HOUSTON — The game was still far away — tipoff against the Rockets wasn’t for another eight hours — but LaMelo Ball’s competitive juices were already in high gear. “Let’s get the f—- on!” As Charlotte’s emotional compass, Ball’s passion for the game is infectious. “I’m up there,” Ball said confidently of his place among the NBA’s best playmakers. Keep …
Having suffered their first loss in six years to India on Wednesday, the Australian hockey team came out with vengeance to hammer India 5-1 in the fourth match to clinch the five-Test series 3-1 at the Mate Stadium in Adelaide on Saturday. In Match 3 we were a bit conservative and played too narrow, so we opened up the game …
Gordon Hayward broke a tie with a layup with 0.7 seconds left and scored 39 points in the Charlotte Hornets’ 107-104 comeback victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night. Hayward beat Evan Fournier off the dribble and made the left-handed layup after Orlando’s Terrence Ross tied it with a 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds to play. TIP INS Hornets: Not …
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