The Charlotte Hornets’ injury list is about as long as my Christmas list from 2005, which means, on paper, they’re running out of room. With LaMelo Ball, Tre Mann, Nick Richards, Mark Williams, Miles Bridges and several others out, the Hornets will rely on their reserves to play a competitive game against the New York Knicks.

A few moments ago both teams released their starting lineups for today’s game.

G Vasilije Micic

G Brandon Miller

G Josh Green

F Tidjane Salaun

F Moussa Diabate

G Jalen Brunson

G Mikal Bridges

F Josh Hart

F OG Anunoby

C Karl Anthony Towns

“We’re just smart about getting the guys mentally prepared for a game. Obviously you’ve scouted the team and have all this information you want to share with them, but basically there’s no shootout and you’ve just had a vacation, so we don’t want that to flood their minds. At the end of the day, we want to give them the appropriate amount of information and then all they have to do is go out and compete, be together and try to use some of that end-of-game momentum that I thought we had they are had last game. We’ve come out of the last few games with this phenomenal defensive mentality and we need to keep that going.”

The Hornets and Knicks kick off at 12 p.m. EST. The game can be streamed live on FanDuel Sports Network Southeast.

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