Hornets Vs Pacers: Pacers vs. Hornets Prediction, Odds, Picks for Feb. 26
The Indiana Pacers and Charlotte Hornets meet Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 7 p. m. ET in a game that the market lists as hornets vs pacers with Charlotte installed as a heavy favorite. The matchup pairs the Pacers (15-44) and the Hornets (28-31) with a point total of 229. 5 and a spread that heavily favors Charlotte.
Hornets Vs Pacers Betting Lines
The Indiana Pacers are heavy underdogs by 13 points as they try to break a four-game home losing streak while hosting the Charlotte Hornets. FanDuel Sportsbook provides the NBA betting lines, odds and prop bets for this game. The listed point total is 229. 5.
Game basics and betting notes
All NBA win probability predictions and picks in the available coverage come from numberFire, which projects a Hornets win with a 71. 4% probability. One identified best bet for the game is Hornets -13 at -110. The market context is notable: both teams have combined to reach totals of 230 or more in each of their last three games.
Pacers recent struggles and stats
Indiana has lost four straight games and has failed to cover the spread in any of those four contests. The Pacers fell by 21 points as an 11. 5-point underdog to the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday. On the season Indiana is allowing 119. 2 points per game and has given up more than 130 points to each of its last three opponents.
Hornets recent form and numbers
Charlotte will try to extend a road trip winning streak to three games. The Hornets have covered in nine of their last 10 games, including their last five as a favorite, and are averaging 130. 0 points per game on the current road trip. In the first two meetings this year the teams averaged a combined 235. 5 points.
Scimia's picks and best bets
Ed Scimia's prediction calls for the Hornets to make quick work of the Pacers. Scimia highlights the Hornets -13 (-110) as his best bet and includes game parlays that lean on the Over in a high-scoring matchup, given recent totals. He also singles out Hornets rookie Kon Kuneppel for an Over 17. 5 points play, noting Kuneppel has reached that mark in each of his last three games. Scimia references LaMelo Ball, Knueppel, and Brandon Miller as players who have hit similar scoring targets in recent games, and he points to frequent nights where two or three of those players have combined to reach longshot parlay targets.
Coverage, notes and disclosures
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Ed Scimia is identified as having written about the gaming industry for more than 15 years, with degrees in Magazine Journalism and Political Science from Syracuse University in 2003. His background includes covering major gambling events like the World Series of Poker, joining Covers in 2022, a betting strategy centered on finding line value and shopping odds among DraftKings, FanDuel, and Fanatics in his home state of Connecticut. Scimia is also described as a mixed-doubles curler on the World Curling Tour who runs the YouTube channel Chess on Ice and who offers advice to new bettors to open multiple sportsbook accounts to shop odds.
Prediction summary: market projections and numberFire favor the Hornets; available best bets highlighted include Hornets -13 (-110) and player-specific Over plays in what both pieces characterize as a potentially high-scoring game.
