Always ahead for 48 minutes and in the end winning the Hornets who beat the Knicks at home and bring their record for the first time this season over 50% (6-5). This is due to the ability to capitalize on New York’s 17 turnovers – transformed into 24 points – and to send five players in double figures. For the guests, however, a quintet with at least ten points is not enough, in a match of 39% from the team field and 24% from the arc.
The protagonist of the match is Gordon Hayward, who scores 28 points with 8/12 from the field in the first half and ends a match dominated by Charlotte with 34 points overall in the 35 minutes in which he remains on the court (+25 plus / minus). The former Celtics is the best scorer of the Hornets in this streak of four consecutive Hornets wins: for him over 29 points per game with 55% shooting, just what Charlotte expected from him after making him sign the super contract this summer.