Miles Bridges' 3-pointer with 1.4 seconds left lifts Hornets past Spurs 117-116 to snap 6-game skid
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Miles Bridges knocked down a 3-pointer from the corner off a wraparound feed from LaMelo Ball with 1.4 seconds left to lift Charlotte to a 117-116 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night and snap a six-game skid for the Hornets.
De’Aaron Fox appeared to respond with a winning 3 at the buzzer, but referees gathered after the play and ruled he did not get the shot off in time.
Bridges finished with 25 points on 10-of-18 shooting and Ball had 24 points and 10 assists for Charlotte after missing the last five games with an ankle injury. Nick Smith Jr added 19 points for the Hornets - his fourth straight game with at least that many - and Moussa Diabate was strong on the offensive glass, finishing with 15 rebounds after taking over as the starting center.
Rookie Stephon Castle finished with a career-high 33 points for the Spurs.
Fox, who tied the game with less than a minute to play and then gave the Spurs the lead with a 20-footer with 7.9 seconds left, had 22 points. Victor Wembanyama had 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Spurs: San Antonio was not nearly active enough on the glass, getting outrebounded 53-38.
Hornets: Charlotte was a little light on bodies as it awaits the arrival of several players acquired at the trade deadline, including Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish and Jusuf Nurkic.
Ball made a smart decision when he drove the lane in the final seconds and spotted Bridges in the corner for the open 3.
Charlotte had 27 second-chance points to San Antonio's nine.
The Spurs are at Orlando on Saturday night. The Hornets play at Detroit on Sunday.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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12:00 | Victor Wembanyama vs. Moussa Diabate (Chris Paul gains possession) | |||
11:43 | +2 | Victor Wembanyama makes two point fadeaway jump shot (Chris Paul assists) | 2-0 | |
11:24 | +2 | LaMelo Ball makes two point driving floating jump shot (Moussa Diabate assists) | 2-2 | |
11:12 | Devin Vassell misses three point jump shot | |||
11:12 | Hornets defensive rebound | |||
10:50 | DaQuan Jeffries misses three point jump shot | |||
10:47 | Moussa Diabate offensive rebound | |||
10:46 | +2 | Moussa Diabate makes two point putback dunk | 2-4 | |
10:33 | De'Aaron Fox misses three point pullup jump shot | |||
10:30 | LaMelo Ball defensive rebound | |||
10:17 | +2 | LaMelo Ball makes two point driving floating jump shot (DaQuan Jeffries assists) | 2-6 | |
10:01 | Devin Vassell misses two point stepback jump shot | |||
9:58 | Moussa Diabate defensive rebound | |||
9:47 | +2 | Miles Bridges makes two point driving hook shot (LaMelo Ball assists) | 2-8 | |
9:27 | Victor Wembanyama misses two point driving layup | |||
9:23 | Victor Wembanyama offensive rebound | |||
9:23 | Victor Wembanyama misses two point tip layup | |||
9:22 | Victor Wembanyama offensive rebound | |||
9:22 | Miles Bridges blocks Victor Wembanyama's two point putback layup | |||
9:21 | Victor Wembanyama offensive rebound | |||
9:20 | +2 | Victor Wembanyama makes two point putback dunk | 4-8 | |
9:09 | Victor Wembanyama personal foul (Moussa Diabate draws the foul) | |||
9:03 | +2 | Nick Smith Jr. makes two point driving floating jump shot (DaQuan Jeffries assists) | 4-10 | |
8:48 | Harrison Barnes misses three point jump shot | |||
8:45 | Moussa Diabate defensive rebound | |||
8:35 | LaMelo Ball misses three point pullup jump shot | |||
8:32 | De'Aaron Fox defensive rebound | |||
8:30 | Devin Vassell turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | |||
8:16 | LaMelo Ball misses two point driving floating jump shot | |||
8:13 | De'Aaron Fox defensive rebound | |||
8:09 | DaQuan Jeffries blocks De'Aaron Fox's two point running layup | |||
8:06 | Miles Bridges defensive rebound | |||
7:58 | +2 | LaMelo Ball makes two point driving layup (Moussa Diabate assists) | 4-12 | |
7:58 | Spurs 60 second timeout | |||
7:48 | +2 | Victor Wembanyama makes two point cutting dunk (Harrison Barnes assists) | 6-12 | |
7:48 | DaQuan Jeffries shooting foul (Victor Wembanyama draws the foul) | |||
7:48 | +1 | Victor Wembanyama makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 7-12 | |
7:38 | +2 | DaQuan Jeffries makes two point cutting dunk (LaMelo Ball assists) | 7-14 | |
7:32 | Devin Vassell misses three point pullup jump shot | |||
7:30 | Moussa Diabate defensive rebound | |||
7:18 | Victor Wembanyama blocks Nick Smith Jr.'s two point driving layup | |||
7:18 | Hornets offensive rebound | |||
7:12 | LaMelo Ball misses two point driving floating jump shot | |||
7:09 | LaMelo Ball offensive rebound | |||
7:08 | +3 | LaMelo Ball makes three point jump shot (DaQuan Jeffries assists) | 7-17 | |
6:48 | +3 | De'Aaron Fox makes three point jump shot (Victor Wembanyama assists) | 10-17 | |
6:33 | +2 | Miles Bridges makes two point driving floating jump shot | 10-19 | |
6:26 | Moussa Diabate personal foul (Victor Wembanyama draws the foul) | |||
6:21 | De'Aaron Fox misses two point jump shot | |||
6:19 | Miles Bridges defensive rebound | |||
6:13 | Miles Bridges misses two point driving floating bank jump shot | |||
6:12 | Moussa Diabate offensive rebound | |||
6:10 | +3 | Seth Curry makes three point jump shot (Moussa Diabate assists) | 10-22 | |
5:48 | Harrison Barnes misses three point jump shot | |||
5:45 | KJ Simpson defensive rebound | |||
5:21 | Seth Curry misses three point jump shot | |||
5:20 | Spurs defensive rebound | |||
5:02 | Stephon Castle misses three point jump shot | |||
4:59 | Seth Curry defensive rebound | |||
4:54 | Miles Bridges misses three point running pullup jump shot | |||
4:51 | Jeremy Sochan defensive rebound | |||
4:41 | Julian Champagnie turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | |||
4:18 | +2 | KJ Simpson makes two point driving floating jump shot | 10-24 | |
4:02 | De'Aaron Fox misses two point pullup jump shot | |||
4:00 | Seth Curry defensive rebound | |||
3:53 | +2 | KJ Simpson makes two point driving layup (Seth Curry assists) | 10-26 | |
3:53 | Spurs 60 second timeout | |||
3:38 | Julian Champagnie misses three point jump shot | |||
3:34 | KJ Simpson defensive rebound | |||
3:31 | +3 | KJ Simpson makes three point running pullup jump shot | 10-29 | |
3:21 | Tidjane Salaun shooting foul (Keldon Johnson draws the foul) | |||
3:21 | +1 | Keldon Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 11-29 | |
3:21 | +1 | Keldon Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 12-29 | |
3:07 | Tidjane Salaun misses two point stepback jump shot | |||
3:03 | Jeremy Sochan defensive rebound | |||
2:59 | +2 | Jeremy Sochan makes two point running layup | 14-29 | |
2:38 | LaMelo Ball misses two point driving bank jump shot | |||
2:34 | Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound | |||
2:32 | +2 | Stephon Castle makes two point running alley-oop dunk (Jeremy Sochan assists) | 16-29 | |
2:12 | LaMelo Ball misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | |||
2:10 | Spurs defensive rebound | |||
2:10 | Taj Gibson personal foul (Loose ball) (Victor Wembanyama draws the foul) | |||
1:58 | +2 | Stephon Castle makes two point driving floating jump shot | 18-29 | |
1:39 | +2 | Taj Gibson makes two point jump shot (KJ Simpson assists) | 18-31 | |
1:30 | Seth Curry shooting foul (Stephon Castle draws the foul) | |||
1:30 | +1 | Stephon Castle makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 19-31 | |
1:30 | +1 | Stephon Castle makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 20-31 | |
1:14 | Victor Wembanyama blocks Taj Gibson's two point driving reverse layup | |||
1:11 | Taj Gibson offensive rebound | |||
1:08 | LaMelo Ball misses two point floating jump shot | |||
1:06 | Jeremy Sochan defensive rebound | |||
1:03 | Victor Wembanyama misses three point jump shot | |||
1:01 | Hornets defensive rebound | |||
0:47 | Seth Curry misses two point pullup jump shot | |||
0:44 | Tidjane Salaun offensive rebound | |||
0:35 | +3 | KJ Simpson makes three point pullup jump shot | 20-34 | |
0:28 | Taj Gibson shooting foul (Stephon Castle draws the foul) | |||
0:28 | +1 | Stephon Castle makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 21-34 | |
0:28 | +1 | Stephon Castle makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 22-34 | |
0:12 | Stephon Castle personal foul (LaMelo Ball draws the foul) | |||
0:03 | LaMelo Ball misses two point driving floating bank jump shot | |||
0:01 | Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound | |||
0:00 | Victor Wembanyama misses three point pullup jump shot | |||
0:00 | Spurs offensive rebound | |||
0:00 | End of period |
Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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11:38 | +3 | LaMelo Ball makes three point stepback bank jump shot (Moussa Diabate assists) | 22-37 | |
11:23 | +3 | Stephon Castle makes three point jump shot (Chris Paul assists) | 25-37 | |
11:07 | DaQuan Jeffries misses three point jump shot | |||
11:04 | Moussa Diabate offensive rebound | |||
11:03 | +3 | Nick Smith Jr. makes three point jump shot (Moussa Diabate assists) | 25-40 | |
10:48 | Stephon Castle misses three point jump shot | |||
10:44 | Devin Vassell offensive rebound | |||
10:32 | Victor Wembanyama misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | |||
10:30 | Nick Smith Jr. defensive rebound | |||
10:26 | +3 | Tidjane Salaun makes three point running jump shot (Nick Smith Jr. assists) | 25-43 | |
10:05 | Stephon Castle misses two point driving layup | |||
10:03 | Moussa Diabate defensive rebound | |||
9:53 | Nick Smith Jr. misses two point pullup jump shot | |||
9:52 | Spurs defensive rebound | |||
9:43 | +2 | Stephon Castle makes two point driving layup (Chris Paul assists) | 27-43 | |
9:31 | Tidjane Salaun turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | |||
9:16 | +3 | Victor Wembanyama makes three point pullup jump shot (Julian Champagnie assists) | 30-43 | |
9:07 | DaQuan Jeffries turnover (bad pass) (Julian Champagnie steals) | |||
9:07 | +2 | Julian Champagnie makes two point running layup | 32-43 | |
9:07 | DaQuan Jeffries shooting foul (Julian Champagnie draws the foul) | |||
9:07 | +1 | Julian Champagnie makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 33-43 | |
8:53 | KJ Simpson misses two point pullup jump shot | |||
8:50 | Stephon Castle defensive rebound | |||
8:47 | Stephon Castle turnover (bad pass) (DaQuan Jeffries steals) | |||
8:42 | Nick Smith Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Chris Paul steals) | |||
8:23 | Victor Wembanyama misses three point jump shot | |||
8:19 | DaQuan Jeffries defensive rebound | |||
8:07 | +2 | Miles Bridges makes two point driving layup | 33-45 | |
7:55 | Chris Paul misses three point jump shot | |||
7:52 | Moussa Diabate defensive rebound | |||
7:38 | Miles Bridges misses three point pullup jump shot | |||
7:38 | Spurs defensive rebound | |||
7:25 | +2 | Jeremy Sochan makes two point dunk (Julian Champagnie assists) | 35-45 | |
7:25 | Hornets 60 second timeout | |||
7:13 | DaQuan Jeffries misses two point cutting layup | |||
7:11 | Nick Smith Jr. offensive rebound | |||
7:07 | +2 | Nick Smith Jr. makes two point driving floating jump shot | 35-47 | |
6:52 | +2 | De'Aaron Fox makes two point driving floating jump shot (Chris Paul assists) | 37-47 | |
6:27 | Moussa Diabate turnover (lost ball) (De'Aaron Fox steals) | |||
6:14 | +2 | Harrison Barnes makes two point driving layup (De'Aaron Fox assists) | 39-47 | |
5:56 | DaQuan Jeffries misses three point pullup jump shot | |||
5:55 | Spurs defensive rebound | |||
5:55 | Moussa Diabate personal foul (Loose ball) (De'Aaron Fox draws the foul) | |||
5:45 | Seth Curry shooting foul (De'Aaron Fox draws the foul) | |||
5:45 | Hornets 60 second timeout | |||
5:45 | +1 | De'Aaron Fox makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 40-47 | |
5:45 | De'Aaron Fox misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | |||
5:42 | Nick Smith Jr. defensive rebound | |||
5:27 | Nick Smith Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Harrison Barnes steals) | |||
5:19 | Keldon Johnson misses three point jump shot | |||
5:15 | Seth Curry defensive rebound | |||
5:02 | +2 | Nick Smith Jr. makes two point driving floating bank jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists) | 40-49 | |
5:02 | Julian Champagnie shooting foul (Nick Smith Jr. draws the foul) | |||
5:02 | +1 | Nick Smith Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 40-50 | |
4:52 | Taj Gibson blocks Jeremy Sochan's two point jump shot | |||
4:49 |