Overview
- Tipoff is 8:00 p.m. ET at Paycom Center with coverage on FanDuel Sports Network and NBA League Pass.
- Sportsbooks list Charlotte as roughly a +15.5 underdog with the total near 232.5 and a Hornets money line of about +750.
- Oklahoma City is on a home win streak and has outscored opponents by double digits on average this season.
- Injuries factor heavily, with the Thunder ruling out Nikola Topic and Thomas Sorber and multiple others listed out per the AP, while Charlotte rules out Grant Williams, Mason Plumlee and Ryan Kalkbrenner, lists Brandon Miller as probable, and has several day-to-day.
- This is the second meeting after OKC’s 109-96 win on Nov. 16 led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 33, and it follows a 108-105 Thunder loss to Phoenix and a 112-99 Hornets win over Chicago sparked by Miles Bridges’ 26 points and 14 rebounds.