The Charlotte Hornets find themselves in a miniature crisis — not a big one quite yet, but something that needs to be tamped down before it starts blazing.
Wednesday night’s desultory 103-90 loss to Cleveland, a team that started the night 15 games below .500, was one of the lowest points of the Charlotte season. A banged-up, tired-out Hornets team looked lost and dispirited. It was the Hornets’ third loss in a row, all of them at home, and dropped Charlotte to 27-27 with a thud.
In fourth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race only a few days ago, Charlotte ended the night in eighth position and now has to face No.