When: 7:30 pm EST
Where: Barclays Center; Brooklyn, NY
How to watch: Fox Sports Southeast, NBA League Pass
The Hornets are playing the Nets for the third time in as many weeks. Both of the previous meetings followed the same general format—the two teams played the majority of the game fairly evenly before the Nets pulled away for a comfortable win in the end. The Hornets will try to reverse that tonight.
The Hornets’ major bugaboo against the Nets is their interior defense against the Nets centers. Jarrett Allen and DeAndre Jordan have combined to average 33.