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Hypothetical Matchup

These teams aren't scheduled to play. The prediction below is "if they faced off today" based on current 2025โ€“26 season ratings.

Charlotte Hornets vs Detroit Pistons
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
DET DET
Model Spread
DET -5.1
Win Prob.
70.4%
If CHA visited DET today, our model would lean Detroit Pistons with a 70.4% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +11.2 points for DET at home (plus ELO, rest, and recent form factored in).

Hypothetical matchup โ€” these teams aren't scheduled to play. The model updates daily as ratings and ELO move.

Team Stats Comparison

2025โ€“26 Season
-9.1
Net Rating
2.1
106.7
Offensive Rating
114.6
115.7
Defensive Rating
112.5
98.2
Pace
100.3
CHA (Away) DET (Home)

Recent Form

CHA CHA 44-38 W1 Avg margin last 5: +4.0
W NYK
L DET
L BOS
W MIN
W IND
DET DET 67-29 L1 Avg margin last 5: -6.0
L CLE
W CLE
L CLE
L CLE
L CLE

Head-to-Head History

8
DET wins
2
CHA wins
2026-04-10 CHA 118 @ DET 100 CHA W
2026-02-09 CHA 110 @ DET 104 CHA W
2025-12-20 CHA 86 @ DET 112 DET W
2025-02-09 CHA 102 @ DET 112 DET W
2025-01-03 CHA 94 @ DET 98 DET W

How Often Has the Model Been Right?

Verified track record across every prediction we've made โ€” not specific to this matchup.

67.1%
All Games
7146 tracked
75.1%
High Conf.
>65% picks
80.0%
Last 50
recent games

The model is an isotonic-calibrated XGBoost classifier โ€” a 70.4% confidence above means "the model picked teams at this confidence level and was right about 75.1% of the time" historically.

See full track record with calibration & Brier score

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