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2/24/2021 Phoenix v. Charlotte Game Preview

	Charlotte Hornets	(6-8, 3-5 away)
	Phoenix Suns	(7-4, 3-1 home)

February 24, 2021 at 9:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Talking Stick Resort Arena
Phoenix, Arizona

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Season Series

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Feb 24, 2021	Charlotte	Phoenix	-	-	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Charlotte	13	48.0	39.1	87.8	.445	13.0	35.8	.363	16.1	21.9	.733	15.3	19.0	10.9	33.6	44.5	28.9	9.4	5.5	107.2
Phoenix	11	48.5	40.3	85.9	.469	13.9	37.9	.367	16.0	19.4	.826	12.6	21.2	7.7	34.6	42.4	25.9	5.5	4.5	110.5
CHA Opponents	13	48.0	39.5	87.8	.450	13.4	39.8	.337	15.2	21.3	.715	16.5	19.2	11.6	36.1	47.7	27.9	8.6	5.5	107.5
PHX Opponents	11	48.5	39.1	84.5	.462	10.9	30.1	.363	17.6	24.5	.721	13.1	19.9	9.4	35.1	44.5	21.5	6.1	3.5	106.7

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 12, 2020	Charlotte	Phoenix	92 - 100	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Dec 2, 2019	Phoenix	Charlotte	109 - 104	Phoenix	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Jan 19, 2019	Phoenix	Charlotte	115 - 135	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Jan 6, 2019	Charlotte	Phoenix	119 - 113	Charlotte	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Mar 10, 2018	Phoenix	Charlotte	115 - 122	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Feb 4, 2018	Charlotte	Phoenix	115 - 110	Charlotte	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Mar 26, 2017	Phoenix	Charlotte	106 - 120	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Mar 2, 2017	Charlotte	Phoenix	103 - 120	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Mar 1, 2016	Phoenix	Charlotte	92 - 126	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Jan 6, 2016	Charlotte	Phoenix	102 - 111	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Dec 17, 2014	Phoenix	Charlotte	111 - 106	Phoenix	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Nov 14, 2014	Charlotte	Phoenix	103 - 95	Charlotte	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Feb 1, 2014	Charlotte	Phoenix	95 - 105	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Nov 22, 2013	Phoenix	Charlotte	98 - 91	Phoenix	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Dec 19, 2012	Charlotte	Phoenix	104 - 121	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Nov 7, 2012	Phoenix	Charlotte	117 - 110	Phoenix	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Feb 4, 2012	Charlotte	Phoenix	89 - 95	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Jan 26, 2011	Charlotte	Phoenix	114 - 107	Charlotte	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Nov 20, 2010	Phoenix	Charlotte	105 - 123	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Jan 26, 2010	Charlotte	Phoenix	114 - 109	Charlotte	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Jan 16, 2010	Phoenix	Charlotte	99 - 125	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Feb 24, 2009	Charlotte	Phoenix	102 - 112	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Jan 23, 2009	Phoenix	Charlotte	76 - 98	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Feb 4, 2008	Charlotte	Phoenix	104 - 118	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Nov 6, 2007	Phoenix	Charlotte	115 - 83	Phoenix	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Mar 7, 2007	Charlotte	Phoenix	106 - 115	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Dec 10, 2006	Phoenix	Charlotte	114 - 84	Phoenix	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Feb 25, 2006	Charlotte	Phoenix	121 - 136	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Dec 30, 2005	Phoenix	Charlotte	110 - 100	Phoenix	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Mar 23, 2005	Phoenix	Charlotte	120 - 105	Phoenix	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 10, 2004	Charlotte	Phoenix	106 - 115	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Mar 16, 2002	Phoenix	Charlotte	76 - 87	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Mar 10, 2002	Charlotte	Phoenix	88 - 82	Charlotte	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Apr 4, 2001	Phoenix	Charlotte	103 - 94	Phoenix	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Feb 4, 2001	Charlotte	Phoenix	82 - 85	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Jan 29, 2000	Phoenix	Charlotte	79 - 100	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Jan 4, 2000	Charlotte	Phoenix	80 - 86	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Mar 17, 1999	Phoenix	Charlotte	111 - 119	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Feb 20, 1998	Charlotte	Phoenix	99 - 115	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Jan 27, 1998	Phoenix	Charlotte	113 - 120	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Feb 19, 1997	Phoenix	Charlotte	115 - 123	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Jan 10, 1997	Charlotte	Phoenix	90 - 102	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Mar 17, 1996	Phoenix	Charlotte	102 - 103	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 12, 1995	Charlotte	Phoenix	115 - 100	Charlotte	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Mar 16, 1995	Phoenix	Charlotte	108 - 105	Phoenix	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Feb 26, 1995	Charlotte	Phoenix	92 - 103	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Mar 8, 1994	Phoenix	Charlotte	89 - 97	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Jan 11, 1994	Charlotte	Phoenix	95 - 93	Charlotte	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Dec 9, 1992	Phoenix	Charlotte	110 - 101	Phoenix	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 1, 1992	Charlotte	Phoenix	90 - 109	Phoenix	Regular Season	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Jan 4, 1992	Phoenix	Charlotte	108 - 113	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Nov 29, 1991	Charlotte	Phoenix	111 - 131	Phoenix	Regular Season	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Mar 4, 1991	Phoenix	Charlotte	126 - 93	Phoenix	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Feb 25, 1991	Charlotte	Phoenix	108 - 128	Phoenix	Regular Season	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Mar 29, 1990	Phoenix	Charlotte	105 - 92	Phoenix	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Mar 21, 1990	Charlotte	Phoenix	115 - 114	Charlotte	Regular Season	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Jan 25, 1990	Phoenix	Charlotte	124 - 97	Phoenix	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Jan 15, 1990	Charlotte	Phoenix	108 - 118	Phoenix	Regular Season	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Jan 24, 1989	Charlotte	Phoenix	103 - 106	Phoenix	Regular Season	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Jan 19, 1989	Phoenix	Charlotte	126 - 112	Phoenix	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum

2020-2021 Charlotte Hornets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Rozier	D. Graham	G. Hayward	P. Washington	B. Biyombo
Rotation	L. Ball	M. Monk	C. Martin	M. Bridges	C. Zeller
Rotation			C. Martin
Lim PT		G. Riller		J. McDaniels	N. Richards
Lim PT		N. Darling		V. Carey, Jr.

2020-2021 Phoenix Suns Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	C. Paul	D. Booker	M. Bridges	J. Crowder	D. Ayton
Rotation	C. Payne	J. Carter		C. Johnson	D. Saric
Rotation					J. Smith
Lim PT		L. Galloway	E. Moore	A. Nader	D. Jones
Lim PT		T. Alexander			F. Kaminsky

Charlotte Hornets Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2	LaMelo Ball	G	13	25.4	4.5	11.0	.406	1.5	4.6	.333	1.4	2.0	.692	2.2	2.6	1.8	5.2	6.9	6.3	1.6	0.4	11.8
8	Bismack Biyombo	PF	13	26.4	3.2	5.7	.568	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	2.6	.471	1.2	2.5	2.6	4.4	7.0	1.8	0.1	1.5	7.7
0	Miles Bridges	SF	13	26.0	3.5	7.7	.460	1.5	3.5	.413	0.7	0.7	1.000	1.8	2.3	1.1	4.3	5.4	1.8	0.8	1.0	9.2
22	Vernon Carey, Jr.	PF	3	2.1	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0
30	Nate Darling	SG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Devonte' Graham	PG	13	33.1	3.8	12.5	.301	2.5	7.8	.314	1.9	2.4	.806	1.3	1.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	6.4	1.6	0.0	11.9
20	Gordon Hayward	GF	12	34.2	8.1	16.5	.490	2.2	5.2	.413	3.7	4.0	.917	2.1	2.2	0.7	4.4	5.1	3.8	1.2	0.4	22.0
10	Caleb Martin	F	12	15.9	2.7	5.7	.471	0.7	2.4	.276	0.8	1.2	.600	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	1.6	1.0	0.2	6.8
11	Cody Martin	F	11	11.4	1.4	2.5	.536	0.2	0.9	.200	0.5	0.7	.750	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.5	2.3	1.3	0.5	0.0	3.5
6	Jalen McDaniels	PF	9	9.3	1.4	2.8	.520	0.2	0.7	.333	0.8	1.2	.636	0.9	1.4	0.3	1.8	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.0	3.9
1	Malik Monk	SG	3	11.3	1.0	2.7	.375	1.0	2.3	.429	0.7	1.3	.500	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.7
14	Nick Richards	C	4	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.5	.500	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2
7	Grant Riller	SG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Terry Rozier	G	13	32.8	6.9	14.5	.479	3.2	7.2	.436	2.6	3.4	.773	1.8	2.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	2.8	1.5	0.5	19.6
25	P.J. Washington	PF	13	28.6	4.4	10.4	.422	1.2	3.4	.364	2.8	3.8	.740	2.0	3.2	1.8	4.9	6.8	2.8	1.0	1.4	12.8
40	Cody Zeller	F	1	18.9	3.0	6.0	.500	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	6.0

Phoenix Suns Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
0	Ty-Shon Alexander	SG	3	2.8	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
22	Deandre Ayton	C	11	30.2	5.5	9.6	.566	0.1	0.4	.250	1.5	2.3	.640	1.8	3.4	2.9	8.4	11.3	1.8	0.4	1.0	12.5
1	Devin Booker	SG	11	35.4	8.1	16.6	.486	2.1	6.0	.348	4.7	5.8	.812	4.0	3.0	0.3	3.0	3.3	4.3	1.1	0.4	23.0
25	Mikal Bridges	SG	11	32.7	5.2	10.3	.504	2.6	5.8	.453	2.1	2.4	.885	0.3	1.9	1.3	4.1	5.4	1.3	0.5	1.2	15.1
4	Jevon Carter	PG	11	13.2	1.5	3.9	.372	0.5	2.5	.222	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	1.6	0.1	1.5	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.5	3.5
99	Jae Crowder	SF	11	28.8	3.3	8.1	.404	2.3	6.5	.352	1.1	1.3	.857	0.6	2.4	0.4	4.5	4.9	2.3	0.6	0.1	9.9
2	Langston Galloway	G	11	9.5	1.5	3.4	.459	1.2	2.5	.481	0.6	0.6	1.000	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.0	4.9
23	Cameron Johnson	G	11	23.1	4.4	9.3	.471	2.5	6.6	.384	1.1	1.3	.857	0.5	1.0	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.5	0.5	0.5	12.4
30	Damian Jones	PF	5	8.4	0.6	1.2	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	1.0	.400	0.6	1.8	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.6
41	Frank Kaminsky	F	5	8.0	1.4	3.6	.389	0.2	0.8	.250	0.4	0.8	.500	0.2	0.6	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.2	3.4
55	E'Twaun Moore	SG	2	4.7	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
11	Abdel Nader	SF	1	3.3	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
3	Chris Paul	PG	11	31.6	4.8	11.1	.434	0.7	2.5	.286	2.9	3.0	.970	1.6	3.0	0.6	4.0	4.6	8.7	0.7	0.3	13.3
15	Cameron Payne	G	9	17.8	3.1	6.2	.500	1.0	2.3	.429	0.4	0.4	1.000	1.3	2.2	0.2	2.2	2.4	4.3	0.7	0.1	7.7
20	Dario Saric	SF	7	18.8	3.7	8.3	.448	1.4	4.0	.357	1.7	1.9	.923	1.6	2.0	0.4	4.1	4.6	1.0	0.6	0.1	10.6
10	Jalen Smith	C	2	10.2	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	2.0

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