# 2019–20 Charlotte Hornets season

The 2019–20 Charlotte Hornets season was the 30th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was the first time since 2010 (as the Charlotte Bobcats) without Kemba Walker, as he joined the Boston Celtics prior to the 2019–20 NBA season.
The season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11 after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. On June 4, 2020, the season came to an end for the Hornets when the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan that would restart the season with 22 teams returning to play in the NBA Bubble on July 31, 2020, which was approved by the National Basketball Players Association the next day.

## NBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/club team |
| 1 | 12 | P. J. Washington | PF | United States | Kentucky |
| 2 | 36 | Cody Martin | SF | United States | Nevada |
| 2 | 52 | Jalen McDaniels | PF | United States | San Diego State |
The Hornets hold a lottery selection pick and three second round draft picks before entering the draft. The third second round pick would be then moved to multiple trades before moving to the Miami Heat.

## Standings

| Southeast Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y – Miami Heat | 44 | 29 | .603 | – | 29‍–‍7 | 15‍–‍22 | 10–4 | 73 |
| x – Orlando Magic | 33 | 40 | .452 | 11.0 | 18‍–‍17 | 15‍–‍23 | 9–5 | 73 |
| Washington Wizards | 25 | 47 | .347 | 18.5 | 16‍–‍20 | 9‍–‍27 | 5–9 | 72 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 23 | 42 | .354 | 17.0 | 10‍–‍21 | 13‍–‍21 | 2–7 | 65 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 20 | 47 | .299 | 21.0 | 14‍–‍20 | 6‍–‍27 | 6–7 | 67 |
Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z – Milwaukee Bucks * | 56 | 17 | .767 | – | 73 |
| 2 | y – Toronto Raptors * | 53 | 19 | .736 | 2.5 | 72 |
| 3 | x – Boston Celtics | 48 | 24 | .667 | 7.5 | 72 |
| 4 | x – Indiana Pacers | 45 | 28 | .616 | 11.0 | 73 |
| 5 | y – Miami Heat * | 44 | 29 | .603 | 12.0 | 73 |
| 6 | x – Philadelphia 76ers | 43 | 30 | .589 | 13.0 | 73 |
| 7 | x – Brooklyn Nets | 35 | 37 | .486 | 20.5 | 72 |
| 8 | x – Orlando Magic | 33 | 40 | .452 | 23.0 | 73 |
| 9 | Washington Wizards | 25 | 47 | .347 | 30.5 | 72 |
| 10 | Charlotte Hornets | 23 | 42 | .354 | 29.0 | 65 |
| 11 | Chicago Bulls | 22 | 43 | .338 | 30.0 | 65 |
| 12 | New York Knicks | 21 | 45 | .318 | 31.5 | 66 |
| 13 | Detroit Pistons | 20 | 46 | .303 | 32.5 | 66 |
| 14 | Atlanta Hawks | 20 | 47 | .299 | 33.0 | 67 |
| 15 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 19 | 46 | .292 | 33.0 | 65 |

## Game log
### Preseason

2019 preseason game log Total: 1–4 (Home: 0-3; Road: 1–1) :
Preseason: 1–4 (home: 0–3; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 6
@ Boston
L 106–107
P. J. Washington (16)
Miles Bridges (10)
Terry Rozier (9)
TD Garden 18,624
0–1
2
October 9
Miami
L 94–108
Terry Rozier (18)
Zeller, Bridges, Graham (6)
Josh Perkins (4)
Spectrum Center 8,522
0–2
3
October 11
Philadelphia
L 87–100
Dwayne Bacon (17)
Kidd-Gilchrist, Bridges (7)
Devonte' Graham (5)
Lawrence Joel Coliseum 10,437
0–3
4
October 14
@ Memphis
W 120–99
Terry Rozier (24)
Cody Zeller (10)
Terry Rozier (8)
FedEx Forum 11,292
1–3
5
October 16
Detroit
L 110–116
Malik Monk (18)
Cody Zeller (9)
Malik Monk (7)
Spectrum Center 7,749
1–4 :
2019–20 season schedule :

### Regular season

2019–20 game log Total: 23–42 (Home: 10–21; Road: 13–21) :
October: 2–3 (home: 1–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 23
Chicago
W 126–125
P. J. Washington (27)
Cody Zeller (12)
Devonte' Graham (8)
Spectrum Center 19,077
1–0
2
October 25
Minnesota
L 99–121
Devonte' Graham (24)
P. J. Washington (10)
Terry Rozier (10)
Spectrum Center 14,879
1–1
3
October 27
@ L. A. Lakers
L 101–120
Miles Bridges (23)
Cody Zeller (14)
Devonte' Graham (5)
Staples Center 18,997
1–2
4
October 28
@ L. A. Clippers
L 96–111
Terry Rozier (17)
Cody Zeller (14)
Devonte' Graham (12)
Staples Center 19,068
1–3
5
October 30
@ Sacramento
W 118–111
P. J. Washington (23)
Cody Zeller (15)
Devonte' Graham (9)
Golden 1 Center 15,416
2–3 :
November
: 6–10 (home: 3–4; road: 3–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
November 2
@ Golden State
W 93–87
Dwayne Bacon (25)
Bridges, Graham, Zeller (8)
Terry Rozier (7)
Chase Center 18,064
3–3
7
November 5
Indiana
W 122–120 (OT)
Devonte' Graham (35)
Cody Martin (11)
Devonte' Graham (6)
Spectrum Center 13,341
4–3
8
November 7
Boston
L 87–108
Miles Bridges (18)
Bridges, Zeller (10)
Devonte' Graham (9)
Spectrum Center 18,487
4–4
9
November 9
New Orleans
L 110–115
Devonte' Graham (24)
Bridges, Zeller (8)
Devonte' Graham (10)
Spectrum Center 18,513
4–5
10
November 10
@ Philadelphia
L 106–114
Cody Zeller (24)
Cody Zeller (8)
Devonte' Graham (10)
Wells Fargo Center 20,311
4–6
11
November 13
Memphis
L 117–119
Terry Rozier (33)
Zeller, Monk (8)
Miles Bridges (7)
Spectrum Center 13,155
4–7
12
November 15
Detroit
W 109–106
Rozier, Monk (19)
Cody Zeller (7)
Devonte' Graham (10)
Spectrum Center 16,778
5–7
13
November 16
@ New York
W 103–102
Devonte' Graham (29)
Nicolas Batum (9)
Nicolas Batum (6)
Madison Square Garden 19,401
6–7
14
November 18
@ Toronto
L 96–132
Marvin Williams (14)
Nicolas Batum (6)
Devonte' Graham (6)
Scotiabank Arena 19,800
6–8
15
November 20
@ Brooklyn
L 91–101
Terry Rozier (18)
Zeller, Biyombo (7)
Devonte' Graham (6)
Barclays Center 14,011
6–9
16
November 22
@ Washington
L 118–125
Miles Bridges (31)
Miles Bridges (8)
Batum, Graham (7)
Capital One Arena 15,053
6–10
17
November 23
Chicago
L 115–116
Terry Rozier (28)
Bismack Biyombo (12)
Devonte' Graham (10)
Spectrum Center 17,891
6–11
18
November 25
@ Miami
L 100–117
Terry Rozier (19)
Terry Rozier (9)
Devonte' Graham (8)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
6–12
19
November 27
Detroit
W 102–101
Bismack Biyombo (19)
Bismack Biyombo (9)
Devonte' Graham (15)
Spectrum Center 15,535
7–12
20
November 29
@ Detroit
W 110–107
P. J. Washington (26)
Bismack Biyombo (9)
Devonte' Graham (8)
Little Caesars Arena 15,006
8–12
21
November 30
@ Milwaukee
L 96–137
Devonte' Graham (24)
Willy Hernangomez (9)
Devonte' Graham (5)
Fiserv Forum 17,550
8–13 :
December
: 5–10 (home: 3–6; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
December 2
Phoenix
L 104–109
Marvin Williams (22)
Bismack Biyombo (11)
Devonte' Graham (13)
Spectrum Center 11,221
8–14
23
December 4
Golden State
W 106–91
Devonte' Graham (33)
Rozier, Graham (7)
Devonte' Graham (9)
Spectrum Center 14,355
9–14
24
December 6
Brooklyn
L 104–111
Devonte' Graham (29)
Rozier, Zeller (6)
Devonte' Graham (8)
Spectrum Center 15,075
9–15
25
December 8
Atlanta
L 107–122
Washington, Bridges (20)
P. J. Washington (8)
Devonte' Graham (8)
Spectrum Center 15,489
9–16
26
December 10
Washington
W 114–107
Devonte' Graham (29)
Bismack Biyombo (15)
Terry Rozier (7)
Spectrum Center 10,626
10–16
27
December 11
@ Brooklyn
W 113–108
Devonte' Graham (40)
Kidd-Gilchrist, Rozier (7)
Devonte' Graham (5)
Barclays Center 15,631
11–16
28
December 13
@ Chicago
W 83–73
Devonte' Graham (16)
Washington, Zeller (10)
Devonte' Graham (7)
United Center 18,377
12–16
29
December 15
@ Indiana
L 85–107
Cody Zeller (19)
Bismack Biyombo (17)
Devonte' Graham (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,061
12–17
30
December 17
Sacramento
W 110–102
Malik Monk (23)
Bismack Biyombo (12)
Devonte' Graham (7)
Spectrum Center 13,229
13–17
31
December 18
@ Cleveland
L 98–100
Terry Rozier (35)
Cody Zeller (9)
Devonte' Graham (9)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,023
13–18
32
December 21
Utah
L 107–114
Terry Rozier (29)
Cody Zeller (8)
Devonte' Graham (4)
Spectrum Center 16,187
13–19
33
December 22
@ Boston
L 93–119
Devonte' Graham (23)
Miles Bridges (6)
Devonte' Graham (10)
TD Garden 19,156
13–20
34
December 27
Oklahoma City
L 102–104 (OT)
Terry Rozier (26)
Bismack Biyombo (10)
Devonte' Graham (13)
Spectrum Center 18,418
13–21
35
December 29
@ Memphis
L 104–117
Malik Monk (18)
Miles Bridges (7)
Devonte' Graham (10)
FedExForum 16,842
13–22
36
December 31
Boston
L 92–109
P. J. Washington (15)
Miles Bridges (10)
Devonte' Graham (7)
Spectrum Center 19,216
13–23 :
January
: 3–9 (home: 1–4; road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
37
January 2
@ Cleveland
W 109–106
Terry Rozier (30)
Cody Zeller (7)
Devonte' Graham (11)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 17,859
14–23
38
January 4
@ Dallas
W 123–120 (OT)
Terry Rozier (27)
Bismack Biyombo (13)
Devonte' Graham (13)
American Airlines Center 20,327
15–23
39
January 6
Indiana
L 104–115
Terry Rozier (28)
P. J. Washington (9)
Rozier, Graham (6)
Spectrum Center 13,009
15–24
40
January 8
Toronto
L 110–112 (OT)
Terry Rozier (27)
P. J. Washington (12)
Malik Monk (7)
Spectrum Center 13,965
15–25
41
January 10
@ Utah
L 92–109
Terry Rozier (23)
Bismack Biyombo (9)
Devonte' Graham (5)
Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306
15–26
42
January 12
@ Phoenix
L 92–100
Dwayne Bacon (24)
Cody Zeller (8)
Devonte' Graham (8)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 14,751
15–27
43
January 13
@ Portland
L 112–115
Devonte' Graham (27)
P. J. Washington (11)
Devonte' Graham (10)
Moda Center 19,111
15–28
44
January 15
@ Denver
L 86–100
Terry Rozier (20)
Miles Bridges (8)
Terry Rozier (9)
Pepsi Center 19,520
15–29
45
January 20
Orlando
L 83–106
Malik Monk (20)
Cody Zeller (9)
Devonte' Graham (6)
Spectrum Center 16,133
15–30
46
January 24
Milwaukee
L 103–116
Malik Monk (31)
Devonte' Graham (7)
Batum, Monk, Rozier (5)
AccorHotels Arena 15,758
15–31
47
January 28
New York
W 97–92
Terry Rozier (30)
Hernangómez, Rozier, Zeller (10)
Devonte' Graham (10)
Spectrum Center 14,342
16–31
48
January 30
@ Washington
L 107–121
Miles Bridges (23)
Rozier, Zeller (7)
Devonte' Graham (8)
Capital One Arena 15,013
16–32 :
February
: 5–6 (home: 1–3; road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
49
February 1
@ San Antonio
L 90–114
Miles Bridges (25)
Cody Zeller (12)
Devonte' Graham (9)
AT&T Center 18,615
16–33
50
February 3
Orlando
L 100–112
Terry Rozier (18)
Bridges, Martin (8)
Devonte' Graham (5)
Spectrum Center 12,337
16–34
51
February 4
@ Houston
L 110–125
Bridges, Rozier (20)
Miles Bridges (15)
Devonte' Graham (10)
Toyota Center 18,055
16–35
52
February 8
Dallas
L 100–116
Devonte' Graham (26)
P. J. Washington (9)
Devonte' Graham (10)
Spectrum Center 19,370
16–36
53
February 10
@ Detroit
W 87–76
Miles Bridges (18)
Cody Zeller (10)
Devonte' Graham (11)
Little Caesars Arena 13,941
17–36
54
February 12
@ Minnesota
W 115–108
Devonte' Graham (28)
Bismack Biyombo (10)
Devonte' Graham (8)
Target Center 18,978
18–36
55
February 20
@ Chicago
W 103–93
Malik Monk (25)
Bridges, Zeller (8)
Devonte' Graham (7)
United Center 17,463
19–36
56
February 22
Brooklyn
L 86–115
P. J. Washington (16)
McDaniels, Zeller (9)
Miles Bridges (5)
Spectrum Center 19,079
19–37
57
February 25
@ Indiana
L 80–119
Miles Bridges (17)
Bridges, Martin (6)
Terry Rozier (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 16,088
19–38
58
February 26
New York
W 107–101
Terry Rozier (26)
Caleb Martin (9)
Devonte' Graham (5)
Spectrum Center 13,152
20–38
59
February 28
@ Toronto
W 99–96
Graham, Rozier (18)
Bismack Biyombo (11)
Martin, Rozier (6)
Scotiabank Arena 19,800
21–38 :
March: 2–4 (home: 2–3; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
60
March 1
Milwaukee
L 85–93
Devonte' Graham (17)
Willy Hernangómez (13)
Hernangómez, Rozier (4)
Spectrum Center 19,149
21–39
61
March 3
San Antonio
L 103–104
Terry Rozier (20)
Jalen McDaniels (9)
McDaniels, Rozier (5)
Spectrum Center 12,008
21–40
62
March 5
Denver
L 112–114
Devonte' Graham (24)
Miles Bridges (9)
Graham, Martin (7)
Spectrum Center 13,311
21–41
63
March 7
Houston
W 108–99
Terry Rozier (24)
Willy Hernangómez (11)
Cody Martin (9)
Spectrum Center 19,159
22–41
64
March 9
@ Atlanta
L 138–143 (2OT)
Terry Rozier (40)
Cody Zeller (7)
Devonte' Graham (10)
State Farm Arena 14,399
22–42
65
March 11
@ Miami
W 109–98
Devonte' Graham (30)
Cody Zeller (11)
Devonte' Graham (6)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
23–42 :
Cancelled games
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
66
March 13
Cleveland
Spectrum Center
67
March 15
@ Orlando
Amway Center
68
March 17
@ New York
Madison Square Garden
69
March 19
Philadelphia
Spectrum Center
70
March 21
LA Lakers
Spectrum Center
71
March 24
Portland
Spectrum Center
72
March 26
@ Oklahoma City
Chesapeake Energy Arena
73
March 28
LA Clippers
Spectrum Center
74
March 30
Miami
Spectrum Center
75
April 1
@ Orlando
Amway Center
76
April 3
@ Atlanta
State Farm Arena
77
April 5
Atlanta
Spectrum Center
78
April 7
@ New Orleans
Smoothie King Center
79
April 8
Toronto
Spectrum Center
80
April 11
Washington
Spectrum Center
81
April 13
Miami
Spectrum Center
82
April 15
@ Philadelphia
Wells Fargo Center :
2019–20 season schedule :

## Player statistics
### Ragular season

| Player | POS | GP | GS | MP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | MPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Miles Bridges | SF | 65 | 64 | 1,995 | 362 | 114 | 40 | 48 | 843 | 30.7 | 5.6 | 1.8 | .6 | .7 | 13.0 |
| Terry Rozier | PG | 63 | 63 | 2,164 | 276 | 259 | 61 | 10 | 1,134 | 34.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 1.0 | .2 | 18.0 |
| Devonte' Graham | PG | 63 | 53 | 2,211 | 212 | 471 | 62 | 15 | 1,145 | 35.1 | 3.4 | 7.5 | 1.0 | .2 | 18.2 |
| P. J. Washington | PF | 58 | 57 | 1,759 | 316 | 123 | 51 | 44 | 710 | 30.3 | 5.4 | 2.1 | .9 | .8 | 12.2 |
| Cody Zeller | C | 58 | 39 | 1,341 | 411 | 88 | 40 | 25 | 642 | 23.1 | 7.1 | 1.5 | .7 | .4 | 11.1 |
| Malik Monk | SG | 55 | 1 | 1,169 | 157 | 114 | 25 | 16 | 564 | 21.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 | .5 | .3 | 10.3 |
| Bismack Biyombo | C | 53 | 29 | 1,029 | 308 | 50 | 10 | 49 | 393 | 19.4 | 5.8 | .9 | .2 | .9 | 7.4 |
| Cody Martin | SF | 48 | 3 | 903 | 158 | 95 | 39 | 9 | 238 | 18.8 | 3.3 | 2.0 | .8 | .2 | 5.0 |
| Marvin Williams$^†$ | PF | 41 | 1 | 808 | 109 | 41 | 26 | 22 | 275 | 19.7 | 2.7 | 1.0 | .6 | .5 | 6.7 |
| Dwayne Bacon | SG | 39 | 11 | 687 | 100 | 52 | 23 | 2 | 224 | 17.6 | 2.6 | 1.3 | .6 | .1 | 5.7 |
| Willy Hernangómez | C | 31 | 0 | 375 | 134 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 190 | 12.1 | 4.3 | .9 | .3 | .2 | 6.1 |
| Nicolas Batum | SF | 22 | 3 | 505 | 100 | 66 | 17 | 8 | 79 | 23.0 | 4.5 | 3.0 | .8 | .4 | 3.6 |
| Caleb Martin | SF | 18 | 1 | 317 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 111 | 17.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | .7 | .4 | 6.2 |
| Jalen McDaniels | SF | 16 | 0 | 293 | 65 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 89 | 18.3 | 4.1 | .8 | .5 | .2 | 5.6 |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist$^†$ | PF | 12 | 0 | 160 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 13.3 | 2.9 | .8 | .0 | .3 | 4.0 |
| Joe Chealey | PG | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8.3 | .0 | .3 | 1.0 | .0 | .5 |
* $^†$ Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Hornets only.

## Transactions
### Trades

| July 6, 2019 (sign-and-trade) | To Charlotte HornetsTerry Rozier 2020 second-round pick | To Boston CelticsKemba Walker |

### Free agents
##### Notes

* $^a$ Contract was later converted into a two-way contract.
* $^b$ Contract was later converted into a multi-year contract.
* $^c$ Signed to a 10-day contract.
* $^d$ Signed to a second 10-day contract.