With the All-Star voting coming to a close on Monday night at 11:59 p.m., Charlotte’s Kemba Walker picked a perfect time to throw down a career-high and franchise-record 52-point performance in the Hornets’ thrilling 124-119 double-overtime victory earlier in the day against the Utah Jazz. Now in his fifth NBA season, Walker continues to make strides into the upper echelon of point guards in the league.
Monday’s thrilling performance by Walker rewrote not only a handful of personal and franchise records, but also NBA benchmarks as well. Thanks in large part to the public relations staff of the Charlotte Hornets, many aspects of Walker’s outing could be put in impressive historical context.