{"id":519401,"date":"2026-01-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/519401\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T03:00:00","slug":"charlotte-makes-franchise-history-with-3-point-barrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/519401\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte makes franchise history with 3-point barrage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Charlotte Hornets<\/a> are officially torching the nets<\/a>. In a season where wins have been hard to come by, the Hornets have found their rhythm from deep, setting a new franchise record with seven consecutive games of 15 or more 3-pointers made.<\/p>\n

The historic streak was capped off, at least for now, during Saturday\u2019s 112-99 victory over the Chicago Bulls at the United Center. While the Hornets (12-23) have struggled to find consistency in the win column, their perimeter shooting has become a legitimate weapon.<\/p>\n

Against Chicago, they knocked down exactly 15 triples on 41 attempts (36.6%), keeping the streak alive by the skin of their teeth. This run of sharpshooting started with a scorching 22-make performance against the Cleveland Cavaliers and hasn’t slowed down since.<\/p>\n

Over the last seven contests, Charlotte has been a nightmare for opposing perimeter defenses, dropping 20 on the Washington Wizards, 19 on the Orlando Magic, and 17 on the Milwaukee Bucks.<\/p>\n

In the record-setting win against the Bulls, it was a group effort. Miles Bridges<\/a> led the way with 26 points and 14 rebounds, connecting on three shots from downtown. Second-year standout Brandon Miller<\/a> chipped in with 22 points, including a team-high four 3-pointers.<\/p>\n

Even LaMelo Ball, who has been managing his workload, got in on the action<\/a> with 17 points and three triples of his own. Rookie sensation Kon Knueppel<\/a> continued his strong debut campaign, adding 18 points and two made threes to the tally.<\/p>\n

Head coach Charles Lee has given his young squad the green light, and they are rewarding that faith with historic volume. In a league dominated by the 3-ball, the Hornets are proving they can shoot with the best of them. If they can couple this elite spacing with a few more defensive stops, this rebuild might turn the corner faster than expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Charlotte Hornets are officially torching the nets. In a season where wins have been hard to come…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3777],"tags":[7,970,684,473,3878,685,72016,10510,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-519401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brandon-miller","10":"tag-charlotte","11":"tag-charlotte-hornets","12":"tag-charlottehornets","13":"tag-hornets","14":"tag-lamel","15":"tag-miles-bridges","16":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115845924383683414","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}