Bridges scored five points to bridge the gap to another Bouknight three. Miles Bridges drove the lane for a couple of crafty layups in the final minute of the game to pull the Hornets within one heading into the final quarter.īouknight kept the good times rolling with a step back three on the first possession of the fourth quarter to give him 21 points for the game. In the longer term, James Bouknight checked in and scored eight straight points to pull the Hornets back within three. The move stopped the bleeding, but it didn’t help the Hornets gain back the ground they lost in the short term. The Kings went on a 12-0 run really early in the second quarter, after which James Borrego took a timeout and gave the hook to Vernon Carey Jr. The Hornets briefly took the lead with a Cody Martin steal and score, but they ultimately went into the half trailing 71-69. Kelly Oubre and Gordon Hayward did most of the scoring during the comeback with the occasional contributions from Miles Bridges. The Hornets would use the rest of the quarter to dig themselves out of that hole. The Kings meanwhile started the quarter on a 15-4 run. The Hornets led 37-36 after a frenetic first quarter and were led by none other than Cody Martin in scoring, who had 11 points in the opening frame.Īrnoldas Kulboka made his NBA debut to start the second quarter. The pace only let up a little bit from there. At that point, the score was already 16-15 (a 192-180 full game pace). James Borrego called a timeout exactly four minutes into the game. The game started exactly how you’d expect a game between two fast paced teams that play poor teams to start. James Bouknight scored 24 points to lead five Charlotte Hornets who scored at least 19 points as they took down the Sacramento Kings, 124-123.
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