Wizards vs. Hornets Preview: Wizards Host Hornets for Home Opener

Wizards host the Hornets for the first home game of the 2025-26 season.

The Washington Wizards come home to face the Hornets in first home game of the season.

How to watch: Monumental Sports Network, League Pass

Coming off a huge win on Friday night, the Wizards look to bring some more momentum home as they face their division foe, the Charlotte Hornets, in a Sunday evening showdown.

The Hornets won their first game of the season over the Brooklyn Nets. The Wizards have been a tough opponent for the Hornets over the past few years. Just last season, the Wizards swept the season series. The Hornets, like the Wizards, are trying to find their identity and develop a young core to carry them into the future. Players like Brandon Miller and Kon Knueppel will be players to watch for, to go along with their former All-Star guard, LaMelo Ball.

For the Wizards, Friday’s game had a few ups and downs, but perhaps the biggest outcome was the play of Kyshawn George, who has been the team’s leading scorer thus far this season. He came up big on both ends on Friday. The Wizards will need a little more help from some of their veterans like CJ McCollum and Khris Middleton, as they both have been up and down to start the season. Perhaps this is an opportunity to continue to see the maturation of the Wizards’ young core, but if they have aspiration of making a leap this season, McCollum and Middleton will still be key parts of leading this young team.

Let’s see if the Wizards can build off of the moment from Friday night and beat a team that they are slightly favored to beat, in the Hornets.

Wizards will open the season Wednesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks, in Milwaukee.

The Vegas Summer League comes to an end this weekend.

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