Live bar October 26 , the Hornets sit at home against the Celtics, both teams are back-to-back, and Jaylen Brown is back after a break. In the first half, the Hornets felt hot outside, and Bridges, Ball and Oubre hit three consecutive three-pointers to help the Hornets take a double-digit lead. However, Tatum stepped forward in time, and he frequently cut points inside and outside, leading the Green Army to a climax, and at the end of the half, he won 68-66. Yi Bian fought again, and Tatum continued the fiery feel and helped the Green Army establish a lead. However, the Green Army suddenly lost power in the first half of the final quarter and fell into a scoring drought, and the Hornets blossomed at multiple points under the leadership of Hayward and Bridges to reverse the score. At the critical moment, the Green Army woke up in time, and Tatum and Brown led the team to launch a crazy counterattack, helping the Green Army to successfully equalize at the end of the game and drag the game into overtime. In extra time, Schroeder and Jaylen Brown led the Green Army to a 14-0 run to seal the win. In the end, the Green Army defeated the Hornets 140-129 in extra time to achieve two consecutive wins, while ending the Hornets' 3-game winning streak.
Statistics:
Hornets (3-1): Ball 25 points, 5 boards and 9 assists, Hayward 15 points and 6 boards, Bridges 25 points and 10 boards, Plumlee 12 points and 11 boards, Oubre 19 points and 9 boards, McDaniels 13 points, Smith 10 points and 4 assists
Celtics (2-2): Tatum 41 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, Robert Williams 12 points and 16 boards, Brown 30 points and 9 boards, Schroder 23 points, 6 boards and 8 assists, Smart 7 points and 5 assists, Parker 13 points and 5 boards, Grant Williams 9 points.
In the first quarter, Schroeder hit the first three-pointer in the opening quarter, but the Hornets' Oubre, Bridges and Ball immediately returned the three-pointer, and the Hornets took an 11-5 lead with outside firepower. Although Schroeder continued to form and then quickly countered the layup and hit a three-pointer, Ball responded with another three-pointer and assisted Plumley to cut four points on the inside to lead the Hornets. Oubre then blasted two three-pointers from the perimeter, giving the Hornets a double-digit lead at one point, 25-14. However, Green Army bench Jabari Parker immediately after the appearance of the two three-pointers also in color, to help the Green Army stop the bleeding. At the end of the quarter, the Green Army's bench lineup shot more and more smoothly, with Pritchard, Grant Williams and Parker hitting three-pointers in turn, and the Green Army played a 14-4 offensive wave to chase the score to 33 at the end of the first quarter.
Back in the second quarter, Tatum came up with full firepower, and he scored 6 consecutive points inside and outside, leading the Green Army to reverse the score. However, the Hornets woke up just in time, Hayward and Cody Martin hit three-pointers to color, and the Hornets equalized. In the middle of the quarter, the Hornets continued the outside feel, and the fiery Oubre joined forces with Ball to score three more three-pointers, and the two helped the team re-establish the lead at 54-48, directly stopping the Green Army. After the timeout, Tatum stepped forward to shoot a three-point green army to stop the bleeding, and then the two teams began to attack, and Tatum, who found the outside touch, hit two more three-pointers in a row, but the Hornets' Bridges counter-attacked tit-for-tat and hit a three-pointer to return the color, and the score on the court alternated to lead. In the final minute, Schroeder hit a three-pointer and the Green Army ended the first half with a 68-66 comeback.
With Bridges continuing to form and Joining Hayward to score four points to help the Hornets regain the lead. Jaylen Brown then hit a three-pointer and scored, but Hayward and Ball immediately responded with three points, and the Hornets held the lead 80-75. However, the Hornets suddenly lost power in the middle of the quarter, caught in a 2-and-a-half-minute scoring drought; the Green Army seized the opportunity to chase the score, and Brown and Tatum hit three-pointers to help the Green Army play a 9-0 rebound. Although Bridges then stepped up to break the scoring drought for the Hornets in a 2+1, Brown and Tatum, who found the rhythm, continued to break through the rotation to score points, and the Green Army established a 92-86 lead. At the end of the quarter, the Hornets made adjustments, they sent a substitute lineup, Ismail Smith came up and scored four consecutive points, McDaniels continued to score three points, and the Hornets played a 11-0 surge with the excellent performance of the bench, and at the end of the third quarter, they won 97-94.
In the final quarter, Tatum fired again, he hit two three-pointers in the first straight, but the equally hot Bridges immediately broke through the dunk and hit a shot to return the salute, followed by McDaniels counterattacked to score four consecutive points, and the Hornets suppressed the Green Army 107-100. In the middle of the quarter, the Green Army suddenly muted, they missed the score for 3 consecutive minutes, the Hornets seized the opportunity to open the score, Oubre and Hayward scored strongly, McDaniels hit another three points, and the Blossoming Hornets inside and outside established a double-digit lead of 114-102. However, the Green Army woke up at the end of the game and launched a crazy counterattack, Brown, Tatum and Schroeder took turns to score strong points, Smart also hit a three-pointer, and the Green Army responded with a wave of 12-2, surpassing one point in one fell swoop, forcing the Hornets to call a timeout to adjust. In the final minute and a half, Ball hit a three-pointer, but Tatum immediately broke through to make two fouls and hit all two free throws, and the two teams were tied. In the final moments, the two teams made successive mistakes and failed to complete the attack, and the game went into extra time.
In overtime, Schroeder and Williams III scored first for the Greens, but Ball then hit a three-pointer and forced a foul to give the Hornets a three-point lead. However, the Hornets then failed to continue the offensive momentum, they missed consecutively, and the Green Army's Schroeder and Brown hit three-pointers to lead the Green Army to a 12-0 run to a 138-109 victory. Ball then fouled and left the field, the Hornets continued to shoot iron in the final moments, and Schroeder and Tatum recreated fouls to hit free throws to help the Greens seal the win. In the end, the Green Army passed overtime to beat the Hornets on the road.
Both sides started:
Wasp: Ball, Oubre, Plumlee, Bridges, Hayward
Celtics: Schroeder, Smart, Jaylen Brown, Tatum, Robert Williams
(Swing together)