{"id":172335,"date":"2026-02-20T03:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/172335\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T03:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:00:34","slug":"houston-rockets-vs-charlotte-hornets-stream-lineups-injury-reports-broadcast-2-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/172335\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Rockets vs. Charlotte Hornets: Stream, lineups, injury reports, broadcast (2\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NBA All-Star break is firmly in the rearview mirror. That means the Houston Rockets<\/a> are officially in the home stretch of their season, and they’ll play their first game in more than a week versus a red-hot Charlotte Hornets<\/a> team.<\/p>\n

Behind a dynamic offensive attack, Charlotte has been one of the NBA’s biggest positive surprise this season. A team that was projected to once again be among the league’s bottom-feeders finds itself in the thick of the playoff race in the Eastern Conference. Consequently, expect the Rockets to come up short of a win on Thursday on the road.<\/p>\n

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Records, standing, and streaks\"Feb<\/p>\n

Feb 11, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant (7) reacts to his basket against the Los Angeles Clippers in the second half at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

At present, the Rockets have a 33-20 record, which puts them in the Western Conference standings’ fourth-place slot.<\/p>\n

The Hornets are the owners of a 26-29 record, good enough for ninth in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n

What happened in the last game for each team?\"Feb<\/p>\n

Feb 10, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun (28) talks with guard Reed Sheppard (15) after a play during the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Clippers at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Houston lost to the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> (105-102) at home.<\/p>\n

Charlotte beat the Atlanta Hawks (110-107) at home.<\/p>\n

Injuries\"Feb<\/p>\n

Feb 5, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun (28) on the bench during a timeout against the Charlotte Hornets during the third quarter at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Erik Williams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

For Charlotte, Miles Bridges (league suspension) is out, Moussa Diabete (league suspension) is out, Liam McNeeley (left ankle sprain) is out and Coby White (left calf strain) is out.<\/p>\n

For Houston, Fred VanVleet (ACL repair) is out and Steven Adams (left ankle surgery) is out.<\/p>\n

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Probable starting lineups – Houston\"Feb<\/p>\n

Feb 7, 2026; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason (17) drives to the basket as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Isaiah Joe (11) defends during the second half at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Probable starting lineups – Charlotte\"Dec<\/p>\n

Dec 23, 2024; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Houston Rockets guard forward Amen Thompson (1) looks to pass through the defense of Charlotte Hornets LaMelo Ball (1) during the second half at the Spectrum Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Sharpe-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Here’s when you should tune in to see the game:<\/p>\n

TV Channel: Space City Home Network<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Rockets Wire: Rockets vs. Hornets: Stream, lineups, injury reports and more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA All-Star break is firmly in the rearview mirror. That means the Houston Rockets are officially in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[32749,6372,6387,61051,6383,52028,16668,6381,26180,56,58,57,4854,9641,4846,16027,61050,68580,9099,61049,16029,9617,6380],"class_list":{"0":"post-172335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-alperen-sengun","9":"tag-amen-thompson","10":"tag-atlanta-hawks","11":"tag-brandon-miller","12":"tag-charlotte-hornets","13":"tag-coby-white","14":"tag-eastern-conference","15":"tag-fred-vanvleet","16":"tag-grant-williams","17":"tag-houston","18":"tag-houston-headlines","19":"tag-houston-news","20":"tag-houston-rockets","21":"tag-jabari-smith-jr","22":"tag-kevin-durant","23":"tag-kon-knueppel","24":"tag-lamelo-ball","25":"tag-liam-mcneeley","26":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","27":"tag-miles-bridges","28":"tag-ryan-kalkbrenner","29":"tag-steven-adams","30":"tag-tari-eason"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}