DETROIT — Charlotte Hornets newly-acquired forward Naz Reid was benched at halftime of Wednesday\u2019s 97-89 loss to the Detroit Pistons for not meeting \u201cour standards in the first half,\u201d coach Charles Lee said after the game.<\/p>\n
Reid, who started the game, finished with seven points on 2-of-6 shooting in 13 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, [Reid] didn\u2019t meet our standards in the first half, and at halftime we made the decision that he wouldn\u2019t play in the second half,\u201d Lee said. \u201cBut I look forward to him meeting those standards come next game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brandon Miller had 31 points and 12 rebounds for Charlotte, but missed five of his seven shots in the fourth quarter. He had 21 points as the Hornets built a 51-44 halftime lead. Neither team could consistently hit shots, but Charlotte\u2019s 6-0 advantage in second-chance points was enough to keep it ahead.<\/p>\n
Detroit, though, started the third quarter with a 16-5 run and forced eight turnovers in the quarter on their way to a 76-70 lead. Charlotte stayed close for most of the fourth, but Miller\u2019s shooting struggles and five more turnovers kept it from making a serious challenge.<\/p>\n
Reid was one of the prized returns for Charlotte in the trade that sent LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves. In addition to Reid, the Hornets received a 2033 unprotected first-round pick and three second-round picks (2029, 2032, 2033). Charlotte also got first-round pick swaps in 2028, 2029 and 2030.<\/p>\n
Reid, 26, is in the second year of a five-year, $125 million deal he signed with Minnesota. Reid was the 2024 Sixth Man of the Year.<\/p>\n
The Associated Press contributed to this report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT — Charlotte Hornets newly-acquired forward Naz Reid was benched at halftime of Wednesday\u2019s 97-89 loss to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,172323,325021,459,82],"class_list":["post-950112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-charlotte-hornets-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-5312","tag-naz-reid-sports-basketball-player-player-statscom-1137200","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}