Preview/Game Details: Hornets start four game road trip against 76ers – At The Hive

What: Charlotte Hornets (17-50) (8-26 away) at Philadelphia 76ers (36-30) (19-15 home)

When: 7:00pm Eastern

Where: Wells Fargo Center; Philadelphia, PA

How to watch: Bally Sports South, NBA League Pass

Outfitting: Hornets–Association (white), 76ers–City (navy)

Game Lines: Hornets +11.5, O/U 207.5

Injuries:
Hornets: LaMelo Ball-out (ankle), Cody Martin-out (ankle), Seth Curry-out (ankle), Mark Williams-out (back), Bryce McGowens-out (knee)

76ers: Joel Embiid-out (knee), Robert Covington-out (knee), Tobias Harris-questionable (ankle)

The Hornets start a four game road trip against Tyrese Maxey and the former Hornets. The 76ers currently employ four players that spent time on the Hornets roster within the last few years–Nicolas Batum, Kelly Oubre, Kai Jones, and Kyle Lowry (technically). Lowry, Batum, and Oubre are going to get significant minutes, and the Batum/Oubre performances and the reactions will be interesting . Neither was particularly liked by fans as they departed. Kai Jones probably won’t play under normal circumstances, but I’ll be watching to see any interactions with current Hornets players, particularly after the game.

The 76ers are predictably struggling without Joel Embiid at the heart of their lineup. They’ve lost five of their last six games, and their one win was a 79-73 barnburner with the New York Knicks. The only team that’s been worse offensively in their last six games is the Charlotte Hornets. Welp.

Maxey and Oubre have been taking the biggest chunk of the 76ers shots in that six game stretch while Tobias Harris has somehow managed to still be the third banana. Maxey is the only one that’s actually scoring the ball with any efficiency though. Buddy Hield is making threes off the bench like he does.

The Hornets just need to make it through this road trip before they get some welcome respite at home. They haven’t played consecutive games at home since before the all star break. That’s 17 games without any back to back home games. Only four of those have been at home.