Hornets with a duty against OKC!

The Charlotte Hornets welcome Oklahoma City Thunder to the Spectrum Center on 22/01/2022 starting at 01:00. The home side have been waiting for their next home win against OKC for more than five years and four attempts.

In contrast, the Hornets have been very strong at home so far this season, winning two-thirds of their 18 home games! Only the Bulls and Miami top that tally in the Eastern Conference.

Charlotte Hornets – Statistics & current form

The Hornets are one of the most offensively potent teams in the NBA. In the corresponding rating, no less than the fourth place after Atlanta, Utah and Chicago is taken. At the same time, however, the defensive work has room for improvement, as Charlotte is only ranked fifth-last in the league-wide comparison.

For this reason, the games of the hosts are usually very high-paced in terms of results: Almost 229 points are scored on average in the Hornets’ games!

For the opponents, Charlotte’s flexibility in the forward play is particularly unpleasant: The squad features as many as five players with more than an average of 16 points. Miles Bridges in particular has been in good form lately.

On MLK Day, the small forward contributed 38 points in New York’s win over the Knicks and set a career best with that output!

Oklahoma City Thunder – Statistics & current form

Oklahoma, on the other hand, wins only about 27 percent of its games away from home. In general, the season has been disappointing from the visitors’ point of view. As the second-to-last team in the West, the prospects of reaching the postseason are poor. One reason for the poor situation in the table is the lack of efficiency in forward play.

No team is behind Oklahoma in the NBA’s offensive rating! But Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is exempt from this criticism. The point guard delivers an average of 22.5 points per game and is clearly the best scorer of the 1979 champions.

However, even his consistently good performances can’t change the assessment of a weak offensive performance on the part of head coach Mark Daigneault’s squad.

Charlotte Hornets – Oklahoma City Thunder Tip

For the game between the Charlotte Hornets and Oklahoma City Thunder, the forecast includes a home win with at least a ten-point difference. The home side have been stable of late, winning seven of their last ten games.

In addition, they can rely on the home bonus, while the guests are weak away from home. OKC also travels to the West in second-to-last place in the standings and has been disappointing on the offensive end. No team in the NBA has a lower rating.

Bet365 offers odds of 1.90 on the Hornets and OKC to win the match.