Charlotte Hornets @ Brooklyn Nets

6-11, 3-5 Away

129

6-11, 3-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets CHA	31	42	29	27	129
Nets BKN	37	34	35	22	128

Brooklyn NetsNetsBKN

9-9, 6-5 Home

128

9-9, 6-5 Home

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Miles BridgesM. Bridges#0
Gordon HaywardG. Hayward#20
Mark WilliamsM. Williams#5
Terry RozierT. Rozier#3
Bryce McGowensB. McGowens#7
bench
P.J. WashingtonP.J. Washington#25
JT ThorJ. Thor#21
Ish SmithI. Smith#14
Nick Smith Jr.N. Smith Jr.#8
Leaky BlackL. Black#12
Brandon MillerB. Miller#24
Theo MaledonT. Maledon#9
James BouknightJ. Bouknight#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
38	23	9-15	3-4	2-2	5	2	0	0	0	1	4	2	+4
32	22	8-14	2-4	4-4	6	6	2	0	0	2	4	1	+3
32	12	5-12	0-0	2-2	12	1	0	1	3	5	7	2	-2
40	37	13-25	7-9	4-4	4	13	3	2	0	0	4	1	+2
22	14	5-7	4-5	0-0	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	-6
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	10	2-11	2-9	4-4	8	5	2	3	2	2	6	2	+4
16	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	-2
13	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	-2
14	9	3-4	3-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	+4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	129	46-91	21-36	16-16	41	30	9	6	7	13	28	16
		51%	58%	100%

Brooklyn Nets

starters
Dorian Finney-SmithD. Finney-Smith#28
Cameron JohnsonC. Johnson#2
Nic ClaxtonN. Claxton#33
Spencer DinwiddieS. Dinwiddie#26
Mikal BridgesM. Bridges#1
bench
Trendon WatfordT. Watford#9
Day'Ron SharpeD. Sharpe#20
Lonnie Walker IVL. Walker IV#8
Cam ThomasC. Thomas#24
Harry Giles IIIH. Giles III#14
Royce O'NealeR. O'Neale#00
Dennis Smith Jr.D. Smith Jr.#4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
39	14	5-7	4-6	0-0	6	1	1	2	1	3	3	0	+2
28	15	6-18	3-9	0-0	6	2	2	0	0	6	0	1	-4
29	20	9-13	0-0	2-2	14	2	1	1	2	9	5	1	-7
34	9	3-9	1-6	2-2	4	8	1	0	0	0	4	1	+2
38	22	9-22	2-5	2-3	9	4	2	2	0	0	9	1	+7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
14	6	3-5	0-1	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	-3
18	9	4-5	0-0	1-3	5	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	+4
14	7	2-5	2-4	1-2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	-6
25	26	11-21	2-5	2-3	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT HIP INJURY
DNP-LOWER BACK SPRAIN
	128	52-105	14-36	10-15	52	21	9	6	4	22	30	11
		50%	39%	67%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

CHA

Season tied

1-1

BKN

121

Game 1@ CHA

Final

133

129

Game 2@ BKN

Final

128

110

Game 3@ CHA

Final

Game Information

Brooklyn, NY

Referee:Brian Forte

Referee:Sean Corbin

Referee:Jonathan Sterling

Eastern Conference

Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	46	36	.561	-	L1
Orlando	45	37	.549	1	L1
Charlotte	44	38	.537	2	W1
Miami	43	39	.524	3	W2
Washington	17	65	.207	29	L10

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	56	26	.683	-	W2
New York	53	29	.646	3	L1
Toronto	46	36	.561	10	W1
Philadelphia	45	37	.549	11	W2
Brooklyn	20	62	.244	36	L3

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