Mavericks vs. Hornets: Play-by-play, highlights and reactions

The Dallas Mavericks (43-28) play against the Charlotte Hornets (35-35) at Spectrum Center

Game Time: 7:00 PM EDT on Saturday March 19, 2022

Dallas Mavericks 108, Charlotte Hornets 129 (Final)

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Geoff Calkins @geoff_calkins
Penny Hardaway called Chet Holmgren “Plastic Man” yesterday. He meant it as a compliment. So far, Plastic Man is carrying the night. – 9:53 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
Miles: 23 PTS, 8 REB
PJ: 21 PTS, 3 REB
Terry: 18 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST
LaMelo: 17 PTS, 7 AST, 4 STL
Kelly: 17 PTS, 6 REB
Trez: 13 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST
IT: 11 PTS, 2 AST
#AllFly | @drpepper pic.twitter.com/LKXRYq3DPt – 9:46 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Luka’s 2nd 37 point game of trip not nearly enough as Mavs lose 2 straight for the first time since ORL/OKC back at start of Feb, and some real issues to figure out defensively before Monday night when the T-Wolves doing their best 80’s Nuggets homage come to town. – 9:40 PM PJ Washington @PJWashington
Great Win #AllFly – 9:32 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Final.
@chime | #MFFL pic.twitter.com/OukzZspNtb – 9:24 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
4 straight Ws for your Hornets 😈
#AllFly | @NewAmsterdam pic.twitter.com/IPGyNy2Nv9 – 9:22 PM Rod Boone @rodboone
Final: #Hornets 129, Mavs 108
That’s 4 straight wins
Miles Bridges 23 pts, 8 rebs, 3 ast
PJ Washington 21 pts, 3 rebs
Terry Rozier 18 pts, 6 rebs, 6 ast
LaMelo 17 pts, 7 ast, 4 rebs
Luka 37 pts
Up next: vs. New Orleans on Monday – 9:22 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
Tsunami Incoming 🌊
@Kelly Oubre | #AllFly pic.twitter.com/jCVNhTfXWD – 9:14 PM Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Mavericks briefs: Maxi Kleber emerging from shooting slump, but highlights hard to come by from blowout loss in Charlotte.
mavs.com/mavs-hornets-n… – 9:13 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
6 minutes left to play.
#MFFL pic.twitter.com/f18W0kK93n – 9:05 PM Brad Townsend @townbrad
Mavs have the NBA’s third-best 3-point shooting defense, allowing 33.7%, but last night they allowed Philly 42.1% and tonight Charlotte is 20-of-39 (51.3%) on 3-pointers. That’s among the items Dallas needs to address before facing 7th-place Minnesota twice in the next 3 games. – 9:00 PM Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Hornets outscored the Mavs 41-28 in the third quarter.
That’s the most points Mavs have allowed in a Q3 this season (by 4) and tied for the second-most in any single quarter. – 8:52 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
🥵🥵🥵🥵
#AllFly | @AthleticBrewing pic.twitter.com/2TaATlLCKE – 8:51 PM Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Second quarter in a row that the Mavericks have been dismantled in the final possessions. Charlotte opens up a 102-80 lead after scoring the final 11 points of the third. That’s also how they closed out the second quarter. Easy to do the math on why the Mavericks are down by 22. – 8:50 PM Michael Dugat @mdug
Luka big tonight … everyone else, not so much – 8:49 PM Rod Boone @rodboone
End of 3rd Q: #Hornets 102, Mavs 80
• 28-8 run by the Hornets to end the quarter. – 8:49 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
POINT GOD MELO 🕺🏻🛸💕
@LaMelo Ball x @PJ Washington
#AllFly pic.twitter.com/nQ7pVsmlzY – 8:49 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
The HIVE is ALIVE!
#AllFly | @TIAA pic.twitter.com/LYzZ8HvomM – 8:47 PM Rod Boone @rodboone
Luka is about to drop 40 points and it feels effortless. – 8:45 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
𝐒aturday 𝐍ight 𝐋uka.
15 PTS in Q3. pic.twitter.com/ODAT1Rgslt – 8:39 PM Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
What song is Luka singing in his head when he’s at the 3-point line tonight?
Wrong answers only. – 8:35 PM Dwain Price @DwainPrice
Luka doing Luka things. He’s putting on a show. Get to your TV! – 8:33 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
LUKA BEHIND-THE-BACK TO MAXI 👉 BIG 3 – 8:33 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
SHOWTIME LUKA – 8:32 PM StatMuse @statmuse
PPG leader by quarter this season
1Q: Luka (9.5)
2Q: LeBron (7.6)
3Q: Morant (9.3)
4Q: Giannis (8.3) pic.twitter.com/0S0KdOffdU – 8:18 PM Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Red Panda’s halftime show got louder cheers than LaMelo or Luka or anything else tonight, and that’s perfectly correct. – 8:16 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
11-0 run to close out the HALF 👌
@Kelly Oubre | @HornetsOnBally pic.twitter.com/7NnPZJ5u6H – 8:14 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
A 22-6 run to start the game overcome. We’ll see if Mavs can overcome 11-0 run to end the half as they trail 61-52. CHA 11-23 from 3 after PHI went 16-38 last night. Bridges 12, Rozier 10 for CHA. Doncic 16 (14 in 1st), Brunson 10 for Mavs. 2nd half soon @theeagledallas – 8:13 PM Eddie Sefko @ESefko
That 11-0 blitz by Charlotte at the end of the half didn’t do the Mavericks any favors. They had fought back into the game, but now trail 61-52 going into the third. Cutting down on their nine turnovers would help, too. – 8:11 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
🔘🔘
#Lexus | #MFFL pic.twitter.com/pxWxQzflvD – 8:09 PM Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Mavs trail Hornets 61-52 at half. Charlotte closed with 11 unanswered points in the last 1:52. – 8:09 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
We’ll stay locked in on the court, you stay locked in on your screens. 👀
#AllFly pic.twitter.com/ViMxsWpECv – 8:09 PM Rod Boone @rodboone
Halftime: #Hornets 61, Mavs 52
•Hornets closed the half on an 11-0 run.
•Miles Bridges 12 pts
•Terry Rozier 10 pts
•Luka 16 pts – 8:08 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
FR3⃣NCH PRINC3⃣ – 8:03 PM Michael Dugat @mdug
Luka good – 8:02 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
DRIAN pic.twitter.com/DQxQ7A5vgi – 8:00 PM Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
A little bonkers that the Mavs are now leading this game, but here we are, 47-46 with 4:16 until half.
Mavs outscored Hornets 22-8 in 6 no-Luka minutes to start the second quarter. – 7:57 PM Rod Boone @rodboone
Mavs are on a 19-5 run and have erased a 16-point #Hornets lead to take a 47-46 advantage, their first of the game. #Hornets getting stagnant offensively. Ball movement = gone. – 7:56 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
We see you, @Frank Ntilikina! – 7:56 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
17-4 DALLAS RUN. – 7:55 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Bucket Brunson 🪣
#MFFL pic.twitter.com/gBJnsoSlAs – 7:55 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
JB is hustlin’!!! – 7:52 PM Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
“Josh” Powell just returned for the Mavs, according to the Hornets’ PA dude.
That’s … quite notable, if true. – 7:51 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
REVERSE, REVERSE pic.twitter.com/hETUsC5MBe – 7:48 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
Okaaaaay Buzz Boyz 😏
#AllFly pic.twitter.com/ifJksUXyzJ – 7:39 PM Rod Boone @rodboone
End of first quarter: #Hornets 35, Mavs 24
•Terry Rozier and Miles Bridges have 8 points apiece.
•Hornets shot 57.1% (8 of 14) beyond the arc.
• Luka keeping Dallas in it with 14 points. – 7:37 PM Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
A sign of the Mavs’ shorthanded-ness tonight: Luka Doncic is closing the first quarter with a lineup of Trey Burke, Josh Green, Davis Bertans and Marquese Chriss.
None of the 4 were in Mavs’ rotation to start the season. – 7:34 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
👌 after 👌 after 👌
@Luka Doncic pic.twitter.com/hBOuJC6bhF – 7:32 PM Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Nice rally by the Mavericks. It’s what they do these days. Cut a 22-6 deficit to 25-21 before a free throw from Harrell. – 7:31 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
3⃣J!
@PJ Washington | @HornetsOnBally pic.twitter.com/Uv2EOsJnlV – 7:27 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Luka’s heatin’ up… – 7:26 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Magic Man 🪄 pic.twitter.com/iwjS6esduc – 7:25 PM Rod Boone @rodboone
First player(s) off the bench tonight: Cody Martin, Kelly Oubre and Montrezl Harrell. – 7:24 PM Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Obviously a disastrous start for the Mavericks, but at least they finally forced a missed shot by Charlotte, which made its first seven tries. Mavericks down 19-4 with 7:08 to go in the first. – 7:20 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
T-RO IS HOT! 🔥
@Terry Rozier | @HornetsOnBally pic.twitter.com/JGcPKTxvS0 – 7:18 PM Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Mavs are down 16-2 after the first 3:01. Charlotte is on pace to shoot 100% from everything. – 7:15 PM Rod Boone @rodboone
#Hornets start out by hitting all six of their initial shots, including four from 3-point range, and are up 16-2. Who are these guys? – 7:15 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
T-RO 👌
16-2 RUN TO START THE GAME! pic.twitter.com/rnNaHKtBvN – 7:15 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
Reason #936237 our fans are the best: People like @RuhrSeaho! 🤩 Sergio is visiting Buzz City & attending tonight’s game all the way from Spain!
#AllFly pic.twitter.com/QfmNYQvmam – 7:12 PM Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Chuckle each time I remember Trey Burke saying Mavs’ improvement has started with focus in warm-ups…
…and each game Luka Doncic is out here like tonight when he’s pretending to hit Jalen Brunson and Frank Ntilikina for touchdown passes and then trying to start a soccer match. pic.twitter.com/UXgBjD1NKT – 7:07 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
About that time in Charlotte.
Who’s watching with us, MFFLs? – 7:05 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
The best part of your day starting soon… 🔥
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📻 – @WFNZ 610 AM/92.7 FM pic.twitter.com/k5b0MDrBXt – 6:59 PM Rod Boone @rodboone
Mason Plumlee practicing his new left-handed free throw technique unveiled in Wednesday’s win over the Hawks. pic.twitter.com/UB2eNQw4hf – 6:50 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Mavs starters: DFS, Kleber, Powell, Brunson, Doncic
CHA starters: Bridges, Washington, Plumlee, Rozier, Ball
6:10 tip @theeagledallas. This Mavs lineup has not started since 2/2 vs OKC. – 6:34 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Your first five on the floor tonight.
@ModeloUSA | #FightingSpirit pic.twitter.com/KA0lZJMzZm – 6:33 PM Mark Followill @MFollowill
Spencer Dinwiddie (R knee injury recovery) is out for the Mavs tonight in Charlotte. Dinwiddie missed most of last season due to a right ACL tear and this year in Washington he sat on the 2nd game of a back to back in 5 of their 7 B2Bs. Mavs vs Hornets starts at 6p on BSSW – 6:27 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
1⃣🐝2⃣🐝3⃣🐝4⃣🐝5⃣
#AllFly | @CrumblCookies pic.twitter.com/IK84p8gxAe – 6:25 PM Rod Boone @rodboone
#Hornets have to take advantage of the short-handed Mavs, who are missing Spencer Dinwiddie (injury recovery, right knee), Tim Hardaway Jr. (left foot surgery) and Reggie Bullock (personal reasons). It’s also the final game on an 11-day road trip for Dallas. – 6:08 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
Showin’ out with the Saturday fits 🔥
#ULTRADrip | @MichelobULTRA pic.twitter.com/UrYDM8XYsC – 6:03 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
INJURY UPDATE vs DAL
Gordon Hayward (L Ankle) is out.
#AllFly | @NovantHealth pic.twitter.com/NvQSTnqov0 – 5:53 PM Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan
Jason Kidd said Reggie Bullock has rejoined the Mavs in Charlotte after missing most of this road trip for personal reasons, but isn’t playing tonight because “we want him to get a workout in before game action.”
That makes for a likely return Monday vs. Minnesota. – 5:44 PM Rod Boone @rodboone
Last Saturday home game of the (regular?) season and it’s 78° outside. Luka is in town. And look what is down.
It’s going to be a 🔥 night in Uptown. pic.twitter.com/GhBQr39D0h – 5:33 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
Listen in to Coach JB before tonight’s game! 🎙 #DALvsCHA twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1… – 5:21 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
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Hundreds of Luka Doncic fans outside the Mavs’ hotel in Charlotte hoping for an autograph as he walked to the bus.
One of the bigger pregame crowds I’ve seen this season. pic.twitter.com/YNvxAu4oHa – 4:50 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
Get the latest news, notes & numbers for tonight’s matchup!
#AllFly | @LendingTree pic.twitter.com/UhnCHOPkzi – 4:31 PM Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Luka Doncic singing song to himself when frustrated so he doesn’t argue with referees nba.nbcsports.com/2022/03/19/luk… – 4:31 PM Montrezl Harrell @MONSTATREZZ
My dawg said some wisdom @youngmichael_
“Home is where you supposed to go to recharge the battery for everything the world drains out you!” – 4:20 PM Josh Martin @LonzoWire
In honor of the NBA’s 75th anniversary, we present the best rosters in Hornets history. lonzowire.usatoday.com/lists/charlott… – 4:00 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
From the accounts of Hornets last game w/ATL. They did to Trae Young, what Sixers did to Luka last night. Held him to 9 pts on 3-12 shooting and 0-6 3pt. Young DID have 15 assists. Let’s see if they try it with Luka, and let’s see if he, and his team, have a better response. – 3:56 PM Charlotte Hornets @hornets
Breakin’ out the Moments Mixtape threads tonight! 🤩
@Ticketmaster | 🎟: https://t.co/MiOkjg0PCa pic.twitter.com/DXanrbAasF – 1:53 PM Chuck Cooperstein @coopmavs
Mavs will rest Dinwiddie tonight in CHA. Coming off his ACL injury, he has rested on 2nd of BTB all season inc w/WAS vs Mavs in Nov. Mavs will get Reggie Bullock back after missing the last three for personal reasons. 6:10 tip @theeagledallas – 1:28 PM Dallas Mavericks @dallasmavs
Let’s close out this road trip 💪
🆚 @Charlotte Hornets
6PM CT
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📻 @theeagledallas & 99.1 FM pic.twitter.com/Gn49olMTJh – 1:00 PM