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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.

New York Knicks vs Charlotte Hornets
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
NYK NYK
Model Spread
CHA +3.3
Win Prob.
63.3%
If NYK visited CHA today, our model would lean New York Knicks with a 63.3% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -13.1 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
4.0
Net Rating
-9.1
117.3
Offensive Rating
106.7
113.3
Defensive Rating
115.7
97.6
Pace
98.2
NYK (Away) CHA (Home)

Recent Form

NYK NYK 65-31 W11 Avg margin last 5: +21.4
W CLE
W CLE
W CLE
W CLE
W PHI
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

3
CHA wins
7
NYK wins
2026-04-12 NYK 110 @ CHA 96 NYK W
2026-03-26 NYK 103 @ CHA 114 CHA W
2025-12-03 NYK 104 @ CHA 119 CHA W
2025-11-26 NYK 129 @ CHA 101 NYK W
2025-03-20 NYK 98 @ CHA 115 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 63.3% 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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