Hornets (120) vs Cavaliers (110) · Apr 14, 2024

FINAL

Apr 14, 2024

21-61CharlotteHornets

120

48-34ClevelandCavaliers

110

Game Recap

The Hornets defeated the Cavaliers, 120-110. Nick Smith Jr. recorded a career-high 24 points (6-11 3PT FG), along with six rebounds and three assists for the Hornets, while JT Thor added 20 points, nine rebounds and four assists in the victory. Max Strus posted his first career triple-double as he tallied 14 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 11 assists for the Cavaliers in the losing effort. The Hornets finish the regular season at 21-61, while the Cavaliers finish 48-34.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CHA	24	33	31	32	120
CLE	33	25	38	14	110

HORNETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
7Bryce McGowensSF	29	6-14	2-6	4-4	3	4	0	1	0	0	18	-7
21JT ThorPF	41	8-11	3-6	1-2	9	4	2	3	0	2	20	+11
12Marques BoldenC	29	7-10	0-1	0-0	8	2	1	4	1	1	14	+5
23Tre MannSG	24	4-11	3-6	0-0	4	6	1	0	2	2	11	-3
22Vasilije MicicPG	9	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	4	0	0	1	0	3	-8
8Nick Smith Jr.	32	9-20	6-11	0-0	6	3	1	0	1	0	24	+9
12Leaky Black	32	4-4	2-2	1-1	6	5	2	1	0	3	11	+22
10Amari Bailey	21	4-10	1-2	2-2	5	5	2	0	1	1	11	+17
17Aleksej Pokusevski	19	3-7	1-3	1-2	5	3	1	0	3	2	8	+4
9Davis Bertans	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Nick Richards	— did not play —												— did not play —
2Grant Williams	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	46-9150.5%	19-4047.5%	9-1181.8%	47	36	10	9	9	11	120	-

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
35Isaac OkoroSF	29	3-6	3-4	2-2	3	6	0	0	0	0	11	+12
4Evan MobleyPF	25	5-13	0-1	4-4	6	5	0	0	0	0	14	+10
31Jarrett AllenC	22	7-7	0-0	0-0	7	2	2	0	3	1	14	+9
1Max StrusSG	30	5-12	4-6	0-0	10	11	0	0	3	0	14	-7
9Craig Porter Jr.PG	9	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	+8
20Georges Niang	22	6-9	4-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	2	16	+7
24Marcus Morris Sr.	18	3-9	1-4	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	2	7	+3
21Emoni Bates	29	3-12	1-5	0-0	3	3	0	0	6	0	7	-22
13Tristan Thompson	11	3-7	0-0	0-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	-22
15Isaiah Mobley	16	5-9	1-3	0-1	3	0	1	0	1	0	11	-12
30Damian Jones	12	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	-18
8Pete Nance	12	1-3	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	-18
TOTAL	-	44-9347.3%	16-3348.5%	6-966.7%	43	30	4	1	14	8	110	-

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterchacle

(11:58) Jump Ball J. Allen vs. M. Bolden: Tip to C. Porter Jr.
(11:44) MISS E. Mobley turnaround bank Hook
(11:42) V. Micic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:29) M. Bolden 10' turnaround bank Hook (2 PTS) (V. Micic 1 AST)
20
+3 (11:13) M. Strus 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (E. Mobley 1 AST)
23
(10:58) MISS M. Bolden alley-oop Layup
(10:56) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (10:53) M. Strus 25' 3PT running pullup (6 PTS) (I. Okoro 1 AST)
26
(10:26) MISS V. Micic driving floating bank Shot
(10:24) C. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:18) MISS E. Mobley driving bank Hook
(10:16) J. Thor REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:01) MISS T. Mann 24' 3PT
(9:58) M. Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:43) MISS M. Strus 26' 3PT
(9:40) J. Thor REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (9:35) V. Micic 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (T. Mann 1 AST)
56
(9:20) MISS C. Porter Jr. driving floating bank Shot
(9:18) M. Bolden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:14) C. Porter Jr. personal FOUL (1 PF)
+3 (9:04) B. McGowens 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Thor 1 AST)
86
+2 (8:47) E. Mobley driving Layup (2 PTS) (M. Strus 1 AST)
88
(8:31) MISS B. McGowens driving finger roll Layup
(8:28) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:27) J. Allen lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(8:27) T. Mann STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (8:18) J. Thor running Layup (2 PTS) (T. Mann 2 AST)
108
+2 (8:09) J. Allen cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (E. Mobley 2 AST)
1010
+3 (7:48) J. Thor 24' 3PT (5 PTS) (V. Micic 2 AST)
1310
(7:34) M. Bolden shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Mobley 2 FT)
+1 (7:34) E. Mobley Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1311
+1 (7:34) E. Mobley Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
1312
(7:23) MISS V. Micic 25' pullup 3PT
(7:21) E. Mobley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:11) MISS I. Okoro driving finger roll Layup - blocked
(7:11) J. Thor BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:07) T. Mann REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:58) MISS T. Mann 13' fadeaway Shot
(6:56) E. Mobley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:47) MISS E. Mobley 7' driving floating Shot
(6:46) E. Mobley REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(6:45) MISS E. Mobley putback DUNK - blocked
(6:45) M. Bolden BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:44) T. Mann REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:35) MISS J. Thor 26' 3PT
(6:33) M. Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (6:24) I. Okoro 3PT (3 PTS) (E. Mobley 3 AST)
1315
(6:04) MISS B. McGowens driving reverse Layup
(6:02) M. Bolden REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:01) MISS B. McGowens 3PT
(6:01) M. Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (5:51) C. Porter Jr. driving DUNK (2 PTS) (J. Allen 1 AST)
1317
(5:37) MISS M. Bolden 25' 3PT
(5:35) C. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:35) CLE Timeout
+2 (5:23) J. Allen 13' Jump Shot (4 PTS) (C. Porter Jr. 1 AST)
1319
(5:04) V. Micic bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(5:04) C. Porter Jr. STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (4:59) M. Strus 25' 3PT running (9 PTS) (C. Porter Jr. 2 AST)
1322
(4:39) MISS B. McGowens 3PT
(4:37) TEAM defensive REBOUND
+2 (4:18) J. Allen 6' driving Hook (6 PTS) (M. Strus 2 AST)
1324
+2 (4:05) L. Black 14' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (V. Micic 3 AST)
1524
(3:45) MISS M. Morris Sr. 12' fadeaway Shot
(3:42) J. Allen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (3:40) J. Allen putback Layup (8 PTS)
1526
(3:28) MISS V. Micic 26' pullup 3PT
(3:26) C. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(3:23) MISS M. Strus running finger roll Layup - blocked
(3:23) B. McGowens BLOCK (1 BLK)
(3:23) L. Black REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (2:59) N. Smith Jr. 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (V. Micic 4 AST)
1826
(2:43) MISS M. Strus driving finger roll Layup
(2:38) M. Strus REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(2:38) MISS M. Strus tip Layup
(2:37) N. Smith Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:35) MISS N. Smith Jr. running Layup - blocked
(2:35) C. Porter Jr. BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:30) B. McGowens REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(2:30) MISS B. McGowens tip Layup
(2:30) M. Strus REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
(2:30) CLE Timeout
+2 (2:17) M. Morris Sr. 15' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (E. Bates 1 AST)
1828
+3 (1:51) A. Bailey 3PT (3 PTS) (L. Black 1 AST)
2128
+3 (1:34) G. Niang 25' 3PT (3 PTS)
2131
(1:21) MISS N. Smith Jr. 3PT
(1:19) G. Niang REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:13) MISS E. Bates 26' pullup 3PT
(1:10) T. Mann REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(0:58) MISS T. Mann 26' step back 3PT
(0:55) A. Bailey REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (0:55) L. Black Layup (4 PTS) (A. Bailey 1 AST)
2331
(0:55) M. Morris Sr. shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Black 1 FT)
+1 (0:55) L. Black Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
2431
(0:39) M. Morris Sr. bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(0:39) A. Pokusevski bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(0:33) MISS I. Okoro 26' pullup 3PT
(0:31) A. Pokusevski REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:21) MISS A. Pokusevski 16' Jump Shot
(0:19) E. Bates REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:02) E. Bates 18' step back Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2433

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CHA

CLE

120Points110

46-91(50.5%)Field Goal(%)44-93(47.3%)

19-40(47.5%)3-Point(%)16-33(48.5%)

9-11(81.8%)Free Throw(%)6-9(66.7%)

47(10)Rebounds(Offensive)43(12)

36Assists30

10Steals4

9Blocks1

9Turnovers14

11Fouls8

48Pts In The Paint48

17Fast Break Pts14

19Pts Off Turnovers11

54Bench Pts55

10Largest Lead13

Game Details

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