Charlotte Hornets

The NBA Play-In Tournament will conclude Friday, April 17, with the Magic hosting the Hornets and the Suns hosting the Warriors.

The NBA has fined LaMelo Ball $35,000 "for making unnecessary and reckless contact" with Bam Adebayo during Tuesday's play-in game. The Hornets star also was fined $25,000 for using profane language during a TV interview after that game.

The Orlando Magic came into the week with two chances to secure their spot in the NBA playoffs, and now they have just one. On Wednesday night, Orlando’s first chance went by the wayside during a 109-97 loss to the 76ers in Philadelphia. Now, the Magic will head back home for a tilt with the […] The post Magic star Paolo Banchero’s statement after loss to 76ers will have alarm bells ringing appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Orlando Magic are headed home to face the Charlotte Hornets in an elimination game on Friday. That is because the Magic lost to the Philadelphia 76ers with a spot in the Eastern Conference Playoffs on the line, 109-97. The final score is not indicative of how close the game was, though. But as the […] The post Magic forward Franz Wagner suffers injury, limps off court late vs. 76ers appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The NBA has initiated an investigation into LaMelo Ball after he grabbed Bam Adebayo's ankle that resulted in his injury in a crucial elimination game of the NBA play-in tournament.

Paolo Banchero makes his feelings known on his shooting slump and what he needs to do to fix it going into the play-in elimination game against the Hornets.

Jared Dubin and Mo Dakhil discuss the spectacular Hornets-Heat and Blazers-Suns Play-In games, run through the rest of their end-of-season awards picks, and talk about the major questions that will define each playoff series. Timestamps (00:00) Intro (01:15) Hornets-Heat (14:54) Blazers-Suns (22:25) End-of-season awards (41:03) Knicks-Hawks (47:37) Cavaliers-Raptors (52:59) Spurs-Blazers (58:59) Nuggets-Timberwolves (1:03:42) Lakers-Rockets Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podcasts, Spotify...

What happened in two snapshots in the NBA Play-In on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.

The Miami coach strongly criticized the play that forced Bam Adebayo out of the play-in loss to Charlotte L'articolo Spoelstra says LaMelo Ball should have been ejected after Adebayo incident proviene da Sportando.

LeBron James and NBA fans react to Amazon Prime's streaming error in a crucial play-in tournament game between the Hornets and the Heat.

The recent NBA play-in game between the Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets was wild, ending in overtime, and New York Knicks guard Josh Hart was locked in. He took to X, formerly Twitter, after the game to share his thoughts. Hart conceded that the “Hornets and Heat game was crazy” to his fans. Of course, […] The post Knicks’ Josh Hart’s ‘crazy’ reaction to Heat-Hornets play-in thriller goes viral appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Did your team meet its preseason projections? Tim Bontemps grades all 30, from surprise contenders to franchises banking on lottery luck.

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LaMelo Ball went from scapegoat to hero in a span of 12 seconds to eliminate the Heat on Tuesday

The Charlotte Hornets competed in their most important game in over a decade on Tuesday night, and despite a couple of lapses, they rewarded fans for their long wait and put on a captivating performance in a do-or-die NBA Play-in Tournament showdown with the Miami Heat. LaMelo Ball, who is drawing serious criticism for ostensibly […] The post Blake Griffin had perfect reaction to Coby White game-tying 3 in Hornets-Heat clash appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The very first game of the 2026 NBA postseason delivered. The Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat delivered quite the show in a game where both teams were fighting for their playoff life, and it took until the very last possession to decide the game — which the Hornets won, 127-126, thanks to an epic LaMelo […] The post Fans react to wild ending to Heat-Hornets play-in game appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Charlotte Hornets host the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference's 9-10 Play-In Tournament Game on Tuesday.

Charlotte Hornets assistant coach Kemba Walker pointed to LaMelo Ball’s commitment to discipline and leadership as the driving force behind his turnaround, as Charlotte prepares to open its Play-In run Tuesday night against the Miami Heat at 7:30 p.m. ET on Prime Video. Ball’s development has become a central storyline in the Hornets’ push toward […] The post Kemba Walker reveals secret to Hornets star LaMelo Ball destroying toxic narratives appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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