Hornets vs. Heat: Game 5 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs

As the old saying goes, a series doesn’t start until a team wins a game on the road. Well, it appears things have finally gotten underway between the Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets.   

Kemba Walker and Courtney Lee blocked a pair of shots in the waning seconds, allowing the Hornets to hold on for a 90-88 victory over the Heat on Wednesday at AmericanAirlines Arena. Charlotte holds a 3-2 series lead in the best-of-seven series and can advance with a win in Game 6 on Friday.

The final 10 seconds were perhaps the wildest of this year’s first round. First, Walker got his hands on a Goran Dragic three attempt. The ball caromed into the hands of Dwyane Wade, who then appeared to get fouled as he tried tying the game. Lee and Cody Zeller combined to make the defensive play. 

Opinions, as they’re wont to do, differed on whether Wade should have got the call:

He got fouled but the fact that he’s future HOFer shouldn’t be relevant in whether it gets called. https://t.co/w5H7C4kBM0

— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) April 28, 2016

NOPE Zeller was jumping forward. didn’t go straight up.

— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) April 28, 2016

Sorry D. Wade, but you can’t expect the refs to bail you out on that last play. Great defensive possession by the Hornets.

— Josiah Turner (@JsiahSports) April 28, 2016

Things only got weirder on the Hornets’ subsequent inbounds play. Hornets forward Spencer Hawes threw an errant pass that initially appeared to go off a teammate. Replays showed the ball actually hit Wade last, allowing Charlotte to escape with a win. It’s the first game of the series a road team has won after Miami and Charlotte split the first four games.

Marvin Williams scored a team-high 17 points for the Hornets on a night when their stars were not firing on all cylinders. Kemba Walker finished with a series-low 14 points on 4-of-18 …

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