Bedford's Nate Darling became the first Nova Scotian to play in the NBA regular season on Saturday night. The 22-year-old Darling, a shooting guard, played four minutes late in the game for the Charlotte Hornets in a 114-104 win over the Toronto Raptors in Charlotte, N.C. It was the first game of the season that the Hornets were allowed to have fans in the stands and about 3,000 attended. Darling left Nova Scotia to play high school basketball in Maryland. In 2015, he scored 50 points to help Nova Scotia defeat Ontario in the gold-medal game of the Canadian under-17 championship played in Halifax.

Source: CBC News March 14, 2021 13:04 UTC