Charlotte Hornets visit Brooklyn Nets early in the season. Neither team has a regular-season result yet, so our read leans on last season's games: Hornets went L-L-W-W-L and Nets went W-W-L-L-L over their last five.
Our ratings favor Hornets: about 75% to win, with a projected score of Charlotte Hornets 117, Brooklyn Nets 111. A win for Nets would count as a real upset. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 7 times in our recent records. Nets lead 4-3, and the average margin has been 1.4 points in favor of Hornets.
On the injury report, Tyler Bilodeau (BKN), Kylan Boswell (CHA), Coby White (CHA), and Kon Knueppel (CHA) are listed as out.