Cavaliers 97-88 Hornets (16 Dec, 2014) Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

6-18, 1-10 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHA	17	28	23	20	88
CLE	34	20	26	17	97

Cleveland Cavaliers

14-9, 8-4 home

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Michael Kidd-GilchristM. Kidd-Gilchrist#14
Al JeffersonA. Jefferson#25
Cody ZellerC. Zeller#40
Kemba WalkerK. Walker#15
Lance StephensonL. Stephenson#1
bench
Marvin WilliamsM. Williams#2
Bismack BiyomboB. Biyombo#8
Gary NealG. Neal#12
Brian RobertsB. Roberts#22
Gerald HendersonG. Henderson#9
Jason MaxiellJ. Maxiell#54
P.J. HairstonP.J. Hairston#19
Jannero PargoJ. Pargo#5
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
21	0-4	0-0	1-2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	-23	1
32	7-13	0-0	0-0	0	8	8	2	0	0	1	2	-24	14
18	1-4	0-0	2-2	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	-17	4
35	11-20	1-2	1-2	0	5	5	5	1	0	3	0	-21	24
25	4-12	0-3	0-2	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	2	-22	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	4-6	2-4	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	+8	10
16	1-1	0-0	2-4	1	6	7	0	0	4	0	0	+15	4
29	3-10	1-5	1-2	0	2	2	6	1	0	2	2	+19	8
13	3-6	1-2	0-0	0	2	2	5	0	0	1	0	+12	7
21	4-7	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	+8	8
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	38-83	5-16	7-14	5	32	37	22	4	5	10	14		88
	45.8%	31.3%	50.0%

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
Kevin LoveK. Love#0
LeBron JamesL. James#23
Anderson VarejaoA. Varejao#17
Kyrie IrvingK. Irving#2
Shawn MarionS. Marion#31
bench
Joe HarrisJ. Harris#12
Tristan ThompsonT. Thompson#13
Matthew DellavedovaM. Dellavedova#8
Dion WaitersD. Waiters#3
Lou AmundsonL. Amundson#89
Brendan HaywoodB. Haywood#33
A.J. PriceA.J. Price#21
James JonesJ. Jones#1
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
39	7-14	4-9	4-5	1	18	19	5	4	0	1	1	+16	22
40	11-19	2-3	3-4	0	7	7	14	1	3	5	2	+16	27
27	4-12	0-0	0-0	3	2	5	0	1	0	1	5	+14	8
40	6-14	1-4	3-4	0	2	2	4	1	0	2	1	+16	16
26	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	+13	4
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-12	3
25	4-6	0-0	2-4	2	3	5	1	0	0	1	2	-7	10
12	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-6	0
24	3-10	1-5	0-0	0	2	2	3	1	1	0	1	-5	7
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	38-83	9-24	12-17	8	35	43	28	10	5	10	14		97
	45.8%	37.5%	70.6%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 1-0

Hornets
88
Cavaliers
97

Game 1

16/12

Cavaliers
91
Hornets
87

Game 2

3/1

Hornets
90
Cavaliers
129

Game 3

24/1

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

12:00 AM, 16 December 2014

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 20,562

Referees:
Mark Ayotte
Marc Davis
Steven Anderson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Orlando	18	12	.600	-	W1
Miami	13	13	.500	3	L3
Atlanta	14	15	.483	3.5	L3
Charlotte	7	21	.250	10	L4
Washington	4	22	.154	12	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

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