Up 12 with six minutes and thirty seconds left things were finally looking up for the Hornets. Then Kevin Durant entered the game. Prior to that moment the team had held Durant to 7-15 shooting for 16 points, one assist, and -3. in the proceeding six minutes the script was flipped and the superstar began to take over. This culminated in a 21-7 run that closed out the game and ended with the Hornets tallying their sixth loss in seven games.
After one quarter of play the team had carried over their lack of physicality from last game en route to being outscored 16-4 in the paint and losing the rebound battle again.