Overview
- Charlotte routed Chicago 131-99 for a franchise-record eighth straight road win, with Knueppel scoring 21 points and hitting 3 of 6 from deep to reach 201 made threes.
- Knueppel hit the 200-threes milestone in his 58th game, the quickest pace in NBA history, according to the league and Hornets PR.
- He now leads the NBA in total three-pointers and is within six of breaking Keegan Murray’s rookie single-season record of 206.
- The rookie has matched Stephen Curry’s first-year mark with nine games of at least 25 points and five made threes.
- On the season, Knueppel is averaging roughly 19.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists with elite efficiency, drawing coach Charles Lee’s culture-changing praise and early 2028 Team USA projections from ESPN analysts as speculative outlooks.