The San Antonio Spurs saw their lengthy homestand come to an unhappy end as the shorthanded Charlotte Hornets hosted a merciless three-point party inside the AT&T Center on Wednesday night. They must now shake off their blowout loss and regroup to face the third-place Jazz in the first matchup of a four-game Western Conference road trip.
Donovan Mitchell and company have quietly put together one of the best teams in the NBA, excelling on both ends as Rudy Gobert has built a case for more Defensive Player of the Year hardware. Meanwhile, Mike Conley, Bojan Bogdanovic, Joe Ingles, Jordan Clarkson, and newcomers Hassan Whiteside and Rudy Gay have formed a formidable supporting cast.