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With inconsistency being one of the Charlotte Hornets’ chief characteristics, inquiring minds wanted to know if the team was finally going to make changes.

A look at every team heading into the first week of 2023.

PHILADELPHIA — Clippers teammates were gathering in the key and coaches were talking in a circle at midcourt, but Nicolas Batum was in no hurry to leave his courtside chair and begin shootaround on a late November morning.

The first sign that things were different for the Clippers wasn’t seen so much as it was heard, some 90 minutes before Wednesday’s tipoff. It was the sound of sneakers on cement flooring reaching full speed down a hallway leading from the court to the team’s Crypto.com Arena locker rooms.

As Nikola Jokic etched his name alongside Wilt Chamberlain, no one with the Nuggets seemed to have any idea what type of rare air he was occupying.

A showdown between the two teams with the worst records in the NBA occured on Wednesday night, but the offensive firepower on display said otherwise.

“He combined the knowledge developed over nearly 40 years as an NBA player and coach with an innate understanding of how to mix discipline with his never-ending positivity,” Charlotte Hornets chairman Michael Jordan said.

NEW YORK — In the course of 27 minutes on the floor the Knicks saw every phase of what Julius Randle can be. There was the unstoppable scoring force as he piled up 27 points in the first half. There was the unselfish playmaker in the third quarter as the…

PHILADELPHIA — Things were different with Joel Embiid and James Harden on the court.