{"id":574553,"date":"2026-02-01T06:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T06:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/574553\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T06:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T06:28:14","slug":"kon-knueppel-helps-team-to-sixth-straight-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/574553\/","title":{"rendered":"Kon Knueppel helps team to sixth straight victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 31, 2026, 7:22 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Rookie Kon Knueppel finished in double figures on Saturday, helping the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/charlotte-hornets\/5312\/\" data-autotag=\"e256e96c-b58f-4300-a36c-9b2c6d336797\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a> to their sixth straight win with a 111-106 victory over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/san-antonio-spurs\/24\/\" data-autotag=\"13196729-d867-4914-8227-582a16eadb0b\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Knueppel produced 13 points, six rebounds, four assists and one steal in the contest at the Spectrum Center. He went 5-of-11 from the field, including 1-of-4 from 3-point range, in 35 minutes as the Hornets sealed their longest win streak since the 2015-16 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The fourth overall pick has scored at least 10 points in 30 consecutive games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/stathead\/basketball\/player-streak-finder.cgi?request=1&amp;timeframe=seasons&amp;year_min=2026&amp;year_max=2026&amp;streak_length=2&amp;scomp%5B1%5D=gt&amp;sval%5B1%5D=10&amp;sstat%5B1%5D=pts&amp;season_end=1\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the longest active streak by a rookie this season<\/a>. He came up with several crucial plays for the group on both ends of the court to help the Hornets hang on to win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Knueppel is averaging 18.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists while shooting 42.7% from 3-point range in 49 appearances with the Hornets.\u00a0He is currently second in the rookie class in scoring\u00a0and is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/stathead\/basketball\/player-game-finder.cgi?request=1&amp;match=player_game_count_season&amp;timeframe=seasons&amp;year_min=2026&amp;year_max=2026&amp;ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&amp;cval%5B1%5D=30&amp;cstat%5B1%5D=pts&amp;season_end=1\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one of two first-year players<\/a>\u00a0with four 30-point performances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 20-year-old on Jan. 18 became the fastest player in franchise history to reach 800 points, doing so in 42 games. He is the fourth-fastest player to cross that threshold since 2020, behind only Zion Williamson, Paolo Banchero and Victor Wembanyama.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Knueppel has emerged as one of the top first-year players after an impressive start with the Hornets.\u00a0He has played a crucial role for coach Charles Lee and is a key reason the team sits only two games out of the play-in tournament group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 31, 2026, 7:22 p.m. ET Rookie Kon Knueppel finished in double figures on Saturday, helping the Charlotte&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[72400,7,684,473,3878,685,6,72761,72762,72404,72468,72405,72541,72643,72439,72406,72751,73389,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-574553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-charlotte","11":"tag-charlotte-hornets","12":"tag-charlottehornets","13":"tag-hornets","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-sstssportsnbarookie","16":"tag-sstsnrookie","17":"tag-tagbasketball","18":"tag-tagcharlotte-hornets","19":"tag-tagoverall-positive","20":"tag-tagpaolo-banchero","21":"tag-tagsan-antonio-spurs","22":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-tagvictor-wembanyama","25":"tag-tagzion-williamson","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115993962364856534","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574553","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=574553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}