Hornets' Nicolas Batum: Scores team-high 24 in loss Wednesday

Batum tallied 24 points (6-13 FG, 0-4 3Pt, 12-12 FT), seven assists, three rebounds, one block and one steal across 36 minutes in Wednesday's 112-99 loss to the Heat.

Analysis:

Batum did a little bit of everything Wednesday, but it wasn't enough to topple a Heat team hungry to make moves up the Eastern Conference standings. The French swingman's 24 points were a team-high and the most he's scored in nearly a month. While his scoring has been inconsistent lately, Batum is in a great stretch distributing the ball-- he's averaged eight assists per game over his last four contests.