It was already painfully obvious, long before the Charlotte Hornets’ daily injury report began to mirror a grocery list that’s forced them to dig deep into the roster over the past few games.
Just in case doubt remained, their outing against the team that’s spent a hefty portion of the season atop the Eastern Conference should completely settle that. With another national television audience looking on, the Hornets were upended by Chicago, 121-109, and still find themselves in a free fall and are mired in their longest losing streak of the season.
The majority of the 19,089 attendees wanted to spend the night cheering on the Hornets, hoping to witness some of the magic that was pumping throughout the team prior to its funk.