Are the Charlotte Hornets good? Someone needs to ask.
They have a worse winning percentage than the Memphis Grizzlies, but a better point differential, better postseason hopes, and also the best net rating in the NBA recently.
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Charlotte might be good. My Hornets vs. Grizzlies predictions and NBA picks for Wednesday, January 28 certainly consider it.
Hornets vs Grizzlies prediction
Hornets vs Grizzlies best bet: Hornets -2 (-110)
As shocking as this is, the Charlotte Hornets may be playing better than anyone else in the NBA these days. The Hornets have the No. 1 net rating in the NBA over the last 10 games, +13.7 a full two points better per 100 possessions than No. 2.
Credit Charlotte’s offense, ranking No. 1 in rating at 122.9 in that stretch, and it should feast against the Memphis Grizzlies’ struggling defense.
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The Grizzlies’ defense falling off is an indictment on plenty of things there.
Losing Desmond Bane hurt. Overall locker room frustrations do not help. And thus, that defense has rated No. 19 in the last 10 games, giving up 114.6 points per 100 possessions.
Look at it this way; that is five points worse than Charlotte’s defense in the same stretch.
Hornets vs Grizzlies same-game parlay
Memphis’s defense has become a genuine liability, part of the Grizzlies cashing four Overs in their last five games. But doubt in LaMelo Ball still makes sense given his decreased workload in recent weeks.
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He has fallen short of this modest prop in four of his last six games.
Hornets vs Grizzlies SGP
LaMelo Ball Under 21.5 points + rebounds
Our “from downtown” SGP: Bridges wastes no time
As much as Ball wants to be traded, Miles Bridges is that likely to be traded. He has thus been showcased a bit more lately.
Hornets vs Grizzlies SGP
LaMelo Ball Under 21.5 points + rebounds
Miles Bridges Over 3.5 points 1Q
Hornets vs Grizzlies odds
Spread: Hornets -2 | Grizzlies +2
Moneyline: Hornets -135 | Grizzlies +115
Over/Under: Over 230.5 | Under 230.5
Hornets vs Grizzlies betting trend to know
The Grizzlies are spiraling. They have lost three straight games outright, including two as favorites, and are just 2-6 outright in their last eight. Find more NBA betting trends for Hornets vs. Grizzlies.
How to watch Hornets vs Grizzlies
Location
FedExForum, Memphis, TN
Date
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Tip-off
8:00 p.m. ET
TV
FDSN-Charlotte, FDSN-Memphis
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