Overview
- Tipoff is Friday at 7 p.m. at the Kia Center, opening a home back-to-back that precedes a three-game road trip starting Monday.
- Franz Wagner remains out with a left high ankle sprain, with Jalen Suggs and Tristan da Silva day-to-day and Goga Bitadze also day-to-day.
- Desmond Bane leads Orlando at 19.1 points per game, while rookie Kon Knueppel paces Charlotte with 19.4 points and 41.9% 3-point shooting.
- Orlando won the Oct. 30 meeting 123-107 and has taken five straight in the series and 10 of the last 11.
- Charlotte has won three of its last five as LaMelo Ball, Miles Bridges and Moussa Diabate contribute, and Orlando is 4-5 over its last nine after a 2-2 West Coast swing.