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Posted on November 25, 2017 at 08:39 PM.

CHARLOTTE - The Baltimore Owls showed everyone they won't be going quietly this season as they took the Charlotte Hornets to double overtime in their first game as a franchise. Ultimately the Owls couldn't pull it out, as the Hornets won 121-114 in game one this season. The Owls jumped out to a quick start but lost their lead going into the half, then got beat bad in the third quarter to get down by as many as 12 points in the fourth. Baltimore came back behind what was a full team effort to take this one to overtime. Josh Richardson had a chance to win it in regulation with a 3 at the buzzer but it rimmed out.

Overtime started strong for the Hornets but finished with Justin Jackson scoring the last 8 points of the period, including a fastbreak dunk with 14 seconds left to tie the game and eventually send it to a second overtime. Charlotte overpowered Baltimore in the second overtime, however, and pulled away for a 7 point victory.

It was a full team effort for the Owls, who had 7 players score in double figures. Josh Richardson led the way in scoring with 22, while Terry Rozier added a double-double of 19 points and 11 assists. For the Hornets it was a two-man show. Kemba Walker scored 36 points, but needed 40 shots to do so. The real killer in this one was Dwight Howard. Howard had a vintage game and finished with 22 points and 26 rebounds, dominating the offensive glass late in the fourth quarter and both overtimes.

Next up for the Owls: @ Denver Nuggets (0-0)

Baltimore Owls (0-1) at Charlotte Hornets (1-0)

Oct 17, 2017	1	2	3	4	OT	Final
Baltimore	25	18	19	31	21	114
Charlotte	18	26	28	21	28	121

Top Performers

Baltimore Owls

Dwight Howard - 22 pts, 26 reb

Kemba Walker - 36 pts, 15-40 FG

Charlotte Hornets

Terry Rozier - 19 pts, 11 ast

Josh Richardson - 22 pts, 3 stl

Team Stats Comparison
	BAL	CHA
FG Made-Att	42-93	51-108
3PT Made-Att	13-31	11-36
FT Made-Att	17-24	8-14
Rebounds	51	60
Assists	30	25
Turnovers	8	7
Steals	7	6
Blocks	3	3

Baltimore Owls
STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Terry Rozier	32	6-13	1-3	6-7	4	11	0	0	1	19
Langston Galloway	34	4-11	0-5	2-2	4	6	0	0	1	10
Josh Richardson	28	6-15	4-8	6-8	2	2	3	0	0	22
Juan Hernangomez	36	6-12	2-4	1-3	8	3	0	0	1	13
Ivica Zubac	34	4-10	0-1	0-0	16	2	2	3	1	8
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Justin Jackson	23	4-6	3-3	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	11
Mike Muscala	18	3-8	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	0	1	6
Isaiah Whitehead	14	4-10	1-3	2-4	2	3	0	0	2	11
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot	13	4-6	2-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	10
Ante Zizic	8	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	1	0	1	2

Charlotte Hornets
STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kemba Walker	43	15-40	4-16	2-2	2	4	2	0	1	36
Jeremy Lamb	33	4-10	1-5	3-5	3	6	0	0	2	12
Nicolas Batum	37	6-17	2-6	0-0	4	6	2	0	2	14
Frank Kaminsky	34	4-9	0-2	1-1	8	1	0	0	0	9
Dwight Howard	33	10-15	0-0	2-5	26	3	1	2	0	22
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Cody Zeller	16	3-3	0-0	0-1	11	1	0	1	0	6
Marvin Williams	15	3-5	2-4	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	8
Malik Monk	15	3-5	2-3	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	8
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	14	3-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	2	6