Terry Rozier and Kelly Oubre Jr. each scored 23 points and the Charlotte Hornets emerged from the All-Star break looking reenergized with a 125-93 rout of the Toronto Raptors on Friday night in Charlotte, N.C.
Montrezl Harrell added 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Hornets. They never trailed and led by 41 points near the end of the third quarter.
Charlotte entered the break looking like a tired team, having lost nine of 10 games while shooting 29 per cent from 3-point range during that span. But the Hornets made 15 of 40 from beyond the arc and shot 55.3 per cent overall from the field against the Raptors while racking up 34 assists.
“We needed it,” Hornets coach James Borrego said about the break. “We could have used it a few weeks before that, but that’s OK. … What can you do differently to the shoot the ball better? You rest your legs — that’s really the bottom line.”
Rozier, who was 10 of 16 from the field, said he didn’t even touch a basketball over the All-Star…
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