The Charlotte Hornets (33-33) defeat the Portland Trail Blazers (31-35), 103-101.

103 - 101

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Moda Center

Officials: John Goble, Tre Maddox, and Brett Nansel

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Charlotte Hornets	20	26	32	25	103
Portland Trail Blazers	34	21	27	19	101

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Charlotte Hornets	103	34-88	38.6%	14-38	36.8%	21-25	84.0%	16	60	21	20	12	16	3
Portland Trail Blazers	101	35-83	42.2%	16-42	38.1%	15-18	83.3%	10	51	23	24	6	18	8

PLAYER STATS


Charlotte Hornets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kon Knueppel^SF	35:34	15	5-11	4-8	1-1	0	4	4	2	1	0	0	3	-7
Miles Bridges^PF	33:20	11	2-13	0-4	7-8	1	6	7	3	1	0	3	1	-3
Moussa Diabaté^C	30:44	7	3-8	0-0	1-2	6	3	9	4	3	0	1	3	1
Brandon Miller^SG	36:48	23	7-18	3-7	6-6	1	8	9	4	3	0	4	2	-3
LaMelo Ball^PG	22:11	14	6-16	2-7	0-0	3	1	4	4	1	0	3	6	-4
Grant Williams	13:37	3	1-5	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	8
Josh Green	20:50	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	16
Ryan Kalkbrenner	17:05	13	6-8	0-1	1-2	3	3	6	1	0	2	0	1	0
Sion James	24:29	11	2-3	2-3	5-6	0	7	7	1	0	1	1	3	1
Pat Connaughton	05:18	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
Tre Mann	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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
Coby White	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portland Trail Blazers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Toumani Camara^SF	35:51	11	4-14	3-12	0-0	1	4	5	3	0	1	3	2	-3
Jerami Grant^PF	35:21	24	7-10	3-6	7-7	1	2	3	3	1	0	3	4	0
Donovan Clingan^C	26:27	11	3-9	1-4	4-6	2	9	11	3	1	3	1	2	-1
Jrue Holiday^SG	31:53	4	2-8	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	5	1	0	2	3	1
Deni Avdija^PG	34:22	22	8-18	2-5	4-5	2	2	4	7	1	0	3	3	-2
Scoot Henderson	19:20	17	6-10	5-8	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	4	1
Robert Williams III	21:18	6	3-7	0-1	0-0	2	8	10	0	0	4	1	2	-6
Matisse Thybulle	11:12	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	3	7
Kris Murray	12:38	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-6
Vít Krejčí	11:35	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	-1
Sidy Cissoko	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damian Lillard	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Wesley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Youngblood	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yang Hansen	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jayson Kent	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caleb Love	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shaedon Sharpe	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

myhellcatgotRepod | Hawks

47 | 15 hours ago

Lamelo fouling out and negating that lob dunk basically won the Hornets the game have we ever seen something like that before

svall18 | Hornets

29 | 14 hours ago

Best foul out I’ve ever seen

ConfederacyOfDunces_ | Hornets

7 | 14 hours ago

Best foul was Konn getting the offensive foul at the end

Dude plays like a 10 year Vet

ejabno | Hornets

0 | 14 hours ago

I actually said to myself “oh thank fuck lamelo is off the floor” when that happened 😬

SaulPepper | Hornets

2 | 5 hours ago

hugely upgraded the defense when Sion was on the floor. Lamelo has improved of course, but Sion is Sion

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

1 | 14 hours ago

Sometimes maybe lucky sometimes maybe good

MurderinAlgiers | Trail Blazers

1 | 14 hours ago

I actually hollered

dank-kush | Hornets

45 | 15 hours ago

As a fanbase we kinda deserve this for the teams decision to continue rostering miles but Jesus fuck get this guy off the team. I’ve never been more pissed than when he tried that dumbass reverse layup in the third when we were only down 8 and finally gaining some momentum. Genuinely the dumbest player on the roster, the sooner we get rid of selfish guys like him and more guys who play like Kon the sooner we can actually start building something here.

Voxityy | Hornets

29 | 15 hours ago

the dynasty starts after we trade his ass

hydrators | Bulls

8 | 15 hours ago

Cut*

yuhanz | PHO

2 | 14 hours ago

Should have traded him earlier when he had suitors

deemerritt | Hornets

16 | 14 hours ago

Lamelo fouling out in 23 minutes was somehow not the dumbest part of the game

Suavesky

-15 | 14 hours ago

Honestly might be better without both but that’s another topic for another day.

labdabcr

9 | 14 hours ago

I’m not sure if you’ve watched the hornets before this year but if you get rid of Lamelo you’re taking a major gamble and better be ready for the consequences if they come. It’s not entirely hard to see a world where he makes all nba 3rd team with a good strength building offseason, so you better get some serious value. Miles on the other hand, does not hold much value.

nojeanshere | Hornets

5 | 14 hours ago

This might be the first season in like 3 years or so LaMelo is healthy enough to have a pretty normal offseason workout.

Seems like the ankle stuff is somewhat resolved so now he can focus on his frame and other areas.

Honestly same goes for Miller now too since he was hurt this past offseason.

Suavesky

-5 | 14 hours ago

I’ve watched every game of his career thank you very much. And about ten of the NBL ones as well.

svall18 | Hornets

7 | 14 hours ago

We’d be better off without Miles. We definitely would not be better off without LaMelo, what are you saying?

Sion just balled out tonight which is credit to him, but this is definitely above how he usually plays

-xXxMangoxXx- | Raptors

5 | 14 hours ago

The numbers quite literally all say that the hornets players all shoot significantly better with lamelo on the court, and are a much better team as a result. This isnt a topic for another day because theres no topic to be had.

Suavesky

-5 | 14 hours ago

Because he’s a competent passer. But as a defensive player and scorer he leaves much to be desired. He still has no inside game beyond the occasional floater and still makes dumb defensive plays.

-xXxMangoxXx- | Raptors

3 | 13 hours ago

So you agree that his strengths still outweigh his weaknesses then? Yeah hes not perfect, and theres better players that could fit that role in the league, but those better players arent on the hornets.

deemerritt | Hornets

2 | 13 hours ago

Yes and despite all of that he is a huge positive. If lamelo was an efficient scorer he is a top 5 player

Suavesky

1 | 13 hours ago

Oh absolutely. The problem is we’ve been waiting for thar for six years now

imeanYOLOright | CHA

7 | 14 hours ago

Bridges has a comically long leash with the coaching staff for some reason. That third quarter has heinous.

There’s no reason he should ever be higher than the third optionn in any lineup and he shouldn’t be closing any games over Grant.

dank-kush | Hornets

9 | 14 hours ago

He got benched for Grant the last two games, no idea why he wasn’t this game when that was easily his worst game all year. He was single handedly losing us that game.

TB_016 | Trail Blazers

34 | 15 hours ago

Nobody would have thought the play of the game would be Lamelo fouling out to prevent a Timelord lob. He came through in the clutch completely unintentionally.

dank-kush | Hornets

16 | 14 hours ago

I was actually so mad at Lamelo this game until the 4th, made some clutch shots and that foul lol.

epony_ | Hornets

37 | 15 hours ago

miles bridges should never have more shot attempts than kon

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

12 | 14 hours ago

This was a big Kon freeze out game. At some point you gotta get him some forced looks if he ain’t shot in forever.

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

2 | 14 hours ago

He should never even hold the ball as much as he did this game

Middle-Flower-3624

2 | 14 hours ago

He should have zero attempts on any team in the NBA.

HornetsAreBad | Hornets

28 | 15 hours ago

One of our ugliest wins of the season, ggs Blazers.

LuckyStax | Trail Blazers

10 | 14 hours ago

Toumani drags everyone down in to the mud with him lol 1st team all D for sure, has drawn 30+ more offensive fouls than anyone else

MurderinAlgiers | Trail Blazers

2 | 14 hours ago

Hes having a rough time lately and its been killing me man

throw_away6453 | Trail Blazers

9 | 14 hours ago

gg, Kon is as real as it gets dude is such a stud.

HaphazardHippo | Trail Blazers

22 | 14 hours ago

I cant believe LaMelo fouling out ended up costing us a Rob lob and a lead. Sad stuff.

ConfederacyOfDunces_ | Hornets

20 | 15 hours ago

Comeback win!!! Back to .500

First time we’ve swept Portland in 18 seasons. Lets fucking go!

toadtruck | Trail Blazers

18 | 15 hours ago

I’ve seen Blazers lose games in a hundred dumb was….this was an all timer

Lilpostmelon | Hornets

20 | 15 hours ago

We absolutely stole that win

AlmostHereButNot | Bulls

13 | 15 hours ago

Damn, dude. The Hornets have been balling. Love to see it.

FatMamaJuJu | Charlotte Bobcats

10 | 14 hours ago

I would not call what we did tonight balling but this is a game we lose 100% of the time in years past so ill take it

Parallel-Quality

11 | 15 hours ago

Detroit sweating in that #1 seed spot…

handgredave | Hornets

6 | 14 hours ago

Probably not if they watched this game

fuzzythinker | Nuggets

3 | 14 hours ago

If they can get to #8 or even #7, they may not play the Pistons if they win the play-ins.

HornetsAreBad | Hornets

5 | 15 hours ago

If we ever learn how to stop turning the ball over we could be the greatest team in history

carmiachafsu | Hornets

6 | 14 hours ago

Get miles off the team. What a comeback for us. Gutsy. That scoot 3 at the end fucked the spread for me. Oh well W

throw_away6453 | Trail Blazers

3 | 15 hours ago

for better or worse I’m ready for Dundon to shake it up

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

6 | 14 hours ago

That dude has made the canes a perennial eastern conference contender (don’t ask about the ECF). We were basement dwelling when he took over. Y’all should honestly have a ton of faith in him

throw_away6453 | Trail Blazers

4 | 14 hours ago

At the very least having a ownership that isn’t just treading water anticipation the sale the team will be nice. Not that Jody hasn’t cared at all, but honestly how much can she truly care knowing she has to get rid of the team? It’s time for a clean house.

svall18 | Hornets

3 | 14 hours ago

You guys should play Scoot more

TB_016 | Trail Blazers

4 | 14 hours ago

Him getting so few minutes the second half was completely baffling.

throw_away6453 | Trail Blazers

3 | 14 hours ago

Tonight, yeah probably. Him and Jrue have both been inconsistent. So I can see why it would be a tough call, generally speaking. But Scoot was better today than Jrue. Good luck trying to rationalize Tiago’s reasoning for any decision he makes.

Existing-Sky9914

6 | 14 hours ago

The Hornets didn’t even play that well, but the Blazers completely imploded and helped us stop the bleeding. Since we let them have Donovan Clingan by taking Tidjane Salaün instead, providing this win service is the least they could do for us.

toadtruck | Trail Blazers

4 | 14 hours ago

Ok but you taking miller and leaving us with scoot needs to be addressed then

Suavesky

3 | 14 hours ago

Rookie Carried.

WaffleConeHat | Hornets

3 | 14 hours ago

There was a play where Moussa was called for a shooting foul on a Deni dunk attempt and it was challenged and overturned on review to a no call + goaltend (his hand was in and made contact with the rim, but the contact to Deni was deemed marginal). I haven’t seen a review like that before. Hornets won the challenge and it resulted in a basket for the opposing team lol. It was the correct call though.

YourFavoriteAlien_ | Thunder

2 | 15 hours ago

Love to see it

SirTacoMaster

3 | 14 hours ago

Miles be pissing me off so much

MurderinAlgiers | Trail Blazers

2 | 14 hours ago

Jrue with 4 points in 32 minutes feels bad man

Tuckboi69

2 | 14 hours ago

I watched the 4th quarter. The Blazers totally let this one slip away.

Jonjon428 | Heat

1 | 15 hours ago

Buzz buzz

heat_fan_ | Raptors

1 | 14 hours ago

A win is a win no matter how ugly

handgredave | Hornets

2 | 14 hours ago

The defensive effort that started in the 2nd quarter is what was missing the last 2 games. Huge comeback win, desperately needed this one. Have to handle business vs kings tomorrow.

EthanHuntBroMichael | LAC

1 | 14 hours ago

Thank you Hornets.

aiden3buckets | Hornets

1 | 15 hours ago

Deni really the worst watch in the association son wtf he doing out there

Silver lining to these terrible hoops past 3 games is Bridges guaranteeing himself off the team next year

A win is a win tho

MurderinAlgiers | Trail Blazers

-3 | 14 hours ago

Now that he isnt the big man on court anymore hes noticeably worse

ejabno | Hornets

-5 | 15 hours ago

It’s been an ass-off betwee Miles and Deni

Carcrusher3 | Trail Blazers

11 | 14 hours ago

22-4-7 on a hurt back playing good D is an ass off? Lol

aiden3buckets | Hornets

-10 | 14 hours ago

Damn so y’all actually can stand watching him play like he does huh

Carcrusher3 | Trail Blazers

8 | 14 hours ago

He played pretty great tonight. YEAH lol. What is this.

throw_away6453 | Trail Blazers

7 | 14 hours ago

An r/nba regurgitator. If you keep going they’ll say something about a supposed promise from a long time ago.

LaMelonBallz | Hornets

-6 | 14 hours ago

Name a duo easier to root against

LaMelonBallz | Hornets

-5 | 14 hours ago

Deni gotta chill with that preemptive defensive forearm