If it was possible, the Charlotte Hornets probably would have left a vapor trail all the way from Arizona to North Carolina overnight.
There’s little doubt they couldn’t reach their home abodes in the wee hours Wednesday morning fast enough after a rough 128-97 loss to Phoenix at the Footprint Center on Tuesday night, a defeat that left the Hornets with a 2-2 record on their criss-crossing travels over the past week.
“It was an OK road trip,” Jalen McDaniels said. “We’d love to be 4-0, 3-1. But 2-2, we’ll take it. We’ve got to learn from these last two games.