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Hornets' star Brandon Miller to miss at least a week due to injury

Charlotte just can't keep the injury bug away.

Schuyler Callihan

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Second-year guard/wing Brandon Miller left the Charlotte Hornets' season opener on Wednesday against the Houston Rockets with a left glute strain.

The team already announced that he would miss tonight's game against the Atlanta Hawks, but now that timeline to return has been pushed back even further.

Friday morning, the team reported that Miller will be reevaluated in a week, meaning he will be out tonight, Saturday for the home opener against Miami, next Wednesday against Toronto, and likely one if not both games against the Celtics which is a back-to-back on Friday and Saturday.

Miller finished third in the NBA's Rookie of the Year voting behind Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren. In 74 games (68 starts), he averaged 17.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.4 assists while shooting 44% from the field and 37% from three-point territory.

Charlotte will also be without Mark Williams (foot) and DaQuan Jeffries (hand) for tonight's game while Josh Green (Achilles soreness) and rookie Tidjane Salaün (finger sprain) are considered questionable.

The Hornets and Hawk will tip it off tonight at 7:30 p.m. EST.

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Schuyler Callihan
SCHUYLER CALLIHAN

schuylercallihan(at)gmail.com  Twitter:@Callihan_ Schuyler Callihan is the lead publisher of Mountaineers Now, All Panthers, and All Hornets on FanNation/Sports Illustrated. He took over publishing duties of All Panthers in 2020 and wanted to expand his professional coverage in the Queen City by running the operations at All Hornets. Schuyler attended Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia before finishing up his schooling at Alamance Community College in Graham, North Carolina. The Wheeling, West Virginia native made the move to North Carolina in 2015 and has been in Charlotte since 2021.

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