CHICAGO — LaMelo Ball scored 26 points, Miles Bridges had 21 and the Charlotte ... Zach Lavine scored 19 points and Coby White added 18 for the Bulls. Lonzo Ball, playing against his younger brother, had 6 points, three rebounds and three assists.

The Chicago Bulls failed to capitalize on Nikola Vucevic’s 40-point game in a 125-123 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. This marked the first game in which brothers LaMelo and Lonzo Ball competed against each other since Lonzo’s impressive return from injury.

CHICAGO (AP) — LaMelo Ball aportó 26 puntos, Miles Bridges añadió 21 y los Hornets de Charlotte resistieron apenas para llevarse el viernes un tenso triunfo de 125-123 sobre los Bulls de Chicago.

Keon Johnson led a balanced Brooklyn attack with 18 points, and the Nets snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 104-83 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night.

Jaylen Brown added 28 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Celtics, who also received a 22-point performance from Derrick White. The Bulls didn't have ... were without LaMelo Ball (ankle) and Mark Williams (foot). Clippers 128, Spurs 116 Kawhi ...

The Bulls are getting guard Coby White back from injury before a huge clash against the Celtics on Wednesday night.

Ball will be re-evaluated in one week after suffering a sprained left ankle in Tuesday's win against the Lakers, Shams Charania of ESPN reports. Ball went down with a sprained left ankle in Tuesday's win over the Lakers,

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The Bulls haven't made a trade deadline deal since 2021 when they sent Wendell Carter Jr. and two first-round picks in exchange for Nikola Vucevic. Chief executive Arturas Karnisovas can't afford to continue that inactivity for a third time.

There's no midweek lull for the NBA, as Wednesday features a compelling 11-game schedule headlined by a big game in Manhattan at 7:30 p.m.on ESPN.

On Wednesday night, the NBA continues its busy week with a nine-game main slate on DraftKings. The 76ers are the only team on the main slate playing for a second night in a row as they host the Kings,