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Charlotte Hornets beat Cleveland Cavaliers 124-112 to snap six-game skid as Grayson Allen scores 27
Grayson Allen hit six threes, Naz Reid had 25 and 13, and the short-handed Hornets built a 33-point lead before holding off Cleveland's reserves.
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Grayson Allen scored 27 points, Naz Reid added 25 points and 13 rebounds, and the Charlotte Hornets snapped a six-game losing streak with a 124-112 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Spectrum Center on Monday, November 9. It was Charlotte’s first win since October 26. The Hornets improved to 4-7. Cleveland fell to 5-6.
Allen went 6-of-12 from three and 8-of-14 overall, with 6 assists and 2 steals in 34 minutes, matching his season high. Reid shot 10-of-26 with 4 threes.
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How it turned
Charlotte led 29-28 after the first quarter. The Hornets pulled away in the second, using a 14-3 run to go from 50-42 to 64-45, and they went into halftime up 69-53 after making 12 of 24 threes in the first half.
Charlotte broke it open in the third. A 25-5 run, with Sion James hitting three threes, turned a 75-62 lead into 100-67 with 3:50 left in the quarter. It was 107-80 after three.
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Cleveland played its reserves through the fourth quarter and made it interesting. Thomas Bryant and Craig Porter Jr. led a push that cut the deficit to 118-110 with 3:47 left, but Ryan Kalkbrenner’s tip-in and Royce O’Neale’s three from the wing made it 123-110 with 2:44 to play.
The supporting cast
Tidjane Salaun scored 14 points off the bench on 4-of-6 shooting, Sion James had 11, and Coby White added 10 points and 9 assists. Kalkbrenner finished with 8 points, 15 rebounds, 10 of them offensive, and 3 blocks. Charlotte shot 23-of-46 from three and outrebounded Cleveland 49-32.
The Hornets were without Brandon Miller, Kon Knueppel, Moussa Diabate, Grant Williams and Dennis Schröder. Attendance was 17,471.
Cleveland’s side
The rookie Meleek Thomas led the Cavaliers with a career-high 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting, including 4-of-6 from three. Peyton Watson scored 13, Jarrett Allen had 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting with 7 rebounds, and Bryant scored 11 in 15 minutes. James Harden and Donovan Mitchell each scored 11, and Mario Hezonja added 10.
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What’s next
The Cavaliers visit the New York Knicks on Wednesday, November 11, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). The Hornets visit the Phoenix Suns on Thursday, November 12, at 9 p.m. ET (4 a.m. Friday Cairo time).
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