Saturday, January 27, 2018

Heat Defeat Hornets

     The Miami Heat topped the Charlotte Hornets 95-91 on Saturday night at American Airlines Arena. The Heat beat the Hornets for the second time in the last eight days.
     Charlotte(20-28) took a 26-22 lead after one quarter and then trailed 54-48 at halftime thanks to a Heat 16-7 spurt. The Hornets rebounded in the third quarter to take a 78-65 lead. Miami(28-21) outscored their opponent 24-13 in the fourth to get the victory.
     Josh Richardson had a team-high 19 points for the Heat and Wayne Ellington downed 17 points.  Kelly Olynyk popped in 16 points while James Johnson compiled a double-double of 10 points along with 10 rebounds. Kemba Walker led the Hornets with a game-high 30 points and Dwight Howard put together a double-double with 20 points and 16 rebounds.

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