THE NBA Season Event was a brand new thought in 2023 that become a smash hit. The Los Angeles Lakers gained the inaugural trophy by profitable the championship recreation towards Tyrese Haliburton and the brand new Indiana Pacers, in a packed area in Las Vegas. The hype surrounding the Finals proved that Adam Silver’s thought to boost the primary few weeks of the NBA season was a powerful success.
The 2024 version of the event, now named the Emirates NBA Cup, kicked off on Tuesday, November 12 and the Charlotte Hornets have been in motion. Charlotte is in Group A of the Jap Convention, competing with the Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic and Philadelphia 76ers. 4 of the groups in Group A kicked off their NBA Cup marketing campaign on the primary night time of group play, together with the Hornets. Charlotte fell to the Orlando Magic by a rating of 114-89, making their path to the exit from their group a lot steeper. A key consider group play is level differential, and the Hornets dug themselves fairly a gap by dropping to Orlando by 25 factors of their NBA Cup opener.
This is the place Charlotte stands after the primary spherical of matches.
1. Orlando Magic – 1-0 (+25 factors distinction)
2. New York Knicks – 1-0 (+12 factors distinction)
3. Brooklyn Nets 0-0 (0 level distinction)
4. Philadelphia 76ers (-12 level distinction)
5. Charlotte Hornets (-25 level distinction)
Charlotte’s subsequent NBA Cup motion is Tuesday, November 19 once they journey to Brooklyn to tackle the Nets.
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