The early tip-off led to a back-and-forth tilt between the two teams, but Dallas couldn’t overcome its shortcoming of depth and left with a 110-105

Diabate (illness) is available for Friday's game against the Bulls. Diabate will play through an illness for the Hornets on Friday, and he's in line to make his first appearance in the NBA since a Dec.

Nick Richards walking out the door opens up a world of possibilities for Moussa Diabate. The center on a two-way deal made waves with his early season output as he tormented opposing big men on the boards with relentless energy and inch perfect positioning on long rebounds.

Despite those issues, the Jazz have managed to win a respectable three of seven games this month. Among those victories were a 136-100 thrashing of Miami and a 105-92 win over an

Moussa Diabate is questionable with an illness ... The Chicago Bulls and Charlotte Hornets will face off at 8:00 p.m. EST on Friday night.

The Hornets are 5-13 in home games. Charlotte leads the Eastern Conference in rebounding, averaging 45.9 boards. Moussa Diabate paces the Hornets with 6.8 rebounds. The Suns are 6-10 in road games. Phoenix has a 4-2 record in games decided by less than 4 ...

The Charlotte Hornets traded Nick Richards to the Phoenix Suns in a move that was widely panned as a win-win for both sides. Charlotte flipped Richards for an active, defensive-minded wing in Josh Okogie and a handful of future second round draft picks, while Phoenix added an interior reinforcement to their championship-contending roster.

The Charlotte Hornets (9-28) conclude their road trip on Friday, this time heading to Chicago to take on the Bulls (18-23). The Bulls pulled out the wins in both December matchups, which means the Hornets will need to win both tonight and in their final matchup in April to even up the season series.

LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges each scored 23 points and the Charlotte Hornets held on to beat the Dallas Mavericks 110-105 on Monday to extend their winning streak to a season-high three games.

It’s called a winning streak. @hornets win their third in a row, 110-105 over the Dallas Mavericks. 23 apiece from Miles Bridges and LaMelo Ball, 19 from Nick Smith, Jr. & a

The Los Angeles Clippers could make a deep run in the playoffs this season, but they need to make an adjustment at the NBA Trade Deadline.