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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.

Los Angeles Clippers vs Charlotte Hornets
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CHA CHA
Model Spread
CHA -6.1
Win Prob.
74.4%
If LAC visited CHA today, our model would lean Charlotte Hornets with a 74.4% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -14.0 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
4.9
Net Rating
-9.1
114.3
Offensive Rating
106.7
109.4
Defensive Rating
115.7
98.2
Pace
98.2
LAC (Away) CHA (Home)

Recent Form

LAC LAC 42-40 W1 Avg margin last 5: +2.0
W GSW
L POR
L OKC
W DAL
W SAC
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

0
CHA wins
10
LAC wins
2026-01-12 LAC 109 @ CHA 117 CHA W
2025-11-22 LAC 131 @ CHA 116 LAC W
2025-03-16 LAC 88 @ CHA 123 CHA W
2025-01-31 LAC 112 @ CHA 104 LAC W
2024-03-31 LAC 130 @ CHA 118 LAC 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 74.4% 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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