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Hornets win fifth straight, edge Mavericks on the road

WFAE | By Woody Cain
Published January 30, 2026 at 10:03 AM EST

Make it five in a row for the Charlotte Hornets.

Charlotte beat the Dallas Mavericks 123–121 on the road Thursday night, extending the team’s longest winning streak in nearly three years.

Rookie Kon Kneuppel scored a career-high 34 points and sealed the victory with late free throws. After the game, Kneuppel said the team’s confidence has been building during the road trip, especially after a win earlier this week against Oklahoma City.

The five-game streak marks the Hornets’ longest run of wins since the 2022 season.
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Woody Cain
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.
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