Charlotte Hornets

The Charlotte Hornets ignited an NBA Playoffs run by adding Kon Knueppel. The No. 4 overall pick now owns league history by hitting a mark never seen before in the NBA against the New York Knicks. League insider for ClutchPoints Brett Siegel revealed what mark Knueppel now owns. “Hornets rookie Kon Knueppel is the first […] The post Hornets’ Kon Knueppel achieves milestone not seen before in NBA history appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller each scored 19 points, Kon Knueppel made three 3-pointers in his record-setting rookie season and the Charlotte Hornets beat the New York Knicks 110-96 on Sunday to clinch the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference. Coby White also had 19 points for the Hornets, who will host No. 10 Miami in the play-in tournament. Charlotte will have to win that game and then beat the loser of the 7-8 game to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2016.

With Game 82 in the books, here's a look at the Eastern Conference playoff seedings ahead of the play-in tournament.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. capped his sixth-man award candidacy by scoring 26 points off the bench, Bam Adebayo and Norman Powell each scored 25 and the Miami Heat tuned up for the play-in tournament by beating the Atlanta Hawks 143-117 on Sunday night. Kel’el Ware scored 16 points for Miami, which will need to win two road play-in games to make the playoffs. Buddy Hield scored a game-high 31 points in just 21 minutes off the bench for Atlanta, which had a playoff spot locked up going into the game.

The Knicks closed the regular season with a loss to the Hornets on Sunday night.

The Charlotte Hornets may have just ushered in the league’s next great shooting era. Of course, they did it in pretty historic fashion. In a season finale packed with stakes against the New York Knicks, LaMelo Ball and Kon Knueppel didn’t just deliver. They hit a milestone. The duo became only the second pair of […] The post Hornets’ LaMelo Ball, Kon Knueppel pull off ultra-rare Splash Brothers feat appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The New York Knicks will host the Charlotte Hornets in the final regular season game of the 2025-26 NBA season.

The Knicks got a scare during Friday night’s victory over the Raptors as starting forward OG Anunoby missed the second half of the game with an ankle injury, seemingly suffered when he tripped on the foot of Scottie Barnes early in the second quarter, according to Stefan Bondy of the New York Post. While Anunoby […]

Mikal Bridges had another short night to extend the NBA's longest active streak of consecutive games played, logging 23 seconds in the New York Knicks' game against Charlotte on Sunday. Bridges was the only Knicks starter to play with the team locked into the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference.

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All season long, the Detroit Pistons have built a familiar identity to its fans. While Cade Cunningham was having the best year of his career, the core identity of the team was built upon defense. Similar to the Pistons teams of the early to mid-2000s, Detroit has played a physical brand of basketball, especially on […] The post JB Bickerstaff toast Pistons for holding Hornets to 10 4th quarter points appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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The end of the 2025-26 NBA regular season is almost upon us, and the Charlotte Hornets, at present, are sitting in a play-in tournament spot. This would be a major success in and of itself for the Hornets considering how poor their start to the campaign was, but they’re not exactly going to be content […] The post Hornets’ dream seeding, matchup scenarios for 2026 NBA Playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Jalen Duren had 20 points, Duncan Robinson scored 19 and the Detroit Pistons beat the Charlotte 118-100 on Friday night, locking the Hornets into the play-in tournament. Already assured of the top seed in the Eastern Conference, the Pistons played their regular starters against the Hornets. Cade Cunningham scored 14 points, Ronald Holland II had 13 and Ausar Thompson added 12 for Detroit, which is one win shy of its first 60-win season in 20 years with one regular-season game remaining.

After things got messy in last game’s brawl, the late season rematch lived up to the hype, but Charlotte couldn’t hang on for a full-48 as Detroit would outscore the Hornets by 15 in the fourth quarter to win 118-100. This one picked up right where the last one left off. Tensions were still high […]

Several members of the Hornets — including head coach Charles Lee, executive vice president of basketball operations Jeff Peterson, and Brandon Miller — recently explained why they think Kon Knueppel deserves to be named Rookie of the Year, writes Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer. “I understand why the race is tight,” Lee said. “The […]

Are we looking at a first-round playoff preview? Tonight, we could be looking at a matchup between the one seed — the Detroit Pistons — and the eighth seed — the Charlotte Hornets. The Hornets, however, are not your typical eighth seed. They are one of the hottest teams in the East, and they have […]

With Dallas Mavericks star Cooper Rookie a candidate for Rookie of the Year, there’s no doubt a massive debate is being had between him and Charlotte Hornets’ Kon Knueppel. As people continue to debate whether the Rookie of the Year race between the Mavericks forward and the Hornets’ dynamic shooter is close or not, head […] The post Mavericks’ Jason Kidd plainly lays out why Cooper Flagg, not Kon Knueppel, should win ROTY appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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