Keon Johnson scored 18 points and the Brooklyn Nets claimed a 104-83 victory over the host Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night, snapping a seven-game losing streak.

Wednesday evening's game at Spectrum Center against the Brooklyn Nets will be a challenging one for Charlotte Hornets head coach Charles Lee to navigate, thanks to injuries piling up once again. Center Mark Williams will sit this one out as the team continues to be cautious with his left foot.

Fails to score in spot start

Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball is out for at least one week after MRI results confirmed he sustained a left ankle sprain in the loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night, the team announced Wednesday.

The Brooklyn Nets (15-33) had been dealing with a lot of injuries to their rotation players, but they were also having the feeling of a 7-game losing streak on their minds as they went back on the road.

A Charlotte Hornets skeleton crew shot just 33.7% from the field as they lost to the Brooklyn Nets, 104-83.

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The Nets beat the Hornets 104-83 in a game that was a wire-to-wire win for a Brooklyn that hadn't done much winning due to the amount of injuries they have been trying to overcome along with inconsistency in closing games.

Keon Johnson led a balanced Brooklyn attack with 18 points, and the Nets snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 104-83 win over the Charlotte Hornets

Mark Edwards teaches elementary and middle school students in Brooklyn by day. By night, he's a Grammy-nominated musician.

Mark Williams has had a terrific stretch of games offensively in the last month since being lifted off of his minutes restriction. In his last 10 games, William

Williams had averaged 30.4 minutes per contest while appearing in 11 of the Hornets' last 12 contests. Williams' absence Wednesday should pave the way for Moussa Diabate and Taj Gibson to cover most of the minutes at center.