While the performance of the Hornets' starters deserves boundless praise, immense context is necessary. Utah was down their four leading scoress, Lauri Markkkanen, Colin Sexton, Jordan Clarkson, and John Collins, opening up opportunities for unheralded guards Keyontae George and Brice Sensabaugh to dice the Hornets' defense.

He returned to action on Wednesday night to score 26 points with six assists, four rebounds and two steals in the Utah Jazz’s shorthanded 117-112 loss to the Charlotte Hornets.

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The Charlotte Hornets will be back at it tonight as they continue their West Coast road trip against the shorthanded Utah Jazz. Here is how our staff sees tonight's game playing out. This is certainly a winnable game since the two sides have fewer than 20 wins combined.

The Hornets look like a much different team when Mark Williams, LaMelo Ball, Miles Bridges, and Brandon Miller are all in the lineup.

Mark Williams scored a career high 31 points and had 13 rebounds to help the Charlotte Hornets beat the Utah Jazz 117-112 on Wednesday night.

The Dallas Mavericks and Charlotte Hornets kick off an early slate of NBA games on Martin Luther King Day with a noon ET tip at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.

Mark Williams amassed 31 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Charlotte Hornets past the Utah Jazz in a 117-112 Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.

While Mark Williams can also send a shot away now and then, his work defensively mostly consists of crashing the boards. The Hornets' big hope at the five only returned from injury a few weeks ago, so going up against another future mainstay in the NBA should be a great test to see if he's fully back.

Collin Sexton’s Utah Jazz (10-28) and the Charlotte Hornets (8-28) meet at Delta Center on Wednesday, January 15, starting at 9:00 PM ET.The Hornets head into this contest following a

Fantasy football analyst Matt Harmon takes a look at the losers from the NFL wild-card round.