Nearly halfway through their franchise-record-tying seven-game homestand, the Hornets look as comfortable as they’ve ever been playing in Charlotte, winning 10 of their last 12 contests at Time Warner Cable Arena. Suiting up in front of a home crowd in the NBA comes with a handful of underlying benefits, many of which the Hornets are capitalizing on as the playoff race heats up.
Only the first-place Cleveland Cavaliers (.818, 27-6) and second-place Toronto Raptors (.781, 25-7) have a better home winning percentage in the Eastern Conference than the Hornets (.719, 23-9) do right now. Charlotte is averaging more made three-pointers (10.