WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 LaMelo Ball made a career-high 10 3-pointers and scored 37 points to help the Charlotte Hornets rout the Washington Wizards 129-112 on Sunday night for a four-game season sweep.<\/p>\n
Ball attempted 15 3-pointers. Kon Knueppel added 28 points, and Brandon Miller had 22. The Hornets made 12 of 14 3-pointers in the third quarter to blow open the game, and finished 25 of 46 from long range.<\/p>\n
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Bilal Coulibaly scored 15 of his 17 points in the first quarter for Washington. The Wizards dropped to 16-40, missing a chance for their first three-game winning streak since February 2025.<\/p>\n
Charlotte had lost three of four since a nine-game winning streak ended just before the All-Star break. The Hornets (27-31) are 10th in the Eastern Conference, a half-game behind Atlanta and 1 1\/2 games ahead of Milwaukee.<\/p>\n
The Hornets led 61-56 at the halft. Miller hit two 3s and Ball added another within Charlotte\u2019s first four possessions of the third quarter to make it 70-56.<\/p>\n
Moments later, Knueppel connected on back-to-back 3s to stretch the lead to 15 for the first time. The Wizards never got closer than 13 again.<\/p>\n
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Knueppel made five 3-pointers and has am NBA-high 198 this season. He’s is nine away from surpassing the rookie record set by Keegan Murray in 2022-23.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Hornets: At Chicago on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Wzards: At Atlanta on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
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