GAMENOTES: Regular Season Game #40 Charlotte Hornets (11-28) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (28-15) - January 22, 2025
The Hornets get blitzed in the first half and can't recover in Memphis.
FINAL
Charlotte Hornets 120 (11-29) - Memphis Grizzlies 132 (29-15)
WHY DID THEY LOSE? (AND OTHER IMPORTANT STORIES)
They were smacked right in the face in the first quarter and had no idea where they were. Just too much Memphis from all angles tonight as the Hornets were outplayed and outcoached and outclassed.
Memphis was too big all night for the Hornets, until it really didn’t matter and even then reserve big man Jay Hugg came in to torch the Hornets for a few minutes. That’s no shot at Huff or any of the other Grizz every one of them to touch the floor tonight was ready and willing to rain down pain on Charlotte.
The Hornets had no answers for the Grizz in the first half giving up 38 and 40 in the first two quarters. By then, it was too late. The game had pretty much been decided even though the Hornets, led by the starters playing well into the fourth quarter, cut the lead down to 12 at the final horn.
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