Fails to score in spot start

Wednesday evening's game at Spectrum Center against the Brooklyn Nets will be a challenging one for Charlotte Hornets head coach Charles Lee to navigate, thanks to injuries piling up once again. Center Mark Williams will sit this one out as the team continues to be cautious with his left foot.

His sophomore season offered a glimpse of what could be. Earning a starting role, playing in 19 of Charlotte’s first 20 contests, the big man played 26.7 minutes per game, averaging, 12.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks. Unfortunately, a back contusion ended his season, putting him on the shelf for the final 62 games of the 2023-24 campaign.

Hornets center Mark Williams delivered a great performance on the night, earning high praise from head coach Charles Lee after posting a career-high 38 points, nine rebounds, and five assists ...

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. Jalen Wilson added 15 points and Tosan Evbuomwan had 14 for the Nets,

Mark Edwards teaches elementary and middle school students in Brooklyn by day. By night, he's a Grammy-nominated musician.

Mark Williams has had a terrific stretch of games offensively in the last month since being lifted off of his minutes restriction. In his last 10 games, William

Williams had averaged 30.4 minutes per contest while appearing in 11 of the Hornets' last 12 contests. Williams' absence Wednesday should pave the way for Moussa Diabate and Taj Gibson to cover most of the minutes at center.

The Brooklyn Nets (15-33) had been dealing with a lot of injuries to their rotation players, but they were also having the feeling of a 7-game losing streak on their minds as they went back on the road.

Gibson will get the start for Wednesday's matchup against the Nets. With Mark Williams (foot) still on the mend, Gibson will make his 10th start of the 2024-25 campaign for the Hornets. The veteran big man is averaging 14.

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A Department of Correction captain and two guards were suspended for allegedly watching him bleed for 10 minutes after he slit his throat with a razor, The Times wrote, citing sources familiar with the incident.

On this day in Celtics history, the team traded for Michael Olowokandi, and Sly Williams, MarShon Brooks, and Gerald Green were born.