Beijing time on April 14, the Hornets and Eagles ushered in the 9th and 10th place play-offs, because the rules of this set of play-offs are that the losers are directly eliminated, and the winners have to fight with the 7th and 8th losers to compete for the last playoff last train ticket, so this game is also a veritable "life and death battle" for the Hornets and eagles, and before the game, the Wasps who were delayed by the train and delayed the arrival time in the stadium were obviously affected in the game. In the first half they were eight points behind the Home Hawks, and in the second half, the Hornets were directly hit by the recovering Hawks with a 72-51 shockwave, making the game lose suspense early, and finally lost to the opponent 103-132, ending all the journeys of the season.
Two consecutive seasons out of the playoffs, the last time the Hornets made it to the playoffs was in the 15-16 season
Although the Hornets have made the opportunity to enter the playoffs in both seasons, they have not been able to seize the opportunity in this key game that is related to whether they can enter the playoffs, last year they suffered a 27-point defeat against the Pacers, and today they lost 29 points against the Hawks, so that the Hornets have not been able to enter the playoffs for 6 consecutive years, and the last time the team made the playoffs, it goes back to the 15-16 season, when the Hornets led by the veteran Coach Clifford achieved 48 wins and 34 losses in the regular season. Sixth place in the East.
During Charlotte's happy hour, the Hornets last made the playoffs, with Jeremy Lin being the team's third-place scorer in the playoffs
At that time, the Hornets under the leadership of the "Queen of Bees" Kemba Walker also showed a strong competitiveness, with Batum, McGieghy, Marvin Williams on the front line, and veteran Al Jefferson sitting on the inside, as for the backcourt, it was the Chinese player Jeremy Lin, who was the sixth person on the main team at the time, Who had just switched from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Charlotte Hornets, and under clifford's full trust, Jeremy Lin also perfectly adapted to this sixth-man role.
Throughout the season, Jeremy Lin played in 78 games, only 13 starts, and averaged 11.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3 assists in 26.2 minutes of playing time. Reaching the playoffs as sixth in the East, the tough Hornets also fought seven games with the Heat, but unfortunately they were unfortunately out. Although he failed to break through the first round, Lin played a playoff career-best 12.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists that season, scoring a score second only to Jefferson and Walker, which can be said to be the team's main offensive arrow.
19 years of abandonment of the Walker Hornets has since been a slump, the new coach Borrego coaching has reached the bottleneck, Joe boss should consider changing the coach
Unfortunately, the Hornets have also said goodbye to their short happy hours since then, ranking from the bottom of the East for several consecutive seasons, and in the summer of 19, they gave up the renewal of the team's core Kemba Walker, and the following season, the team only achieved 23 wins and 42 losses, creating the worst number of wins since the 12-13 season. Although in recent years, under the tutelage of new coach Borrego, the Hornets have begun to cultivate a series of talented new stars, but for the playoff competition, they still showed their childish side, and this year again missed the playoff stage, if the Hornets want to seek transformation, Joe boss can indeed consider changing coaches, Borrego's assistant coach in recent years seems to have reached a bottleneck, the team needs a new coach to bring some changes to the team.