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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.

San Antonio Spurs vs Charlotte Hornets
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CHA CHA
Model Spread
CHA -3.5
Win Prob.
63.8%
If SAS visited CHA today, our model would lean Charlotte Hornets with a 63.8% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -6.3 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
-2.8
Net Rating
-9.1
113.5
Offensive Rating
106.7
116.3
Defensive Rating
115.7
100.1
Pace
98.2
SAS (Away) CHA (Home)

Recent Form

SAS SAS 74-26 W2 Avg margin last 5: +5.6
W OKC
W OKC
L OKC
W OKC
L OKC
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

8
CHA wins
2
SAS wins
2026-03-14 SAS 102 @ CHA 115 CHA W
2026-01-31 SAS 106 @ CHA 111 CHA W
2025-03-14 SAS 145 @ CHA 134 SAS W
2025-02-07 SAS 116 @ CHA 117 CHA W
2024-01-19 SAS 120 @ CHA 124 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
7145 tracked
75.0%
High Conf.
>65% picks
82.0%
Last 50
recent games

The model is an isotonic-calibrated XGBoost classifier โ€” a 63.8% confidence above means "the model picked teams at this confidence level and was right about 75.0% of the time" historically.

See full track record with calibration & Brier score

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