{"id":193142,"date":"2026-04-11T06:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193142\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T06:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:50:08","slug":"new-york-faces-charlotte-looks-for-8th-straight-home-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193142\/","title":{"rendered":"New York faces Charlotte, looks for 8th straight home win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlotte Hornets<\/a> (43-38, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks<\/a> (53-28, third in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

New York; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Hornets -8.5; over\/under is 215.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: New York will try to keep its seven-game home win streak intact when the Knicks face Charlotte.<\/p>\n

The Knicks have gone 35-16 against Eastern Conference opponents. New York ranks third in the Eastern Conference at limiting opponent scoring, allowing just 110.1 points while holding opponents to 46.0% shooting.<\/p>\n

The Hornets have gone 25-26 against Eastern Conference opponents. Charlotte is eighth in the NBA<\/a> with 33.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Moussa Diabate<\/a> averaging 5.0.<\/p>\n

The Knicks average 14.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.5 more made shots on average than the 12.8 per game the Hornets give up. The Hornets average 16.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.5 more made shots on average than the 13.8 per game the Knicks give up.<\/p>\n

The two teams match up for the fourth time this season. The Hornets defeated the Knicks 114-103 in their last meeting on March 26. Kon Knueppel<\/a> led the Hornets with 26 points, and Jalen Brunson<\/a> led the Knicks with 26 points.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Brunson is averaging 26 points and 6.8 assists for the Knicks. Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> is averaging 17.6 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LaMelo Ball is averaging 20.1 points and 7.2 assists for the Hornets. Brandon Miller<\/a> is averaging 18.9 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Knicks: 7-3, averaging 116.1 points, 41.2 rebounds, 27.6 assists, 7.8 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 51.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.6 points per game.<\/p>\n

Hornets: 6-4, averaging 115.8 points, 45.9 rebounds, 25.4 assists, 6.3 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 106.5 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Knicks: Tyler Kolek: out (oblique), OG Anunoby: day to day (ankle), Miles McBride<\/a>: out (injury management), Mitchell Robinson<\/a>: out (ankle).<\/p>\n

Hornets: PJ Hall: 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 (43-38, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (53-28, third in the Eastern Conference)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72486,6425,54398,4777,1555,70962,4779,1557,72485,4568,9,11,1104,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-193142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-brandon-miller","9":"tag-charlotte-hornets","10":"tag-event_preview","11":"tag-jalen-brunson","12":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","13":"tag-kon-knueppel","14":"tag-miles-mcbride","15":"tag-mitchell-robinson","16":"tag-moussa-diabate","17":"tag-national-basketball-association","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-headlines","20":"tag-new-york-knicks","21":"tag-new-york-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}