111 - 130

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Spectrum Center

Officials: Scott Foster, Pat Fraher, and Jason Goldenberg

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Orlando Magic	32	21	24	34	111
Charlotte Hornets	34	38	38	20	130

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Orlando Magic	111	39-93	41.9%	14-42	33.3%	19-21	90.5%	12	45	24	23	11	14	4
Charlotte Hornets	130	42-80	52.5%	22-46	47.8%	24-27	88.9%	10	54	29	24	9	22	2

PLAYER STATS


Orlando Magic	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Tristan da Silva^SF	22:21	4	1-4	0-2	2-2	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	-12
Paolo Banchero^PF	28:23	20	6-16	1-5	7-8	2	1	3	7	1	1	3	3	-23
Goga Bitadze^C	18:57	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	4	-17
Desmond Bane^SG	25:44	24	8-15	3-5	5-5	2	5	7	2	1	0	2	0	-21
Jalen Suggs^PG	21:54	9	4-12	1-5	0-0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	-15
Jett Howard	15:46	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	-24
Moritz Wagner	18:44	5	1-5	0-3	3-4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	-14
Jevon Carter	18:42	11	4-11	3-7	0-0	3	1	4	3	2	0	1	1	-9
Noah Penda	21:21	8	3-8	2-6	0-0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
Jamal Cain	18:25	15	5-10	3-7	2-2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	9
Alex Morales	12:00	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	4	0	0	2	4	14
Colin Castleton	10:19	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	0	2	1	12
Jase Richardson	07:24	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
Anthony Black	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wendell Carter Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Isaac	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Franz Wagner	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlotte Hornets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kon Knueppel^SF	25:03	17	5-11	4-9	3-3	1	5	6	4	0	0	2	4	7
Miles Bridges^PF	22:57	11	4-8	1-3	2-3	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	3	18
Moussa Diabaté^C	24:29	3	1-3	0-0	1-1	1	4	5	1	0	1	3	2	10
Brandon Miller^SG	28:09	25	8-14	5-10	4-4	1	3	4	8	0	0	2	2	27
LaMelo Ball^PG	20:14	20	7-13	3-8	3-3	2	4	6	5	3	1	3	3	12
Sion James	21:40	6	2-2	2-2	0-0	1	2	3	4	2	0	0	0	30
Ryan Kalkbrenner	23:31	13	5-5	0-0	3-3	2	3	5	0	0	0	3	2	9
Coby White	22:49	27	7-13	5-8	8-8	0	3	3	5	0	0	4	2	-2
Grant Williams	17:29	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	9
Josh Green	18:02	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	-5
Pat Connaughton	06:50	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	-8
Tre Mann	06:50	3	1-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	-8
Xavier Tillman	01:56	0	0-1	0-0	0-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-4
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

HotCom12 | Lakers

79 | 2 hours ago

As someone who hasn’t watched the Hornets a ton this year are they for real? They keep scoring like crazy it seems

Supreme_God_Bunny | Hornets

82 | 2 hours ago

Boi if you don’t go watch all our games from February I will smite you

HotCom12 | Lakers

20 | an hour ago

I wish but I’m not american so they’re almost never on tv, lucky enough to still get most primetime stuff like Lakers/Okc/Denver/ San Antonio

Supreme_God_Bunny | Hornets

18 | an hour ago

Go watch the game highlights…. we pretty much were the best team in the NBA in January/February

Aeronova20 | Magic

47 | 2 hours ago

happens when you draft a guy who instantly leads the league in made threes

he’s completely changed the trajectory of their franchise

cashburro | Hornets

48 | an hour ago

That and Lamelo being healthy for most of the season for once

ejabno | Hornets

10 | an hour ago

January Lamelo would’ve been a rare sight if it were a few seasons ago

Krillin113 | 76ers

-2 | 42 minutes ago

Also straight up making less boneheaded plays by a factor 20.

dkirk526 | Hornets

13 | an hour ago

That plus Miller and Lamelo are healthy

FunTailor794

13 | an hour ago

They were mega injured for the first half and have been blowing out pretty much everyone since getting healthy.

Starting 5 record is something ridiculous like 25W 3L

Aidanator800 | Hornets

10 | an hour ago

I believe the starting 5 is at 5 losses now. It was at 2 after the loss to the Pistons with the big fight, and then we’ve lost to the Heat, the Suns, and the Spurs with our starting 5 all playing since then. We also had losses to the Cavs and Rockets, but that was with Moussa and Miles still suspended, so it doesn’t count towards the record.

MyNewAccountIGuess11 | Hornets

11 | an hour ago

We’re one good big away from being very very for real

lalakingmalibog | Mavericks

4 | an hour ago

Haven’t watched a lot of Hornets games other than Streamable highlights, is Moose not good enough? Thought he was solid for you guys

MyNewAccountIGuess11 | Hornets

11 | an hour ago

Moose is incredible on Defense, but what we really need is a proper 4, Miles Bridges has been fine but he’s pretty undersized to be the starter there. We need a consistent rim attacking big man to compliment Moose’s D and rebounding

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

4 | an hour ago

Moose and Miles are both undersized. It’s our biggest issue, really. Big frontcourts give us fits

Titanstheory | Hornets

2 | 32 minutes ago

As others have said it’s not moose who’s the problem.

Chessh2036 | Hawks

8 | an hour ago

Yes, the offense is possibly the best in the NBA. Defense needs work but yes, they are very real.

Rubberbabeh | Bulls

8 | an hour ago

If they remain a low seed they are gonna ruin the ever-loving-shit out of someone’s first round.

That arena is gonna be fucking nuts!

Haberdashery2000

7 | an hour ago

They’re the real deal. LaMiller Kneupball are maybe the best offensive trio in the league right now.

bubbasnub | Magic

5 | an hour ago

They are against us at least. We won the first matchup by double digits. The Hornets have won the last three games and shot over 40% from deep in every match up and won comfortably.

They’ve gone 24-11 since the turn of the new year. They’re top 3 in 3P made, attempted and percentage. Their style is plenty sustainable, at least in the regular season. Gonna. be interesting to see how things are when games get tighter in the post-season.

Jimbob3498 | Bucks

5 | an hour ago

They are real, very good offensive team. They could easily beat detroit in the first round tbh. Even Boston wouldn’t like facing them as a first round playoff side.

HotCom12 | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

Do you they’ll melt in the playoffs like the old raptors and hawks or are they legit? Because other than Okc the playoffs have been dominated by vets for a while

-Kattas- | Magic

57 | 2 hours ago

I remember when we owned the Hornets, now they beat us by 20+ every game. Lol. Yet another team that has rebuilt better and faster than this shitty poverty franchise I unfortunately support.

Supreme_God_Bunny | Hornets

26 | an hour ago

Hornets are 62-67 against the magic tho all time

YizWasHere | Hornets

11 | an hour ago

We had a crazy run against then in the Clifford era I think, something like 3 years undefeated against them lol.

Supreme_God_Bunny | Hornets

6 | an hour ago

Once Brandon came around that changed, I remember him having a career high against them his rookie year, Cooked Paolo and Franz like it was nothing

d12fsu | Magic

1 | 16 minutes ago

Before y’all started beating us by 20+’every game we had won 10 of the last 11

SloshaPacana

5 | an hour ago

Faster and better

Hornets have a worse record still despite an insane run lmao

YizWasHere | Hornets

8 | an hour ago

We’re +3.75 and they’re +1.20, our records should basically be swapped based on NRtg lol.

SloshaPacana

0 | an hour ago

That’s not how it works

Hornets are very good but Orlando have also had massive injuries

Their best player has been injured since December

YizWasHere | Hornets

8 | an hour ago

Ok? That’s not really relevant, I’m just pointing out that Charlotte has performed better than their record based on NRtg and Orlando has performed worse than their record. We weren’t fully healthy until January.

ReasonableReap | Raptors

1 | 13 minutes ago

Higher net rating doesn’t mean you have performed better tho. You have lost more games, therefore you have not performed better lol. Probably just means you either win in blow outs when you shoot the lights out, or you lose, which makes sense for a 3pt reliant young team. Love watching you guys tho, future is bright!

deemerritt | Hornets

6 | an hour ago

I mean most of our bad start was when Brandon and Lamelo were out

Rubberbabeh | Bulls

5 | an hour ago

Insert James Franco “first time?” meme

Welcome brother

ripkin05 | Hornets

3 | an hour ago

faster?????? we have been rebuilding for 30 fucking years now.

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

2 | an hour ago

Dw yall will always have 2010 😭

BlammoSweetums

1 | an hour ago

How have they rebuilt “better and faster”? Didn’t the Magic more or less run the “correct” rebuild playbook?

busterak47 | Magic

1 | 16 minutes ago

turns out all we built was a house of bricks

HornetsAreBad | Hornets

52 | 2 hours ago

Somehow, the belt-to-ass Hornets returned.

LaMelonBallz | Hornets

11 | an hour ago

Melo, Kon and B-Milly’s new boyband:

Belt2Azz

Touring in a city near you this spring!

SirTacoMaster | Hornets

25 | 2 hours ago

OH YEAH BABY ON CURRY NIGHT

EarthWarping | NBA

24 | an hour ago

Charlotte needs to somehow get the 8 seed.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

15 | an hour ago

If Cade ends up not being around for round 1 with the lung issue, teams are gonna want that 8 seed badly… or 7, if the Pistons drop to the 2 seed which is very possible. Gonna be an interesting playin cause if your choices are Cade-less Pistons or the Celtics I know which one I try to go for, regardless of if I need to throw a game to get there.

LaMelonBallz | Hornets

4 | an hour ago

Boffum

lil_thirdy | Magic

20 | an hour ago

Hornets and the Hawks have smoked us in all of our losses against them but at least were 5-0 against the Heat this season /s

Starveiled | Hornets

6 | an hour ago

I watch the Hornets and Heat the most and the Magic have been giving me whiplash. Feels like a different team when they play the other.

lil_thirdy | Magic

3 | an hour ago

I mean our best attribute is guarding the 3 point line but you guys take and make a ton of them against us. Just a bad matchup for us overall

BetweenTheBuzzAndMe | Charlotte Bobcats

24 | an hour ago

Coby should’ve kept gunning for one more 3. would’ve been very poetic for our 6th man to score 30 tonight

FunTailor794

20 | 2 hours ago

This hornets teams is fucking magical I love them so much

South_Height8816

14 | 2 hours ago

MF’n BELT

LaMelonBallz | Hornets

10 | 2 hours ago

Binh3 | Hornets

11 | 2 hours ago

Azzzzz

Jarxzz | United States

10 | 2 hours ago

Despite playing well recently I’ve never understood all the attempted victory lapping over Paolo turning a new leaf

All his flaws are still there and overall this season has been incredibly disappointing for someone entering a max contract next season

You have to be worried as a magic fan

Aeronova20 | Magic

11 | 2 hours ago

not worried, he’s been great for two months but right now we’re so thin that if he even has an average/bad game we’re just fucked

Jarxzz | United States

-3 | an hour ago

Right, but how are you not worried?

Similar to Jalen Green (who Paolo is obviously better than) playing well in a given month or over a stretch of games just doesn’t mean much if you can’t have a full season with positive impact

At what point do you get worried if not now

PrimeTimeInc | Hornets

10 | an hour ago

Franz still isn’t playing. Shit happens bro, it’s a team game. The incessant need to shit on Paolo from some of you goons is crazy lol

Jarxzz | United States

-2 | an hour ago

Shit happens every year for 4 consecutive seasons?

Aeronova20 | Magic

3 | an hour ago

paolo’s dealt with two major injuries in two years (oblique last, groin this year) that’s severely hampered his athleticism. when he’s been healthy (after ASB both of the last two years) he’s been really really good.

plus i’ve seen paolo average damn near 30 a game over two playoff series. he’s got it but just needs to put it together.

it’s hard to evaluate him based on this season when he’s played a grand total of like 9 games with our full starting lineup.

Jarxzz | United States

-5 | an hour ago

So again when do you get worried?

A player who only performs post all star break isn’t a very impactful player. I personally think his playoff numbers are extremely inflated by unsustainable jump shooting

Felix_Wyn | Magic

3 | an hour ago

He’s been playing well since the start of year (basically since he fully recovered from his injury).

23.⁵⁄₈.⁵⁄₅.3 on 47.⁴⁄₃₅.⁹⁄₇₈.9 with 58.4 TS%. Like, those are pretty good stats, on good efficiency, besides the 3pt% which has been below average, on almost a half season sample size (35 games). He had an awful December as he wasn’t fully healthy then, but otherwise has been great.

LaMelonBallz | Hornets

0 | an hour ago

Every magic fan I hear from keeps saying that lol. Like someone in the game thread said it’s not a big deal they lost this and are now a 3-way tie for sixth seed and one game out of the 9th spot.

Makes me think of that Jeff Teague story about Russ “THATS THE PROBLEM” lol

mrwhite2323 | Heat

3 | an hour ago

He’s still Magics best player easily

Franz is low-key overrated, constantly injured and falls short in big games, and isn’t a good 3pt shooter either

TJFLASH1

2 | an hour ago

Easily is absolutely silly to say when there’s a very real argument that Franz is better lol

deemerritt | Hornets

4 | an hour ago

I mean there is also an argument Bane is their best player

OGElginBaylor | Magic

4 | an hour ago

Hard to say when the guy has missed a majority of the season and might not even be available for the playoffs. Missed a lot of last season as well. This team is cursed.

TJFLASH1

3 | an hour ago

He missed less of last season than Paolo did, it’s way too early to label him as some injury prone guy but this is definitely a lost season.

mrwhite2323 | Heat

1 | an hour ago

Except in clutch situations, the playoffs, availability

TJFLASH1

2 | an hour ago

Franz played more games than Paolo last year and was healthy the years before that, the availability thing is insane recency bias. The clutch thing is stupid, if a guy is a better player for 80% of the game than another guy but worse for 20 you’re not taking the 20%. Come up with some tangible arguments and maybe you’ll have a point.

Jarxzz | United States

-1 | an hour ago

Even if we assume that’s true that’s even more concerning considering Paolo hasn’t been a good player this season in totality

heat_fan_ | Raptors

12 | 2 hours ago

Thank you from Raptors fan

Well deserved for Dell Curry

YizWasHere | Hornets

7 | an hour ago

Raptors legend Dell Curry

ejabno | Hornets

3 | an hour ago

Jazz legend

tjsquishface | Hornets

2 | an hour ago

Dropped 130 for Curry 30.

HornetsAreBad | Hornets

12 | 2 hours ago

This game wasn’t that close

Aeronova20 | Magic

10 | 2 hours ago

i’m tired boss

bubbasnub | Magic

3 | an hour ago

We’re facing the four hottest teams this week after a 7-game winning streak. Tough turnaround.

Dmalikhammer4 | Brandon Miller

11 | 2 hours ago

Immaculate night

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

9 | an hour ago

The Charlotte magic is back after that small cold streak we had

jakehightower | Magic

8 | 2 hours ago

We played so ass I can’t even really complain about Scott Foster Scott Fostering. Had nothing to do with the final outcome.

busterak47 | Magic

1 | 9 minutes ago

Our guys fold so easily when the whistle doesn’t go their way. These guys are not ready for the playoffs at all.

iron_atmosphere | Hornets

6 | an hour ago

Beautiful night

MamaHadACow | Nuggets

6 | an hour ago

Hornets gonna be the realization/embodiment of basketball being played with a controller. Everyone is excited

LaMelonBallz | Hornets

4 | an hour ago

It really is. I think one of the most interesting things about us is we play fast as fuck but actually have the 29th pace of any team in the NBA.

The reason is that we almost always run set offense but we outlet quick as fuck. It is common for us to get the ball up the court and start our set in 2 seconds. And our sets are a free flow of multiple screen packages and pops/ghost/denials/rolls, and then some backside screen action.

It’s like 2K where you just chuck the ball to halfcourt and run small sets over and over. But it works because we’re relentless. Most screens per game in the NBA and most guard-on-guard screens.

Makes for a wild style that mimics 2K but we somehow make look pretty as fuck.

MamaHadACow | Nuggets

3 | an hour ago

And you have a bunch of really great wing players on both ends

articulate_pandajr | Raptors

2 | an hour ago

It’s like the opposite of the raptors, we’re constantly trying to get on the break but if you see us play in the half court it’s fucking glacial

bubbasnub | Magic

4 | an hour ago

Brutal week after the 7-game winning streak. Hawks and Thunder are the hottest teams in the league. Hornets are on fire from deep. Shot nearly 50% on a jersey retirement night. Now the Magic get to see the Lakers, who are hitting their stride on Saturday.

Just looking for Franz and Black to make a return in time for the play-in / playoffs, wherever we end up.

thewrongnotes | Magic

4 | an hour ago

Beat the doors off us, again. The Hornets are a fast, athletic, and offensively talented team. Which is basically the total opposite of the Magic.

LaMelonBallz | Hornets

3 | an hour ago

Hey, you guys are a team too!

(And I love Paolo)

fuzzythinker | Nuggets

2 | an hour ago

Too bad 8th seed is pretty much out of reach now as Hawks’ remaining schedule isn’t much different vs. Hornets. Hornets will have to go thru the Sixers (will Embiid be back?) and the Hawks to be in it.

Aidanator800 | Hornets

2 | an hour ago

Or the Heat/Magic, if the Hawks somehow end up winning the 7-8 play-in game

Hugo_5t1gl1tz | Hawks

2 | 38 minutes ago

We’re out of the playin as of now, thanks to you guys

Cubelar | Hornets

1 | 16 minutes ago

Not quite no, finishing #8 spot is still very realistic. Heat have a tough stretch here and we’re 2 games into a 7 game home stand. We have tiebreaker over Magic if Magic lose some games but no tiebreaker over Heat

Akipella | Warriors

3 | an hour ago

Nice little 47.8% (²²⁄₄₆) from 3 with the Curry family in attendence

skullcandy541

0 | an hour ago

Can a hornets fan enlighten me? Genuine question what did he do to deserve being retired/is he worthy of it? Or is he all of a sudden way more popular and remembered differently because of Steph? He doesn’t even have an all star, correct me if I’m wrong but he didn’t bring em much success right?

Aidanator800 | Hornets

6 | an hour ago

He was the first ever player for the Charlotte Hornets (was the first person we picked in the expansion draft), and has been with the team pretty much ever since, whether that be as a player or as a member of the staff/commentary team.

tandtz | Hornets

2 | an hour ago

Has nothing to do with Steph.

He’s one of the most beloved Hornets all time, has been an important part of the org since the first season. The commentary part of it is hard to overstate. In some of the darkest years of this team he has been a saving grace

net_403 | CHA

1 | 42 minutes ago

Franchise legend. My favorite hornet as a kid, cuz 3 is more than 2. He was a key part of all our 90s success, which was regular playoffs and a lot of second round appearances. A top franchise guy in points, sixth man of the year. He’s the epitome of hornets and he’s been with us for almost the entire time

Dell was a legend before Steph Curry was Steph Curry

Halgrind

2 | an hour ago

How often does a game’s leading scorer come off the bench?

Chardoggy1 | Hornets

1 | an hour ago

Honored Dell by going nuclear from 3

d12fsu | Magic

1 | 15 minutes ago

Once this Magic season is officially and mercifully put to rest, I will full on support Buzz City in the east. They are too much fun to watch.

Technical_Pace_4205 | Knicks

-1 | 2 hours ago

Is Paolo Banchero better than Dejounte Murray?

d12fsu | Magic

1 | 11 minutes ago

That’s enough internet for you today

The Charlotte Hornets (36-34) blow out the Orlando Magic (38-31) 130-111 on Dell Curry’s jersey retirement night!