{"id":101492,"date":"2026-01-06T05:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/hornets-surprise-thunder-historic-defeat-and-worst-score-of-the-season\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T05:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:18:17","slug":"hornets-surprise-thunder-historic-defeat-and-worst-score-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nba\/hornets-surprise-thunder-historic-defeat-and-worst-score-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets Surprise Thunder: Historic Defeat and Worst Score of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Hornets Surprise Thunder in an Epic Match<\/h2>\n<p>In a night full of surprises, the Charlotte Hornets achieved a shocking victory against the NBA leader, the Oklahoma City Thunder, with a final score of 124-97. Brandon Miller led the Hornets&#8217; offense with 28 points, demonstrating his ability to excel in crucial moments.<\/p>\n<p>Kon Knueppel was also key for the Hornets, contributing 23 points. This victory marked a turning point for Charlotte, which had suffered three defeats in its last four games. On the other hand, the Thunder experienced their biggest defeat of the season, scoring a season-low and breaking a streak of successful games.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder had not scored less than 100 points in the 2025-26 season, until this game. Furthermore, this defeat represented the first time that the Oklahoma City team had fallen to a team with a losing record since November 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, although he scored 21 points, had an unusual night, with a low field goal percentage. Despite his outstanding streak of consecutive games with at least 20 points, his performance in this game was not as expected.<\/p>\n<p>The defeat also marked the second consecutive game lost by Oklahoma City at home. The team, which started the season with an impressive record, is now facing a challenging moment.<\/p>\n<p>The game was full of key moments, such as LaMelo Ball&#8217;s impressive shot and Miller&#8217;s dominance during the first half. The Hornets demonstrated their ability to maintain control of the game, securing a significant victory.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte took an early lead of 21-9, but the Thunder, led by Ajay Mitchell, managed to tie the score at the end of the first quarter. However, Charlotte regained momentum in the second quarter, reaching halftime with a 67-50 lead, with Miller scoring 19 points before the break. The third quarter saw LaMelo Ball make a spectacular shot and Miller extended Charlotte&#8217;s lead with a three-pointer, securing the victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hornets Surprise Thunder in an Epic Match In a night full of surprises, the Charlotte Hornets achieved a shocking victory against the NBA leader, the Oklahoma City Thunder, with a final score of 124-97. Brandon Miller led the Hornets&#8217; offense with 28 points, demonstrating his ability to excel in crucial moments. Kon Knueppel was also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1303,4781,918,913],"class_list":{"0":"post-101492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-brandon-miller","9":"tag-hornets","10":"tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","11":"tag-thunder"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}