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Charlotte Hornets beat Washington Wizards 110-103 as Brandon Miller scores 39 without Kon Knueppel
Brandon Miller scored 39 points with five threes as the Hornets, without Kon Knueppel, held off a late Wizards rally to win 110-103 and move to 3-1. Anthony Davis had 29 and 10 for Washington.
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Brandon Miller scored 39 points on 15-of-28 shooting with five threes, and the Charlotte Hornets held off a late Washington rally to beat the Wizards 110-103 at Spectrum Center on Monday, October 26. Charlotte, playing without Kon Knueppel because of a left hamstring strain, moved to 3-1. Washington fell to 2-2 despite 29 points and 10 rebounds from Anthony Davis.
Miller added 6 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks and finished a game-high plus-16. He scored 14 points in the second quarter and 13 in the third, and when Washington cut a 14-point lead to three in the final minutes, his 12-footer with 50.9 seconds left steadied Charlotte.
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How it turned
Washington led 21-19 after one quarter, helped by a 13-2 run that turned a 13-6 deficit into a 19-15 lead. Charlotte took over in the second. Miller hit three threes in the period, and after Alex Sarr’s tip-in made it 43-38 with 2:37 left, the Hornets scored the next eight points. Miller’s 24-footer with 22.2 seconds left made it 54-42, and Charlotte led 54-44 at halftime after a 35-23 quarter.
The Wizards got back within one at 60-59 when Trae Young threw an alley-oop to Davis with 6:59 left in the third. Charlotte answered with eight straight points on a Grayson Allen three, a Moussa Diabaté dunk and a Miller pull-up, and Miller’s 27-foot three with 2:10 left made it 76-64. The Hornets led 80-68 after three quarters.
Washington opened the fourth with threes from Bub Carrington on consecutive trips and dunks by Bilal Coulibaly and Kyshawn George, both set up by Young, to get within 86-82 with 7:45 left. Naz Reid then scored 7 points in a 12-2 run that included a Miller dunk and a 26-foot Miller three, and Reid’s three with 5:15 left made it 98-84. Davis hit two threes in 40 seconds, George added a 28-footer and a layup, Tre Johnson hit from 29 feet, and Young’s floater with 1:13 left made it 103-100. Miller answered with his jumper, and Allen made four free throws in the final 22.5 seconds to close it.
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The numbers
Charlotte won the glass 54-41 and grabbed 20 offensive rebounds to Washington’s 10. Diabaté had 11 points, 17 rebounds, 11 of them on the offensive end, and 3 blocks. Reid had 18 points and 12 rebounds on 8-of-22 shooting, and Allen scored 15 off the bench, going 7-of-7 at the line. The Hornets shot 42-of-97 and 12-of-39 from three, and they had 8 steals to Washington’s 4.
Washington’s side
The Wizards shot 41-of-85 and outscored Charlotte 56-50 in the paint, but they made 9 of 28 threes and committed 14 turnovers. Davis shot 11-of-22 and made 3 of 6 threes. Young had 22 points and 10 assists, George scored 20 on 8-of-14 shooting, and Sarr added 12 points and 6 rebounds. The bench struggled: Khris Middleton and Deandre Ayton combined for no points in 25 minutes, at minus-17 and minus-14.
What’s next
Both teams play Wednesday, October 28, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). The Hornets visit the Detroit Pistons, and the Wizards visit the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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