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 win, 119-111 over the Cavaliers.

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.

Some wins look good in the standings, and then there are wins that build the character of a franchise. For the Charlotte Hornets, Sunday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse was emphatically the latter.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/cavaliers/onsi as Cleveland Cavaliers may need to trade NBA All-Star soon. The Cleveland Cavaliers will soon have to make a decision regarding Jarrett Allen's future.

Sunday’s NBA games on December 14, 2025 gave fans a little bit of everything. Some teams stepped up on the road. Others fell apart late. Defense won a few games, while execution decided the close ones.

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

NBA insider Brandon Robinson shared how Cleveland Cavaliers fans might have a way to see superstar LeBron James back on the team for one more ride.

There are nights in the NBA when a game script feels written in stone early on. The favorites, the Cavaliers, came out sluggish; the underdog plays with a looseness that turns into confidence, and suddenly,