In less than three days from now, the Charlotte Hornets will officially make their long-awaited return to regular season action for the first time in 12 years as they welcome in the Milwaukee Bucks to Time Warner Cable Arena for opening night on Wednesday. This season will mark the 25th season of NBA basketball here in Charlotte if you count in the 14 years of the original Hornets(1988-2002), and the 10 seasons of the Charlotte Bobcats(2004-2014), and this give us an opportunity to do a little refresher on some of the regular season "Firsts" from the Hornets first season back in 1988-89 with some of them occurring during the first game against Cleveland back on November 4, 1988, and some of the "Firsts" from the then-Bobcats first season back in 2004-05, since the newly-rebranded Hornets own and have exclusive access to all the statistical history, records, and information of Charlotte NBA basketball, after the franchise officially reclaimed the "Hornets" moniker on May 20th, 2014.
CHARLOTTE HORNETS FIRSTS:
First Game: November 4, 1988 vs. Cleveland(Charlotte Coliseum)
First Win: November 8, 1988 vs. L.A. Clippers(117-105)
First Loss: November 4, 1988 vs. Cleveland(133-93)
First Road Win: November 19, 1988 at San Antonio(107-105)
First Overtime Game: December 10, 1988 at New Jersey(Lost 121-112)
First Overtime Win: January 16, 1989 at Philadelphia(127-122)
First Starting Lineup: Kelly Tripucka(Forward), Kurt Rambis(Forward), Dave Hoppen(Center), Rickey Green(Guard), Robert Reid(Guard) vs. Cleveland(November 4, 1988)
First Point: Kelly Tripucka vs. Cleveland(November 4, 1988)
First Field Goal Attempt: Rickey Green vs. Cleveland(November 4, 1988)
First Field Goal Made: Kelly Tripucka vs. Cleveland(November 4, 1988)
First Free Throw Made: Kelly Tripucka vs. Cleveland(November 4, 1988)
First Three-Point FG Attempt: Kelly Tripucka at Detroit(November 5, 1988)
First Three-Point FG Made: Kelly Tripucka at Atlanta(November 12, 1988)
First Rebound: Kelly Tripucka vs. Cleveland(November 4, 1988)
First Assist: Rickey Green vs. Cleveland(November 4, 1988)
First Steal: Kelly Tripucka vs. Cleveland(November 4, 1988)
First Blocked Shot: Michael Holton vs. Cleveland(November 4, 1988)
First 20-plus points game: 24 by Kelly Tripucka vs. L.A. Clippers(November 8, 1988)
First 30-plus points game: 31 by Kelly Tripucka at San Antonio(November 19, 1988)
First 40-plus points game: 40 by Kelly Tripucka vs. Indiana(December 14, 1988)
First 10-plus rebounds game: 14 by Kurt Rambis vs. L.A. Clippers(November 8, 1988)
First 20-plus rebounds game: 21 by Kurt Rambis vs. Dallas(December 16, 1988)
First 10-plus assists game: 10 by Michael Holton vs. New Jersey(November 15, 1988)
First 20 Point-20 Rebound Game: 25 points-20 rebounds by J.R. Reid vs. Orlando(November 14, 1989)
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS FIRSTS:
First Bobcats Game: November 4, 2004 vs. Washington
First Bobcats Win: November 6 vs. Orlando(111-100)
First Bobcats Loss: November 4, 2004 vs. Washington(103-96)
First Bobcats Road Win: December 22nd at Houston(90-87)
First Bobcats Overtime Game: November 21st at Detroit(Lost in 2OT 117-116)
First Bobcats Overtime Win: December 18th vs. Houston(101-100)
First Bobcats Lineup: Gerald Wallace(Forward), Emeka Okafor(Forward), Primoz Brezec(Center), Brevin Knight(Guard), Jason Kapono(Guard) vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Point: Primoz Brezec vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Field Goal Attempt: Primoz Brezec vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Field Goal Made: Primoz Brezec vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Free Throw Made: Primoz Brezec vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Free Throw Attempt: Primoz Brezec vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Three-Point FG Attempt: Steve Smith vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Three-Point FG Made: Steve Smith vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Rebound: Emeka Okafor vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Offensive Rebound: Emeka Okafor vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Defensive Rebound: Emeka Okafor vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Assist: Brevin Knight vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Steal: Jason Hart vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
First Bobcats Blocked Shot: Jason Kapono vs. Washington(November 4, 2004)
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