The Hornets went on to hold the Cavs under 20 points in the second quarter, and were able to take a double digit lead headed into the second half. From there, a 14-3 run in the middle of the third quarter pushed their lead up to 17, but the Cavs continued to loom.

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 win, 119-111 over the Cavaliers.

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

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.

Both the Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Hornets may be without multiple key players in Sunday afternoon's matchup.

Donovan Mitchell heard the boos. He felt the Cavaliers deserved them. After an uninspired 119-111 overtime loss at home to Charlotte on Sunday, Cleveland fell to 15-12 in a season that's not going as planned.

The Hornets have played without all-star LaMelo Ball for quite some time. He won't be active against the Cavaliers for this reason.

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. Knueppel,

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/hornets/onsi as Banged-up Hornets head west to take on sputtering Cavaliers. After blowing a fourth quarter lead on Friday night, the Charlotte Hornets have a chance to redeem themselves less than 48 hours later.