Preview: Slumping Hornets take on the streaking Raptors

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty ImagesWhat: Toronto Raptors (28-23) at Charlotte Hornets (28-26)

When: 7:00 PM ET

Where: Spectrum Center; Charlotte, NC

How to watch: Bally Sports Southeast, NBA League Pass

Tonight’s game features two teams heading in different directions as of late. The Hornets have lost four straight while the visiting Raptors have won five in a row. Toronto currently sits 1.5 games ahead of Charlotte in the Eastern Conference standings so this game is an important one. If the Hornets can win tonight it will not only snap their losing streak, it will put them just half a game behind Toronto in the standings.

These two teams have squared off once this season back on January 25th in…