Hornets' healthy starting lineup was short-lived due to injury to young star

Bridges and Ball were out due to rotations, while Miller turned his ankle on a drive and headed to the locker room — though he made his shot despite the injury.

It turned into a 9-0 run from the 76ers, who never looked back.

There's no news yet on the severity of Miller's ankle injury, but it looks like the reunion of Charlotte's starting lineup might be over before it even begins. Some of the late rotations were designed to give players rest. Some were to get young Hornets players some minutes. And some might be due to Charlotte perhaps preferring to lose games and get a better draft pick.

We'll have to wait to see how the Hornets' ideal five-man lineup works together. But it also might not be long before rookie Tidjane Salaun breaks into the group anyway.