"MIAMI -- Norman Powell scored 25 points and the Miami Heat enjoyed a record-setting first quarter on the way to a 126-108 victory over the Charlotte Hornets in an NBA Cup game Friday night, giving coach Erik Spoelstra a win a day after his home burned down. Andrew Wiggins scored 22 points and Pelle Larsson added 19 for Miami. Rookie Kon Knueppel had his highest-scoring game as a pro, finishing with 30 for Charlotte."
"Miami scored a franchise-record 53 points in the first quarter - the second highest-scoring first quarter in NBA history - and led by 26 points with 9:20 left in the second quarter. It was 64-38. Barely seven minutes later, it was 66-65 - after Charlotte went on a 27-2 run. But the Hornets never led, and the Heat pulled away in the fourth."
"The Heat managed only 19 points in the second quarter. They became the second team in the NBA's shot-clock era - which started in 1954 - to score at least 50 in one quarter and then fail to score 20 in the next quarter of the same regular season game. Memphis also did it on March 5, 2023 in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers."
Norman Powell scored 25 points as the Miami Heat beat the Charlotte Hornets 126-108. Miami scored a franchise-record 53 points in the first quarter, the second-highest first-quarter total in NBA history, and led by 26 with 9:20 left in the second. Charlotte rallied with a 27-2 run to tighten the score but never took the lead, and Miami pulled away in the fourth. Miami scored only 19 points in the second quarter, becoming the second team in the shot-clock era to score at least 50 in one quarter and under 20 in the next. Andrew Wiggins had 22 points; Kon Knueppel scored 30 for Charlotte.
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