Hornets defeat Nets with Durant, Irving posting 54 points together

Gordon Hayward proved his worth to the team after arriving from sign-and-trade from Boston, posted 28 points, 7 assists, and 6 rebounds to help Michael Jordan owned Charlotte to end the match on Sunday night 106-104 handing the Brooklyn Nets their first loss of 2020-2021 season. Hayward signed a $120 million four-year contract surprising everyone with a long term contract for an aged injury-prone player but he proved on the court his skills and stamina.

He set up the team to score more while scoring 12 off 20 shots. As for other Terry Rozier contributed 19 points and P.J. Washington was at 14 points and 12 rebounds when the game ended. Despite great efforts on part of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving who were with 29 and 25 points respectively Hornets overpowered them in the fourth quarter to win the match.