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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 Minnesota Timberwolves
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CHA CHA
Model Spread
MIN +1.7
Win Prob.
56.6%
If CHA visited MIN today, our model would lean Charlotte Hornets with a 56.6% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +14.1 points for MIN 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
5.0
106.7
Offensive Rating
115.7
115.7
Defensive Rating
110.8
98.2
Pace
98.0
CHA (Away) MIN (Home)

Recent Form

CHA CHA 44-38 W1 Avg margin last 5: +4.0
W NYK
L DET
L BOS
W MIN
W IND
MIN MIN 55-39 L2 Avg margin last 5: -19.8
L SAS
L SAS
W SAS
L SAS
L SAS

Head-to-Head History

5
MIN wins
5
CHA wins
2026-04-05 CHA 122 @ MIN 108 CHA W
2025-11-01 CHA 122 @ MIN 105 CHA W
2025-03-05 CHA 125 @ MIN 110 CHA W
2024-11-04 CHA 93 @ MIN 114 MIN W
2024-01-22 CHA 128 @ MIN 125 CHA 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 56.6% 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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