Hornets star guard LaMelo Ball was ruled out for the team‘s game against the Warriors on Tuesday due to injury.
The 14-win Hornets had neither their two best players, LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller, nor rotation mainstays Grant Williams, Tidjane Salaun, Tre Mann, and Josh Okogie. They were on the second night of a back-to-back, serving a win on a platter for the Warriors.
Stephen Curry and Draymond Green scored 15 points each and the Golden State Warriors joined an elite group with their 3,000th franchise victory, 128-92 over the Charlotte Hornets.
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Hornets stumble in lopsided loss to Warriors
The Golden State Warriors (31-27) dominated the Charlotte Hornets (14-43) in nearly every facet of Tuesday's night matchup from the Chase Center, cruising to a 128-92 victory. With their fourth consecutive loss, Charlotte also sets a new low for point differential over four games: -145.
It's been a rather unfortunate and disappointing week for the Charlotte Hornets, but maybe they can take a small victory in the play of KJ Simpson in Tuesday ni
With Tuesday’s victory, the Warriors also made NBA history. Golden State became just the fifth franchise in NBA history to reach 3,000 regular season wins with their victory over the Hornets.
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