Miami Heat visit Charlotte Hornets early in the season. Neither team has a regular-season result yet, so our read leans on last season's games: Heat went L-L-W-W-L and Hornets went L-L-W-W-L over their last five.
The model leans toward Hornets: about 73% to win, with a projected score of Miami Heat 111, Charlotte Hornets 117. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 9 times in our recent records. Heat lead 6-3, and the average margin has been 5.3 points in favor of Heat.
On the injury report, Kylan Boswell (CHA), Coby White (CHA), Kon Knueppel (CHA), and Grant Williams (CHA) are listed as out.