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Falling apart with turnovers on two of three possessions with a Kon 3pt make in between them.

Herro has made at least 3 ridiculous 3 pt shots and has been absolutely scorching in this game.

115-111 with 5:08 left.

Heat with a 9-0 run and now up 7 with 5:48 left.

Not looking good late. Hornets down 5 with 6:20 left

101-98 after 3. Hornets up

Up 3 at halftime 61-58.

Much better 2nd so far for the hornets. Up 6 now.

Not a great start to the game so far.

3.5 back of the 5th seed 2.5 back of the 6th seed 2 back from both Orlando and Miami in 7th and 8th. Chances of getting to the 5th or 6th seed are definitely going up.

The cap will be 104m and the Canes are at 89.77m with 14.23m cap space not counting an extension for Nikishin. Only losses on the roster otherwise will be Jankowski, Deslauriers, Reilly and Andersen. Most likely why they were so hellbent on moving KK.

Biggest thing that I can pull is that on every big deal the hurricanes have been in this season they have refused to make a trade unless KK was being taken back by the other team.

NY specifically wanted Nadeau for Trocheck plus picks

David Pagnotta saying Hurricanes were out on Trocheck as of almost 10 minutes ago.

Also just to add Deslauriers will likely get playing time on the forth line, he's someone that Rod wanted specifically.

Unless something crazy happens with NY and Trocheck the Canes are done. NY is ok waiting til the summer to trade Trocheck and their asking price is high. Think Nadeau plus another player plus a first and draft capital for them to take KK back. So think Nadeau, KK, Fensore First, 2nd and a couple late picks.

Hurricanes acquire Nicolas Deslauriers For a conditional 7th round pick.

Not what I meant, I meant they are trading for a bottom 6 forward to replace KK because he's being traded to NY in the Trocheck deal.

Hurricanes working on a move for a bottom 6 forward. Maybe signaling that the Trocheck for KK and draft picks plus a prospect deal is still on the table.

Last I've heard the Hurricanes have been backing out of deals if the other team isn't willing to take kk in the deal. The Pettersson deal fell apart because of it and maybe even the Trocheck deal as well.

Whoever you get has to be able to shoot a 3 for spacing purposes, especially if you want to replace Miles at 4 with Moose and run a different center. I like the Miles for Giannis trade idea but where do you put him? At center? Can you imagine a double screen and roll/slip with with Lamelo, Giannis and Kon... If you do that trade you need another free agent / draft pick to play at 4 that can stretch the floor otherwise I don't think it works.

Craziest stat I've seen today and that's saying something. Kon Knueppel is tied with MJ...(Yes that MJ) for most games as a rookie with 20 points and 65% true shooting.

Of the other three teams to win 6 games by 15 points or more, all three made the Conference finals and two won the championship that season.

Second longest win streak by 15 or more points in NBA history. The fourth team in NBA history to beat the last three NBA champions in a season, first in 60 years. Lead the league in holding opponents under 100 with 15 games.

It didn't really come out of nowhere though. They are negative 6 in expected wins with an expected record of 38-25. They just started the year unhealthy and were loosing close games.