Nick Richards and Vasilije Micic played season lows in minutes on Sunday night.
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The Charlotte Hornets got pushed around by the big bad bullies of the Eastern Conference on Sunday night. Cleveland, now 31-5 on the season, had their way with the Hornets big men in the first half of their most recent matchup.
Charlotte's interior struggles caused head coach Charles Lee to pull a seldom used rip cord as he summoned veteran forward Taj Gibson off the Hornets bench for his first meaningful action in weeks.