There has to be something more changing about the Charlotte Hornets right now than just the results.
A team that never won more than three in a row this season, and almost never beat top teams, won their fourth straight Tuesday. They defeated the 43-32 San Antonio Spurs. Two nights earlier, they beat the 51-23 Raptors in Toronto. The night before that, they beat the 43-31 Boston Celtics in Charlotte.
Four in a row (the streak started against the Minnesota Timberwolves), combined with the quality of opponents, is so outside the pattern for the Hornets this season that something more has to be in play.