CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) \u2014 Miles Bridges scored 25 points, rookie Kon Knueppel set a franchise record for 3-pointers in a season and finished with 20 points as the Charlotte Hornets rolled past the Phoenix Suns 127-107 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Coby White added 19 points and LaMelo Ball had 15 points and 11 assists for the Hornets, who have won seven of nine. Brandon Miller added 17 points.<\/p>\n
Knueppel, the No. 4 overall pick from Duke, made four 3s to give him 261, breaking the previous record of 260 set by Kemba Walker in the 2018-19 season. Knueppel broke the record with a corner 3 after missing two open looks earlier in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the game, Phoenix\u2019s Collin Gillespie set the Suns\u2019 franchise record for 3s in a season, eclipsing the mark of 226 held by Quentin Richardson in the 2004-05 season. Gillespie finished with two 3s and six points.<\/p>\n
Jalen Green had 25 points and Devin Booker added 22 for the Suns, who have lost six of their past seven road games.<\/p>\n
Both teams entered the night looking to improve their seeding in the play-in tournament.<\/p>\n
The Hornets (41-36) came in in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, two games behind Philadelphia and Toronto, who are tied for sixth. The Suns (42-35) entered in seventh in the West, but 4 1\/2 games behind sixth-place Minnesota.<\/p>\n
The Suns got off to a blazing start, making 17 of 28 from the field to build a 41-33 lead at the end of the first.<\/p>\n
But Charlotte began to take control late in the second as Miller helped build a 66-60 lead the break. The second half was all Hornets as Miller\u2019s 3 early in the third put Charlotte up by 13.<\/p>\n
After Knueppel broke the team\u2019s 3-point record, igniting the home crowd, the Hornets went on a run. Ball found Bridges for an alley-oop dunk. Bridges followed with a corner 3 put Charlotte up by 19.<\/p>\n
Charlotte made 18 of 39 3-point attempts and outrebounded the Suns 47-31.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Suns: At Chicago on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
Hornets: Host Indiana on Friday night.<\/p>\n
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