After a strong three-game winning streak, the Hornets, ranked 9th in the East, sat at home and faced the challenge of the 5th-placed Lone Rangers in the West.
In terms of the Hornets, the main players are pouring out, and whether the team can defend the home stadium and continue the winning streak has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game.
On the other hand, on the Lone Rangers side, Dinwiddie hung up the exemption card, Kleber entered the starting lineup, and head coach Kidd also lined up to take the victory on the road!
However, after four quarters of competition, with a perfect start of 22-6, the Hornets, who played at home, completely suppressed the Lone Rangers in the first half and occupied the initiative on the field.
Coupled with the return of the second half, Bridges + PJ Washington felt hot in the third quarter, and the Hornets took advantage of the victory to chase a wave of 24-8 offensive frenzy, and the point difference was once stretched to 22 points, which also made the suspense of the final quarter early.
In the end, the Hornets also won 129-108 at home to the Lone Rangers, successfully winning 4 consecutive wins, but also giving the opponents the Lone Rangers 2 consecutive defeats!
Playing at home in this game, the Hornets continued the fiery momentum during the winning streak, and the whole team played as many as 7 people to score in double figures, multi-point blossoming team performance, crushing the Lone Rangers at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and achieving a 21-point victory.
In the case of Rozier + Lamelo Bauer + Oubre and other main players, each performing their own duties, while cutting 20+ Bridges + PJ Washington's play, it is particularly critical!
Bridges was well defensively and defensively in this game, scoring three three-pointers on 7-of-12 shooting in the 29th minute of the game, and exploded a team-high 23 points, plus 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
Among them, his heroic performance of scoring 11 points in the third quarter not only helped the Hornets quickly open up the point difference, but also almost single-handedly ended the Lone Rangers' idea of trying to fight back!
Of course, the Hornets were able to beat the Lone Rangers in this game, and the performance of the team Tigers will be PJ Washington, which is also indispensable.
In this campaign, PJ Washington was full of firepower, starting 28 minutes, shooting nearly 60% of the 14 shots, not to mention shooting 5 three-pointers on the outside line, contributing 21 points + 3 rebounds to the efficient performance.
More importantly, throughout the game, PJ Washington has not made a mistake personally, and it can be said that with a highly efficient personal performance, he successfully disrupted the defensive rhythm and deployment of the Lone Rangers, affecting the trend of the game!
On the other hand, on the side of the Lone Rangers, the team was comprehensively crushed at both ends of the attack and defense in this game, and finally swallowed the performance of the game of 21 points rout + 2 consecutive defeats, which is obviously somewhat unacceptable.
But for the Lone Rangers, this battle, the team is not completely without highlights.
After all, in the case of Brunson + Finney Smith + Burke playing poorly, the performance of the team's ace Doncic in this game is indeed remarkable!
Doncic played well, starting 29 minutes, shooting 8 three-pointers on 13 of 20 shooting, scoring a game-high 37 points, plus four rebounds and three assists.
Although he was unable to help the Lone Rangers take away the victory on their own, there is one thing to say, the outstanding performance of Doncic in this game has indeed caused great pressure on the Hornets, and it can be said that although it is defeated!
It was only in the absence of the team's new nuclear Dinwiddie, facing the Hornets, who were all soldiers, and Doncic, who had worked hard for a whole but was isolated, seemed to have no choice but to accept the reality of the fiasco.
For the Lone Ranger, who has lost 2 consecutive games, as well as the team coach Kidd, considering the team's current situation in the upper abdomen of the ranking, it is clear that in the next schedule, whether Dinwiddie can return in time will also become a key!