Brandon Miller's 25 points and LaMelo Ball's 20 points helped carry the Charlotte Hornets to a 136-117 victory against the visiting Brooklyn Nets in the teams' season opener Wednesday night.

Miles Bridges racked up 18 points and 11 rebounds and newcomer Collin Sexton scored 15 points in an encouraging start for the Hornets in a matchup between teams that failed to qualify for the playoffs last season.

Moussa Diabate (13 points), Tre Mann (12 points), Kon Knueppel (11 points), Ryan Kalkbrenner (10 points, 11 rebounds) and Tidjane Salaun (10 points) also made notable contributions for Charlotte, which set a franchise record with nine players with double-digit point totals.

Nic Claxton scored 17 points and Cam Thomas had 15, but the Nets couldn't overcome 44.3% shooting from the field and

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