7:05 pm
December 28

Nets @ Hornets

Who will WIN this matchup?

Brooklyn Nets (17-19)

@ Charlotte Hornets (16-17)

 

Current odds:

Brooklyn Nets: (+170)

Charlotte Hornets: (-200)

 

• The line for this game is Charlotte by 4.5 points.

• The Brooklyn Nets and Charlotte Hornets have a tough act to follow when they meet for the second time in three nights, this time in North Carolina on Friday. The teams staged a wild, double-overtime affair in Brooklyn on Wednesday that featured several big shots and just as many key miscues, with the Nets coming out on the other end for a 134-132 win, their ninth in the past 10 games. Spencer Dinwiddie highlighted a 37-point performance with a four-point play in the second extra session and Joe Harris added 27 for the victors, who improved to 3-1 in OT affairs.

• Kemba Walker scored 35 points and Jeremy Lamb added 31 while hitting all three of his 3-point tries for Charlotte. Malik Monk’s turnover in the closing seconds of the game led to a layup on the other end for Harris and left the Hornets at 0-4 in OT games.

• Dinwiddie’s star continues to shine brighter as he posted his fourth game of at least 30 points off the bench — tying the team record for one season — while recording a season-high 11 assists in Wednesday’s win. Harris was 11-of-14 from the floor and 5-of-8 from 3-point range as he established a new team mark for most consecutive home games (32) with at least one make from beyond the arc. Rookie Rodions Kurucs posted his second straight double-double and is averaging 17.7 points and 8.3 rebounds over his last three games.

• Charlotte lost an eight-point lead in the final three-plus minutes of regulation Wednesday night after Brooklyn turned to a handful of gimmicks to force Walker to give up the ball. “I don’t know of anyone else in this league that’s being guarded the way they guarded me. It was like a box-in-1. I haven’t seen that since I was in college,” Walker told reporters. “It was pretty crazy but I guess that’s what teams are going to do, so I’ve just got to keep trusting in my teammates to make plays.” Beyond Walker and Lamb, the rest of the Hornets combined to shoot 23-for-62 from the floor, 8-for-29 from 3-point distance.

• Hornets PG Tony Parker is 6-for-26 from the field over a three-game span.

• Nets SF Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had 16 points and 15 rebounds in Wednesday’s win.

• The teams split a pair of matchups in Charlotte last season.

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