With three minutes left in the first quarter of Thursday’s game between the Magic and Hornets at Kia Center, Charlotte rookie Kon Knueppel missed a 3-pointer from the left corner.
Despite Orlando having four players ready in the paint to rebound, the ball ended up in the hands of a cutting Josh Green, who tipped it back to a patient Knueppel.
This time, the No. 4 pick didn’t miss and put Charlotte ahead 21-9 late in the opening frame.
The sequence was just one of many where the visiting Southeast Division foe made an extra play, hit from beyond the arc and played with more urgency than Jamahl Mosley‘s squad on Thursday night.