LaMelo Ball had 27 points and 14 assists, and the Charlotte Hornets made a franchise-record 26 3-pointers to roll past the San Antonio Spurs 145-134 on Friday night.Nick Smith Jr. scored a career-high 26 points for the Hornets.

On Friday night, the Hornets did something that they've never done before in franchise history. Their previous franchise high for three-pointers made was 24, but the Hornets surpassed that number and finished with 26 triples in Friday night's win over the San Antonio Spurs.

The Spurs lost their Friday night matchup to the Charlotte Hornets 145-134, in a game where the Hornets set a franchise record, knocking down 26 3-pointers. The team shot 56.5 percent on their 46 3-point shots.

The Spurs scored 79 points in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Charlotte’s 18 first-half threes.

Then we brought him off the bench." Castle logged 26 points Friday, but his efforts were in vain as the Hornets, led by LaMelo Ball's 27 points, logged four 20-point scorers of their own. Ball also became the first player in Charlotte history to log 15 assists and seven three-pointers in a game.

Two teams on the outside of the playoff picture, the San Antonio Spurs and visiting Charlotte Hornets, will clash on Friday as the NBA season heads into its final month.

The offense had its best spurt of the game, but they finished the period permitting the Hornets to shoot 72 percent from the field. Then some of the positives on offense carried over into the fourth,