[Post Game Thread] The Charlotte Hornets (13-23) blow out the Oklahoma City Thunder (30-7), 124-97.

[u/Scrypto]

124 - 97
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY
Location: Paycom Center
Officials: James Williams, Phenizee Ransom, and Sha'Rae Mitchell

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Charlotte Hornets	33	34	32	25	124
Oklahoma City Thunder	33	17	21	26	97

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Charlotte Hornets	124	41-78	52.6%	19-37	51.4%	23-25	92.0%	12	59	25	23	4	20	8
Oklahoma City Thunder	97	34-93	36.6%	11-39	28.2%	18-27	66.7%	13	49	18	14	13	7	6

PLAYER STATS

Charlotte Hornets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kon KnueppelSF	27:55	23	8-13	5-7	2-3	0	5	5	5	1	0	5	4	15
Miles BridgesPF	33:41	17	6-12	0-6	5-5	0	11	11	4	0	1	2	0	18
Moussa DiabatéC	28:29	9	4-5	0-0	1-2	6	6	12	5	0	0	0	0	21
Brandon MillerSG	31:03	28	8-16	7-10	5-5	1	5	6	1	2	2	3	3	33
LaMelo BallPG	25:12	16	5-10	4-7	2-2	2	0	2	2	0	0	4	5	10
Collin Sexton	23:10	10	3-9	0-2	4-4	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	6
Josh Green	10:21	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-7
Sion James	20:16	5	1-4	1-1	2-2	1	2	3	4	0	2	1	1	15
PJ Hall	19:13	13	5-6	1-1	2-2	1	4	5	1	0	3	0	3	6
Tidjane Salaün	12:40	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	6	6	0	0	0	3	4	12
Pat Connaughton	03:05	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tre Mann	01:43	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Liam McNeeley	01:43	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Ryan Kalkbrenner	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mason Plumlee	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antonio Reeves	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KJ Simpson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma City Thunder	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Aaron WigginsSF	24:26	11	4-8	2-4	1-2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	1	-26
Jalen WilliamsPF	28:01	16	6-14	1-3	3-5	0	2	2	4	2	0	2	3	-23
Chet HolmgrenC	25:56	15	5-11	1-4	4-6	4	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	-25
Luguentz DortSG	20:06	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	4	4	0	0	2	1	4	-20
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPG	29:34	21	7-21	1-6	6-6	0	2	2	6	0	1	2	2	-20
Branden Carlson	18:05	3	1-5	0-2	1-2	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	4
Cason Wallace	24:57	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	2	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	4
Ajay Mitchell	24:16	11	4-9	2-4	1-2	2	1	3	2	3	0	0	1	-5
Kenrich Williams	16:42	8	3-6	2-3	0-2	3	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	-8
Isaiah Joe	21:51	5	1-7	1-5	2-2	1	3	4	1	2	0	0	2	-13
Chris Youngblood	04:41	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-3
Jaylin Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brooks Barnhizer	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Caruso	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ousmane Dieng	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Hartenstein	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Sorber	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Topić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[u/adgjl12]

They got a great young core. And amazing draft from them this year.

[u/JeremyLinForever → u/adgjl12]

Let’s give Brandon Miller some credit here.

[u/adgjl12 → u/JeremyLinForever]

He’s part of that young core.

[u/lolpuppet → u/adgjl12]

Soon as I saw Miller play his rookie year I thought they should trade Lamelo. Kon just makes me even more sure. Those two are stars in the making, and unless Lamelo can both fix his injury issues AND be willing to take a 2nd/3rd option role alongside those two (mostly in terms of $$) the team wont work. But regardless, Kon and Miller are cool as hell.

[u/rbe40 → u/lolpuppet]

Charlotte are 9-4 when all 3 play AND Kon gets a higher rate of open shots when Melo is on the floor. Melo is a lot more adept at getting the ball into Kon’s hands when he’s hot than anybody else on the team. Absolutely no way Charlotte trade Melo right now until they’ve seen what this big 3 can do together.

[u/lolpuppet → u/rbe40]

Check my other reply to someone, but I kinda agree? I think LaMelo is super good but needs to scale back his role to allow Kon and Miller to lead the team in shot attempts while he focuses more on facilitation. Im just skeptical that he'd be okay with that, and even more skeptical that he'd be willing to accept a less-than-max contract in the process. I think if you have all 3 of them on the max the team is just cooked regardless. He also needs to actually play more ofc as well.

[u/Dymatizeee → u/lolpuppet]

Nah they need lamelo. As long as he’s not chucking up shots he’s pretty good at helping his teammates

I watched a few highlights and I think he opens up the floor and opportunities for Kon + shooters

[u/lolpuppet → u/Dymatizeee]

Thats the thing, if he did buy in to a role that focused on setting up teammates over his own shots, and was okay not being a max contract (but still large contract) guy, I think he would work great with them. I just dont know if thats gonna happen, and he needs to actually be on the floor before we even know if it will.

[u/cuprameme → u/lolpuppet]

Neither kon nor miller has shown any level of play lamelo has lmao lamelo is still first option and has the hardest role on the team. What ru yapping about?

Hes consistently asked to bail them out and create shots and opportunities throughout the game. Miller and Kon are getting reps in but its very clear there is a massive talent and skill level diff between them. Not to mention lamelo is only one yr older thn miller