Three things to know before today’s 1:00 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Day match between the Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks.
1) These Charlotteans are no charlatans
Only a dozen NBA teams are at least three games over .500. The Hornets are one of them, and one of the more fun to watch. Of their six players with over 1000 minutes — Miles Bridges, Gordon Hayward, LaMelo Ball, Kelly Oubre, Terry Rozier and Cody Martin — Hayward (31) is the only one over 27. They look like they could be high school kids working the drive-thru.