Entering a Monday night matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Charlotte Hornets had lost each of their last six games. They had the league's worst offense, averaging just 96.3 points while shooting 39.3% from the field and 28.8% from three.

To make matters worse, they would be missing several key players against the Cavs: Dennis Schröder, Brandon Miller, Kon Knueppel, Moussa Diabaté, and Grant Williams all would miss Monday night's matchup with injury.

A depleted Hornets team coming off six straight losses? Recipe for disaster.

Oh, but it was not.

The league leader in turnovers per game, and one of the two-worst 3-point shooting teams in the association made a complete 180 on Monday night.…