Hornets looking to 手渡す 刺激（する）s 14th straight loss
The Charlotte Hornets have something to build on. With just one game before the All-星／主役にする break, they'll take 勢い any way they can get it.
And they're about to 遭遇（する） a team in worse 形態／調整 than themselves Wednesday night as the visiting San Antonio 刺激（する）s are 苦境に陥るd in a 13-game losing streak.
"Now it's 支援する to the 製図／抽選 board," 刺激（する）s coach Gregg Popovich said in trying to mold a young team. "That's what the goal is to develop them as individuals and understand how they have to play as a group. So it's a whole different 始める，決める of challenges."
Charlotte not only ended a seven-game skid by topping the Atlanta 強硬派s 144-138 on Monday night, but did so in style.
"We stayed 均衡を保った, that's something we've been talking about," Hornets guard Terry Rozier said.
The Hornets had their best 不快な／攻撃 業績／成果 of the season ーに関して／ーの点でs of points (144), 3-point baskets (20), 3-point 百分率 (54.1), field-goal 百分率 (63.1) and 補助装置s (34).
It was the second-largest 選び出す／独身-game point total in team history.
But perhaps the Hornets discovered something else that might work if they can do it again. That's playing with a lead.
"Playing from ahead is always important," Charlotte coach Steve Clifford said. "We had a bunch of guys that played 井戸／弁護士席."
Third-year guard LaMelo Ball has moved into seventh place on the Hornets' かつてない 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） for 3-pointers with 435. He has a franchise-記録，記録的な／記録する 47 連続した games with at least one 3.
"The one thing about `Melo, he's a gamer," Rozier said. "He can be having any type of day. It could be good or bad. Once he's in that game, he lets everything go and he just hoops. I th 署名／調印する we can all 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる that."
Oddly, the Hornets were also talking about a 防御の play. 新人 中心 示す Williams 拒絶するd a 発射 from Atlanta 星／主役にする Trae Young during a 重要な moment.
"He has 広大な／多数の／重要な 手渡すs and agility for a man his size," Clifford said. "A big-time play."
The 刺激（する）s will play their sixth 連続した road game before 長，率いるing to the All-星／主役にする break. Their 最新の 機能不全 （機の）カム with Monday night's 117-109 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Before the layoff, the 刺激（する）s have another chance to 監視する the 開発 of 新人 guard Malaki Branham. He has 普通の／平均（する）d 17.2 points per game in seven February games. The 19-year-old has made an impression on Popovich.
"I think more than anything, his demeanor and his pace, he really is comfortable on the 法廷，裁判所 more so than most people his age would ever think about 存在," Popovich said. "He's not in a hurry. He's not 脅迫してさせるd by anything."
Keldon Johnson has led the 刺激（する）s in 得点する／非難する／２０ing in four of the last five games. The exception during that stretch （機の）カム when Devonte Graham, a former Charlotte guard, 得点する／非難する／２０d 31 points in a 二塁打-overtime game at Detroit.
These teams 港／避難所't met since the season opener when the Hornets won 129-102 at San Antonio. For Charlotte, that game 含むd 13 points from Kelly Oubre Jr., who has been out with a 手渡す 傷害, and 12 points from Mason Plumlee, who was 貿易（する）d last week.
--Field Level マスコミ
