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Three surprising stats from the Charlotte Hornets’ 2019-2020 season

By Elijah Edwards

PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 10: Miles Bridges #0 and PJ Washington #25 of the Charlotte Hornets react against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center on November 10, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 76ers defeated the Hornets 114-106. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 10: Miles Bridges #0 and PJ Washington #25 of the Charlotte Hornets react against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center on November 10, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 76ers defeated the Hornets 114-106. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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Devonte’ Graham and PJ Washington, Charlotte Hornets (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) /

Scoring wasn’t exactly the Charlotte Hornets’ strong suit this year.

The Charlotte Hornets finished last in the NBA in points per game. That’s not shocking given where this team is at in terms of progress. What is surprising is that their 102.9 points per game are the second-highest in the modern era for a team that scored the least amount of points in the NBA.

Last season saw the highest, with the Memphis Grizzlies, scoring 103.5 points per game while scoring the least in the league. For reference, the Hornets of last year scored almost 111 points per game, so you can see there was quite a dropoff between this team and last year’s.

It doesn’t take a genius to know that overall scoring is up and while this year may be lower, that could be because of the shortened nature of this season. The league has put an emphasis on scoring and the three-ball has been en vogue for quite some time.

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What’s even weirder is that this is the first time in a long time that every team in the NBA has averaged at least triple-digit scoring in back-to-back years. It’ll be interesting to see if that continues.

Perhaps the Hornets can add a few pieces and climb back up the scoring ladder because they haven’t been last in the league in scoring since that ill-fated 2011-2012 season. They’re still trying to shake that one off.

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