Mark Williams scores career-high 31 points in the Hornets' 117-112 victory over the Jazz

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mark Williams scored a career high 31 points and had 13 rebounds to help the Charlotte Hornets beat the Utah Jazz 117-112 on Wednesday night.

LaMelo Ball added 27 points, nine assists and three blocks to help Charlotte snap a seven-game road losing streak. Miles Bridges had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Brandon Miller finished with 20 points.

Keyonte George led Utah with 26 points and six assists. Brice Sensabaugh added 19 points.

Sensabaugh made back-to-back baskets on both ends of a 19-2 run that erased an 11-point first-quarter deficit and put Utah up 26-20.

Charlotte trailed until the fourth before finally taking a 98-97 lead on back-to-back baskets from Bridges and Ball.

Utah went ahead again on back-to-back threes from Sensabaugh and George, but the Hornets pulled back in front for good behind a 9-0 run. Miller capped the spurt with a running layup, giving Charlotte a 111-105 lead with 2:50 left.

Hornets: Charlotte had four players finish with at least 20 points while shooting 53% from the field. The Hornets scored 37 points in the fourth quarter alone.

Jazz: George returned from a five-game absence due to left heel inflammation and had his sixth 20-point game of the season. Fellow point guard Isaiah Collier had a season-high 10 assists.

The Hornets scored four straight baskets, culminating in a dunk from Williams with 4:13 left, to take the lead for good.

Charlotte’s top three scorers all shot better than 50%, led by Williams who went 12 of 14.

Both teams are back in action Fridat night. Charlotte is at Chicago, and Utah at New Orleans.

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Utah Jazz guard Isaiah Collier (13) dribbles against Charlotte Hornets guard Josh Green (10) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)

Charlotte Hornets forward Brandon Miller (24) goes to the basket against Utah Jazz forward Kyle Filipowski (22) during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)

Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball dribbles past Utah Jazz guard Patty Mills (8) during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)

Charlotte Hornets forward Cody Martin (11) uses a screen by forward Miles Bridges (0) to shoot over Utah Jazz forward Brice Sensabaugh (28) during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)

Utah Jazz guard Keyonte George (3) and center Walker Kessler (24) react to a play against the Charlotte Hornets during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)

Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball reacts to a shot against the Utah Jazz during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)

Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges dunks the ball against the Utah Jazz during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)

Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges (0) dunks the ball against Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler (24) during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)

Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges reacts to a play against the Utah Jazz during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)

Charlotte Hornets forward Brandon Miller (24) goes to the basket against Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler (24) during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rob Gray)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota's Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman rammed the door of one home Sunday and pushed their way inside, part of what the Department of Homeland Security has called its largest enforcement operation ever.

In a dramatic scene similar to those playing out across Minneapolis, agents captured a man in the home just minutes after pepper spraying protesters outside who had confronted the heavily armed federal agents. Along the residential street, protesters honked car horns, banged on drums and blew whistles in attempts to disrupt the operation.

Video of the clash taken by The Associated Press showed some agents pushing back protesters while a distraught woman later emerged from the house with a document that federal agents presented to arrest the man. Signed by an immigration officer, the document — unlike a warrant signed by a judge — does not authorize forced entry into a private residence. A warrant signed by an immigration officer only authorizes arrest in a public area.

Immigrant advocacy groups have conducted extensive “know-your-rights” campaigns urging people not to open their doors unless agents have a court order signed by a judge.

But within minutes of ramming the door in a neighborhood filled with single-family homes, the handcuffed man was led away.

More than 2,000 immigration arrests have been made in Minnesota since the enforcement operation began at the beginning of December, said Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News on Sunday that the administration would send additional federal agents to Minnesota to protect immigration officers and continue enforcement.

The Twin Cities — the latest target in President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign — is bracing for what is next after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by an immigration officer on Wednesday.

“We’re seeing a lot of immigration enforcement across Minneapolis and across the state, federal agents just swarming around our neighborhoods,” said Jason Chavez, a Minneapolis city councilmember. “They’ve definitely been out here.”

Chavez, the son of Mexican immigrants who represents an area with a growing immigrant population, said he is closely monitoring information from chat groups about where residents are seeing agents operating.

People holding whistles positioned themselves in freezing temperatures on street corners Sunday in the neighborhood where Good was killed, watching for any signs of federal agents.

More than 20,000 people have taken part in a variety of trainings to become “observers” of enforcement activities in Minnesota since the 2024 election, said Luis Argueta, a spokesperson for Unidos MN, a local human rights organization .

“It’s a role that people choose to take on voluntarily, because they choose to look out for their neighbors,” Argueta said.

The protests have been largely peaceful, but residents remained anxious. On Monday, Minneapolis public schools will start offering remote learning for the next month in response to concerns that children might feel unsafe venturing out while tensions remain high.

Many schools closed last week after Good’s shooting and the upheaval that followed.

While the enforcement activity continues, two of the state’s leading Democrats said that the investigation into Good's shooting death should not be overseen solely by the federal government.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and U.S. Sen. Tina Smith said in separate interviews Sunday that state authorities should be included in the investigation because the federal government has already made clear what it believes happened.

“How can we trust the federal government to do an objective, unbiased investigation, without prejudice, when at the beginning of that investigation they have already announced exactly what they saw — what they think happened," Smith said on ABC’s "This Week."

The Trump administration has defended the officer who shot Good in her car, saying he was protecting himself and fellow agents and that Good had “weaponized” her vehicle.

Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended the officer on Fox News Channel’s “The Sunday Briefing.”

"That law enforcement officer had milliseconds, if not short time to make a decision to save his life and his other fellow agents,” he said.

Lyons also said the administration’s enforcement operations in Minnesota wouldn't be needed “if local jurisdictions worked with us to turn over these criminally illegal aliens once they are already considered a public safety threat by the locals.”

The killing of Good by an ICE officer and the shooting of two people by federal agents in Portland, Oregon, led to dozens of protests in cities across the country over the weekend, including New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Oakland, California.

Contributing were Associated Press journalists Giovanna Dell’Orto in Minneapolis; Thomas Strong in Washington; Bill Barrow in Atlanta; Christopher Weber in Los Angeles; and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio.

A woman gets into an altercation with a federal immigration officer as officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A federal immigration officer deploys pepper spray as officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A family member, center, reacts after federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Bystanders are treated after being pepper sprayed as federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A family member reacts after federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Federal agents look on after detaining a person during a patrol in Minneapolis, Minn., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Bystanders react after a man was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a traffic stop, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Robbinsdale, Minn. (AP Photo/John Locher)

People stand near a memorial at the site where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)

A man looks out of a car window after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a traffic stop, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Robbinsdale, Minn. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Border Patrol agents detain a man, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

People shout toward Border Patrol agents making an arrest, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Demonstrators protest outside the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a news conference on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)

Protesters react as they visit a makeshift memorial during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)