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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.

Detroit Pistons vs Charlotte Hornets
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CHA CHA
Model Spread
CHA -0.4
Win Prob.
51.8%
If DET visited CHA today, our model would lean Charlotte Hornets with a 51.8% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -11.2 points for CHA 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
2.1
Net Rating
-9.1
114.6
Offensive Rating
106.7
112.5
Defensive Rating
115.7
100.3
Pace
98.2
DET (Away) CHA (Home)

Recent Form

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

Head-to-Head History

2
CHA wins
8
DET wins
2026-04-10 DET 118 @ CHA 100 DET W
2026-02-09 DET 110 @ CHA 104 DET W
2025-12-20 DET 86 @ CHA 112 CHA W
2025-02-09 DET 102 @ CHA 112 CHA W
2025-01-03 DET 94 @ CHA 98 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 51.8% 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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