CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Kemba Walker led a group of six Charlotte Hornets to score in double figures as Charlotte topped the Miami Heat 122-113 inside the Spectrum Center Tuesday night.

• The Hornets defeated the heat 122-113 Tuesday night.
• This brings their preseason record to 2-1.
• Next Monday, they host the Bulls. 

The win improved the Hornets preseason record to 2-1.

First year head coach James Borrego has tried to implement a stout defense that transitions to offense, and the Hornets answered that challenge on Tuesday.

“So much of our offense this year is going to be dictated off of our defense,” Borrego said. “The more physical we are, the better we are defensively, the more we can run and the more we can put pressure on defenses.  Hopefully over time, over a 48 minute game we can just wear down teams with our pace and our ball movement but if we’re not getting stops, like we did in that first quarter, we got no shot to score against physical teams like this.

The Hornets bench outscored Miami’s 62-50 in the game, with Willy Hernangomez posting a double-double (16 points, 10 rebounds), and rookie Miles Bridges scored 14 points.

Charlotte’s defense also contributed 10 blocks in the game.

The Hornets are off until next Monday, when they host the Chicago Bulls.