CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ Charlotte Hornets guard Jeremy Lamb beat the Toronto Raptors for the second time in seven games, hitting a 3-pointer for the winning margin in a 113-111 home victory.
Lamb (22 points) made a buzzer-beating shot from just beyond mid-court in Toronto on March 24. This time, his game-decider came with three seconds left.
Raptors forward Pascal Siakam hit a 3-pointer with 39 seconds left to give Toronto a one-point lead. The Hornets gave up possession when a jump shot by Frank Kaminsky (22 points and 13 rebounds) never reached the rim for a shot-clock violation.
Kemba Walker (29 points and eight assists) responded with a baseline drive for a layup with 29 seconds left, but the Raptors' Kawhi Leonard (29 points) had a layup as well with 15 seconds remaining.
Walker penetrated to the lane, drew multiple defenders, and passed out to Lamb, who nailed a 3-pointer with three seconds left for the two-point margin.
Leonard took a corner 3-pointer that lodged between the rim and the backboard, forcing a mid-court jump ball with 0.8 seconds left. Hornets rookie Miles Bridges beat Raptors center Marc Gasol on the tap and time expired as the ball bounced out of bounds.
