On April 14, Beijing time, the Hornets lost 103-132 to the Hawks for six consecutive years without a playoff, and the Hawks will play the second round of the playoffs with the Cavaliers, and the winner can lock in the eighth place in the East to enter the playoffs. It was a one-sided game, the Hawks led by 8 points in the first half, the Hawks led by 26 points after the third quarter, the last quarter went into garbage time early, the Hawks all bench played with the Hornets, Miles Bridges was also dissatisfied with the referee's blow penalty was expelled, it can be said that the Hornets lost extremely ugly.
Three goals in the first half of 13, shooting 25% to score 9 points; Rozier scored 5 points in the first half 2 of 10; Bridges scored 6 points in the first half, these three are the Hornets' trident, but also the Hornets' first, second and third players in the team, so crotch-pulling in key games, the second half of the third quarter has been in the garbage time, the three are still trying to brush the data.
Hornets fans satirized rozier in this game like a fat "fake Jordan", 37 minutes in the game, 8 of 22, 8 of 3 three-pointers, 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 turnovers, shooting 36.3%, shooting 25% of three-pointers, as the team's third scorer he has the lowest efficiency.
In fact, in early April, he also played very sluggish games, for a period of time in 7 games averaged 15.7 points and 4.6 assists, shooting 38.2%, three-point shooting rate of 31.9%, the Hornets also did not have the opportunity to return to the top eight in the East, and there was no home advantage in the playoffs.
Rozier's crotch so gives the Lakers a chance, Russell Westbrook's two potential next home are the Hornets and Pacers, this time Jordan is likely to really do it, Westbrook was originally AJ's spokesman, he has a huge fan base, his bad play in Los Angeles does not mean that he is incompetent, he was still a superstar of 22+11+10 last year, Jordan can let go.
According to The New York Post reporter Mark Stein, Michael Jordan's Hornets have a lot of problems to solve, Bridges and Lamelo's contract extension fee is good, and I recently saw a message about a potential Gordon Hayward deal, the Hornets traded to the Lakers for a expired contract.
As we all know, Westbrook decided to execute on his 47 million player option, and his contract is an expired contract, in other words, Hayward, who has suffered repeated injuries, has become the object of Jordan's desire to clean up, so the deal is likely to be like this:
The Lakers sent Westbrook + the first round of 2027 (the first three protections), got Hayward + Rozier, and felt that Westbrook went to the Hornets really has a drama.
Text/Yan Xiaobai