After the first quarter of Monday night’s Hornets-Spurs game in Charlotte, San Antonio led 28-7. Yep, the Hornets scored just SEVEN points, the lowest scoring total by an NBA team in the first quarter this season.
And (because it’s March and crazy hoops things are happening), the Hornets stunningly came back to win the game, 91-88.
Hornets are just the 4th team in NBA history to win a game when scoring 7 or fewer points in the 1st quarter — Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) March 22, 2016
Leading the Charlotte comeback was point guard Jeremy Lin, who scored 29 points, and hit this stepback jumper in the final minute that would serve as the game-winner:
After the game, Lin did an interview with Fox Sports Southeast… and got videobombed by Nelly:
— Becca Laurie, PI (@imbeccable) March 22, 2016
Lin also got the ice water bath treatment from teammate Nic Batum during the interview:
The Hornets are one of the NBA’s hottest teams right now, with wins in 16 of their last 20 games.