When: 8:00 PM EST
Where: Toyota Center; Houston, Texas
How to watch: Bally Sports Southeast, NBA League Pass
Outfitting: Hornets — Association (white); Rockets — Statement (black)
Injury report
CHA: Gordon Hayward (hamstring soreness), DOUBTFUL; Cody Martin (knee soreness), DOUBTFUL; Kelly Oubre Jr. (hand surgery), OUT.
HOU: Kevin Porter Jr. (foot), QUESTIONABLE.
The Charlotte Hornets are slated to face off with the Houston Rockets in what is both an extremely winnable and extremely losable game for either team.
The Hornets come into this one losers of five-straight games and eight of the last nine, so of course a matchup with the worst team in the NBA while they’re on a 10-game skid could serve as a get-right game; it could also be an opportunity to get a leg up on the Rockets in the race for the best lottery odds.