a 3 from the corner. Walker followed with a free throw to make it 96-91 and the Nets never got closer than three points again.TIP-INSHornets: Walker

NEW YORK -- Kemba Walker lost his backup and a few other key players from the best team hes played on in the NBA.Instead of taking a step back, his Hornets are off to their best start in 16 years.Walker scored a season-high 30 points and Charlotte improved to 4-1 for the first time since 2000 by beating the Brooklyn Nets 99-95 on Friday night.Its pretty early but I like the team that we can become, coach Steve Clifford said.Nicolas Batum added 18 points and nine rebounds, while Marvin Williams, who missed his first 10 shots, made a 3-pointer with 1:05 left after the Nets had cut the lead to one point.Reserve Sean Kilpatrick scored 19 points for the Nets, who didnt have starting point guard Jeremy Lin available to face his former team because of a strained left hamstring that will keep him sidelined for at least two weeks.Lin played behind and alongside Walker last season on a team that went 48-34, but then also lost Al Jefferson and Courtney Lee in free agency. But Walker said he isnt surprised by their fast start.We have players who put in the time and effort and the work, so Im not surprised at all, he said. This is what were supposed to do. I feel like were a really good team, so we want to continue to get better each and every day.Brook Lopez added 18 points and Trevor Booker had 12 points and 13 rebounds for the Nets, who because of injuries had to turn to rookie Isaiah Whitehead, a second-round pick out of Seton Hall, to make his first career start.The Brooklyn native finished with eight points but the best point guard in the game, and from New York, was Walker, who shot 11 for 22 and also grabbed six rebounds.It was a good experience but at the end of the day we lost, Whitehead said. Thats never good.The Nets had a 13-point lead in the first half and were still ahead 55-43 early in the third before Walker and Cody Zeller, who played just five minutes in the first half because of foul trouble, turned it around. Walkers basket capped an 18-3 run that gave Charlotte a 61-58 lead and it remained a three-point game going to the fourth quarter.I thought that third quarter really hurt us, Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said. I thought we got stagnant. I thought the ball stopped moving. They got into us.The lead was down to 92-91 when Williams nailed a 3 from the corner. Walker followed with a free throw to make it 96-91 and the Nets never got closer than three points again.TIP-INSHornets: Walker and Batum each scored 11 points in the first quarter. Charlottes only other point was a free throw by Ramon Sessions. ... The Hornets followed their 4-1 start in 2000-01 by losing their next five games. They finished 46-36.Nets: Brooklyn was also without guards Greivis Vasquez (sore right ankle) and Randy Foye (strained right hamstring). ... Kilpatrick entered as the NBAs top-scoring reserve with 16.6 points per game.HORNETS NESTCharlotte has won the last five meetings overall and three in a row in Brooklyn.OFF NIGHTSWilliams finished 2 for 13 for six points. On the other side, Nets guard Bojan Bogdanovic shot 4 for 17. He had 14 points.LIN UPDATELin, who averaged 11.7 points last season in Charlotte, was at the game with his left leg wrapped. He said hes never had a hamstring injury before and doesnt know yet how long he could be out. I think were just saying like the first three days, its really important to do a whole lot of nothing, and after that time you can get a much better gauge of where Im at, Lin said.UP NEXTHornets: Begin a three-game homestand Monday against Indiana.Nets: Host Minnesota on Tuesday to end a four-game homestand. They begin a five-game trip the next night. Clearance Air Max Black Friday . 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Jaipur Pink Panthers edged out Dabang Delhi KC 24-22 to move to the top of the Pro Kabaddli League table. Defeat left Delhi at seventh place, with 21 points from 10 games.Jasvir Singh scored seven raid points, while Amit Hooda marshaled the defence well for Panthers. Meraj Sheykh scored 11 points but his effort went in vain as Delhi were unable to build on his performance.?Delhi led 3-1 after four minutes as Panthers raiders struggled in the early stages, but Ajay Kumar scored to quickly cut the deficit. Jasvir then scored two raid points in two minutes and tied the game at 4-4. Panthers soon inflicted an all-out to open a four-point gap.Kashiling Adake got Delhi back in the game with a two-point raid in the 13th minute, before Selvamani scored a raid point in the 18th to trail 11-12. Hoowever, Ajay himself scored a two-point as Panthers went into the break leading by three.dddddddddddd.Panthers began the second half slowly, but managed to extend their lead to 16-11 after 23 minutes. 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