Houston fires on the Hornets after the Rockets surge ahead in the second half.

The Charlotte Hornets fell to the Houston Rockets 138-104, a landslide, and the Hornets’ season entirely collapsed in the third quarter. In the end, the Queen City team’s follow-up was disappointing; they had returned home following their away defeat on Wednesday against the record-low Detroit Pistons. At this point in the season, the Hornets are 10-33.

Things looked promising at first. Nick Richards scored first, then Brandon Miller had a clean look and sank a three to open the scoring. At Spectrum Center, it’s all about setting the tone. The Hornets were up seven points after two free throws by Cody Martin after he was fouled during a layup, leaving the Rockets with just one basket under their belt. Additionally, Miller However, as is usually the case, the visitors returned, at least sufficiently to make the first quarter back and forth. That did not stop Miles Bridges from delighting the home audience of the Charlotte Hornets with a right-handed dunk. After three fouls, Brandon Miller, who had also returned to perform his magic, was forced to take a seat. It was Frank Ntilikina’s first three-pointer with the Hornets. Still, the Rockets led 30-28 at the end of the first 12 minutes.

Melo Ball slept the second quarter as the Hornets and Rockets were tied at the half, remembering that this was the first night of a Charlotte doubleheader. (Miller also continued to sit.) Additionally, Nick Richards scored 12 points in the first half for Buzz City following a career-high 21 points for Charlotte on Wednesday. Bridges also did so. However, the Hornets trailed by just a point at the half, with Houston leading 55–53 at the completion of the second quarter.

Melo and Miller came back for the third, but four minutes into the second half, the Rockets began to pull away with a 72-62 lead. As a substitution for Melo, Ish Smith played more minutes. Martin scored another basket with help from Melo. But Melo wasn’t playing this game. As of right now, Houston Rockets