Hornets Catch Fire From Deep to Beat the Cavaliers 124-112: Grayson Allen Scores 27, Donovan Mitchell Held to 11
The team that entered Monday with the league's second-worst three-point percentage made 23 of 46 from behind the arc, Naz Reid added 25 points and 13 rebounds, and Cleveland's starters watched the fourth quarter from the bench.
Charlotte picked the strangest night to become a shooting team. The Hornets, who entered Monday with the second-worst three-point percentage in the NBA, made 23 of 46 shots from behind the arc and beat the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 124-112 on Monday night, ending a six-game losing streak behind 27 points from Grayson Allen and 25 points and 13 rebounds from Naz Reid, according to the Field Level Media report read in full this run.
Cleveland's problem was at the top of its lineup. Donovan Mitchell - the No. 8 search in America this morning, which is how a quiet night becomes a loud one - scored 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting with two rebounds and four assists, and he and James Harden combined to shoot 2-of-13 in the first half for five points each. Like the other Cavaliers starters, Mitchell did not play in the fourth quarter. Harden and Thomas Bryant also finished with 11, Mario Hezonja added 10, and Jarrett Allen had 12 points and a team-best seven rebounds.
The bench nearly stole it anyway. Meleek Thomas led Cleveland with 18 points off the bench and Peyton Wilson added 13, and a Thomas three-pointer pulled the Cavaliers within 118-110 with under four minutes to play before Charlotte closed the game out.
For this station the file matters on the schedule, not the standings: Cleveland's stars are the draw wherever they play, and a night when the league's second-worst shooting team outshoots them 23-for-46 from deep is the kind of result the search board notices by morning. The rematch watch starts with Mitchell, whose next game is the answer to this one.
