Raptors Visit Hornets as Miller’s Surge Tests Toronto’s Form

Miller’s scoring surge meets Toronto’s top-five defense in a matchup of teams on two-game streaks.

Overview

Tip-off is 7:00 p.m. ET at Spectrum Center in Charlotte with television coverage on Sportsnet.
Charlotte returns home after upsetting the defending champion Thunder on the road and averaging over 121 points across the last eight games.
Brandon Miller is averaging 26.6 points and 5.8 rebounds over his past five games on 45/41/85 shooting splits, and the Hornets are 10-10 when he plays.
Toronto enters at 22-15 on a two-game win streak with a defensive rating ranked among the league’s best in the preview snapshot.
Projected starters include Quickley, Barrett, Ingram, Barnes and Mamukelashvili for Toronto and Ball, Knueppel, Miller, Bridges and Diabate for Charlotte, with Jakob Poeltl out for the Raptors and Trae Young listed out for the Hornets.