Kon Kneuppel and Lamelo Ball, the NBA 3-point leaders for the 2026 season, shoot a combined 2-22 from the 3PT line tonight
Kon Kneuppel 0-6 3PT
Lamelo Ball 2-16 3PT
Kon Kneuppel and Lamelo Ball are both players for the Charlotte Hornets
Lamelo almost sold that lmao.
Maybe he’s got playoff jitters
The last sequence was crazy. He hit the dagger, then sold, then the game winner
Unfortunately we couldn’t see the first dagger lol
Ngl I missed a ton of the game, had to track box score some of it because my feed was cutting out. Not sure what people with good connection were seeing anyway lmao
Amazon Prime had technical difficulties with the Hornets up 3 and less than 50 seconds to go in OT 😔
Oh I saw that one tho, you’ll have to watch the clip back. He drove and then did a super off balance decel, almost impossible he didn’t travel there, and got the lay
100% travel, he fully hopped to the rim
Ooh I thought it was just my stream.
I know, what a joke
So it wasnt just me lol
“Wanna see me do it again?”
Lamelo giveth, Lamelo taketh, Lamelo giveth
He’s basically a playoff rookie give him a break.
And Kon has been rough for a week or two now. Back injury, maybe legs aren’t under him like they were in an 82 game season where he played 81.
I think the extra day break could be good.
Probably. It was surprising why he wasn’t subbed in when the game was only within a couple of 3s. Even if he had a bad game, the best shooter in most cases would still be there. That injury he had might still be lingering or is affecting home somehow.
this sub hates Lamelo cause he’s a social media celeb with a deep bag
if only he could be more classy and miss playoffs every year like Lauri Markkanen
I mean, maybe the wanton disregard for the lives of others while behind the wheel of a 100mph death machine is worth consideration
It could also be thefact that he performed the same trip on Bam TWICE this year and hes trying to pretend as if its not intentional.
The first trip during the reg season didnt work out as well, but the second one yesterday did.
Also even if you ignore everything non-basketball, the man has some of the most egregious uncalled carries I’ve ever seen, on almost every dribble
This is bait
No that is literally just LaMelo.
You either absolutely love him, or you’re screaming at your TV cause he made a horrible turnover or shot the one of the worst shot you’ve ever seen.
There is no in between
I hate how much I love that idiot
This is just what happens when playoff intensity hits and teams actually scheme for your players and prepare for days.
I heard that Lamelo won’t have those on court issues for the Hornets next play-in game!
Took out bam adebayo
Shot 2-16
Hit the game winner
He gave me a LaMigraine
He just feels like a such a wild card who isn’t always locked in. I sometimes wonder if the team is gonna have a ceiling that is just “can LaMelo be smart enough in this situation.”
Sure, he whiffed from distance. But he shot 100% from the heel throw line.
Lamelo did his best to shoot them out of that game
2-16 is wild
2-16 and getting FRIED by Davion Mitchell on the other end.
He was still elite with playmaking and just his gravity overall is huge. A +15 in a 1 point win
They won in spite of him not because of him. Thats some of the worst shot selection and defensive effort Iv seen in some time.
He has the talent to be an all NBA level guy but he cares more about highlights than winning
Lamelo had a +8.3 Net swing this whole szn. His shot hasn’t been falling but he’s been an elite PG, his defense has been poor tho. But overall he’s still the driving force to the success of the Hornets. He emptied the clip tonight
How is +15 in a 1 point win winning in spite of a player
He was solid tonight, but in general single game plus minus is not a reliable indicator.
We are discussing one game tho
It’s not a good indicator because it can be influenced by who you play with. He had most of his minutes with Miles Bridges, who was the best player either team had tonight. It’s not all his own contributions that influence +/-.
get that hate out of your heart lmfaoooo
You don’t understand what true nba offense is. The ability of lamelo to change the entire offense scheme around him was huge this game - and every game. The set runs at an elite level at all times when he’s on the floor.
They won in spite of him is objectively false. Without him they have no shot
Man was looking like Donovan Mitchell but with elite defense
Tbf Davion Mitchell was frying everyone not just Lamelo
Off Night
10-15 from 2. I was begging him to drive.
crazy because his shots won them the game
Lamelo is definitely not going to be shooting them out of, or into for that matter, their next game!
Hornets still won.
God damn.
Bridges (fuck Miles Bridges), Moussa and Miller were huge AND COBY WHITE
Coby White?????
I’m fried bruh how could I forget the goat
With your flair I figured you’d be all about White solidarity
I stopped after Dariq Whitehead
This is Colby White erasure
Aye someone reminded me man I’m baked cut me some slack 😭 he was nuts
Coby white decided that he didn’t want to go fishing just yet lmao
Yes surely nothing of note happened to the Heat’s starting lineup
Reminds me of how UConn was like 21% from 3 against Duke and still won.
Sometimes you are widely successful in neutering a team’s shooting. But the game is not just a shooting game.
We actually shot well as a team from 3, outside of the two of them of course. They just brought our team numbers down because they took so many.
With Bam out since Q1 (Ball injured him, very potentially intentionally)
Well, Ball is 1-1 on injuring the best player on opposing team.
The Brick Brothers
No Bam and these guys are allergic to the rim lol
Bam isn’t a good rim protector, Ware is lmao
Ware dominated inside
Bam’s a fine rim protector, just not in the traditional sense. He keeps you out of the paint rather than stopping guys once they’re in the paint
Ware’s the exact opposite honestly. Too lithe to prevent guys pushing him out of the way, but he’s got the length to block shots for sure
which is why it was for me better for heat that bam was out. davion and ware were cooking the hornets
Are the ROY votes all in yet? Not looking good for Kon otherwise.
He has been in a bit of a shooting slump to end the season while Cooper put up 51 and 45 pt games. Flagg should be ROTY but voters should also not factor in Kon’s performance tonight for a regular season award.
But it will because voters don’t want to look like idiots. The Kon narratives kind of fell apart today. He has no impact when the shot is not falling and he has a literal swarm of teammates that can win the game regardless. He’s a 3rd/4th option spot up shooter. He’s elite at what he does but it just doesn’t compare to Flagg who is a budding two way superstar.
You said swarm, nice
It should insofar as the whole argument around kon is how he is making a strong impact on a team that has improved to making the playoffs. Woulda destroyed that case if they got bounced outta the 9v10 playin, especially without Bam lol. I think Cooper should be ROTY
Cooper has had plenty of bad games too lol.
Those awards aren’t made off one game performances
Also it’s a regular season award so any postseason games aren’t supposed to be factored in. Whether they stay true to that idk.
Wish we got to see Cooper in a playoff type game with high stakes and more physical to see how he played to compare the two!
10 games ago it was Kon and it wasn’t even close, but they recent 10 games made it about even. This game might just barely tip the balance in the other way.
Why would 10 games make a difference? Cooper wasn’t doing well for longer periods than that earlier in the season and then again in the middle of the season after his injury lol
I personally don’t care who wins, I think you could make an argument for either
Just don’t think it’s fair to make any season long judgements off a playoff game that’s much different atmosphere when we didn’t get to see Cooper in one of those games to see how he would perform lol
Exactly my point, the difference was so big it needed an entire 10 games of Flagg going nuclear while at the same time Kon playing like shit to even out.
It really sucks. He sprained his ankle like three weeks ago and has been a completely different player since. He was already dealing with a bad back before that so I think a combo of nagging injuries and just rookie fatigue from playing 82 games this year have just done him in
1 million o boards so they can miss as many as they’d like
Lamelo was getting torched on defense repeatedly at the end of the 4th and OT. It honestly wasn’t his best game but he came up clutch on offense and also got guys open shots per usual
Wild how bad on defense he was in the 4th and OT. The falling asleep on defense in giving someone a wide open back door layup, to the fouling a 3-point shooter up 2? Mental lapses.
Entertaining as all can be, but if they are going to take the leap and go deeper in the playoffs, he needs to be better on that end.
Edit:filing to fouling
100%, he has no excuse either cause of his height and size. This isn’t a trae young situation that’s hopeless from the start. It’s really a huge effort thing with Lamelo. His off ball iq on defense also just isn’t good it’s not like he isn’t trying. He also isn’t a good on ball defender. He’s just a bad defender too.
His off ball iq on defense also just isn’t good
It’s just an overall IQ thing with him lmao
Agreed. Was pretty annoying. He regressed defensively as the game went on, he actually made big strides as a defender this season (not like he became good, but he’s been easier to hide because he sticks to the scheme) but then when it counts he’s just fucking up basic things and not focusing. Needs to be better.
He played a ton of minutes and was the only one bringing the ball up the entire game. This was a seriously gutty performance by him especially when you consider the ankle issues Stan noted
Kon “unplayable in the clutch” Knueppel
“Kon’s better than Flagg because he wills his team to win games, unlike Flagg who can’t overcome the Mavs poor play.”
“Kon’s efficiency is all-time and he’s the focal point of the team, not just a role player.”
“Flagg only has more PPG, assists, steals, and blocks because he gets to be first option on a tanking team. Kon is such a better shooter.”
I went from really liking Kon to rooting against him just because so many redditors were so far up that man’s ass. Hoping this playoff run can be a return to normalcy.
This one is for you. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CZOZ1MOBlOg
It’s actually crazy impressive they managed to win despite of this. Detroit won’t have an easy time, if they make it of course
Detroit will indeed have an easy time.
lmao I like the confidence
bickerstaff
I am PRAYING they make it because we will absolutely stuff them in a locker
Maybe if LameO injures Duren
Moussa Díabate, he reminds me of young Mitch Robinson.
Man these mfs said fuck analytics, I’ll still win
Shooters shoot
Fuck it, the hoop out there somewhere
Playoff is just a different product. Always been like this. Respect to Steph and Dame.
Crazy how people see a young kid hitting threes in the regular season and assume he’s coming for Steph’s record.
He still can go for the record lol. One bad play in game means nothing
God’s plan
Good news for Charlotte is that’s probably the worst they’ll shoot.
Flagg won rookie of the year with Knuepple’s showing.
With awards voting delayed because of the Luka Arbitration, the nba now risks voting decisions being subconsciously tainted by play-in performances.
There’s nothing subconscious about it
It’s supposed to be a regular season award. This is a completely different type of game and way more physical.
If only Flagg had another game people could judge and see how he does in this environment.. lol
This is a completely different type of game and way more physical.
So Kon has more regular season value than playoff value?
If the shot isn’t falling, there is always the other side of the game to make an effect. Or, as Melo, showed, if the three isn’t falling you can still put up 30, if you have that in your game.
Kon on not offense: 5 boards, 0 steal, 0 blocks.
Lol no. My point was that the awards are for regular season games. Post season games don’t count.
And if they did, I wish we got to see Cooper in that type of game to see how he would perform so we could compare lol
I thought Kon did fine yesterday. He was doing plenty off ball and still doing things that don’t show up on stat sheets
I also literally don’t care who wins ROTY. They both have a case. Just don’t like how ppl are trying to use this game to shit on Kon bc tbey want Cooper to win.
Cooper could have easily played in this type of game and done awful. But we will never know.. bc they didn’t make it out of the regular season
Also comparing Lamelo getting 30 to Kon and completely ignoring their shot attempts isn’t a good argument. Kon barely got the ball in the second half of the game (which is fine) but can’t score if you don’t have the ball!
You realize this means we beat the pistons
Is Lamelo going to injure Cade?
They still have a playin game, you mean will Lamelo injure Maxey?
Oh true, gonna have to take out a lot of guy to get to Cade.
Pistons give him a taste of their flavor, we’ll see how that goes
Might be better off letting him be an idiot on the court
The Pistons gave the Hornets the belt all 3 games this year and yet Hornets fans are so confident, it’s so confusing
Not all of us are so confident i promise you lol
Brother that series is going 5 max if you can barely beat us while injuring our best player
Heat could have the worst record and high school players and the Hornets could have 5 Michael Jordan’s and it would still be a close game. Heat are the Hornet’s kryptonite
There is not doubt in my mind that a hot shooting night hornets team beat a hot shooting night pistons team. If you guys aren’t on it from three then I’m not convinced though
Hornets couldn’t stop Davion Mitchell from attacking the basket.
They injured Bam then started winning on the glass.
They have zero players to guard Cade or Duren. Genuinely Pistons is 4
Lamelo and Kon went 2-22 from 3…. And they still won lol. I do think pistons will win if that was the matchup but when the Charlotte are shooting well that offensive pressure is insane
The Pistons defense and offense is significantly better than Miami, they won because Diabate had 14 rbs. Diabate is smaller than Cade he gets absolutely destroyed by real big men. It’s a bad matchup for Charlotte at literally every level. We have guards that weight more than their bigs
I’m not trying to disrespect Charlotte because I know they’re legit but I was more worried if Miami won because Bam does well on Duren.
Yea this dude is correct. We have no answer for real big men. It’s why Embiid destroys us every time we play him. Our only hope is for Kon to come back to life. Pistons in 5, 6 at best.
The Pistons absolutely destroyed the Hornets all 3 games this year. The Pistons are not a play-in team, they won 60 games. It won’t be close.
They need 4 games of it though
And the thunder
Good thing play-in games won’t count against career averages or totals.
Dallas Fans:
IS THIS YOUR ROTY?!
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There’s no way they go worse than that, scary.
Imagine them when they regress back to the mean.
Philly/Orlando should be scared.
Orlando kinda sucks anyway lmao
If they lose against Philly w/o Embiid just put them out their misery
Are you saying that just because the Magic horrifically collapsed in a crucial game for their playoff seeding against the Celtics bench, they suck?
They’ve looked discouraging all year. Their best player has played like 30 games and their highest paid player is a bricklayer
They also cannot shoot at all
And somehow still won
The sequence leading to OT and the OT itself is pure cinema.
Temu Steph and Klay lol
2 of the hornets starters were just awful from 3 tonight. If either of them played just to their average from there, they dominate this game even with Bam in, IMO.
Probably just playoff jitters. I’m more worried about their defense, particularly Lamelo’s. He was getting targeted relentlessly down the stretch. Kon was making the usual rookie mistakes, but he just needs to stop committing dumb fouls and he’ll be fine.
And win
Melo just has to hurt the other teams best player every round and they’re in the finals baby
Lights too bright
Doesn’t matter. They got the win
Lamelo and Kon for three!
covers head
This is the Playoffs.
Well technically not yet. But yeah. Different beast.
Damn he went 2⁄16 from 3. Wtf
That was Miami’s gameplan. They almost pulled it off.
Lights were too bright
Ahhhhh, they’re players for the Charlotte Hornets you say
Badnews for the loser of 7-8.
The best players need mid range buckets to win playoff games (+ threat of 3s)
Kirkland’s Brands Splash Brothers
Throwing up bs from 3 all game, getting fried defensively, turned the ball over and fouled a 3 point shooter with 10 seconds left In OT
Made the two huge baskets when it counted and the game winner.
The lamelo ball experience lol
Kon at least recognized his shot wasn’t falling and wasn’t trying to force it. Plus they stopped giving him the ball lol. He played decent defense today I thought
I think the lights were brighter than they expected.
When put it all together, the Spurs are so fucked
Now let’s compare Kon’s stats to Coops in the post season: 🦗🦗🦗
The new splash bros
Honestly can’t believe the Hornets won the game with these shooting numbers.
No Bam
I actually think the game would have been easier if Lamelo got thrown out lol
Against a good defensive team they would’ve scored below 80 pts
Kon is gassed his body just isn’t ready. Least he will learn from these play in games
Kon’t handle the bright lights
LaMelo actively trying to throw the game makes me feel slightly better about his dirty play lol
And still win lmao.
Lamelo made so many low IQ decisions late in the game It’s wild they still won
I think Kon finally hit the rookie wall, he’s cooled off a lot the past couple weeks.
Take that W mf
I mean, it’s not like they intentionally hurt our best player but go off.
Made a winning play, they said he don’t make winning plays
He won the game by taking Bam out, that’s for sure.
Wow you got the joke!
Bam was gonna fall no matter what. No way on earth lamelo swept his leg out
Y’all don’t have to defend LaMelo nor Bridges dude…