On March 20, Beijing time, the Hornets played at home against the Lone Rangers, and the Hornets successfully defeated the Lone Rangers 129-108 at the end of the game. The last game lone ranger was steadily suppressed by the 76ers to lose the game, and now the lone ranger back-to-back battle needs to win the game, this is not only to avoid losing streak, but more importantly, the lone ranger needs to win the ball to stabilize his ranking, after all, the lone ranger's current ranking is not stable, so this game Doncic needs to stand up and help the team, but unfortunately this game Doncic is playing a good state, but other players are sluggish, not to mention, the Hornets side is the crowd will be in unison, In the end, the Lone Ranger suffered a 21-point defeat.
In the first quarter of the game Rozier, three goals and Bridgeszi broke out, the Hornets had to play a 16-2 start, the next game Brunson scored to stop the bleeding, Washington responded, fortunately Doncic broke out in time to play a wave of 12-0, the next game Bridges and others continued to maintain the state, Doncic scored to stop the decline, the first quarter ended the Hornets led by 11 points. In the second quarter, Bertans helped the team score points, And Rozier and others continued to respond, and then the Lone Rangers once played a wave of 13-0 to complete the rebound, but then Washington and Oubre helped the team play a wave of 8-0, and the Hornets led by 9 points at the end of the half. In the third quarter of the game, Doncic helped the Lone Ranger stabilize the situation, Washington, Rozier responded, although Doncic broke out to help the team chase points, but the Hornets gave three goals and others to give a response to maintain the lead, and then the Hornets played more, and the Hornets led by 22 points at the end of the third quarter. At one point in the fourth quarter, the Hornets led by more than 30 points, and eventually the Lone Ranger gave up the game to let the Hornets win.
Losing this game Doncic is obviously not happy, after the end of the game Doncic on the field a serious face looks very unhappy, after all, two consecutive games of fiasco is uncomfortable, especially to the moment of competition for the rankings of the Lone Ranger is undoubtedly the need to win the game, but the last game Doncic is not in good shape, this game Doncic broke out easily, the help given by teammates is limited, the end of the game Doncic got 37 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, but Brunson and others, Brunson had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Powell had 2 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and Smith had 8 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
This game the Hornets are early to occupy the lead, Rozier did not say early, the other Hornets players in the game is more together have a good performance, the final Hornets is 7 people to score in double figures, of which Thomas Jr. played an explosive performance, the end of the game Thomas Jr. got 11 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists in 4 of 6, it can be said that seeing Thomas Jr. can still play in the league is still happy. Among the other Hornets players, Bridges had 23 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, 17 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists on three goals, and Rozier had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
After the Hornets won this game, the Nets danger also came, after all, after winning this game, the gap between the Hornets and the Nets was only 1 win difference, and the Hornets would next play against the Pelicans and Knicks, which gave the Hornets a chance to overtake the Nets, and the Nets next played against the Jazz, Grizzlies, heat and other strong teams, not to mention, there are also home games Irving can not play, so the Nets at this time is really dangerous, after all, if you are not careful, The Nets will not be able to retain their eighth place in the East.