The Sixers’ 11-game winning streak against the Hornets ended Monday afternoon in dismal style.

The Hornets crushed the Sixers at Spectrum Center, cruising to a 130-93 win.

Charlotte improved to 19-28 and the Sixers fell to 24-21. 

Kelly Oubre Jr.’s 17 points led the Sixers. Brandon Miller scored 30 points for the Hornets on 9-for-12 shooting.

The Sixers didn’t have Joel Embiid (left knee injury management) and Paul George (left knee injury management) on the first leg of a back-to-back. 

The team officially signed Charles Bassey to a 10-day contract Monday and assigned him to the Delaware Blue Coats. 

The Sixers will travel home and wrap up their back-to-back Tuesday night vs. the Bucks. Here are observations on their blowout loss in Charlotte:

Nothing doing for Maxey and Edgecombe

Without Embiid and George, the Sixers started Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, Oubre, Dominick Barlow and Andre Drummond.

That unit had a poor defensive start. Three-pointers by Miller and LaMelo Ball gave Charlotte a 14-8 lead. The Hornets opened 6 for 7 from the field and the Sixers’ defense allowed a handful of early dunks. Center Moussa Diabate showed off his bounce in a 10-point, no-miss first half.

On the Sixers’ side, the team started 0 for 6 beyond the arc. At halftime, the Sixers were shooting a mere 34 percent from the floor and 21.4 percent from three-point range.

Besides Oubre, no Sixers perimeter player could score efficiently in the first half.

The Maxey-Edgecombe backcourt shot 5 for 24 on Monday. In addition to the long-distance woes, almost nothing was falling for the Sixers’ guards on floaters and mid-range attempts. Maxey made it known that he wasn’t pleased with his lack of foul shots (zero in the game), too. 

McCain minutes 

Jared McCain entered at the 3:04 mark of the first quarter with the Sixers trailing by eight points. It was the second-year guard’s first NBA rotation chance since Jan. 14.

He air balled a corner three long on his first shot. A few seconds later, McCain missed another long-range jumper a tad short.

The 21-year-old got a fast-break finger roll to drop in the first minute of the second quarter. He ended the day with 16 points on 6-for-13 shooting, three rebounds and three assists in 23 minutes. Of course, most of that production came in Monday’s extended garbage time.

Quentin Grimes fouled Josh Green on a three-point attempt early in the second. The officials reviewed the play and deemed it a reckless closeout, assessing Grimes a Flagrant 1 foul. Green’s free throws put Charlotte up 41-28. 

It hasn’t been rare at all to see Grimes foul jump shooters this season. Closing out hard on good shooters is fine, but he’s crossed the line far too often, sprinting without sufficient control and costing the Sixers free points. Especially when Grimes is in an offensive slump, those mistakes make it even tougher for him to have a positive impact.

The Sixers’ level of play remained very low across the board and the Hornets’ lead kept rising. Head coach Nick Nurse picked up a technical foul late in the second quarter. Charlotte’s advantage swelled to 31 points on a Ball put-back layup.

Non-competitive second half

Justin Edwards checked in as the sixth player off the Sixers’ bench with 6:23 to go in the third quarter.

Shortly after subbing in, Edwards fouled Grant Williams as he drained a corner three. That shot grew the Hornets’ lead to 42 points. As Miller continued pouring in buckets, the Sixers’ deficit ballooned as high as 50.

Maxey, Edgecombe and Oubre all exited with 5:15 left in the third quarter and did not return. Nothing about the second half was competitive.

Maxey finished with season lows in points (six) and minutes (25). He’s one of many Sixers who will need to be better on Tuesday for the team to salvage a back-to-back split.