Charlotte Hornets (4-7, 12th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (7-5, seventh in the Eastern Conference)
Milwaukee; Friday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: The Charlotte Hornets visit the Charlotte Hornets in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup.
Milwaukee finished 48-34 overall and 31-21 in Eastern Conference action a season ago. The Bucks averaged 25.5 assists per game on 42.0 made field goals last season.
Charlotte went 19-63 overall and 10-42 in Eastern Conference play during the 2024-25 season. The Hornets averaged 105.1 points per game last season, 15.5 from the free-throw line and 39 from deep.
The teams meet for the second time this season. The Hornets won 111-100 in the last matchup on Nov. 13. Miles Bridges led the Hornets with 20 points, and Ryan Rollins led the Bucks with 25 points.
INJURIES: Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo: day to day (knee), Kevin Porter Jr.: out (ankle), Taurean Prince: day to day (neck).
Hornets: Grant Williams: day to day (acl), LaMelo Ball: day to day (ankle), Brandon Miller: out (shoulder), Josh Green: day to day (shoulder).
Yeah you know they’re not calling anything on giannis now
Eastley
damn, that's a great way to hold up there
TheDorkLord
LFG
Eastley
Great coaching by Lee there to not send the double when we have been doing it all game, guarantee that jacked up their whole plan
kudos!
Mich_Mercer
This is a great game
spectre
All right! We got the mo here so a win in ot coming
tnhornetsfan
Let's steal one
Eastley
that's like Mickey telling Rocky, "Now the Left Rock!"
dnbman
Can't wait to watch highlights tomorrow.
Mich_Mercer
I love actually looking like a real team. Imagine if we had Miller with this Kon.
Eastley
win or lose, this has been amazing
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Mich_Mercer
It really has. I’ll be sad if they lose
But I won’t be mad. We played well.
TheDorkLord
and they said Kon was a "glue guy"
Eastley
where glue is one of the more valuable commodities
Mich_Mercer
I thought that’s what he was too
TheDorkLord
Sion is more of a glue guy now
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spectre
Low ceiling too. I’m good with rhis low ceiling
Mich_Mercer
Glad I was wrong. He’s way better than I thought he’d be. He really looks like a star
We just have so much promise. I just want to stay healthy…. For once
TheDorkLord
very pleased with Sion!!
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Mich_Mercer
I feel Kon is the glue… but he’s always a GUY!
GoBobcats24
Welp I guess it's Kon's team holy shit
Also starting OT no Lamelo is a choice
Eastley
he's on limited minutes
he only played 27 so far
GoBobcats24
Looks like he wants to play to me
spectre
Gotta stop cheating off turner
GoBobcats24
Tre Mann killing us
Like there's no such thing as 27 minute limit
Lee doing Lee things
Mich_Mercer
Put Lamelo back in coach
Eastley
He's been far better than Colin the last few games
Mich_Mercer
Damn.
GoBobcats24
The only reason we made it it OT is because we took Mann out and made LaMelo the playmaker
Eastley
Colin has been a real concern for me lately
spectre
Lotta hero ball
Mich_Mercer
I get not wanting to play Lamelo too much but its 5 minutes man.
GoBobcats24
Well Coach has killed Colin's confidence
He is second guessing
Mich_Mercer
Yep. Played well all game and then went back to thar
GoBobcats24
Dude
We literally tanked OT
Mich_Mercer
This is stupid
GoBobcats24
No excuse not to play Lamelo
Mich_Mercer
Now im mad
Chef
Melo sitting is garbage
Eastley
It's strange that the argument is that Coach Lee is the reason for all of Colin's failings but Tre's are all his own. I have some difficulty tracking that logic.
Mich_Mercer
Mann has lost us the game and the coach
This is idiotic
GoBobcats24
Yup Mann been terrible
Lee is not putting Tre in the position he thrives in
Mich_Mercer
I felt good about tonight too
GoBobcats24
Mann also playing bad
Mich_Mercer
But Lee found a way to kill that
TheDorkLord
that was our ball
Chef
Mann has been put in a position by his coach that he isn't ready for
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Mich_Mercer
“Oh… OT… Lemelo can’t play anymore”
I just can’t understand it
Chef
I can't understand why Colin would not be playing IF melo is either min restricted or is reporting his ankle hurts
Mich_Mercer
If he can’t play 5 more minutes… just trade the guy I guess
Eastley
if they had a minutes restriction on him and they played him to make EOG hit that minutes restriction, then I could understand that he's now done
Mich_Mercer
I don’t know either man…
Blew this in OT
GoBobcats24
Yeah but it would be 25 or 30 mins
Not 27
Eastley
you the doctor dude?
Mich_Mercer
Like…
Screw that. He could play a few more minutes. I am no doctor either. Lol
Didn’t mean it’s not annoying as helll.
Chef
Min restricted in game 12 of 82. Ok I guess
dnbman
If I'm being honest… I'm still stoked.
We got some players.
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spectre
Oh my lord he gets the call just falling down
Eastley
lol he's fragile, like what are you guys honestly arguing about here, you want him for 5 minutes in game 12 or do you want him in game 13?
Chef
I want to trade him
Eastley
that's totally fair
dnbman
MIles?
GoBobcats24
I'm not the Dr. But been around a ton of NBA basketball and min restriction never set as 27 mins lol
TheDorkLord
disappointing finish to a good game
Mich_Mercer
This game showed that Lamelo a winning player
GoBobcats24
If it was 30 play him 3 in ot
spectre
Well this discussion went downhill fast. Cyas
Mich_Mercer
But only when he’s in the game
Such a sucky feeeling to lose this way… bc a dude couldn’t play 5 more minutes
GoBobcats24
Positive night
Whatever
Solidified another IST loss
Mich_Mercer
Haha
GoBobcats24
Maybe next year
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Chef
Like I said in the threads, he would be perfect as an over the top player on a set team. Charlotte and their roster can't build on his back
I logged off and went to sleep and missed the last few minutes of the fourth quarter I think. Initially I was disappointed I missed the Knueppel triple that sent it to OT, but per the extended highlights and play by play…it looks like I didn’t miss much from the OT. Yikes
Oh, and 24 hours guys and then I’m getting rid of this stupid avatar picture
I have become increasingly concerned about coach Lee’s rotation decision making. It’s fine if a rotation isn’t working, but he seems to stick to it and will wait too long to sub. This was a costly mistake, as it put us to 0-2 in group play.
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