Hornets vs Celtics: Playoff Dress Rehearsal

0:00On April 7th, tonight the Charlotte Hornets head to Boston to face the Celtics in game 80 of the regular season. Hornets at 43 and 36, 22 and 17 on the road. Celtics 53 and 25, 27 and 11 at home. Tip off at 8 p.m. Eastern from TD Garden, live on NBC and Peacock. Hornets are plus 5 and a half. Moneyline plus 185. Over under 2, 19.5, injuries light for Boston. They're at full strength with no one out. Hornets have Kobe White probable with a growing issue and PJ Hall sidelined by an ankle tweak. This matchup feels like a playoff dress rehearsal for Charlotte, especially nationally televised like this. Both squads built similar, superstar scores, shooters, glue guys, and high energy bigs crashing the boards. Celtics just more polished and battle tested right now, with Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown dominating in every way. Hornets struggled in their first meeting, ice cold from deep at 12 to 43, but they bounced back hitting around 40% from 3 in the last four games, despite a bumpy one.

1:08A win here catapult Charlotte tied for 7th potentially into 6th at Toronto slips against Miami tonight. Toughest test left, victory sets them soaring into the final stretch and postseason push. Stay locked in with Charlotte Hornets news today, AI powered updates. I'm Corey with the story.