Nick Smith scored a career high 28 points as part of his first career double double, but the Charlotte Hornets were blown out by the Raptors, 126-96.
The Summary
As basically the only established NBA player available to the Hornets, Jusuf Nurkic got a lot of the early offense run through him. That worked reasonably well while the Raptors couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn. They did get a little bit of a rally late thanks to some very aggressive shooting by their bench and led by two after one.
The officials blew a whistle about halfway through the second quarter and called what was the first foul of the game on the Hornets.