LaMelo Ball registered his 10th-career triple-double with 30 points (including 23 in the fourth), 10 rebounds and 13 assists, but it wasn’t enough as the Charlotte Hornets took a hard-fought 124-118 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.
Summary
Brandon Miller made his not-so-long-awaited first NBA start and Kyrie Irving promptly baited him into committing a shooting foul within the first minute, but he did nail a middy in response. The Mavs hit a few threes early to build a small lead as the Hornets fed Mark Williams in an effort to take advantage of the thinner rookie, Dereck Lively II.