With a 29-foot splash early in the first quarter of Monday night’s 144-138 home win over the Atlanta Hawks, LaMelo Ball slid past point guard predecessor Baron Davis and into the franchise record books with his 47th consecutive game with at least one 3-point field goal.
That basket ended up being the first of six 3-pointers in the contest for Ball, moving him into seventh place on the franchise’s all-time leaderboard with 435. On top of that, Ball finished with 30 points, six rebounds and a career-high-tying 15 assists, making him the only Hornet and fourth-youngest NBA player to ever record a 30-point, five-rebound, 15-assist game.