There was a packed house at Spectrum Center in uptown Wednesday night as Charlotte begins its 2025-26 season in the win column.

Injury Report For the Charlotte Hornets, the injury report is: OUT: Josh Green (right shoulder surgery) and Grant Williams (right knee surgery) For the Brookly

The Brooklyn Nets and Charlotte Hornets meet in Charlotte, North Carolina, Wednesday for both team's season openers at 7 p.m. ET.

The Charlotte Hornets have never played winning basketball with LaMelo Ball on the roster, and that needs to change.

We all had the teal and purple Hornets swag in the Charlotte area, which makes sense. So how did it become a nationwide trend in the 1990s?

The Home Opener will be produced by FanDuel Sports Network with coverage starting at 6:30 p.m. with the Hornets LIVE pregame show.

The Hornets are looking to shake off a 19-63 season in 2025, the franchise's worst since its infamous 7-59 disaster in the lockout-shortened 2012 season. They appeared on the verge of a breakout as recently as 2022 (when they went 43-39 and Ball made the All-Star team), but have slid backward ever since.

The Nets are projected to be one of the worst teams in the NBA this season. They looked the part in Wednesday’s opener.