CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Reserve point guard Devonte Graham scored a career-high 35 points, including the winning free throws, in the Charlotte Hornets' 122-120 overtime victory Tuesday over the Indiana Pacers.
The Hornets improved to 4-3.
Graham earned three free throws with 1.7 seconds left, drawing a foul from JaKarr Sampson. He missed the third, and there was a jostle for the ball that killed the remaining time.
In regulation, Graham gave the Hornets at two-point lead with 27 seconds left on two free throws. Then, ex-Hornet Jeremy Lamb tied the game with 5.2 seconds remaining on a 19-foot, pull-up jump shot.
Indiana's Malcolm Brogdon hit a mid-range jump shot with 16 seconds left to tie the game at 113-113. Graham drove to the rim, off a Bismack Biyombo pick, but was trapped at the baseline and turned over the ball, giving the Pacers possession with 1.6 seconds left. The Pacers didn't get the ball to the rim off the ensuing possession, causing the extra period.
The Hornets trailed by as many as 19 points before a comeback that included reserve center Biyombo making his first five shots, all in the second half.
