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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.

Houston Rockets vs Charlotte Hornets
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CHA CHA
Model Spread
CHA -2.8
Win Prob.
61.4%
If HOU visited CHA today, our model would lean Charlotte Hornets with a 61.4% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -13.7 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
4.6
Net Rating
-9.1
114.9
Offensive Rating
106.7
110.3
Defensive Rating
115.7
99.0
Pace
98.2
HOU (Away) CHA (Home)

Recent Form

HOU HOU 54-34 L1 Avg margin last 5: -1.2
L LAL
W LAL
W LAL
L LAL
L LAL
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

4
CHA wins
6
HOU wins
2026-02-19 HOU 105 @ CHA 101 HOU W
2026-02-05 HOU 109 @ CHA 99 HOU W
2024-12-23 HOU 114 @ CHA 101 HOU W
2024-10-23 HOU 110 @ CHA 105 HOU W
2024-01-26 HOU 138 @ CHA 104 HOU 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 61.4% 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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