Feb 8, 2021 - Houston Rockets at Charlotte Hornets

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2/8/2021 Charlotte v. Houston Game Preview

	Houston Rockets	(5-9, 2-5 away)
	Charlotte Hornets	(6-9, 3-4 home)

February 8, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Spectrum Center
Charlotte, North Carolina

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Season Series

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Feb 8, 2021	Houston	Charlotte	-	-	Regular Season	Spectrum Center

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Houston	14	48.4	39.5	86.9	.454	13.1	37.6	.350	17.0	22.9	.744	16.0	20.4	8.4	34.9	43.4	22.8	7.9	6.6	109.1
Charlotte	15	48.0	39.2	87.5	.448	12.7	35.5	.358	16.7	22.6	.737	15.6	18.6	11.0	33.7	44.7	28.3	9.1	5.3	107.8
HOU Opponents	14	48.4	41.0	90.4	.454	11.9	32.5	.367	17.7	23.5	.754	14.9	20.4	11.1	36.7	47.9	22.7	8.4	6.4	111.6
CHA Opponents	15	48.0	39.9	88.1	.452	14.0	40.6	.345	15.4	21.0	.733	16.4	19.5	11.5	35.6	47.1	28.3	8.5	5.6	109.1

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Mar 7, 2020	Houston	Charlotte	99 - 108	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Feb 4, 2020	Charlotte	Houston	110 - 125	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Mar 11, 2019	Charlotte	Houston	106 - 118	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Feb 27, 2019	Houston	Charlotte	118 - 113	Houston	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Dec 13, 2017	Charlotte	Houston	96 - 108	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Oct 27, 2017	Houston	Charlotte	109 - 93	Houston	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Feb 9, 2017	Houston	Charlotte	107 - 95	Houston	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Jan 10, 2017	Charlotte	Houston	114 - 121	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Mar 12, 2016	Houston	Charlotte	109 - 125	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Dec 21, 2015	Charlotte	Houston	95 - 102	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Apr 13, 2015	Houston	Charlotte	100 - 90	Houston	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Dec 31, 2014	Charlotte	Houston	83 - 102	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Mar 24, 2014	Houston	Charlotte	100 - 89	Houston	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Oct 30, 2013	Charlotte	Houston	83 - 96	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Feb 2, 2013	Charlotte	Houston	95 - 109	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Jan 21, 2013	Houston	Charlotte	100 - 94	Houston	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Mar 14, 2012	Charlotte	Houston	87 - 107	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Jan 10, 2012	Houston	Charlotte	82 - 70	Houston	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Mar 16, 2011	Charlotte	Houston	78 - 94	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Nov 26, 2010	Houston	Charlotte	89 - 99	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Apr 9, 2010	Charlotte	Houston	90 - 97	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Jan 12, 2010	Houston	Charlotte	94 - 102	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Mar 13, 2009	Houston	Charlotte	91 - 86	Houston	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Feb 22, 2009	Charlotte	Houston	78 - 99	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Mar 14, 2008	Charlotte	Houston	80 - 89	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Nov 11, 2007	Houston	Charlotte	85 - 82	Houston	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Feb 10, 2007	Charlotte	Houston	83 - 104	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Dec 8, 2006	Houston	Charlotte	92 - 62	Houston	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Jan 25, 2006	Charlotte	Houston	78 - 102	Houston	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Jan 10, 2006	Houston	Charlotte	106 - 111	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Dec 22, 2004	Charlotte	Houston	90 - 87	Charlotte	Regular Season	Toyota Center
Dec 18, 2004	Houston	Charlotte	100 - 101	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Feb 1, 2002	Charlotte	Houston	73 - 72	Charlotte	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Jan 26, 2002	Houston	Charlotte	111 - 104	Houston	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Jan 27, 2001	Houston	Charlotte	110 - 97	Houston	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Nov 16, 2000	Charlotte	Houston	80 - 84	Houston	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Feb 22, 2000	Houston	Charlotte	97 - 102	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Feb 1, 2000	Charlotte	Houston	83 - 99	Houston	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Jan 22, 1998	Houston	Charlotte	86 - 93	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 29, 1997	Charlotte	Houston	120 - 101	Charlotte	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Feb 27, 1997	Charlotte	Houston	106 - 95	Charlotte	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Jan 21, 1997	Houston	Charlotte	108 - 114	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Feb 1, 1996	Houston	Charlotte	116 - 111	Houston	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 2, 1995	Charlotte	Houston	98 - 113	Houston	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Feb 16, 1995	Houston	Charlotte	105 - 89	Houston	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 8, 1994	Charlotte	Houston	95 - 101	Houston	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Feb 16, 1994	Houston	Charlotte	97 - 102	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 7, 1993	Charlotte	Houston	102 - 121	Houston	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Mar 23, 1993	Houston	Charlotte	111 - 103	Houston	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Jan 14, 1993	Charlotte	Houston	102 - 114	Houston	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Mar 13, 1992	Charlotte	Houston	100 - 118	Houston	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Dec 20, 1991	Houston	Charlotte	99 - 95	Houston	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 15, 1990	Houston	Charlotte	100 - 97	Houston	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 6, 1990	Charlotte	Houston	110 - 116	Houston	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Apr 12, 1990	Charlotte	Houston	110 - 117	Houston	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Apr 10, 1990	Houston	Charlotte	115 - 112	Houston	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 30, 1989	Houston	Charlotte	92 - 111	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Nov 30, 1989	Charlotte	Houston	101 - 113	Houston	Regular Season	Compaq Center
Nov 24, 1989	Houston	Charlotte	85 - 81	Houston	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 26, 1988	Houston	Charlotte	97 - 95	Houston	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 3, 1988	Charlotte	Houston	104 - 108	Houston	Regular Season	Compaq Center

2020-2021 Houston Rockets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	J. Wall	V. Oladipo	D. Nwaba	P. Tucker	C. Wood
Rotation		E. Gordon	D. House	J. Tate	D. Cousins
Rotation		B. McLemore	S. Brown	R. Kurucs
Rotation		M. Jones
Lim PT	D. Exum	B. Thomas	K. Porter, Jr.	K. Martin

2020-2021 Charlotte Hornets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Rozier	D. Graham	G. Hayward	P. Washington	B. Biyombo
Rotation	L. Ball		C. Martin	M. Bridges	C. Zeller
Rotation			C. Martin
Lim PT		M. Monk		J. McDaniels	N. Richards
Lim PT		G. Riller		V. Carey, Jr.
Lim PT		N. Darling

Houston Rockets Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
23	Sterling Brown	G	12	21.0	3.2	6.2	.527	1.8	3.6	.488	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	1.8	0.9	2.5	3.4	1.2	1.0	0.0	8.6
15	DeMarcus Cousins	C	11	15.9	1.9	7.3	.263	0.8	3.5	.237	1.5	2.0	.727	1.7	2.3	1.1	5.6	6.7	2.5	0.5	1.0	6.1
1	Dante Exum	PG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	Eric Gordon	G	10	28.4	5.7	12.8	.445	2.3	7.4	.311	2.6	3.2	.812	1.5	1.6	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.0	0.7	0.6	16.3
4	Danuel House	F	4	32.6	2.5	6.8	.370	0.8	3.8	.200	1.8	2.5	.700	0.2	2.5	0.2	4.2	4.5	2.2	0.2	0.2	7.5
9	Mason Jones	G	8	12.7	2.6	4.9	.538	1.4	2.5	.550	1.0	1.9	.533	1.6	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.2	0.5	0.0	7.6
	Rodions Kurucs	SF	1	21.3	1.0	5.0	.200	0.0	4.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0
6	K.J. Martin	F	6	8.1	1.2	3.0	.389	0.2	0.3	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	0.8	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.7	0.2	0.3	2.5
16	Ben McLemore	SG	8	20.7	3.2	7.6	.426	2.4	5.1	.463	0.5	0.6	.800	1.6	1.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.6	0.6	0.1	9.4
2	David Nwaba	G	13	23.5	3.2	7.2	.441	0.5	2.5	.219	1.3	2.0	.654	0.6	1.9	0.8	2.2	2.9	1.2	1.2	0.8	8.2
7	Victor Oladipo	G	3	32.9	8.0	20.3	.393	2.0	6.7	.300	4.3	5.7	.765	3.7	3.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	6.0	2.0	0.7	22.3
	Kevin Porter, Jr.	SF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	Jae'sean Tate	F	14	26.6	3.4	6.8	.505	0.7	2.0	.357	1.3	1.9	.667	1.3	3.1	1.2	3.2	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.9	8.9
33	Brodric Thomas	G	3	6.3	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	1.3	.000	1.0	1.7	.600	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.7
17	P.J. Tucker	SF	14	31.7	2.0	4.2	.475	1.3	2.8	.462	0.6	0.8	.818	1.4	3.4	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.4	1.0	0.9	5.9
1	John Wall	PG	7	33.9	7.0	15.4	.454	1.4	4.4	.323	3.1	3.7	.846	3.4	1.3	0.7	4.0	4.7	5.1	1.3	1.0	18.6
35	Christian Wood	PF	12	33.6	9.3	17.7	.528	1.8	4.8	.362	3.1	4.6	.673	2.0	2.2	2.1	8.7	10.8	1.4	0.8	1.8	23.5

Charlotte Hornets Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2	LaMelo Ball	G	15	24.6	4.3	10.7	.404	1.5	4.5	.324	1.3	1.9	.690	2.3	2.5	1.7	4.7	6.4	5.9	1.5	0.3	11.5
8	Bismack Biyombo	PF	15	27.0	3.1	5.6	.560	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	2.5	.474	1.2	2.7	2.7	4.7	7.5	1.8	0.2	1.4	7.5
0	Miles Bridges	SF	15	25.5	3.2	7.1	.449	1.3	3.3	.408	1.1	1.1	.941	1.9	2.3	1.1	4.1	5.2	1.9	0.7	0.9	8.8
22	Vernon Carey, Jr.	PF	3	2.1	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0
30	Nate Darling	SG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Devonte' Graham	PG	15	33.8	4.3	13.1	.332	2.7	8.1	.331	1.9	2.6	.744	1.2	1.5	0.6	2.7	3.3	6.4	1.5	0.0	13.3
20	Gordon Hayward	GF	14	34.7	8.3	16.5	.502	2.1	5.1	.403	4.4	4.9	.912	2.1	2.0	0.6	4.6	5.1	3.7	1.3	0.4	23.1
10	Caleb Martin	F	14	15.4	2.5	5.5	.455	0.6	2.1	.267	0.7	1.2	.588	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.9	2.7	1.4	1.0	0.3	6.3
11	Cody Martin	F	11	11.4	1.4	2.5	.536	0.2	0.9	.200	0.5	0.7	.750	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.5	2.3	1.3	0.5	0.0	3.5
6	Jalen McDaniels	PF	9	9.3	1.4	2.8	.520	0.2	0.7	.333	0.8	1.2	.636	0.9	1.4	0.3	1.8	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.0	3.9
1	Malik Monk	SG	4	9.5	0.8	2.0	.375	0.8	1.8	.429	1.0	1.5	.667	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.5	0.0	0.0	3.2
14	Nick Richards	C	4	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.5	.500	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2
7	Grant Riller	SG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Terry Rozier	G	15	33.5	6.9	14.6	.470	3.2	7.5	.429	2.3	3.0	.778	1.9	2.1	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.9	1.5	0.5	19.3
25	P.J. Washington	PF	15	29.2	4.7	10.8	.432	1.1	3.5	.321	2.7	3.6	.741	2.1	3.1	1.8	5.1	6.9	2.9	0.9	1.4	13.1
40	Cody Zeller	F	2	14.9	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	1.5	.000	0.5	1.5	.333	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	5.5

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