The Charlotte Hornets had received six straight video games for the primary time in a decade. They would not let a blizzard, a 22-point deficit or their star’s bleeding face preserve them from working their streak to seven.
LaMelo Ball got here again from a head-to-head collision to attain 24 factors because the Hornets defeated the New Orleans Pelicans, 102-95, on a uncommon Monday afternoon recreation. The Hornets began sluggish after snowstorms pressured an early begin to the sport, however recovered to notch their longest win streak since 2016, the final season the Hornets made the playoffs.
LaMelo Ball rallied after colliding along with his coach
The Hornets began quick, leaping out to a 7-0 lead whereas their protection pressured the Pelicans into 5 straight misses. However catastrophe struck lower than three minutes into the sport when Ball hustled for a unfastened ball solely to collide with an unlikely competitor: His personal coach.
Hornets head coach Charles Lee was reaching for Miles Bridges’ errant cross, unaware that his level guard was lunging in the identical path. The end result was an unsightly collision that opened up a minimize on Ball’s eye and stored him out for many of the quarter, because the Pelicans went on a 15-6 run.
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