THIS WEEK’S GAMES:

Monday - Boston, 7 p.m.

Wednesday - Indiana, 7 p.m.

Friday - at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Sunday - at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

MARQUEE MATCHUP:

Monday vs Boston Celtics championship rings - The first meeting of the season against the Celtics, who are the fashionable Eastern Conference favorite. Charlotte has lost seven straight games to Boston and 11 of the last 12 games.

NOTABLE:

Kemba Walker is coming off a franchise record 60-point game against Philadelphia in Saturday night’s 122-119 overtime loss. Ironically, in Walker’s 11 games of 40 or more points, the Hornets are only 4-7....

Friday’s game at nba championship rings will mark the first completed seasonal series of the year. In the first meeting, the Thunder increasted its all-time series lead to 38-18 with a 111-17 victory in Charlotte in which Oklahoma City once trailed by 19 points....

In Sunday’s game at Atlanta, the Hornets will look to increase their winning streak over the Hawks to six games. Charlotte won 113-102 on Nov. 6 in the first of four meetings this season - and the Hornets have won eight of the last nine games against the Hawks.

The Boston Celtics championship rings for sale fell 104-97 to the Charlotte Hornets in their preseason opener on Friday, as Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving took the court together for the first time since last year's disastrous season opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

After an excellent first half, during which the Celtics led by 20, Charlotte came storming back in the third when Boston went ice-cold from three. The Celtics' third unit briefly took a fourth-quarter lead, but Miles Bridges' enormous dunks helped the championship sports rings pull away.