The Charlotte Hornets fell 128-81 in their home opener. The team committed 27 turnovers and shot just 34 percent from the field. After the game Hornets head coach Charless Lee met with the media to discuss the loss.

On tonight’s game: It was a good learning experience for our entire group tonight. When things aren't going your way, what is your focus gonna be? Are we going to look for excuses? Are we gonna look for people to bail us out of those tough times, or are we gonna band together and try to figure it out on our own? I actually thought that there was some quality looks that we got in there. There were some lapses of defensively in terms of offensive rebounds, potentially during that stretch, guys getting back and stuff like that. I felt like a lot of self-inflicted wounds. Then on top of that, a good learning opportunity for us to realize that there's things that we can control in those moments.

On Atlanta’s defense: Number one, is their physicality.…