Charlotte Hornets – Houston Rockets: Can the Rockets get revenge?
Beaten at home earlier this month (99-109), the Rockets will be itching for revenge when they visit the Hornets in North Carolina. It’s the last meeting of the season between two teams on very different runs — Charlotte has played like one of the league’s best since 2026 began, while Houston has hit a rough patch. Should be a proper game.
Charlotte Hornets: Keep the charge going 
What the Hornets have done since 2026 kicked off is the stuff of dreams — whether you’re on the court or in the stands. Everybody’s chipping in, the roster’s clicking, and they play genuinely watchable basketball. The result: 15 wins in their last 21, rocketing up the Eastern Conference. Charles Lee’s men are now 9th, and if this run continues they can sneak into the top seven.
Any of LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Kon Knueppel or Miles Bridges can hit 20 on any night, so the offense isn’t the issue. What really flips the script is the defense — night after night. The Hornets allow just 113.8 points per game for the season, and that number includes a terrible start. Since then Charlotte has matched up with the league’s best defenses — Detroit, OKC — and stood tall.
INJURY REPORT : Miles Bridges (OUT) – Moussa Diabate (OUT) – Liam McNeeley (OUT) – Coby White (OUT)
Houston Rockets: Aiming for the top 3 
By contrast, the Rockets aren’t exactly cruising. Between patchy results and rumors about Kevin Durant’s burner accounts, you can’t say Ime Udoka’s side are in great shape. They’ve gone 2-3 in their last five. The wins were tidy — Thunder (112-106), Clippers (102-95) — but the losses raise questions: 93-114 to a Celtics side without Jaylen Brown, 99-109 to the Hornets and 102-105 to the Clippers.
Still, if you’re looking at the glass half full, the Rockets will head into the post-All-Star stretch with as clean a roster as they can get: only Steven Adams and Fred VanVleet are out for the season. The break should have given everyone a reset before the final push of the regular season — the part that decides playoff seeding. Houston’s aiming for the top three.
INJURY REPORT : Steven Adams (OUT) – Fred VanVleet (OUT)
NBA Prediction Charlotte Hornets vs Houston Rockets
Hornets to score over 106.5 points
This pairs two solid defenses, yes, but both teams bring firepower. Plenty of players who can flip a game: Kevin Durant and Alperen Sengun for Houston, Ball-Miller-Knueppel for Charlotte. Both clubs have lethal scorers. Expect an open-ish game, and Charlotte should clear 107 points without breaking a sweat — they’ve done it in three of their last four.
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