First win of the season for the Nets?
The guests from Brooklyn travel as a still winless team, but the performances in the first two games against Dallas and Cleveland were right. Against the two top teams in the Eastern Conference, the franchise from the East Coast suffered only narrow defeats.
Which Charlotte Hornets vs. Brooklyn Nets tip does the betting base have ready now? The hosts will already look forward to the encounter with mixed feelings. The past four duels against the New Yorkers were all lost for them!
Charlotte Hornets – statistics & current form
Charlotte remains a problem child of the NBA. Thus, at the beginning of the season again missing several players and the reasons are varied. Guard Frank Ntilikina, who suffered a fractured tibia in the preseason match against Boston, is currently unable to play for the team from the Spectrum Center.
In addition, Miles Bridges, who would otherwise be set on the wings in the starting five, continues to be suspended. As good as he is on the court, he is unfortunately absurd in his private life, where he had to answer for domestic violence.
As a result, he is serving a 30-game suspension and still has ten games of this sanction to go in the new season. Possibly it becomes however still more. Recently Bridges violated his probation, so the suspension could grow again.
Miller is second pick
Hopefully more encouraging is the development of Brandon Miller, who the Hornets picked second in last year’s draft. The forward had some scoring issues in the preseason, but impressed in his NBA debut.
Against the Hawks, more than half of his attempts from the field found their target and especially the threes looked good. Almost 43 percent of his seven throws from downtown were successful! In addition, Terry Rozier is stable on the road.
Form-strong Rozier over 20 points?
So far he recorded at least 20 points in the two games against Detroit as well as Atlanta and averaged as much as 22 points. In light of that, when comparing the Hornets and Nets, the prediction of more than 20.5 points by him seems additionally promising.
Brooklyn Nets – statistics & current form
Brooklyn has returned to calm: After the turbulent years around the now departed superstars Kevin Durant and James Harden, the glamor is admittedly gone, but possibly also the constant escapades that often accompanied the team in the recent past.
Instead, the focus should now be more on the sporting events in New York. The start against the Cleveland Cavaliers was already promising. Against the franchise from Ohio, which can be counted among the top teams in the Eastern Conference, the Nets only conceded a razor-thin 113-114 defeat.
Thomas scores at will
Special Cam Thomas was unstoppable in the opener. The shooting guard recorded a fabulous 36 points in just 25 minutes of play against the Cavs. He confirmed this gala in the second game of the season against Dallas. Once again, he was his team’s top scorer with 30 points!
His recent contract extension with the Nets has obviously given him a further boost, and it is to be expected that the number of minutes he plays will increase noticeably compared to the previous season. In general, the Nets’ bench looked good against Cleveland.
With Finney-Smith and Smith Jr. two more players of the second guard could be discovered, who scored in double figures. Overall, the guests operated offensively strong in both season games and recorded at least 113 points.
Does the Nets offense also convince in the Spectrum Center?
In view of this and the recent convincing performances despite two losses, betting on more than 113.5 points by the Charlotte Hornets and Brooklyn Nets is also worth considering.
Furthermore, the Nets will rely on their away strength. Last season they had a positive record with 22 wins and 19 losses. Only four other teams from the Eastern Conference managed to do the same.
Charlotte Hornets – Brooklyn Nets Head-to-head comparison / H2H record
The last direct duel went over last March and ended with a 102:86 victory of Brooklyn. Thanks to the victory, the guests, as mentioned at the beginning, have a series of four victories in this pairing!
Charlotte Hornets – Brooklyn Nets tip
For the game of the Charlotte Hornets against the Brooklyn Nets, the tip aims for an away win. The guests acted strong away from home last season. The prediction is supported by the home weakness of the home side. Only the team from Detroit recorded fewer home victories than the Hornets (13-28) in the past season.
The hosts are also shorthanded and have already lost their last four meetings with the Nets. In contrast, the guests are still winless, but the performances in the losses against Cleveland and Dallas were nevertheless appealing and now the opponent is noticeably easier compared to these two teams.
