The Charlotte Hornets played a preseason game against the Dallas Mavericks tonight. They lost, 95-88, but that’s not important, even if the Hornets didn’t play all that particularly well.
Tonight won’t, or shouldn’t be, reflective the Hornets come the regular season. Kemba Walker, Cody Zeller, and Brian Roberts didn’t play, and the fourth quarter featured a lineup that only has a shot of playing together again if it’s with the Greensboro Swarm.
As expected, there was a lot of experimentation, and with that came a lot of sloppy play.