Charlotte Hornets @ New York Knicks

6-16, 1-8 Away

101

6-16, 1-8 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets CHA	32	30	16	23	101
Knicks NY	30	35	38	22	125

New York KnicksKnicksNY

14-8, 8-2 Home

125

14-8, 8-2 Home

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Brandon MillerB. Miller#24
Tidjane SalaunT. Salaun#31
Nick RichardsN. Richards#4
Vasilije MicicV. Micic#22
Josh GreenJ. Green#10
bench
Moussa DiabateM. Diabate#14
Cody MartinC. Martin#11
Mark WilliamsM. Williams#5
Seth CurryS. Curry#30
DaQuan JeffriesD. Jeffries#3
Nick Smith Jr.N. Smith Jr.#8
KJ SimpsonK. Simpson#25
Taj GibsonT. Gibson#67
Isaiah WongI. Wong#21
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
30	26	9-19	5-12	3-3	6	3	1	0	0	1	5	3	-25
2	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	+4
24	6	3-6	0-0	0-0	8	3	3	0	1	3	5	3	-6
35	14	6-13	2-5	0-1	1	12	2	0	0	0	1	2	-8
26	5	2-8	1-6	0-0	4	2	1	1	0	2	2	3	-10
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
16	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	-10
26	4	2-7	0-2	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	-29
11	6	3-6	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	-11
18	18	7-9	4-5	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	+1
16	8	3-5	1-2	1-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	-2
19	6	2-8	2-5	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	-5
17	0	0-4	0-2	0-2	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	-19
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	101	40-89	15-39	6-10	40	27	10	3	4	10	30	22
		45%	38%	60%

New York Knicks

starters
OG AnunobyO. Anunoby#8
Karl-Anthony TownsK. Towns#32
Josh HartJ. Hart#3
Mikal BridgesM. Bridges#25
Jalen BrunsonJ. Brunson#11
bench
Precious AchiuwaP. Achiuwa#5
Matt RyanM. Ryan#37
Jacob ToppinJ. Toppin#00
Jericho SimsJ. Sims#20
Ariel HukportiA. Hukporti#55
Miles McBrideM. McBride#2
Tyler KolekT. Kolek#13
Cameron PayneC. Payne#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
40	25	10-18	3-4	2-2	6	2	1	4	2	1	5	2	+18
39	27	9-15	2-5	7-9	16	2	2	0	2	3	13	4	+25
38	18	6-9	4-6	2-2	10	6	1	1	0	0	10	2	+17
47	19	7-15	2-7	3-5	3	7	2	1	0	0	3	1	+26
27	24	6-8	5-6	7-8	1	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	+22
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	2	1-4	0-1	0-2	4	1	2	0	0	2	2	2	+11
2	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	-4
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2
28	10	2-5	2-4	4-4	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	+13
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
DNP-LEFT ELBOW
	125	41-76	18-33	25-32	43	29	9	7	4	6	37	13
		54%	55%	78%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

CHA

NY leads season

2-0

Game 1@ CHA

Final

101

Game 2@ NY

Final

125

115

Game 3@ CHA

Final

Game Information

New York, NY

Referee:Kevin Cutler

Referee:Tom Washington

Referee:Scott Foster

Eastern Conference

Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	46	36	.561	-	L1
Orlando	45	37	.549	1	L1
Charlotte	44	38	.537	2	W1
Miami	43	39	.524	3	W2
Washington	17	65	.207	29	L10

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	56	26	.683	-	W2
New York	53	29	.646	3	L1
Toronto	46	36	.561	10	W1
Philadelphia	45	37	.549	11	W2
Brooklyn	20	62	.244	36	L3

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