It is far from an overreaction to state that the Cleveland Cavaliers are in the midst of a disastrous season.

Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell understood the frustration of his team's fans following a 119-111 overtime loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday.

Rookie Kon Knueppel scored 29 points, Brandon Miller added 25 and the Charlotte Hornets shut out Cleveland in overtime on their way to a rare road win, 119-111 over the Cavaliers.

During their loss to the Hornets, the home fans could be heard loudly booing, and voicing their displeasure with the team’s performance. Star guard Donovan Mitchell, who scored just 17 points on 6-24 shooting in the loss, says he doesn’t blame the fans for reacting as such.

Despite another injury scare — as in seeing Brandon Miller head to the locker room early in Sunday’s second half — the Hornets not only beat one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference in a gutsy 119-111 overtime victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers, they wound up retaining the services of Miller instead of losing him to injury.

While eyes were focused on the Carolina Panthers and their pursuit of the team's first playoff appearance in eight years, the Charlotte Hornets took on the Clev

The Cleveland Cavaliers (15-11) look for their first back-to-back wins since Nov. 21-23 when they host the Charlotte Hornets (7-18), who have lost two straight and four of their last five, at Rocket Arena in Cleveland on Sunday afternoon.

Both the Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Hornets may be without multiple key players in Sunday afternoon's matchup.