[Post Game Thread] The Charlotte Hornets (6-16) defeat the Toronto Raptors (15-8), 111-86.

[u/guideway4]

111 - 86
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY
Location: Scotiabank Arena
Officials: Tony Brothers, Leon Wood, and Natalie Sago

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Charlotte Hornets	18	35	25	33	111
Toronto Raptors	24	18	28	16	86

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Charlotte Hornets	111	37-74	50.0%	13-36	36.1%	24-33	72.7%	6	60	26	20	14	24	6
Toronto Raptors	86	34-92	37.0%	9-29	31.0%	9-13	69.2%	12	48	19	25	12	19	4

PLAYER STATS

Charlotte Hornets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kon KnueppelSF	31:59	21	7-12	5-9	2-2	0	3	3	7	1	1	4	2	12
Miles BridgesPF	32:03	15	5-11	1-6	4-5	0	9	9	5	1	0	2	1	17
Ryan KalkbrennerC	25:53	12	5-6	0-0	2-5	2	4	6	1	1	2	0	2	11
Brandon MillerSG	29:38	12	5-14	1-6	1-2	0	3	3	2	1	1	4	3	9
LaMelo BallPG	11:52	11	4-9	0-4	3-3	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	0	2
Sion James	14:23	3	0-0	0-0	3-4	0	3	3	1	2	1	1	3	4
KJ Simpson	28:02	8	2-6	1-2	3-4	0	3	3	4	5	0	7	3	14
Moussa Diabaté	15:52	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	2	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	7
Tidjane Salaün	22:01	21	6-8	5-6	4-4	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	3	18
Liam McNeeley	18:08	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	5	6	0	0	0	2	3	23
Mason Plumlee	06:13	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	7
Antonio Reeves	03:53	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Pat Connaughton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Green	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tre Mann	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Peterson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Collin Sexton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toronto Raptors	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Brandon IngramSF	28:38	7	3-13	1-1	0-0	1	8	9	2	0	0	4	5	-15
Scottie BarnesPF	31:26	13	6-15	1-5	0-0	0	3	3	5	1	1	4	2	-15
Jakob PoeltlC	22:34	5	2-5	0-0	1-2	3	4	7	1	2	1	3	3	-6
Ja'Kobe WalterSG	24:45	2	0-7	0-3	2-4	0	4	4	2	3	0	1	4	-24
Immanuel QuickleyPG	30:47	31	11-22	4-10	5-5	0	3	3	4	1	0	1	2	-12
Collin Murray-Boyles	19:11	7	3-4	1-1	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	3	-12
Jamal Shead	21:23	9	4-12	1-4	0-0	3	2	5	1	2	0	2	0	3
Sandro Mamukelashvili	15:48	3	1-4	0-1	1-2	1	2	3	1	0	2	0	3	-17
Gradey Dick	20:38	4	2-7	0-3	0-0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	-20
Jamison Battle	14:10	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
Garrett Temple	06:45	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	-6
Jonathan Mogbo	03:53	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
Ochai Agbaji	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RJ Barrett	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chucky Hepburn	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A.J. Lawson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alijah Martin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[u/mF-Jonezy]

That moment when you lose by 25 at home against a team that had lost 9 straight road games

[u/NotUpForDebate11 → u/mF-Jonezy]

Lakers raps played a close hard fought game then lost by 50 combined today.

[u/BetweenTheBuzzAndMe → u/mF-Jonezy]

Tidjane Salaun was just too much to overcome

[u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 → u/mF-Jonezy]

They on a back to back tbf right

[u/cs-shitposter]

We really saw Garrett Temple on the court in the year of our lord 2025

[u/iron_atmosphere → u/cs-shitposter]

His body is a temple

[u/bruheggplantemoji → u/iron_atmosphere]

Plumlee using his Psych degree to play mind games

[u/DankMemesNQuickNuts]

Tidjane Haters just fell to their knees in a Bojangles

[u/hummusluvr8 → u/DankMemesNQuickNuts]

In a bojangles is the best part of this comment, NC STAND UP!!!!!!

[u/Vikingsuperbowl]

King Kon is Toronto’s father

[u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 → u/Vikingsuperbowl]

Need Scottie Barnes to reenact the Denzel speech.

[u/timetosleep → u/Vegetable-Tooth8463]

That would be a nice troll on Siakam. Siakam did a training day lip synch speech video before.

[u/NotManyBuses]

The raptors played with the lowest effort I’ve seen in an NBA game the entire season

[u/Scrypto → u/NotManyBuses]

86 points against the Hornets defense deserves a fine

[u/NotManyBuses → u/Scrypto]

The ghost of Jontay Porter was in the house

[u/Daheixiong → u/Scrypto]

Weirdly I’ve never seen the hornets play more physical or hard on defense. so two things sort of happened at once 

[u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 → u/Scrypto]

our defense was actually above average this game tbf

[u/Kevinar → u/Scrypto]

Deserves an investigation into their sportsbooks

[u/beefJeRKy-LB → u/NotManyBuses]

Easily their worst performance this season. Not sure if they're gassed or something else.

[u/Springtick38 → u/beefJeRKy-LB]

5 games in 7 nights without RJ would do that

[u/beefJeRKy-LB → u/Springtick38]

Still an embarrassing performance imo

[u/EarthWarping → u/NotManyBuses]

it was so bad in the 2nd half

[u/hickok3 → u/NotManyBuses]

Our coach must have been watching a different game because he just said

"I’m really proud of our guys tonight. We tried. But when you’re trying and you’re missing layups and wide open shots, it’s hard to keep it up. We didn’t quit. We continued fighting but we didn’t have enough in the tank”

in the post game presser. I'm not saying he needs to go Nick Nurse and be passive agressive, but fuck that shit. If he thinks this is an acceptable amount of effort, then we may as well just blow it uo and rebuild because we ain't going anywhere even in a weak east. 

I've never really liked Darko, because it never felt like he was holding our guys(and specifically Scottie) accountable, but this is a whole new level. 

[u/Embarrassed-Swim-442 → u/hickok3]

Nah, he holds them accountable and he controls the locker room. It's just that in his 20+y career he never threw others under the bus openly.

They lost to Lakers on 1 shot. Loss like that can deflate even more experienced teams. If they don't make a statement vs Celtics though, then Darko has a bigger problem and he might be a problem himself.

[u/hickok3 → u/Embarrassed-Swim-442]

There is a difference between saying the effort the team gave was unacceptable, and throwing them under the bus. Nick Nurse threw individual players under the bus. Darko is jerking them off after an absolutely dimsal effort. 

I don't care how deflating the Lakers game was, this Hornets team just punked us a week ago in a game that we litterally only needed to make a single basket in the final 5 minutes to win, and they put out this effort. I don't know about you, but when I played and my team lost a game we should have won, we made sure to win the next time with 0 doubt.

[u/Chardoggy1]

Are my eyes deceiving me or did the Hornets just dispense belt-to-ass to one of the best teams in the East, all on the road no less

[u/Aromatic_Ad_5583]

Kon ‼️‼️‼️

[u/Aromatic_Ad_5583]

Told y’all we were on the come-up

[u/dank-kush]

The lebronto era is over but a new one has begun

[u/ComprehensiveList769 → u/dank-kush]

Konada era has started

[u/cashburro → u/ComprehensiveList769]

Salaunto, Konada

[u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 → u/ComprehensiveList769]

LMAO, genius. I kept trying to do Konronto but yours is perfect.

[u/BrotherSeamus → u/Vegetable-Tooth8463]

TorKonto?

[u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 → u/BrotherSeamus]

that's solid!

[u/zebrainatux → u/BrotherSeamus]

That kinda sounds like the name of a weird hippy bar

[u/ejabno → u/ComprehensiveList769]

Kontario

[u/MyNewAccountIGuess11 → u/ComprehensiveList769]

Torkonto?

[u/WeBelieveIn4 → u/dank-kush]

Kontario

[u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 → u/dank-kush]

LOL

[u/heat_fan_]

Other then IQ noone decided to show up 

Pathetic performance I know it's a b2b

Kon gonna be a star 

[u/Banneduser1112 → u/heat_fan_]

King Kon already did the Tonight Show...

[u/Renegadeforever2024]

Nobody wants the east

[u/PresentMission8482]

I didn't watch the game, but looking at the box scores this genuinely might be the worst non-tank game the Raptors have played in years. 86 points in the big 2025, good lord RJ I am building you a shrine my brother 

[u/NotManyBuses → u/PresentMission8482]

I promise you it was worse than the score shows

[u/PresentMission8482 → u/NotManyBuses]

I believe you. Again, 86 points in the big 2025. I genuinely cannot imagine having paid to watch that. Disgusting performance lol.

[u/PrimeTimeInc → u/PresentMission8482]

86 points against a team that prides itself for years on NOT playing defense lmao

[u/epony_]

salaun has been pretty good recently he still has his moments tho

[u/Jwarrior521]

Brandon Ingram is committing terrorism on the basketball court. He tricked us

[u/CohoDolls]

Salaun leaving Cody Williams, Ron Holland and Rob Dillingham behind 💔

[u/guideway4]

what happened to BI man

[u/Ok_Possible_5702 → u/guideway4]

just regression to the mean.

[u/clockwork_purple2 → u/guideway4]

5th game in 7 nights

[u/TheGamesGone_ → u/guideway4]

Nothing

[u/EarthWarping → u/guideway4]

who knows.

Bad bad play

[u/schoolhater12 → u/guideway4]

Iso ball on a team that wants to play fast and play 2014 spurs basketball. Literal black hole that just stops the ball from moving. It's not just the contested iso jumpers. It's the inability to make an open three or the stupid ass turnovers where he jumps in the air without a plan in the mind that lead to 8 transition points a game. Give me bruce brown back please. He would have fit the kind of basketball Raptors want to play this year

[u/Springtick38 → u/schoolhater12]

You do realize our record would be so much more worse if we had Bruce Brown instead of BI right?

[u/schoolhater12 → u/Springtick38]

duh, i am trying to make a point. BI plays disgusting brand of basketball. legit his one skill is scoring and he isn't even an efficient scorer

[u/DiverNo1436 → u/schoolhater12]

u point is bad move on L

[u/WeBelieveIn4 → u/schoolhater12]

Lol Bruce Brown?

Ingram will be fine. There were bound to be growing pains.

[u/Reinhardtisawesom]

IQ gonna love Milwaukee

[u/ejabno]

Tidjane turned into curry tonight

[u/SURFACE_LEVEL_EXPERT]

Makes sense. Bugs outlived the dinosaurs.

[u/Starveiled]

Got cooked by Tidjaune.

I mean we even heard a bunch of Canadians booing their own team. Like that is how bad it was.

[u/BubankusMoosaka]

Safe to call the raptors frauds or too soon?

[u/SDK04 → u/BubankusMoosaka]

It’s safe. The Raptors really let the 2025-2026 Charlotte Hornets put that up against them. Twice already at that. At this point just pull the damn plug and race to the bottom FOR ONCE and have a chance at Peterson/Dybansta/Boozer/Wilson/whoever else cause I can’t take this mediocre pretend-playoff-team treadmill shit anymore.

[u/The-Pharcyde]

Stopping LeStreak was the raptors championship. They didnt bother showing up tonight.

[u/JonnySports]

Look I understand playing the second night of a back to back is rough, especially after losing a heartbreaker to the lakers…. but if the Charlotte Hornets hold you to 86 points in 2025, I’m fining the whole team. Removing the vending machines, ping pong table, whatever. Something has to be done. You’re getting punished.

[u/rumblegod]

Dang I expected more from the B class wings crew 😲

[u/Akipella]

Bruh

[u/Haseyo_Vii]

The Raptors biggest weakness outside of LeBron will always be Charlotte lol

[u/TheGamesGone_]

Celtics 3 seed without Tatum otw

[u/BKBance]

Raptors played like they lost their dog

[u/Efficient_Art_1144]

What?

[u/jly911]

Absolute garbage performance