Charlotte, NC – – Bilal Coulibaly had 26 factors, Corey Kispert scored 25 on the bench on 5 3 factors and the Washington Wizards gave the Charlotte Hornets their fifth straight defeat 124-114 Monday night.
Miles Bridges had his first profession triple-double for the Hornets, ending with 24 factors, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Lamelo Ball and Brandon Miller have been each with accidents.
Nick Smith Jr. scored 24 factors and Mark Williams overcome a decrease half-time to complete with 23 factors and 14 rebounds for the Hornets.
The Wizards outclassed the 46-25 Hornets within the second quarter behind Kispert, who had 18 factors in 1 / 4 out of 4 3s and led by 26 within the first half.
Kyle Kuzma collected 22 factors and Jonas Valancunas added 14 factors and 17 rebounds for the Wizards, which gained two consecutive video games for the reason that 16 consecutive loss sequence.
Three of the eight Washington victories this season got here towards the Hornets.
Wizards: Make 17 3 factors. The Wizards gained regardless of a nasty evening for the highest scorer Jordan Poole, who had solely six factors on 2 pictures out of 11 and had a tough time dribbling the ball. Kyshawn George solely performed a minute within the second half.
Hornets: Smith appears to be out of his capturing disaster. After hitting 5 3s and scored 19 factors towards Denver on Saturday night, Smith made 4 of the 7 3 towards Wizards.
After the Hornets fired lower than seven years previous, Coulibaly killed a nook 3 to stretch the advance at 10 with 1:16 to play within the match and hold the hornets at a distance.
The wizards have been 9 out of 17 past the arc within the second quarter.
The 2 groups are in motion Wednesday night with the Wizards visiting the Brooklyn Nets and the Hornets welcoming the Milwaukee Bucks.
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