This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/hornets/onsi as Brandon Miller, LaMelo Ball fall out of prestige group but one Hornets star joins.

Despite another injury scare — as in seeing Brandon Miller head to the locker room early in Sunday’s second half — the Hornets not only beat one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference in a gutsy 119-111 overtime victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers, they wound up retaining the services of Miller instead of losing him to injury.

The Hornets have played without all-star LaMelo Ball for quite some time. He won't be active against the Cavaliers for this reason.

LaMelo Ball trade buzz continues to surround the Charlotte Hornets, but trading Melo now would be unwise for Charlotte from a leverage standpoint.

Some wins look good in the standings, and then there are wins that build the character of a franchise. For the Charlotte Hornets, Sunday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse was emphatically the latter.

Star point guard LaMelo Ball headlined the Charlotte Hornets' injury report ahead of their interconference matchup against the Chicago Bulls on Friday.

Ball missed the last game against the Nuggets because of an ankle injury that was labeled ankle soreness. Charless Lee gave an update on Ball's progress in returning from that injury. Lee didn't really give a definitive timetable on when he will be back.

Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball will not return to Friday night's game against the Toronto Raptors after exiting in the third quarter with "left ankle soreness," the team announced.

LaMelo Ball’s name surfaces in trade buzz with Kings, Timberwolves, and Pelicans as Hornets struggle through a slow start.

Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports reported Thursday that LaMelo Ball has become “increasingly frustrated” with the Charlotte Hornets and is