The Charlotte Hornets again couldn’t handle the Philadelphia 76ers’ size, falling behind by 20 in the fourth quarter en route to a 118-102 road loss Monday.
The defeat dropped the Hornets to 2-5. They have two more games on this road trip, against the Atlanta Hawks Wednesday and the New Orleans Pelicans Friday.
Devonte Graham broke out of a shooting slump, making five 3-pointers Monday. Graham had made 2 of 20 shots from the field in his prior two games.
Five observations:
Getting ball to the rim
The 76ers have significant size advantages over the Hornets with center Joel Embiid and guard-forward Ben Simmons.