{"id":578166,"date":"2026-02-02T21:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/578166\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:54:28","slug":"live-updates-lamelo-balls-hornets-host-zion-williamsons-pelicans-in-a-matinee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/578166\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: LaMelo Ball&#8217;s Hornets host Zion Williamson&#8217;s Pelicans in a matinee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2035937\" class=\"wp-image-2035937 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2259089026-Cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Zion Williamson\" width=\"819\" height=\"460\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2035937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans are in Charlotte to take on the Hornets this afternoon on League Pass.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the best of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Monday\u2019s four-game slate<\/a> with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments, performances, observations, news, notes and highlights.<\/p>\n<p>What we know about Monday\u2019s games:<\/p>\n<p>Monday opens with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/nop-vs-cha-0022500712\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pelicans-Hornets<\/a> (3 ET), as Derik Queen and New Orleans visit the Queen City.<br \/>\nWe\u2019ll have a Peacock doubleheader for you tonight, featuring Timberwolves-Grizzlies (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/min-vs-mem-0022500714\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7:30 ET<\/a>) and 76ers-Clippers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phi-vs-lac-0022500715\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10 ET<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>FEBURARY 2, 2026 \/\/ 4:30 ET<\/p>\n<p>Hornets rally with a 10-2 run lead<\/p>\n<p>66-59 Pelicans in the Spectrum Center, after Charlotte came out with fire to start the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Miller just knocked down a 3-pointer. Entering today\u2019s action, he was averaging 24.3 ppg on 52.8\/46.5\/100 shooting splits during the Hornets\u2019 winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>FEBRUARY 2, 2026 \/\/ 4:10 ET<\/p>\n<p>Pelicans continuing to lead at the half<\/p>\n<p>Derik Queen (15 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast) has it rolling for New Orleans, as the Pelicans lead 64-49 on the road in Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p>LaMelo Ball (18 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast) is doing his best to rally the Queen City representatives, but they\u2019re shooting 36.2% from the field so far.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LAMEL\ud83c\udfaf <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HiveMentality?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#HiveMentality<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MELOD1P?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@MELOD1P<\/a> | \ud83d\udcf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDSN_Hornets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FDSN_Hornets<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lowes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Lowes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vpm1eq39C7\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Vpm1eq39C7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hornets\/status\/2018432224710828431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FEBRUARY 2, 2026 \/\/ 3:30 ET<\/p>\n<p>Pelicans up after one<\/p>\n<p>30-23. LaMelo Ball left briefly after colliding with coach Charles Lee, but he\u2019s back to lead things for the Hornets.<\/p>\n<p>Derik Queen (10 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast) is hot to start.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Derik Queen finds Trey Murphy III for the EMPHATIC alley-oop slam \ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n<p>Tap to watch Pelicans-Hornets: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wtwgeHdZSe\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/wtwgeHdZSe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T2wi7LpRic\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/T2wi7LpRic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2018420198257406042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FEBRUARY 2, 2026 \/\/ 3:00 ET<\/p>\n<p>Queen has vision<\/p>\n<p>Always a threat to make plays, all over the court.<\/p>\n<p>Derik Queen (12.3 ppg, 7.4 reb, 4.3 ast) is keying the Pelicans as they take on the red-hot Hornets, who have won six straight.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Derik Queen is the rookie leader in APG!<\/p>\n<p>Check out some of his best dimes so far this season \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>He leads the Pelicans against the Hornets (seeking 7 straight wins) on NBA League Pass at 3pm\/et! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4eW5OfbGKU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/4eW5OfbGKU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2018391467748704537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FEBURARY 2, 2026 \/\/ 2:45 ET<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to a four-game day in the NBA!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2035927\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2035927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2195957774.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2035927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans are in Charlotte to take on the Hornets this Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got an afternoon contest in Charlotte to open today\u2019s action!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the complete schedule:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans are in Charlotte to take on the Hornets this afternoon on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3796],"tags":[375,7,560,936,966,6,66874,478,470,4073,4072,675,814],"class_list":{"0":"post-578166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-anthony-edwards","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-james-harden","11":"tag-joel-embiid","12":"tag-lamelo-ball","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-live-blog","15":"tag-new-orleans","16":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","17":"tag-neworleans","18":"tag-neworleanspelicans","19":"tag-pelicans","20":"tag-zion-williamson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116003267074746950","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}