CHARLOTTE — Kemba Walker returns to his former home Thursday on a hot streak.

He’s averaged 28.8 points over the five games since his 12-point opening night in Philadelphia, including three straight games of 32 points or more. He’s shot .458 (22-for-48) from 3-point range in that time, and when he looks around, Walker realizes that he’s not scoring in a vacuum.

Unlike Charlotte, where Walker spent his first eight seasons carrying the offense with a middling level of help,