Charlotte Hornets - Oklahoma City Thunder Observations 02.21.15

▪  Coach Steve Clifford made a lineup change Friday, starting Mo Williams in his first game as a Charlotte Hornet. Williams, acquired in a trade last week with the Minnesota Timberwolves, replaced Brian Roberts, who returned to the backup role.

▪  Reserve center Bismack Biyombo missed his eighth consecutive game Saturday with a bone bruise on his right knee. Biyombo had another Magnetic Resonance Imaging Saturday that indicated enough healing that Biyombo can start on-court workouts. But he’s still at least a week away from playing.

▪  The Oklahoma City Thunder played without superstar Kevin Durant, who sat out the game with a sore foot. So Durant missed both meeting with the Hornets this season.

▪  Clifford chose to have small forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, back from a hamstring injury, guard Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook almost from tip-off Saturday. Clifford experimented with that in the previous meeting this season in Oklahoma City, but too late to make much difference. Westbrook finished with 29 points that night.

This story was originally published February 21, 2015 at 8:52 PM with the headline "Charlotte Hornets - Oklahoma City Thunder Observations 02.21.15."