Despite another injury scare — as in seeing Brandon Miller head to the locker room early in Sunday’s second half — the Hornets not only beat one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference in a gutsy 119-111 overtime victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers, they wound up retaining the services of Miller instead of losing him to injury.

Another standout performance from Kon Knueppel in the win.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Kon Knueppel scored 29 points, Brandon Miller added 25 and the Charlotte Hornets shut out Cleveland in overtime on their way to a rare road victory, 119-111 over the Cavaliers on Sunday.

Cleveland lost to the Charlotte Hornets, 119-111, in overtime on Sunday afternoon at Rocket Arena. “It’s upsetting,” said star guard Donovan Mitchell. “It’s stuff that we can control. I’m not going to use the word concern.”

Kon Knueppel scored 29 points and the visiting Charlotte Hornets pitched a shutout in overtime to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers on Dec. 14.

Kon Knueppel scored 29 points, and Brandon Miller added 25 points along with a career-high 13 rebounds as the visiting Charlotte Hornets pitched a shutout in overtime, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-111 on Sunday.

Josh Giddey had 26 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, Zach Collins added 16 points and eight rebounds off the bench and the Chicago Bulls erased a 13-point second half deficit to beat the Charlotte Hornets 129-126 and snap a seven-game losing streak.

The Charlotte Hornets continued its season of giving with a custom experience for families with children facing a life-threatening condition.

According to NBA insider Michael Scotto, the Charlotte Hornets now view Kon Knueppel as the face of the franchise. Although they intend to build around Knueppel, the Hornets are hopeful to see success from a core including Knueppel,