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LaMelo Ball accomplishes something only Steph Curry has been able to do

The Charlotte Hornets guard is off to a red-hot start to the season.

Schuyler Callihan

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Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball has shown zero rust through the first six games of the 2024-25 season after having missed the last three-plus months of last year's campaign due to lingering ankle injuries.

Ball has scored the ball at an extremely high yet efficient rate, averaging 30.2 points per game, which ranks fourth in the NBA behind only Anthony Davis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Jayson Tatum. He's shooting the ball at a 47% clip from the field and 40% from three-point range, connecting on several difficult shots.

Sam Perley of Hornets.com came across an eye-popping stat following the team's loss on Saturday to the Boston Celtics. LaMelo Ball became just the second player in NBA history to make 30 or more threes in his team's first six games of the regular season. The only other player to accomplish that feat is Stephen Curry, who has done it on five occasions.

Ball has drained at least four threes in five of the six games, including a career-high nine, which he set in the second game of the season against the Atlanta Hawks.

LaMelo and the Hornets will be back in action Monday night as they take on the Minnesota Timberwolves at 9 p.m. EST.

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Schuyler Callihan
SCHUYLER CALLIHAN

schuylercallihan(at)gmail.com  Twitter:@Callihan_ Schuyler Callihan is the lead publisher of Mountaineers Now, All Panthers, and All Hornets on FanNation/Sports Illustrated. He took over publishing duties of All Panthers in 2020 and wanted to expand his professional coverage in the Queen City by running the operations at All Hornets. Schuyler attended Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia before finishing up his schooling at Alamance Community College in Graham, North Carolina. The Wheeling, West Virginia native made the move to North Carolina in 2015 and has been in Charlotte since 2021.

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