{"id":595561,"date":"2026-02-10T23:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/595561\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T23:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:46:22","slug":"hornets-fans-excited-for-future-of-team-despite-winning-streak-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/595561\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets fans excited for future of team despite winning streak ending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) &#8211; Monday night\u2019s game between the Charlotte Hornets and the Detroit Pistons had fans talking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">As the Hornets looked to extend their winning streak to 10 games on Monday, Feb. 9 against the Pistons a brawl broke out resulting in four players being ejected. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Fans said despite the brawl during Monday\u2019s game, it\u2019s fun going to games at the Spectrum Center, and they\u2019re hopeful the Hornets keep the momentum going for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Read &#8211;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2026\/02\/10\/4-players-ejected-after-benches-clearing-brawl-charlotte-hornets-game\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2026\/02\/10\/4-players-ejected-after-benches-clearing-brawl-charlotte-hornets-game\/\">4 players ejected after benches-clearing brawl in Charlotte Hornets game<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Its all anyone can talk about in the radio booth at WFNZ.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI think the fact that they were ready for that fight, no pun intended, is encouraging to all the fans,\u201d said Colin Hoggard, the co-host of Charlotte Sports Today<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">For life-long Hornets fans, the buzz around the team is something they\u2019ve been waiting for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201c[It was the] longest line I\u2019ve ever seen to get into the Spectrum Center, which was great,\u201d said Aaron Shropshire with Charlotte Sports Today. \u201cYou know, it\u2019s like, wow, people are really excited about this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe team really needed a spark and needed a boost and a drive coming off nine wins,\u201d said Baryn Spry, the operating partner at <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalcharlotte.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/thelocalcharlotte.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Local.<\/a> \u201cThen showing that, that shows a lot of heart and a lot of passion for the game and that\u2019s really something this team has to have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">While the fight on the court isn\u2019t necessarily what people wanted to see, for people at the game, it showed a passion from the players and coaches they hadn\u2019t seen before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cFor a long time has been a doormat stood up to the number one team in the Eastern Conference said, no, we\u2019re not going to back down,\u201d Hoggard said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cMost people in our section were really just cheering, honestly, because we\u2019ve never seen this type of passion from this team,\u201d Shropshire said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Spry says the team\u2019s hot streak couldn\u2019t have come at a better time. He\u2019s made sure the hive mentality is on full display at The Local in Uptown just steps from the Spectrum Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe Hornets fans have always been good to us, us being that close, us being home of the Crown Club, you know, the Charlotte Hornets fan club. It\u2019s been great to us,\u201d Spry said. \u201cObviously when they\u2019re coming on a nine-game win streak and they\u2019re, you know, flying around getting to the ball and everything, that\u2019s when we really see the uptick in people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Spry said the Hornets\u2019 hot streak combined with the Panthers\u2019 short lived playoff run means big business for the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThat was a huge, huge uptick in business, especially for a dry January month, where usually that\u2019s one of your slowest months out of the year,\u201d Spry said. \u201cThen now with this Hornets going on, I\u2019m expecting that to carry all the way through February and really continue to tick up and get us through winter time and back into the spring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He isn\u2019t the only fan buzzing with excitement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis team feels like something new. Feels like something, like a page is being turned,\u201d Shropshire said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cNone of these guys, these Hornets have played in the game as a Hornet quite like the one that we saw last night, and the fans were there for it and I think the players were too,\u201d Hoggard said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">They hope the fight continues all the way to the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe city needs hope. The city needs hope to come together and really drive our sports fans up,\u201d Spry said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The rematch with Detroit is April 10 and its safe to say it will be the hot ticket in town for all Hornets fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WBTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLOTTE, N.C. 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