Hornets
Charlotte
Eastern Conference
Southeast
21
23
44
1827
1705
31
9
29
82
28
34
37
32
86
38
11
49
3
17
5
11
20
97
4
68
12
18
2720
88
3
311
37
12
107
42
149
00
65
11
14
2025
6060
710
42
6
1718
75
4
158
148
94
1110
05
1115
21
42
12
15
3220
6060
6
1
17
27
8
30
3
3
100
10
4
14
0
6
1
1
20
60
8
2
25
20
8
40
11
7
64
7
2
9
0
5
1
4
25
60
7
4
57
17
7
41
15
14
93
11
0
11
2
4
1
1
32
60
10
2
20
18
5
28
8
8
100
10
5
15
1
2
2
5
20
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kemba
Walker
Kemba Walker
True
42
7
25
28
3
9
33
9
9
100
2
4
6
5
1
1
3
0
26
10
none
Jeremy
Lin
Jeremy Lin
True
40
7
17
41
2
5
40
10
10
100
1
4
5
5
0
1
5
3
26
23
none
Marvin
Williams
Marvin Williams
True
34
1
8
12
0
4
0
2
3
67
4
8
12
0
0
0
0
2
4
-3
none
Spencer
Hawes
Spencer Hawes
True
34
1
7
14
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
7
10
3
2
1
0
2
2
11
none
P.J.
Hairston
P.J. Hairston
True
34
7
14
50
2
7
29
4
4
100
1
9
10
1
2
0
1
4
20
14
double
Frank
Kaminsky
Frank Kaminsky
False
17
2
4
50
1
1
100
4
7
57
0
3
3
1
0
0
1
3
9
14
none
Tyler
Hansbrough
Tyler Hansbrough
False
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
50
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
none
Brian
Roberts
Brian Roberts
False
10
1
2
50
0
0
0
2
2
100
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
4
-6
none
Troy
Daniels
Troy Daniels
False
9
2
5
40
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
5
0
none
Aaron
Harrison
Aaron Harrison
False
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Nicolas
Batum
Nicolas Batum
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Jeremy
Lamb
Jeremy Lamb
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Cody
Zeller
Cody Zeller
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
25
January
2016
Monday
Sleep Train Arena
Sacramento
Kings
Sacramento
False
Knicks
New York
Eastern Conference
Atlantic
22
24
46
1744
1745
24
7
29
77
29
38
32
19
59
43
8
51
8
23
4
14
26
84
4
51
10
20
1717
77
4
1013
77
8
1312
04
1316
53
65
00
35
2221
6060
99
24
24
2122
510
24
27
14
52
108
04
112
00
48
13
42
1328
6060
5
1
20
17
7
41
10
7
70
13
0
13
5
6
0
3
22
60
1
0
0
17
7
41
13
7
54
12
4
16
3
5
0
5
21
60
9
2
22
21
5
24
2
1
50
10
0
10
0
4
1
4
13
60
9
4
44
22
10
45
7
4
57
8
4
12
0
8
3
2
28
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
José
Calderón
José Calderón
True
33
3
6
50
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
7
1
0
0
2
6
-13
none
Arron
Afflalo
Arron Afflalo
True
30
3
10
30
2
4
50
2
2
100
1
3
4
2
1
1
3
2
10
-17
none
Kristaps
Porziņģis
Kristaps Porziņģis
True
29
4
9
44
2
5
40
3
4
75
0
4
4
0
0
3
1
5
13
4
none
Carmelo
Anthony
Carmelo Anthony
True
28
4
11
36
0
2
0
1
3
33
0
6
6
2
0
0
3
2
9
-14
none
Robin
Lopez
Robin Lopez
True
19
4
7
57
0
0
0
2
4
50
1
7
8
0
0
2
3
1
10
-6
none
Derrick
Williams
Derrick Williams
False
34
5
16
31
1
5
20
8
14
57
4
10
14
4
1
0
1
2
19
-8
double
Langston
Galloway
Langston Galloway
False
20
2
4
50
0
1
0
3
4
75
0
4
4
1
0
0
0
2
7
-4
none
Lou
Amundson
Lou Amundson
False
12
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
0
1
6
2
-4
none
Sasha
Vujačić
Sasha Vujačić
False
12
3
5
60
2
2
100
0
1
0
0
2
2
4
1
0
1
0
8
8
none
Jerian
Grant
Jerian Grant
False
9
0
6
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
0
-6
none
Kevin
Séraphin
Kevin Séraphin
False
8
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
1
1
0
-5
none
Kyle
O'Quinn
Kyle O'Quinn
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Lance
Thomas
Lance Thomas
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
26
January
2016
Tuesday
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Thunder
Oklahoma City
True
The Charlotte Hornets ( 21 - 23 ) defeated the New York Knicks ( 22 - 24 ) on Saturday , 97 - 84 , to improve to 16 - 8 at home . For Charlotte , a promising week ended on a high note , as the team won its third of four games since Monday and now sits just two games shy of .500 . The week went even better for point guard Kemba Walker , who set a franchise record with 52 points against Utah to kick off the week , only to drop 40 two games later . Walker was once again the team 's top scorer against New York , scoring 26 points to go along with six rebounds and five assists . Backcourt partner Jeremy Lin nearly matched Walker 's outputs , scoring 26 points and recording five rebounds and five assists . Charlotte converted on just 34 percent of attempts from the field on Saturday , but were able to win comfortably by holding their opponents to 38 percent and by holding an enormous advantage at the free - throw line . Charlotte hit 32 of 37 free - throw attempts , while New York went an abysmal 19 for 32 . The Knicks are now on a two - game slide , losing both matchups by double - digits . Rookie Kristaps Porzingis bounced back from a poor 4 - for - 17 performance on Friday , posting 13 points on 4 for 9 shooting and recording three blocks . All-Star starter Carmelo Anthony , however , struggled mightily , tallying just nine points , six rebounds , and two assists . New York will have two days to rest after completing a back - to - back . They play host to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday . Charlotte , meanwhile , will visit the Sacramento Kings on Monday .
The Charlotte Hornets (21 - 23) defeated the New York Knicks (22 - 24) on Saturday, 97 - 84, to improve to 16 - 8 at home. For Charlotte, a promising week ended on a high note, as the team won its third of four games since Monday and now sits just two games shy of .500. The week went even better for point guard Kemba Walker, who set a franchise record with 52 points against Utah to kick off the week, only to drop 40 two games later. Walker was once again the team's top scorer against New York, scoring 26 points to go along with six rebounds and five assists. Backcourt partner Jeremy Lin nearly matched Walker's outputs, scoring 26 points and recording five rebounds and five assists. Charlotte converted on just 34 percent of attempts from the field on Saturday, but were able to win comfortably by holding their opponents to 38 percent and by holding an enormous advantage at the free - throw line. Charlotte hit 32 of 37 free - throw attempts, while New York went an abysmal 19 for 32. The Knicks are now on a two - game slide, losing both matchups by double - digits. Rookie Kristaps Porzingis bounced back from a poor 4 - for - 17 performance on Friday, posting 13 points on 4 for 9 shooting and recording three blocks. All-Star starter Carmelo Anthony, however, struggled mightily, tallying just nine points, six rebounds, and two assists. New York will have two days to rest after completing a back - to - back. They play host to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday. Charlotte, meanwhile, will visit the Sacramento Kings on Monday.
The Charlotte Hornets (21 - 23) defeated the New York Knicks (22 - 24) on Saturday, 97 - 84, to improve to 16 - 8 at home. For Charlotte, a promising week ended on a high note, as the team won its third of four games since Monday and now sits just two games shy of .500. The week went even better for point guard Kemba Walker, who set a franchise record with 52 points against Utah to kick off the week, only to drop 40 two games later. Walker was once again the team's top scorer against New York, scoring 26 points to go along with six rebounds and five assists. Backcourt partner Jeremy Lin nearly matched Walker's outputs, scoring 26 points and recording five rebounds and five assists. Charlotte converted on just 34 percent of attempts from the field on Saturday, but were able to win comfortably by holding their opponents to 38 percent and by holding an enormous advantage at the free - throw line. Charlotte hit 32 of 37 free - throw attempts, while New York went an abysmal 19 for 32. The Knicks are now on a two - game slide, losing both matchups by double - digits. Rookie Kristaps Porzingis bounced back from a poor 4 - for - 17 performance on Friday, posting 13 points on 4 for 9 shooting and recording three blocks. All-Star starter Carmelo Anthony, however, struggled mightily, tallying just nine points, six rebounds, and two assists. New York will have two days to rest after completing a back - to - back. They play host to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday. Charlotte, meanwhile, will visit the Sacramento Kings on Monday.
<GAME> <DATE> 23 January 2016 <DAY> Saturday <STADIUM> Time Warner Cable Arena <CITY> Charlotte <HOME> <TEAM> Hornets <CITY> Charlotte <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 97 <WINS-LOSSES> 21 23 <QTRS> 20 25 32 20 <TEAM-AST> 17 <3PT> 9 <TEAM-FG> 28 <TEAM-FT> 32 <TEAM-REB> 49 <TEAM-TO> 11 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 25 January 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Monday <NEXT-STADIUM> Sleep Train Arena <NEXT-CITY> Sacramento <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Sacramento <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Kings <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Knicks <CITY> New York <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 84 <WINS-LOSSES> 22 24 <QTRS> 22 21 13 28 <TEAM-AST> 23 <3PT> 7 <TEAM-FG> 29 <TEAM-FT> 19 <TEAM-REB> 51 <TEAM-TO> 14 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 26 January 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Tuesday <NEXT-STADIUM> Madison Square Garden <NEXT-CITY> New York City <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Oklahoma City <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Thunder <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> Jeremy Lin <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 40 <PTS> 26 <FG> 7 17 41 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 10 10 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 5 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 5 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kemba Walker <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 42 <PTS> 26 <FG> 7 25 28 <FG3> 3 9 33 <FT> 9 9 100 <REB> 6 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 2 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> P. J. Hairston <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 20 <FG> 7 14 50 <FG3> 2 7 29 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 10 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 9 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Frank Kaminsky <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 9 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 4 7 57 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Troy Daniels <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 9 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Brian Roberts <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 10 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Marvin Williams <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 8 12 <FG3> 0 4 0 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 12 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 4 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Spencer Hawes <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 7 14 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 10 <AST> 3 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyler Hansbrough <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 13 <PTS> 1 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Cody Zeller <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jeremy Lamb <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nicolas Batum <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Aaron Harrison <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 2 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Derrick Williams <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 19 <FG> 5 16 31 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 8 14 57 <REB> 14 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 10 <OREB> 4 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Kristaps Porziņģis <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 13 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Robin Lopez <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 7 57 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 4 50 <REB> 8 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Arron Afflalo <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 10 <FG> 3 10 30 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Carmelo Anthony <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 11 36 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 1 3 33 <REB> 6 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Sasha Vujačić <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 5 60 <FG3> 2 2 100 <FT> 0 1 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Langston Galloway <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 7 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> José Calderón <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 6 50 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 7 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Lou Amundson <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Lance Thomas <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kyle O'Quinn <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kevin Séraphin <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 8 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jerian Grant <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 9 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 6 0 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none