Naz Reid arrived on Saturday night with another big line for the Hornets. He scored 23 points, pulled down nine rebounds and blocked two shots in a 115-110 win over the Heat, finishing just one rebound shy of a double-double.
The performance was built on efficient shooting. Reid went 9-for-16 from the field and made 5 of 8 from three-point range, a pace that kept the Hornets steady while he continued to fill the box score across categories.
That kind of output is becoming familiar early in the season. Through the first three contests, Reid has scored 17 or more points in each game, grabbed six or more rebounds in each game and is averaging 20.0 points and 8.7 rebounds while carrying a 25.6% usage rate.
That usage figure matters because it shows how central he has been to the Hornets' early attack. The starting five has been revamped early in the season, and Reid has been one of the players giving it shape on both ends of the floor.
The one missing rebound does not change the broader picture. Reid was productive, efficient and active at both ends, and the Hornets have a clear early-season pattern: when he is handling that kind of workload, he is giving them scoring, rebounding and rim protection in the same game.
What comes next is less about the one rebound he missed and more about whether he can keep this pace over the Hornets' next stretch. If he does, these Naz Reid stats will look less like an early burst and more like the standard he has set.
