Continuation of the NBA’s longest losing streak?
The home team has a must-win game ahead of them against the basketball players from “Circle City.” The visitors are traveling as the last-place team in the Eastern Conference and have won only one of 17 games on the road!
Of course, the hosts are the favorites going into the game, given the Pacers’ indisputable away performances. This is also supported by the fact that the basketball players from “Buzz City” have won seven of their 13 games this season in front of their own fans.
For the game between the Charlotte Hornets and Indiana Pacers, our prediction is for more than 18.5 points by Kon Knueppel for the home team. The guard was picked fourth in the last draft by the Hornets, and the choice has paid off – the youngster is averaging 19.3 points!
This is a remarkable achievement for a rookie, and he is currently playing with particular accuracy: Knueppel has topped his season scoring average in more than half (7) of the last twelve games.
In addition, we believe the odds for more than 118.5 points by the hosts are favorable in the Hornets vs. Pacers game. Indiana has recently slipped again defensively in away games, conceding at least 126 points in four of their last five games on the road!
Charlotte Hornets – Indiana Pacers Head-to-head comparison / H2H statistics
Charlotte lost their last head-to-head matchup against Indiana in November 2025, 118-127 at the Pacers. Thanks to that win, the visitors are now unbeaten in their last two matchups against the Hornets. However, both victories came on their home court.
Away from home, the Pacers have only won one of their last four games against the Hornets. The odds for the upcoming match between the Charlotte Hornets and Indiana Pacers are once again pointing towards a home win. They are available at Betano.
Charlotte Hornets – Indiana Pacers Tip
Kon Knueppel is positioning himself better and better in the race for the “Rookie of the Year” title – even though the competition is very strong this year with other strong newcomers such as Cooper Flagg from the Dallas Mavericks. The guard has been playing consistently since the start of the season and has quickly acclimatized to the NBA level.
Knueppel has even stepped up his game recently: looking back at the first four games of the year, he averaged 19.5 points, and the upcoming opponent, currently bottom of the Eastern Conference, seems ideally suited for him to achieve another high scoring rate.
The visiting team is also in particularly poor form at the moment: they have lost 13 games in a row – currently the longest streak of its kind in the NBA! In view of this, the Charlotte Hornets vs. Indiana Pacers betting odds of more than 18.5 points by the Milwaukee-born basketball player are worth recommending.
The prediction is underpinned by his already very convincing performance in the only game against Indiana this season. In that game in November last year, he sank 11 of his 20 attempts from the field and delivered his third-best haul of three-pointers this season with five. Thanks to this accuracy, Knueppel had racked up a whopping 28 points by the final buzzer!
