{"id":619460,"date":"2026-02-23T08:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/619460\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:05:17","slug":"charlotte-puts-road-win-streak-on-the-line-against-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/619460\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte puts road win streak on the line against Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlotte Hornets<\/a> (27-31, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls<\/a> (24-34, 12th in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Chicago; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte visits Chicago looking to extend its seven-game road winning streak.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are 16-25 against Eastern Conference opponents. Chicago is second in the Eastern Conference with 34.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Josh Giddey<\/a> averaging 7.0.<\/p>\n

The Hornets are 17-21 in Eastern Conference play. Charlotte averages 14.9 turnovers per game and is 6-8 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.<\/p>\n

The Bulls score 116.1 points per game, 2.4 more points than the 113.7 the Hornets give up. The Hornets are shooting 45.9% from the field, 1.9% lower than the 47.8% the Bulls’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

The teams square off for the fourth time this season. The Hornets won the last matchup 112-99 on Jan. 4, with Miles Bridges<\/a> scoring 26 points in the victory.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Giddey is shooting 45.7% and averaging 18.1 points for the Bulls. Matas Buzelis<\/a> is averaging 15.1 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Kon Knueppel<\/a> is averaging 19.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists for the Hornets. LaMelo Ball is averaging 21.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 6.5 assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Bulls: 1-9, averaging 108.8 points, 42.1 rebounds, 25.1 assists, 8.6 steals and 6.2 blocks per game while shooting 43.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 123.0 points per game.<\/p>\n

Hornets: 7-3, averaging 112.8 points, 48.3 rebounds, 24.7 assists, 6.6 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 43.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.2 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Bulls: Anfernee Simons: out (wrist), Noa Essengue: out for season (shoulder), Jaden Ivey: out (knee), Zach Collins<\/a>: out for season (toe).<\/p>\n

Hornets: Coby White: out (calf), Liam McNeeley<\/a>: out (ankle).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charlotte Hornets (27-31, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (24-34, 12th in the Eastern Conference) Chicago;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[7,684,473,3878,329,78812,685,965,968,921,973,10510,1407,6,4104],"class_list":{"0":"post-619460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-charlotte","10":"tag-charlotte-hornets","11":"tag-charlottehornets","12":"tag-chicago-bulls","13":"tag-event_preview","14":"tag-hornets","15":"tag-josh-giddey","16":"tag-kon-knueppel","17":"tag-liam-mcneeley","18":"tag-matas-buzelis","19":"tag-miles-bridges","20":"tag-national-basketball-association","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-zach-collins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116118914968043135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}