Good morning.
In spite of strong performances for the Westchester Knicks and a promising end to 2017-18, Luke Kornet’s struggled to find a role for the New York Knicks this season. Prior to Friday night, he’d played a grand total of 23 minutes and hadn’t scored a point in seven NBA games this season.
On Friday night, he played 24 minutes — one more than he’d played all season — and scored 13 points, with a +/- of 19, as the Knicks beat the Charlotte Hornets 126-124 in overtime. Kornet wasn’t the biggest reason the Knicks won — Emmanuel Mudiay did have 34 points, after all — but they probably wouldn’t have won without his play in the fourth quarter and overtime.