{"id":552350,"date":"2026-03-22T02:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T02:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/552350\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T02:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T02:04:08","slug":"lamelo-ball-scores-29-points-as-charlotte-hornets-beat-memphis-grizzlies-for-their-third-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/552350\/","title":{"rendered":"LaMelo Ball scores 29 points as Charlotte Hornets beat Memphis Grizzlies for their third straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) \u2014 LaMelo Ball scored 29 points and finished 7 of 14 from 3-point range to help lift the Charlotte Hornets to their third straight victory, 124-101 over the struggling Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Brandon Miller had 22 points and Moussa Diabate had 14 rebounds and 11 points for the Hornets, who have won five of their last six and are 21-6 since Jan. 22 to make a push for a play-in spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">GG Jackson scored 19 points and Javon Small added 17 points and seven rebounds for the Grizzlies, who have lost two in a row and 10 of their last 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Hornets took the lead for good just 2:47 into the game when Miller made one of two free throws to make it 9-8 and Charlotte was up 59-47 at halftime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A 15-6 run by the Hornets in the third quarter, capped by a three-point play by Miles Bridges \u2014 who finished with 13 points \u2014 made it 74-53 and Charlotte cruised from there. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Up next<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Grizzlies: Play at Atlanta on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hornets: Host Sacramento on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) \u2014 LaMelo Ball scored 29 points and finished 7 of 14 from 3-point range to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-552350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}