Miami Just Exposed The Charlotte Hornets’ ONE Fatal Flaw
The Charlotte Hornets have quietly been one of the hottest teams in the NBA. Since the start of January, they’ve posted the best net rating in the league, with the #1 offense and a top-5 defense.
That’s the statistical profile of not just a playoff team — but a legitimate contender.
But there may be one potential crack in the armor. Opponents are currently shooting below 32% from three against Charlotte — far below league averages and even below expected shooting percentages. If that number starts to normalize, could it change how effective the Hornets’ defense really is?
In this clip, we break down whether Charlotte’s surge is sustainable… or if regression could be on the way.
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11 Comments
damn you called it
Tyler Herro shot 8/9 and Jaime Jacques shot 4/5 from 3 pt during the 1st to 3rd Quarter, meanwhile Lamelo and Bridges shot straight ass and yet it was a 4 possession game, miami had a lucky shooting streak it's highly unlikely they'll be able to keep this up
Teams feel like they have to keep up with the Charlotte offense and are taking bad shots, rushed shots resulting in lower percentage. But I agree, this will probably normalize.
Geoff nailed it!!! That’s it fr
Nah Tyler herro just shot 100% he’s not doing that anymore
When you watch the Hornets, look at what they are doing defensively. They are generally packing the paint and covering the corners. That 31% opponents shoot from the corner 3? That's by design. Charlotte runs them off the corners and is more willing to give up the other 3. Dare the opponents to hit the harder 3s. And it's working (obviously).
But you can tell this team has bought in defensively. He was panned for it, but do you remember when Sion James was guarding Steph Curry out of bounds? Literally Steph was out of bounds, jokingly walking to the tunnel, and Sion was following? It looked silly AF. Obviously guarding a player who is out of bounds isn't going to do much, if anything. But it's what it means. Coach Lee (probably) said, "I don't care if he goes to take a piss. If he's checked in, you stay on him like peanut butter on bread." And he listened. The whole team is listening. They are implementing the defensive scheme and listening to the coach.
Edit: Apologies, that was Colin Sexton, not Sion James. Point still stands.
All you have to do is not miss any shots and you deff have a chance to beat them 😅
A league average defense dosent win championships.
You guys are dumb. Heat played the best game of their season to win that game
Hornets are back. I thinks next year we can be a 4 seed. Still very young. Bridges is the weak link
So when players go 6-for-6 or 4-for-5 against the Hornets, and Charlotte loses a game, suddenly the narrative is “that style isn’t sustainable.” Yet we have 20+ games of evidence showing the Hornets playing this way successfully.
By that logic, every team that loses a random game must be “washed.” The Detroit Pistons lost to the Brooklyn Nets — does that mean the Pistons’ whole system isn’t sustainable too?
That argument doesn’t hold up. Basketball has off nights and hot shooting games. One result doesn’t erase a large sample size.
This take is a joke. Get better. 😂😅