Hornets Fall to Trail Blazers in Close Match, Suffering Fourth Consecutive Defeat

The “Hornets” lost to the Portland “Trail Blazers” basketball players at home with the result 86:89 (21:30, 23:15, 22:22, 20:22), experiencing the fourth defeat in a row.

With the final siren, Bertāns had the opportunity to equalize and add extra time, however, the Latvian’s long shot was not accurate.

Davis Bertans missed a last-minute three-pointer that would have sent the Hornets to overtime against the Blazers.

Peep Matisse Thybulle’s reaction on the Blazers bench 😁pic.twitter.com/13vLtAz8sL

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Bertans started the match in the starting lineup and spent a total of 27 minutes and nine seconds on the field, during which he made one of six long shots, the only two-point shot and both free throws. He also had one rebound, four assists, four steals, one foul, three personal fouls and a +/- of -5.

Brandon Miller was the top scorer for the “Hornets” with 21 points, while Tre Mann and Aleksei Pokushevsky added 11 points each.

In the “Trail Blazers” team, which broke the streak of ten losses, Deandre Ayton stood out with 24+16, and Scoot Henderson had 22 points and ten assists.

With 18 wins in 76 games, the “Hornets” are in 13th place in the Eastern Conference and will play their next match on Friday when they host the Orlando “Magic” basketball players.