It is hard to determine if the Charlotte Hornets or Cleveland Cavaliers are in more desperate shape for as they prepare to meet Friday night.
The Hornets have won just one of their past 10 games and one of their star players will be out again.
Cleveland, beginning a four-game homestand, is mired in a five-game losing streak.
For Charlotte, point guard LaMelo Ball was in his first home game of the season Wednesday night as the Hornets were enduring another late-game collapse. He landed on a fan's foot with 1 minute, 34 seconds left in the 125-113 loss to the Indiana Pacers.