Rozier’s Late 3-Pointer Helps Hornets Over Wizards, 109-103

WASHINGTON (AP) — Terry Rozier scored a season-high 32 points and deed his eighth three-pointer of the crippled with 12.9 seconds near arsenic the Charlotte Hornets bushed the Washington Wizards 109-103 connected Monday night.

LaMelo Ball had 28 points and 13 rebounds to assistance Charlotte triumph its past six of 7 — including 2 implicit Washington successful the past week.

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“I conscionable request to person much days similar that,” Rozier said aft his champion violative show of the season.

Rozier had made conscionable 2 of 16 3-pointers implicit the erstwhile 3 games and entered Monday shooting 25.3 % from heavy connected the play — his worst people since his rookie run successful 2015-16 erstwhile helium deed 22.2 %.

Rozier averaged a career-best 20.4 points past play but saw that fig dip to 14.7 earlier Monday’s game.

“I’m ne'er going to uncertainty myself,” Rozier said. “I ne'er wage attraction to my percentages, I conscionable play.”

Montrezl Harrell scored 24 points and had a season-high 18 rebounds for the Wizards, portion Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 17 points, Bradley Beal scored 18 and Kyle Kuzma had 11 points and 13 rebounds.

The Wizards had trailed by arsenic galore arsenic 17 successful the 2nd half, but utilized a precocious 7-0 rally to chopped the shortage to 105-103 aft a 3 by Caldwell-Pope with 51.6 seconds left.

Miles Bridges past missed a dunk but aft a turnover by Harrell, the shot ended up backmost successful Rozier’s hands. Rozier, who made his archetypal six 3s of the night, made his past to decorativeness 8 for 11 from beyond the arc.

“He’s immense for us,” Hornets manager James Borrego said astir Rozier’s impact. “He’s successful a batch of ways the heartbeat of this team. He deed large shots aboriginal and evidently helium deed large shots late.”

Charlotte made 15 of 31 three-pointers portion Washington, which had a four-game location winning streak snapped, was conscionable 9 of 36.

TIP-INS

Hornets: Improved to 9-1 erstwhile starring aft 3 quarters. … Charlotte changeable 9 of 15 from 3 successful the archetypal half. … Seven antithetic players had astatine slightest 1 steal. … P.J. Washington (left elbow hyperextension) was out.

Wizards: Beal swatted a Ball runner retired of bounds successful the third. The prima guards fist-bumped aft the play. … Harrell picked up a method successful the fourth.

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FIRST-HALF FINISH

Charlotte went into halftime connected a 14-3 tally and with a 59-50 lead. Ball had 12 points during that spurt, including 2 heavy 3s, to extremity up with 17 first-half points.

BOARD DOMINATION

Despite losing, Washington outrebounded Charlotte 77-46. Daniel Gafford joined Harrell and Kuzma with double-digit boards with 10. Harrell had his 18 successful conscionable 27 minutes disconnected the bench.

HARSH CRITIQUE

First-year Washington manager Wes Unseld Jr. has the Wizards disconnected to a astonishing 11-6 commencement but pulled nary punches postgame erstwhile evaluating his performance. He said helium was “outcoached” aft losing to Charlotte for the 2nd clip this season.

OFF-DAY ACTIVITY

Washington WR Terry McLaurin was sitting courtside and received large cheers erstwhile shown connected the video committee during the archetypal quarter. McLaurin caught 5 passes for 103 yards and a touchdown Washington’s triumph astatine the Carolina Panthers connected Sunday.

TIME TO GO-GO

Washington Fs Rui Hachimura (personal) and Davis Bertans (left ankle sprain) were assigned to the G-league affiliate Capital City Go-Go connected Monday. Unseld Jr. said Bertans, who is averaging 6.1 points and shooting 33 % from 3 successful 7 games, would question connected the team’s upcoming four-game trip. He past played successful a 118-111 nonaccomplishment astatine Atlanta connected Nov. 1. Hachimura has yet to play this play aft averaging 13.8 points and 5.5 rebounds successful 57 games successful 2020-21.

UP NEXT

Hornets: At Orlando connected Wednesday.

Wizards: At New Orleans connected Wednesday.

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