This game was not worth staying up until nearly 2:00 a.m. Eastern time to watch. The Charlotte Hornets played sloppy basketball for the majority of the game’s 40 minutes and lost to a previously winless Chinese National Team, 84-80.
Jalen McDaniels scored the first four points of the game, including two on a nifty lob on the team’s first offensive set. He and Kulboka showed very well in the first quarter. The latter dribbled into a transition 3-pointer and hit a nice turnaround on the baseline. Other than those brief flashes, the Hornets meandered their way through the first quarter with little in the way of impressive basketball.