The Hornets appreciate not being dependent on their offense anymore

Les Hornets “In recent seasons, we could have easily lost this match, just because our shots weren’t going in”. With these very words Miles Bridges celebrated his team’s win against the Blazers (109-93) at the end of the duel where Charlotte’s offense did not really shine.

After three quarters, LaMelo Ball etc Knuppel could both had less than ten points. Alone Brandon Miller was successful, finishing the match with 26 points on 9/19 shooting. Even Coby Whitewho was playing his first game in Charlotte, was sloppy despite his 20 points.

To win, Charlotte could still count on Portland’s clumsiness. Tiago Splitter’s men missed their first ten attempts from behind the arc, allowing the Hornets to give themselves some breathing room.

“It’s a sign of maturity that we don’t depend on our shots,” underlined by Charles Lee. “We talk a lot about what we can control. We can control the quality of our shots, make sure we shoot well. When you shoot, who knows what could happen? I think they realized we can’t live and die with every shot, we have to move on to the next action.”

finally 100%

With the win against Portland, Charlotte (30-31) has its fourth straight win and is just one win away from returning to a positive record. In addition to this good dynamic, the tide seems to be turning in favor of the Hornets. Because during this reception of the Blazers, the Hornets did not have anyone absent.

Good news after a start to the season marred by injuries to Brandon Miller and LaMel Ball.

“It always feels good to have a healthy team,”appreciates Charles Lee. “Now we have good density. I tried to see how different formations work. I will continue to do that to evaluate them. The game often dictates which way you should go, but we are also looking to try different combinations on the pitch.”

The Hornets are therefore on course to at least get into the game this season, which has not happened since the 2021/22 season. To return to the playoffs for the first time since 2015/16?

			Shots			Rebounds
Players	MJ	Min	Shots	3pts	LF	Off	Def	That	Pd	Bp	Int	Ct	Ft	Pts
Brandon Miller	43	30:03	42.6	37.2	88.4	1.1	3.6	4.7	3.4	2.9	1.0	0.8	2.7	20.9
Lamelo Ball	50	27:32	40.3	36.6	89.8	0.8	4.0	4.8	7.3	2.9	1.1	0.2	2.5	19.4
Knuppel could	59	31:56	49.1	44.2	89.3	1.2	4.2	5.4	3.5	2.2	0.7	0.2	2.2	19.4
Miles Bridges	55	31:52	45.0	33.3	84.5	1.0	5.1	6.0	3.4	1.5	0.6	0.5	1.8	17.9
Collin Sexton	42	22:20	48.8	39.3	87.7	0.4	1.5	1.9	3.7	2.1	0.9	0.2	1.8	14.2
Coby White	2	16:00	35.3	25.0	60.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	5.0	1.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	8.5
Moussa Diabate	52	25:21	64.5	50.0	65.9	3.7	5.0	8.6	1.7	0.9	0.7	1.0	2.4	8.3
Ryan Kalkbrenner	48	22:50	75.9	0.0	69.0	2.6	3.4	6.0	0.8	1.0	0.6	1.5	1.6	8.1
Grant Williams	18	20:10	41.4	35.3	82.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.4	1.5	7.5
Three Man	39	15:43	36.4	32.9	84.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.1	1.2	0.5	0.1	1.6	6.9
Tidjane Salaun	35	16:17	51.0	43.9	68.4	0.7	3.5	4.3	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.2	1.5	6.3
PJ Hall	12	15:35	50.0	100.0	80.8	2.5	3.0	5.5	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.7	1.6	6.1
KJ Simpson	14	15:56	34.8	30.8	62.5	0.4	1.7	2.1	2.5	1.7	1.1	0.0	1.0	6.0
Zion James	60	23:44	36.9	35.6	84.1	0.6	2.9	3.5	2.0	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.9	5.4
Josh Green	36	16:30	48.0	44.0	90.5	0.9	1.1	2.0	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.1	1.1	5.0
Liam McNeeley	28	12:13	38.6	37.9	80.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.1	1.3	4.1
Pat Connaughton	26	7:58	48.3	37.1	64.3	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	3.1
Antonio Reeves	8	7:38	47.4	50.0	0	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	3.0
Mason Plumlee	14	8:56	75.0	0	66.7	0.7	2.1	2.9	1.1	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.9
Drew Peterson	6	10:40 am	12.5	0.0	50.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.8
Xavier Tillman	5	2:24	25.0	0.0	0	0.6	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4