LaMelo Ball will take the court Friday night as the Hornets try to beat the Magic in the play-in and earn the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. There was some concern that Ball might be suspended by the league after he tripped Bam Adebayo during the 9-10 game, causing the Heat star to fall and hurt his back and miss the final 35 minutes of the game.
The league decided to hand Ball a retroactive Flagrant 2 and fine instead, so he will be in the lineup tonight with the season on the line. Ball was asked about the incident during the team shootaround on Friday morning and seemed largely unconcerned since Adebayo did not suffer a serious injury.
