Dec

8

Even With Hughes Cavaliers Still Lose Bobcats Win 96-93

Posted by Jeff Sack under Main 

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The Charlotte Bobcats had four of their five starters in double figures Saturday night and sent the Cleveland Cavaliers leaving North Carolina, with?six straight losses as Charlotte won 96-93. The game marked the return of guard Larry Hughes who was on the inactive list after suffering a thigh?contusion last month.?Hughes came off the bench and had a good night scoring 22 points, but Cleveland still without their leader LeBron James, missing his fifth consecutive game could not get over the hump.

The contest was back and forth all night as their were 12 times the game was tied, and the lead changed hands 17 times. Cleveland led 26-25?at the end of the first quarter, and both teams were deadlocked at 51-51 at the end of the first half. Charlotte took a 1 point lead at the end of the third quarter, but Bobcats point guard Raymond Felton, who has been almost non-existent in some recent Charlotte games won the game at the charity stripe. Felton went 8-8 from the line in the game’s last 16 seconds, Hughes tried firing up a prayer to beat the buzzer, but it was not even close.

Gerald Wallace had 22 points for Charlotte who?saw their own 7 game?losing slide end Saturday, he also had 7 rebounds, 5 blocked shots, 4 steals, and 1 assist. Emeka Okafor scored 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 blocked shot, Jason Richardson scored 18 points, a team high 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocked shots. And Felton had his best game in a while going 11-14 from the line for 15 points,?a game high 6 assists, and a steal.

Hughes did provide needed leadership in the game?when he was in the lineup. Hughes shot 6-17 from the floor, 2-5 from outside the arc, and 8-9 from the line?for his 22 points, along with 2 steals, 1 assist, 1 rebound, 1 blocked shot. Daniel Gibson, and Shannon Brown both starting in the backcourt for Cleveland scored 15 points each, Gibson had 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, Brown had 3 assists,?2 rebounds, 2 steals. Ira Newble scored 14 points off the bench, while Drew Gooden had 8 points, and a game high 9 rebounds. With the win Charlotte is now, 7-11, wile Cleveland falls to 9-12.?

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