Hornets’ Ball may miss rest of year

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte Hornets rookie LaMelo Ball is expected to miss the remainder of the NBA season because of a broken right wrist, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The Hornets said in a release earlier Sunday that Ball had an MRI exam in San Antonio that revealed the injury. The team said he would be listed as out indefinitely.

Ball appeared to be hurt after a fall in the Hornets’ 125-98 loss to the Clippers Saturday in Los Angeles.

NETS 113, WIZARDS 106

Kyrie Irving scored 28 points and James Harden had 26 to lead host Brooklyn past Washington.

Russell Westbrook had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists for Washington.

76ERS 101, KNICKS 100 (OT)

Tobias Harris made two free throws with 5.3 seconds left in overtime and finished with 20 points as visiting Philadelphia ran its winning streak against New York to 15 games.

Julius Randle scored 24 points.

PACERS 109, HEAT 106 (OT)

Justin Holiday scored 15 points and hit consecutive 3-pointers in overtime, and Domantas Sabonis had 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead visiting Indiana past Miami.

Bam Adebayo scored 29 points for Miami.

CELTICS 112, MAGIC 96

Jaylen Brown hit a career-high 10 3-pointers and scored 34 points, Jayson Tatum added 23 and host Boston beat Orlando.

Nikola Vucevic had 22 points and 13 rebounds.

CAVALIERS 116 RAPTORS 105

Collin Sexton scored 23 of his 36 points in the second half, Jarrett Allen had 17 points and 15 rebounds and host Cleveland handed Toronto its eighth straight loss.

Fred VanVleet had 23 points and seven assists for Toronto.

PELICANS 113, NUGGETS 108

Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson each scored 30 points and visiting New Orleans overcame a triple-double by Nikola Jokic to beat Denver.

Jokic had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

BULLS 100, PISTONS 86

Lauri Markkanen had 16 points and eight rebounds and visiting Chicago used a strong defensive performance to beat Detroit.

Jerami Grant had 26 points for Detroit.

SUNS 111, LAKERS 94

Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton both had 26 points, Chris Paul had a triple-double with 11 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds and host Phoenix beat LeBron-less Los Angeles.

Montrezl Harrell led the Lakers with 23 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.

MAVERICKS 132 TRAIL BLAZERS 92

Luka Doncic scored 37 points, and visiting Dallas routed Portland.

Damian Lillard had 19 points to leadthe Trail Blazers.