Charlotte Hornets vs. Brooklyn Nets
New York; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
LINE: Nets -1.5; over/under is 219.5
BOTTOM LINE: The Brooklyn Nets begin the season at home against the Charlotte Hornets.
Brooklyn went 20-62 overall and 14-37 in Eastern Conference play a season ago. The Nets gave up 115.9 points per game while committing 21.1 fouls last season.
Charlotte went 44-38 overall and 26-26 in Eastern Conference play during the 2025-26 season. The Hornets averaged 15.6 points off of turnovers, 17.9 second-chance points and 36.2 bench points last season.
INJURIES: Nets: None listed.
Hornets: Grant Williams: out (hamstring), Kon Knueppel: out (hamstring).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.