused to play him. He’s just a baller.

IAmGundyy | Suns

55 | 14 hours ago

Rasheer Fleming is early Spurs Kawhi Leonard

ifuckwithit | Spurs

28 | 13 hours ago

just make sure he doesn’t have an Uncle Dennis

Low-Conflict9366

22 | 13 hours ago

Even has the same demeanor and facial expressions lol

heybobson | Suns

8 | 13 hours ago

yeah he moves and acts just like Kawhi. As if Lex Luthor cloned him for a future battle.

Apprehensive-Use-981 | Suns

7 | 12 hours ago

Interviews just as awkwardly.

empowered676

14 | 13 hours ago

Kawhi couldn’t shoot so not really

toadtruck | Trail Blazers

47 | 13 hours ago

Suns refuse to die. Legit impressive.

SaltwaterRedneck | Suns

12 | 13 hours ago

Just matched our win total from last year

Hamster_Toot

23 | 12 hours ago

We exceeded it.

svall18 | Hornets

35 | 14 hours ago

Loss is worth it if it means LaMelo finally got over his injury PTSD/fear of driving into the paint for good

He had some really successful drives in the 2nd half and was our best player tn

OmastarLovesDonuts | Mavericks

10 | 11 hours ago

I think that’s the only kind of driving he can ever be successful at

svall18 | Hornets

1 | 11 hours ago

If he keeps driving in the paint like that, he can drive on the road however he wants

VolumeValuable3537 | Suns

40 | 14 hours ago

Booker may not have been super ethical today but he sure got his teammates involved

According_One811 | Suns

33 | 14 hours ago

No Brooks, Goodwin, Mark Williams or Grayson Allen and still a double digit win against the red hot Hornets. LETS GO SUNS

aiden3buckets | Hornets

-40 | 14 hours ago

No Mark Williams is a good thing, Malauch betta

Foyerfan | Suns

19 | 13 hours ago

Not quite yet, that’s why Mal hasn’t played much this season lol

MJRuinedMyChildhood | Charlotte Bobcats

10 | 13 hours ago

Lmao

DeusVultSaracen | Hornets

-8 | 13 hours ago

Big facts, Maluach had Moussa in hell in a way Mark would never

BlueDevilz | PHO

16 | 13 hours ago

Only fans that have seen one Suns game this season would draw that conclusion.

Marks been a stud and Maluach is not there yet, but the potential is undeniable.

net_403 | CHA

10 | 12 hours ago

It’s coping

If we get rid of a player it has to be the right move, regardless

Math numbers, that guy’s always hurt even though he’s not, etc

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

4 | 6 hours ago

There’s a small subset of our fan base that turned on Mark when one of our halftime analysts called out a lazy Mark performance, right before he was traded. Mark would drop a ²⁰⁄₁₀ in just the second half of that very game. It’s best that you just ignore the people that say he sucks. He’s a great player we should not have let go of.

DeusVultSaracen | Hornets

0 | an hour ago

I’m not saying Mark is bad. I love Mark and I’m happy he’s lived up to his potential. Moussa makes his money on being the hungriest guy on the court, so when a guy can match that while out-physicalling him, like Maluach did, he gets nullified. Mark just doesn’t play like that these days with his age and injury history.

BlueDevilz | PHO

1 | 30 minutes ago

Hmm I guess I disagree a bit, but I do hear you on that. Granted Ive only really watched Mark this year and his time at Duke. He hasnt been bullied much at all this season though from my POV.

svall18 | Hornets

10 | 13 hours ago

That’s like other fanbases watching one LaMelo game and saying he’s a bum

DeusVultSaracen | Hornets

0 | an hour ago

I’m not saying Mark is bad. Moussa makes his money on being the hungriest guy on the court, so when a guy can match that while out-physicalling him, like Maluach did, he gets nullified. Mark just doesn’t play like that these days with his age and injury history.

shake_this_feeling | Suns

33 | 13 hours ago

Happy for the dub, but also still love what the Hornet’s have turned into. We share the distinction of being the biggest surprises this season and I hope they upset a top 6 in the playoffs.

For my Suns, this was a great “get right” game against a worthy competitor. When healthy we’re a legit playoff team. So excited for April!

pawn_k | Hornets

-2 | an hour ago

Surprisingly bad? No one cares about the suns brah

whoadude13 | Suns

1 | 29 minutes ago

A Hornets fan commenting this is comical lol

TheTrueConnor800

1 | 15 minutes ago

Mfers have half a season of success in 30 years and are acting like this lmao.

aiden3buckets | Hornets

32 | 14 hours ago

8 seed with no expectations or Cam Boozer

I can’t lose

blueborders | Suns

15 | 14 hours ago

I’d take having the second coming of Klay Thompson every day of the week

VictorAkwaowo1 | Mavericks

7 | 14 hours ago

Man that’s an odd way of saying Koa Peat with the 13th pick

Rillaboom2701 | Hornets

3 | 7 hours ago

*yaxel lendeborg

mani9612 | IND

2 | 5 hours ago

Attack on Titan ahh name

nullstellensatz1

2 | 13 hours ago

Either way, you’re getting the Suns pick, so you’re living good.

svall18 | Hornets

6 | 13 hours ago

unfortunately, it seems like y’all are gonna play your way out of the play in

zdar2 | Suns

30 | 14 hours ago

The Fleming game

empowered676

26 | 13 hours ago

Yeah i wanted spurs to get rasher Fleming. Finally get to see this guy play

MJRuinedMyChildhood | Charlotte Bobcats

22 | 14 hours ago

Probably should’ve tried shooting better than terrible. Idk why Charles Lee decided to tell the team to stop shooting 50% from 3. That’s bad coaching

gargoyleboy69 | Bulls

10 | 13 hours ago

His offensive schemes are too perimeter centric sometimes.

All those high screen sets hit hard when they do, but when they don’t it stagnates everything and leads to bad forces— they need to diversify the offense similarly to Borrego’s when they had slotcuts and backdoors to constantly utilize Ball’s playmaking ability and split second risk taking.

Isolation is not his or Brandon’s speciality— it’s something they can do yes, but it’s not something they should look to be dependent on.

Even more pindowns or corner to corner actions for Kon similar to Kerr’s style for opening up Steph and Klay would go a loooong way. Everything is just too one dimensional when the initial play doesn’t work.

MJRuinedMyChildhood | Charlotte Bobcats

9 | 13 hours ago

Buddy, it’s simple. Nobody on the roster can drive. No amount of nerding out about schemes and what’s wrong with them can fix that fact of life

Hamster_Toot

4 | 12 hours ago

I’m pretty sure lamelo can drive.

zdar2 | Suns

23 | 14 hours ago

Diabate is lowkey a demon on defense, but great dub from the fellas

ValleyRalley | Suns

18 | 14 hours ago

Couldn’t decide who I wanted in the title more, went with both.

Gillespie for MIP

kobmug_v2 | NBA

22 | 13 hours ago

Suns being better than the Rockets is funny.

BlueDevilz | PHO

19 | 12 hours ago

KD is a team chemistry black hole.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

21 | 14 hours ago

Nice win for Suns without several players

Krimson_F | Hornets

11 | 13 hours ago

well so much for being at 0.500

nicfanz

11 | 13 hours ago

I can’t believe I’m actually rooting for the suns 😂

TrebleTreble | PHX

22 | 13 hours ago

Not sure if I should upvote or downvote

OvercomeYourPast | 76ers

6 | 12 hours ago

How’s Fleming been I wanted him in Philly

Puppetmaster858 | Suns

11 | 10 hours ago

He’s been really good of late now that he’s finally getting consistent mins, player some awesome defense and shooting 52% from 3 since ASB. He looks like he gonna be really good, a lot of potential and he already positively contributes now. Should prob be our starting 4 next year

heybobson | Suns

4 | 13 hours ago

Knueppel looks like that 5th guy in Vincent Hannah’s crew in Heat, who has maybe 1-2 lines but you can’t forget him.

Krimson_F | Hornets

4 | 13 hours ago

15 FT for Booker is ridiculous

FapFapkins | Suns

22 | 13 hours ago

Scott Foster masterclass (low-key shocked though Booker never gets calls)

RitzComputerChips

21 | 13 hours ago

I couldnt believe it either….. 15 FT!

The Hornets definitely fouled Booker more than that.

chickenripp | Suns

15 | 13 hours ago

I agree. he he should get this kind of whistle every night. not just once this season

Puppetmaster858 | Suns

3 | 10 hours ago

I don’t really think there were any egregious calls, most of them were def legit fouls

dank-kush | Hornets

4 | 14 hours ago

Miles bridges and coby white are insanely low iq players.

watevauwant | Hornets

4 | 11 hours ago

U wrong about Coby

Boring_Activity3155 | Spurs

3 | 12 hours ago

Thanks i hate it

nicfanz

1 | 13 hours ago

Hornets: “can’t be us”

jonathanisaacisgoat | Magic

1 | 13 hours ago

Thank you phx

dank-kush | Hornets

13 | 13 hours ago

Brother we are not the threat to ur 6 seed, it’s Miami and Toronto

Ice_Dragon3444 | Heat

-2 | 14 hours ago

Did we break another team?

Ok-Entertainer9968

-13 | 13 hours ago

Hornets hype train is running out of steam at this point, beat up on some low seeded teams and the Celtics only to lose to the suns and heat

Decimate_2K | Hornets

15 | 13 hours ago

We’ve beaten a lot of high seeded teams as well lol

Ok-Entertainer9968

3 | 13 hours ago

I only looked back like 2 weeks my b

Reinhardtisawesom | Hornets

-34 | 14 hours ago

- bums going off

- hoed by refs

- miles chucking up bullshit

yep just another hornets classic!

Foyerfan | Suns

27 | 13 hours ago

Bums?

Slow-Raccoon-9832

24 | 13 hours ago

Gillepsie always goes off when teams defend him poorly like the hornets

Going under screens all night

defiantcross | Suns

10 | 13 hours ago

Which bums?

BlueDevilz | PHO

8 | 12 hours ago

bums going off

I know the hot dogs at the Suns arena are affordable, but you shouldnt be housing 10 of them.

The Phoenix Suns (37-27) defeat the Charlotte Hornets (32-33), 111-99 with Rasheer Fleming’s 16 PTS (4-6 3PT) and Collin Gillespie’s 24 PTS (5-10 3PT)