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When LaMelo and Lonzo Ball last faced off: ‘Fighting, scrapping, falling on concrete’

Lonzo Ball doesn’t dole out much advice to younger brother LaMelo. No need, really.

“Not too (many) things you need to tell a kid like that,” New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo said Thursday. “He’s already been in the spotlight for a long time.”

Lonzo’s Pelicans and LaMelo’s Charlotte Hornets play Friday in New Orleans, in a game nationally televised on ESPN. It’s the first time these two have played against each other in a formal game. But what used to happen in two-on-two or three-on-three in the Ball backyard was crazy competitive.