The Hornets messed up the Knicks’ streak in New York

The Knicks were on a 9-game winning streak and were favorites against the Hornets. But they were exhausted from their double overtime win in Boston against the Celtics two days ago and … drained in the second half when Charlotte came back from -16 and beat Madison Square Garden 105-112.

Kelly Oubre was the top scorer for the winners with 27 points, Terry Rozier added 25 points and Gordon Hayward added 23 points.

For the Knicks, who were without Jaylen Brunson for the second year in a row, ARJ Barrett had 27 points and Julius Randle had 16 points (but on 5/17 shooting).

THE DODECALPTA: 21-21, 66-50, 89-87, 105-112

curtsy: Randle 16 (5/17 shooting, 2/9 threes, 8 rebounds), Robinson 14 (8 rebounds), Barrett 27 (10/24 shooting, 1/7 threes, 6 rebounds), Quickley 14 (5/16 shooting, 3/10 3-pointers, 5 assists), Grimes 12 (2/7 3-pointers), Toppin 3 (1), Hartenstein 2, McBride 7 (1), Hart 10 (1 3-pointers, 8 returns)

HORNETS: Washington 13 (2 3-pointers, 7 rebounds), Hayward 23 (3/6 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 8 assists), Williams 7, Rozier 25 (2/7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 7 assists), Oubre 27 (3/6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Thor 5 (1), Richards 7 (5 rebounds), Smith 3 (1/6 shooting, 1 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 6 assists), McGowens 2

Missiles – networks 96-118

The Nets are finding a rhythm and they showed it in Houston, where they recovered from the first -11 and played good basketball from the 2nd period and then got the 96-118 win over the Rockets.

Michael Bridges led with 30 points, Spencer Dinwiddie added 23 points and Nick Claxton had 18 points and 13 rebounds.

For the Rockets, Jaylen Green had 25 points and Alperen Sengun had 16 points and 12 rebounds.

THE DODECALPTA: 32-27, 54-59, 78-92, 96-118

MISSILES: Smith 15 (3/7 3-pointers, 8 rebounds), Martin 8, Shengun 16 (12 rebounds), Porter 8 (2/11 shooting, 1 3-pointer, 8 rebounds, 7 assists), Green 25 (9/ 21 shooting, 1/7 3-pointers), Kaminski 3 (1), Garuba, Eason 8, Tate 11 (1 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Christopher 2, Washington

NET’s: Finney-Smith 2 (1/6 shots, 0/5 3-pointers), Johnson 8 (2/9 shots, 2 3-pointers), Bridges 30 (4/10 3-pointers, 5 assists), Claxton 18 ( 8/9 2-pointers, 13 rebounds), Dinwiddie 23 (3/7 threes), O’Neal 11 (2 threes, 11 rebounds), Harris 12 (4/7 threes), Noel 2, Curry 12

Pistons – Wizards 117-119

The Wizards… saw everything against the Pistons. In the end, however, they saw Daniel Gafford play the role of…savior, scoring late in the game with an offensive rebound from a Bradley Beal miss to give his team a 117-119 victory in Detroit.

Beal led the winners with 32 points, with Kristaps Porzingis adding 24 points and Kyle Kuzma adding 23 points.

For the Pistons, Jaden Ivey had 26 points and 12 assists and James Wiseman had 21 points.

THE DODECALPTA: 26-29, 58-53, 88-89, 117-119

PISTONS: Bagley 15 (5 rebounds), Livers 9 (3/12 shooting, 3/9 3-pointers), Wiseman 21 (5 rebounds), Ivey 26 (3/6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 12 assists, 5 turnovers) , McGruder 9 (3), Omorui 15 (1 three-pointer, 6 rebounds), Joseph 11 (1 three-pointer, 6 assists), Hamton 11 (2), Roden

WIZARD: Kuzma 23 (3/8 3-pointers), Porzingis 24 (3/7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds), Gafford 8 (7 rebounds), Beal 32 (1 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 7 assists), Wright 3 (6 assists, 5 steals), Gibson, Kispert 16 (4/5 3-pointers), Abdiya 7 (1 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Nunn, Goodwin 6 (6 assists)