Second-year Charlotte Hornets forward Brandon Miller opened up on his relationship with LaMelo Ball following Wednesday's Pistons win.

For the game, the Hornets could be without their best player, as LaMelo Ball is on the injury report. The 2022 NBA All-Star is averaging 28.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.4 steals per contest while shooting 46.

The viral video shows Ball walking through a doorway and getting spooked by a hidden mechanical clown at Spectrum Center.

As the Hornets prepared for their Friday showdown against the defending champion Boston Celtics, the team pulled a Halloween prank on Ball at their practice facility. The Hornets scared their star point guard, who screamed and threw punches at a three or four-foot-tall clown mannequin hiding at the bottom of a stairwell.

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 o