Miami Heat vs Charlotte Hornets Final — October 24, 2026
MIAOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)CHA
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Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.
No key players listed.
Key players only. Injury report as of October 24, 9:40 a.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Heat visited the Hornets on Saturday, October 24 at 6:10 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Heat scored 120.9 points per game (2nd of 30) and allowed 118.5 (22nd). The Hornets scored 115.8 points per game (14th of 30) and allowed 111.4 (7th).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Heat 114.5 (13th), Hornets 116.4 (7th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Heat 112.3 (14th), Hornets 112.0 (12th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Heat +2.2 (13th), Hornets +4.4 (8th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Heat closed as 4.5-point road favorites, with the Hornets getting the points at home. The spread opened at Heat -3.5. The total closed at 227.5, down from 232.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Heat -180, Hornets +150) prices the Heat at 62% and the Hornets at 38%.
Written from the numbers available before kickoff.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Miami Heat 110, Charlotte Hornets 115
Charlotte Hornets won by 5.
- Against the closing spread (Charlotte Hornets +4.5): Charlotte Hornets covered.
- Combined score 225 vs the closing total of 227.5: Under.
- Charlotte Hornets closed at +150 on the moneyline (a 38% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Heat -3.5 (-110)
Heat -4.5 (-110)
Hornets +132 41%
Hornets +150 38%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
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Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game27.69th
- Rebounds per game9.812th
- Assists per game5.435th
- Minutes per game28.9
- Points per game20.142nd
- Rebounds per game10.011th
- Assists per game3.2109th
- Minutes per game32.4
- Points per game20.241st
- Rebounds per game4.9122nd
- Assists per game3.396th
- Minutes per game30.3
- Points per game18.556th
- Rebounds per game5.395th
- Assists per game3.493rd
- Minutes per game31.5
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 391 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 22 times since 2022: the Heat won 12 and the Hornets 10.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2026 | Heat 126, Hornets 127 Hornets won | ||
| Apr 14, 2026 | Heat 126, Hornets 127 Hornets won | ||
| Apr 14, 2026 | Heat 126, Hornets 127 Hornets won | ||
| Apr 14, 2026 | Heat 126, Hornets 127 Hornets won | ||
| Apr 14, 2026 | Heat 126, Hornets 127 Hornets won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Miami Heat
- Miami Heat team stats
- Miami Heat at Atlanta Hawks (Oct 28)
- Dallas Mavericks 113, Miami Heat 109 (Oct 26)
- Detroit Pistons 128, Miami Heat 111 (Oct 23)
- Minnesota Timberwolves 131, Miami Heat 106 (Oct 21)
Charlotte Hornets
More NBA games on October 24, 2026
- Brooklyn Nets 121, Cleveland Cavaliers 125 (Oct 24)
- Milwaukee Bucks 116, Philadelphia 76ers 127 (Oct 24)
- Washington Wizards 124, Chicago Bulls 120 (Oct 24)
- San Antonio Spurs 122, Dallas Mavericks 106 (Oct 24)
- Houston Rockets 121, Atlanta Hawks 114 (Oct 24)
- New Orleans Pelicans 135, Denver Nuggets 141 (Oct 24)
- Golden State Warriors 122, Phoenix Suns 131 (Oct 24)
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