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Philadelphia 76ers (40-33, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Charlotte Hornets<\/a> (39-34, ninth in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Charlotte, North Carolina; Saturday, 6 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte will try to keep its five-game home win streak alive when the Hornets face Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

The Hornets are 23-22 against Eastern Conference opponents. Charlotte has a 3-6 record in games decided by less than 4 points.<\/p>\n

The 76ers have gone 23-23 against Eastern Conference opponents. Philadelphia ranks ninth in the Eastern Conference giving up just 116.5 points while holding opponents to 47.0% shooting.<\/p>\n

The Hornets average 16.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.9 more made shots on average than the 13.4 per game the 76ers give up. The 76ers are shooting 46.1% from the field, 0.6% lower than the 46.7% the Hornets’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

The teams square off for the third time this season. In the last matchup on Jan. 26 the Hornets won 130-93 led by 30 points from Brandon Miller<\/a>, while Kelly Oubre Jr.<\/a> scored 17 points for the 76ers.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: LaMelo Ball is averaging 19.7 points and 7.1 assists for the Hornets. Kon Knueppel<\/a> is averaging 18.9 points and 3.8 assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Joel Embiid<\/a> is shooting 50.1% and averaging 26.9 points for the 76ers. Cameron Payne<\/a> is averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Hornets: 7-3, averaging 117.9 points, 45.9 rebounds, 26.1 assists, 7.2 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 46.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 107.5 points per game.<\/p>\n

76ers: 6-4, averaging 118.3 points, 45.1 rebounds, 25.8 assists, 9.2 steals and 6.9 blocks per game while shooting 47.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 119.3 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Hornets: Liam McNeeley<\/a>: day to day (illness), Tidjane Salaun: day to day (calf).<\/p>\n

76ers: Tyrese Maxey: out (finger), Johni Broome: out (knee), Joel Embiid: day to day (oblique), Kelly Oubre Jr.: out (elbow).<\/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":"Philadelphia 76ers (40-33, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Charlotte Hornets (39-34, ninth in the Eastern Conference) Charlotte,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,970,4987,473,78812,936,6462,968,921,1407,6,678,207,3817],"class_list":["post-681686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-76ers","tag-76ers","tag-basketball","tag-brandon-miller","tag-cameron-payne","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-event_preview","tag-joel-embiid","tag-kelly-oubre-jr","tag-kon-knueppel","tag-liam-mcneeley","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-nba","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia76ers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116300120474958857","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681686","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=681686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}