Rookie Kon Knueppel became the fastest player to reach 200 three-pointers in NBA history as the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Chicago Bulls 131-99.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old American scored 21 points, including three three-pointers, while Brandon Miller added 23 as the visiting Hornets condemned the Bulls to a 10th consecutive defeat for the first time since the 2018-19 season.<\/p>\n
Knueppel needed only 58 games to tally up his 200th three-pointer – 11 less than previous record holder Duncan Robinson – and is also just the second rookie to reach the milestone. <\/p>\n
With a league-leading 201 three-pointers, Knueppel only needs six more to break Keegan Murray’s record of 206 in 2022-23 for the Sacramento Kings for the most threes made by a rookie in their first season.<\/p>\n
Having played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, Knueppel was drafted as a fourth overall pick by the Hornets in the 2025 draft.<\/p>\n
“It is exciting and refreshing [to coach Knueppel],” said head coach Charles Lee after the Hornets’ eighth straight win on the road. <\/p>\n
“It elevates our whole culture when you have a guy who is that good but that humble and has no ego, and it becomes contagious throughout the whole organisation.” <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, new signing James Harden scored 20 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers returned to winning ways with a 109-94 victory over the New York Knicks. <\/p>\n
The result helped them draw level on 37 wins and 22 losses with the Knicks, who are third in the Eastern Conference. <\/p>\n