Washington Wizards vs Charlotte Hornets Prediction: will the Hornets get revenge?

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on December 27. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Wizards played two previous games away and lost both times with double-digit score differences. First, the team failed at the Fiserv Forum against Milwaukee, the winner of the second NBA Cup in history, 101:112. Then Washington did not resist the leader of the Western Conference Oklahoma - 105:123.

Recall that Washington almost from the very beginning of the championship booked the last place in the Eastern Conference, which is still occupied. The Wizards have only four wins in 27 league games and are currently 1.5 wins behind even the penultimate place in the East. In addition, note that Washington has the worst defense this season - 122.2 points allowed per game on average.

The Hornets are a tougher team than Washington, but Charlotte is only slightly more successful. The reason is injuries to their leaders, which have been haunting Charles Lee's team for the entire championship. However, now the situation is changing, and at the moment only Brandon Miller and Grant Williams are out of the game, who is missing this season.

In the previous game, Charlotte failed at home against Houston (101:114), suffering their fifth consecutive defeat, and 13th in the stretch of the last 14 games. The Hornets have a 7-22 overall win-loss record. Only Washington and Toronto are ahead of the Hornets in the East standings.

Charlotte has far from the best offense this season, but it seems that it is in the match with Washington that the Hornets are able to improve their performance in this regard. After all, the Wizards have the worst defense in the current championship. We'll bet on high efficiency, which also stems from the rivals' face-to-face rivalry in recent seasons, and we'll also take Washington on the plus side. The class of the teams does not differ so much to consider the Hornets playing away as a favorite.