FILE – LaMelo Ball #2 of the Charlotte Hornets and Gordon Hayward #20 of the Charlotte Hornets react after takeing the lead over the New Orleans Pelicans during a NBA game at Smoothie King Center on January 08, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sean Gardner/Getty Images/AFP
The Charlotte Hornets outlasted two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks, 126-114.
The Hornets drew a career-high 27 points from rookie point guard LaMelo Ball.
Antetokounmpo scored 34 points with 18 rebounds and nine assists.
But with Ball’s effort off the bench, and 27 points from Gordon Hayward, the Hornets followed up their victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday with another win over a top-five Eastern Conference team.
Ball, selected third overall by the Hornets in the 2020 NBA Draft last November, also had five rebounds, nine assists and four steals.