CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Two nights removed from a career game, Kemba Walker scored 43 points _ 21 of them in the fourth quarter _ to give the Charlotte Hornets a 117-112 victory over the Boston Celtics.
The Hornets (8-8) took a six-point lead in the last two minutes on Tony Parker's 16-foot jump shot before Celtics forward Jayson Tatum swished a 3-pointer with 48 seconds left.
Walker answered with a pull-up 3 of his own with 32 seconds left, his seventh of the game.
A five-second violation, with Nic Batum inbounding the ball, gave the Celtics back possession with 21.9 seconds left. Boston guard Kyrie Irving missed two open 3-point attempts, before Hornets rookie Miles Bridges grabbed a rebound with 6.8 seconds left. Jeremy Lamb got the inbounds pass, was fouled by Irving, Lamb missed both free throws, but the rebound on the second was tapped back to Walker to settle it.
Walker was coming off a career-best 60 point game in Saturday's overtime loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. He became just the sixth current active NBA player to score 60 or more.
Irving finished with 27 points, 11 assists and five rebounds.
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