Miles Bridges scored a game-high 35 factors because the Charlotte Hornets upset the host Miami Warmth 105-102 on Monday night time.
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The Warmth have now misplaced 4 straight video games and fall to 15-15 at house. Additionally they lead the league with 17 losses throughout video games which they led by double digits.
Bridges drained 5 of 11 pictures past the arc on 12-of-19 capturing general. Three of these 3-pointers got here within the ultimate 4 minutes one to tie the rating at 91-91 and two to take late leads.
Charlotte, which entered the sport with the fewest highway wins within the NBA at 5-24, rallied from a 17-point second-quarter deficit.
Bam Adebayo led the Warmth with 23 factors, 14 rebounds and eight assists. However with Miami trailing 105-102, Adebayo who was open on the prime of the important thing shot an airball.
Miami’s Tyler Herro, who scored 21 factors, had an opportunity to ship the sport to extra time, however he missed a hurried 3-pointer from the left elbow on the buzzer. His shot clanged off the entrance rim.
With the win, Charlotte ended a five-game dropping streak in video games in opposition to Miami.
General, the Hornets have gained two straight video games after dropping 9 straight.
The Hornets acquired three gamers off the injured checklist: Mark Williams , LaMelo Ball and Jusuf Nurkic .
Williams had 24 factors and 10 rebounds. Ball added 15 factors and 10 assists, however he made simply 5 of 21 pictures from the ground, together with a 2-for-12 line on 3-pointers. Nurkic had six factors off the bench.
Miami was with out Alec Burks , however Duncan Robinson and Haywood Highsmith performed regardless of illnesses. Robinson had 14 factors and Highsmith notched seven.
The Warmth, because of 61.5-percent capturing, led 34-21 after a primary quarter throughout which they’d a 24-10 edge in paint factors.
Bridges scored 12 factors within the second quarter as Charlotte closed its deficit to 58-52 at halftime.
Halfway by the third quarter, Charlotte went on a 13-0 run, taking its first lead of the sport, 67-66, on a Williams put-back dunk with 5:08 remaining.
The run continued to 14-0 earlier than Herro snapped it with a 3-pointer. By the top of the third, Miami led 77-73.
With 3:56 left within the fourth, Bridges hit a 3-pointer to tie the rating and the Hornets made sufficient performs down the stretch to safe the comeback win.
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