After five days of occasionally pinballing off each other and engaging in plenty of friendly-fire trash talk, the Charlotte Hornets have reached that point in the training camp calendar.
The players are beyond eager to play against anyone other than their own teammates.
The Hornets tip off their five-game preseason schedule on Sunday in Boston when they take on the Celtics at 1 p.m. at TD Garden.
They will follow up their date in Massachusetts with three straight home games — including one in Greensboro against the Celtics on Friday — in six days before they conclude things in Philadelphia on Oct.