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Kemba Walker lights up Jazz for Hornets-record 52 points in 2OT win
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The longer the game went, the more Kemba Walker kept piling up the points.
Walker wound up scoring a franchise-record 52, starting fast from the field in the first quarter and then closing it out from the foul line in the second overtime as the Charlotte Hornets beat the Utah Jazz 124-119 Monday.
A few minutes into the game, Hornets forward Marvin Williams had an inkling Walker was on the verge of something big.
"Marvin told me, `You're going to get a 50 ball tonight," Walker said. "I didn't pay no attention actually until he told me again after the game. He was right. He called it."
Walker made 16 of 34 shots from the field, including 6 of 11 3-pointers. He was 14-of-15 on free throws in breaking the team mark of 48 points set by Glen Rice on March 6, 1997, in an overtime win against Boston.
"I just tried to make the best plays possible. When I had my shot, I tried to be aggressive, take them and make them," he said.
Walker's previous career best was 42 points, set in a Dec. 27, 2014, loss to Orlando.
Walker scored 18 points in the first quarter, hitting three 3s. His foul shooting in the finals of double overtime helped seal the win.
Walker wound up scoring a franchise-record 52, starting fast from the field in the first quarter and then closing it out from the foul line in the second overtime as the Charlotte Hornets beat the Utah Jazz 124-119 Monday.
A few minutes into the game, Hornets forward Marvin Williams had an inkling Walker was on the verge of something big.
"Marvin told me, `You're going to get a 50 ball tonight," Walker said. "I didn't pay no attention actually until he told me again after the game. He was right. He called it."
Walker made 16 of 34 shots from the field, including 6 of 11 3-pointers. He was 14-of-15 on free throws in breaking the team mark of 48 points set by Glen Rice on March 6, 1997, in an overtime win against Boston.
"I just tried to make the best plays possible. When I had my shot, I tried to be aggressive, take them and make them," he said.
Walker's previous career best was 42 points, set in a Dec. 27, 2014, loss to Orlando.
Walker scored 18 points in the first quarter, hitting three 3s. His foul shooting in the finals of double overtime helped seal the win.
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