Spurs vs. Hornets: Score, Highlights and Reaction from 2016 Regular Season

March 21st, 2016 by Danny Webster Leave a reply »

The Charlotte Hornets scored seven points in the first quarter Monday night, but they erased that 21-point deficit and defeated the San Antonio Spurs, 91-88, at Time Warner Cable Arena in North Carolina.   

Those seven points were the fewest scored by any team in the first quarter this year, per ESPN Stats & Info, but the Hornets swarmed back thanks to a 29-point effort off the bench by Jeremy Lin, with 15 of those coming in the fourth quarter.



Charlotte trailed 88-87 after a Kawhi Leonard tip-in with one minute, 13 seconds remaining, but Lin drilled a mid-range jumper with 48 seconds left to give the Hornets a one-point lead. After Leonard missed a three-pointer, Lin made two more free throws to give Charlotte a three-point lead. 

Patty Mills' and Danny Green's three-point attempts were both off the mark, and the Hornets completed a comeback that hasn't happened often, per SportsCenter:



After the game, Lin received the proper celebratory water shower from Nicolas Batum, as shown by The Cauldron:



While the Hornets had a historic comeback, the ...

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