With a quarter of the NBA regular season remaining, teams are already looking towards the future and an offseason with as much potential for movement as the trade deadline. Heading into the home stretch of the season,

KJ Simpson and Nick Smith Jr. started the quarter with back-to-back threes to give the Hornets a 5-point lead, finishing off an 11-0 run dating back to the first quarter. Spencer Dinwiddie tried to get the Mavericks back into it by flopping on three-pointers and attempting to get foul calls, and it only led to success for the Hornets.

The Dallas Mavericks let the Charlotte Hornets hang around a little too long, considering they were missing LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, and a lot of other key pieces. But Dallas won 103-96, getting back on track after losing two straight on the West Coast earlier in the week.

It's been a miserable week or so for the Charlotte Hornets, who have made NBA history by having a -131 point differential in their last three games. Things won'

Though unable to bookend their grueling six-game all-West road trip with a victory on Thursday night, the Charlotte Hornets harnessed a much more spirited, competitive effort in a 103-96 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.

The Dallas Mavericks opened a three-game homestand against the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday. The Mavericks defeated the Hornets 103-96 at the American Airlines Center.

Mark Williams was traded to the Lakers ... The Lakers were obviously very active ahead of the trade deadline as they traded Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks for Luka Doncic. The Williams trade was supposed to give the Lakers some much-needed size ...

The Lakers and Hornet deal between Mark Williams and Dalton Knecht ended in an ugly manner, ironically, Williams first game will be against the Lakers which is who he should be playing for. Williams called this a part of the NBA's script.

Following a failed physical that showed injury concerns, the Lakers decided to reverse the Mark Williams trade. On Thursday afternoon, Williams' agent Jeff Schwartz of Excel Management put out an official statement on the deal falling through. He stated that multiple doctors have confirmed his client should not have failed his physical with LA.

The LA Lakers tried to pursue center Mark Williams following the trade for Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks.

The Los Angeles Lakers thought they struck gold with a big man at the deadline to replace Anthony Davis after the team shipped him to the Dallas Mavericks in a