Rookie Kon Knueppel scored 29 points, Brandon Miller added 25 and the Charlotte Hornets shut out Cleveland in overtime on their way to a rare road victory, 119-111 over the Cavaliers on Sunday. Knueppel,

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The Cleveland Cavaliers (15-11) look for their first back-to-back wins since Nov. 21-23 when they host the Charlotte Hornets (7-18), who have lost two straight and four of their last five, at Rocket Arena in Cleveland on Sunday afternoon.

Kon Knueppel scored 29 points and the visiting Charlotte Hornets pitched a shutout in overtime to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers on Dec. 14.

Despite another injury scare - as in seeing Brandon Miller head to the locker room early in Sunday's second half - the Hornets not only beat one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference in a gutsy 119-111 overtime victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers, they wound up retaining the services of Miller instead of losing him to injury.

The Hornets have played without all-star LaMelo Ball for quite some time. He won't be active against the Cavaliers for this reason.

After blowing a fourth quarter lead on Friday night, the Charlotte Hornets have a chance to redeem themselves less than 48 hours later.