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Hornets fall to Cavaliers after road trip, head back out west

WFAE | By Woody Cain
Published January 22, 2026 at 10:13 AM EST

The Charlotte Hornets dropped their first game back home after a successful West Coast road trip, losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers 94–87 on Wednesday night.

Brandon Miller led Charlotte with 24 points, but the Hornets struggled offensively down the stretch and couldn’t overcome Cleveland’s defense. Charlotte won two of three games on its recent road trip before returning to Spectrum Center for the loss.

Charlotte is set to return home Saturday night to take on the Washington Wizards.
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Woody Cain
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.
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