“We challenged him at halftime and he stepped up. I …

In the middle of detailing how the Charlotte Hornets held off the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night to keep their momentum, the coach gave an unsolicited shoutout to LaMelo Ball. “Melo, I thought some of our coverage execution wasn’t as good in the first half because he didn’t read or he didn’t switch or he didn’t communicate,” Lee said. “We challenged him at halftime and he stepped up. I thought he had a couple of really big-time defensive possessions where he gets an individual stop. “So, really proud of him for stepping up and giving us some good minutes.”

Charlotte Observer

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