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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.

Miami Heat 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 MIA visited CHA today, our model would lean Charlotte Hornets with a 61.4% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -9.5 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
0.4
Net Rating
-9.1
112.4
Offensive Rating
106.7
112.0
Defensive Rating
115.7
97.1
Pace
98.2
MIA (Away) CHA (Home)

Recent Form

MIA MIA 43-39 W2 Avg margin last 5: +5.0
W ATL
W WAS
L TOR
L TOR
W WAS
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
MIA wins
2026-03-17 MIA 106 @ CHA 136 CHA W
2026-03-06 MIA 128 @ CHA 120 MIA W
2025-11-07 MIA 108 @ CHA 126 CHA W
2025-10-28 MIA 117 @ CHA 144 CHA W
2025-03-23 MIA 105 @ CHA 122 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 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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