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LaMelo Ball passes all-time great on Hornets three-point list in win vs. Kings<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Charlotte Hornets<\/a> hosted the Sacramento Kings<\/a> Tuesday night in search of their fourth straight victory.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n They started out hot, scoring 72 first half points and leading by a 25-point margin at the break.<\/p>\n The Hornets continued their domination in the third, scoring 41 points in what ended as a 44-point blowout victory.<\/p>\n Due to their lead, Charlotte was able to empty their bench, playing 13 different players, 12 of which ended up scoring.<\/p>\n Coby White led all scorers with 27 points off the bench, knocking down six three-pointers.<\/p>\n LaMelo Ball led all Hornets starters with 20 points, converting six three-pointers as well.<\/p>\n With those six threes, Ball moved to 931 in his career, passing Hornets legend Dell Curry (929) for second-most in franchise history.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Ball trails Kemba Walker by 352 three-pointers for the most in franchise history.<\/p>\n However, what’s most impressive about Ball’s shooting record is how few games it took him to reach the mark.<\/p>\n While it took Curry 701 games, Ball passed him in just 293 contests.<\/p>\n He’ll also have a chance to pass Walker in fewer contests as well, as the eight-year Hornet played in 605 games with the franchise.<\/p>\n With the victory, the Hornets moved into a tie for eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings with both Orlando and Miami.<\/p>\n If Charlotte are to finish in the top-eight, they’ll need to finish strong against difficult opponents like the Knicks<\/a> and Celtics<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The Hornets will have Wednesday off before hosting New York Thursday.<\/p>\n More NBA news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LaMelo Ball passes all-time great on Hornets three-point list in win vs. Kings originally appeared on The Sporting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[7,42400,46,684,473,3878,963,17027,685,3096,304,966,295,6,47,477,69057],"class_list":["post-679442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-charlotte-hornets","tag-basketball","tag-blowout-victory","tag-celtics","tag-charlotte","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-charlottehornets","tag-coby-white","tag-dell-curry","tag-hornets","tag-kemba-walker","tag-knicks","tag-lamelo-ball","tag-miami","tag-nba","tag-orlando","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-straight-victory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116293319473668050","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679442","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=679442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}