By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
Despite a Nor’easter pounding the Northeast with tons of snow, the Charlotte Hornets and the Brooklyn Nets still played their game. Yet, the Nets are wishing the game would have been postponed.
The Hornets defeated the Nets, 111-105, on Wednesday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Hornets improved to 31-41 on the season. Charlotte snapped a two-game skid with the win.
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The Nets fell to 23-49 on the season. Brooklyn had their two-game win streak snapped with this loss.
Dwight Howard led the Hornets with 32 points. He also had 30 rebounds and one assist.
Howard is the second player, according to Yahoo Sports, since 1982 to have this insane stat line with 30 points and 30 rebounds in a game. Kevin Love also did this, while a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, in 2010.
According to the NBA, Howard is the first person since Moses Malone in 1982 to have 32 points and 30 rebounds in a game. Howard, Love, Malone, Robert Parish, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are the last five players, who had 30 points and 30 rebounds in an NBA game, according to ESPN’s Stats & Information.
Love had 31 points and 31 rebounds against the New York Knicks on Dec. 11, 2010.
Howard was one of four Charlotte players, who scored in double-figures. Kemba Walker scored 24 points, while Jeremy Lamb had 17 points and Frank Kaminsky had 11 points.
The Hornets had 29 bench points. Kaminsky led the bench with 11 points.
D’Angelo Russell led the Nets with 19 points. He also had four rebounds, five assists, and one block.
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Russell was one of six Brooklyn players, who scored in double-figures. Caris LeVert added 14 points, while Spencer Dinwiddie and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson also scored 13 points each.
Joe Harris and DeMarre Carroll also had 11 points each.
The Nets had 47 bench points. LeVert led the bench with 14 points.
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