#Washington Wizards at Charlotte Hornets
Spectrum Center- Charlotte, NC
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401584785)
[TV/Radio](/r/CharlotteHornets/comments/17qj8i0/game_thread_washington_wizards_15_at_charlotte/k8cbnvz/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|WAS |24|41|38|29|132|
|CHA |29|17|38|32|116|
###Player Stats
**Washington Wizards**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|D. Avdija|27:32|9|3-10|0-1|3-3|1|2|3|5|0|1|2|4|-5
|K. Kuzma|31:18|33|13-24|4-11|3-3|3|6|9|4|0|0|2|1|8
|D. Gafford|13:24|5|2-3|0-0|1-2|3|2|5|1|0|2|0|4|3
|J. Poole|20:24|11|3-12|1-5|4-5|1|1|2|1|0|0|1|2|-5
|T. Jones|19:04|2|1-6|0-2|0-0|1|5|6|4|1|0|1|1|-8
|C. Kispert|23:01|12|5-9|2-4|0-0|1|2|3|3|1|0|2|2|6
|B. Coulibaly|29:34|6|2-3|2-3|0-0|0|2|2|1|0|0|0|5|23
|D. Wright|26:01|18|4-5|2-3|8-8|2|1|3|3|4|0|1|1|26
|D. Gallinari|19:39|18|7-11|4-7|0-2|0|4|4|2|0|1|1|3|18
|L. Shamet|17:08|15|6-9|3-6|0-1|0|1|1|2|1|1|0|3|24
|A. Gill|4:07|0|0-3|0-0|0-0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|-4
|J. Davis|2:55|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|-2
|R. Rollins|2:55|3|1-1|0-0|1-1|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|-2
|E. Omoruyi|2:55|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|0|0|-2
**Charlotte Hornets**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|G. Hayward|32:18|18|6-14|2-4|4-6|1|6|7|4|3|0|3|2|-8
|P. Washington|35:47|14|4-11|0-5|6-7|1|6|7|1|0|2|2|2|-8
|M. Williams|18:20|14|5-5|0-0|4-6|2|5|7|0|0|1|1|4|2
|B. Miller|30:00|13|5-11|1-2|2-3|2|3|5|2|1|0|2|2|-11
|L. Ball|36:12|34|13-22|3-9|5-7|3|1|4|7|1|0|6|3|-3
|N. Richards|15:32|7|2-3|0-0|3-4|0|6|6|0|0|0|0|2|-9
|B. McGowens|14:50|2|0-0|0-0|2-2|0|3|3|1|0|0|2|2|-1
|T. Maledon|17:46|9|4-7|1-2|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|1|2|-21
|J. Thor|20:59|0|0-3|0-2|0-0|2|3|5|1|0|1|0|3|-21
|I. Smith|10:01|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|2|0|-8
|N. Smith Jr.|4:07|5|2-2|1-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|1|0|4
|L. Black|4:07|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|4
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|WAS|47-97|18-43|20-25|26|26|10|10|6|13|27|46|
|CHA|41-79|8-25|26-35|17|22|8|20|5|11|36|56|
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30 comments
Melo was really out there 1v5ing. At least he’s back.
“Backup point guard” with 0 assists in 18 minutes
For a “defensive team” our defense might be the worst in the league
At this point I’m just tuning in to watch Mark continue the streak
Aight, who else is pumped up for the Panthers game tomorrow?!
boy that game 1 vs the hawks really was false advertising
I’ve seen enough. Play Nick Smith Jr.
Mark played 18 minutes that’s insane
NSJ got 5 points easy, ish has done nothing but turned the rock over…. Still Clifford won’t change nothing
Please God, can we play some defense?
This city is cursed
Bench is complete garbage and it’s time to at least initiate a conversation about whether Cliff is the right coach for this team
I wasn’t able to watch the game. How did Miller do
NSJ GOT MINUTES?? Fuck and I had turned the game off.
Damn
Send Bryce Theo and Thor back to the G would rather have vets on the bench
How can a professional basketball team play this bad of defense?
Our bench is absolutely horrendous.
Our defense is non-existent.
Our coach is setting us up to fail.
But LaMelo had a good offensive game, and Mark Williams continues to make his shots. So that’s good I guess.
Need Cliff fired and Thor, Bryce, Ish, and Theo traded/cut by Saturday
https://preview.redd.it/dp3q41twh8zb1.jpeg?width=2100&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fc7554f3bb49b47ce586c3f33fbfd3c8b1bf503
Zoom in. Feels about as pathetic as this game was.
this team needs bridges back so badly
I knew we had a bad bench, especially with the injuries we currently having killing our bench. But I’m not sure on our 18 man roster we have more than 9 actually nba players.
This teams starters are alright, but the rotation guys for the most part are not real NBA players. Need a real coach too
Man Thor might as well been wearing a wizards jersey
What a joke. Unserious franchise.
Positives:
Melo is looking more like his old self he’s just gotta keep the turnovers under control
Mark continues to be the man, him and Melo are easily the best players on the team right now
Miller had another decent game
NSJ actually played and was the 3rd highest scorer on the bench in just 4 minutes albeit in garbage time
Negatives:
Steve Clifford continues to show why he is easily one of if not the worst coaches in the NBA, he is by far the biggest detriment to this team right now
Defense still looks terrible which can be attributed to coaching again and a lack of effort
Our bench is basically non existent, when Maledon is the best player on your bench you know there’s a problem, hopefully when Bridges, Rozier, and Cody (if he ever does come back) return it won’t be as bad. I think it’s time to start realizing that Thor and Bryce will never contribute in any meaningful way to a good basketball team.
Overall horrible effort by the hornets and it looks like we’re in for another season of disappointment, anybody know if the next draft class looks good?
GGs to the wizards and onto the next
Congratulations Hornets, the worst team in the league. Wake me up when this nightmare is over
I don’t think there’s a worse feeling than Lamelo’s 12 year old fanboys being 100000% right about us wasting yet another promising career away.
Clifford blaming Mark for the loss is wild.
“Trust me, we just gotta keep packing the paint and make them beat us by shooting threes. We’re so close, the wins are gonna start piling up. Nah, this definitely isn’t the same defense I used here in 2013, it’s def different.”
-Steven Gerald Clifford