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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.

Charlotte Hornets vs Chicago Bulls
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CHA CHA
Model Spread
CHI +3.3
Win Prob.
63.3%
If CHA visited CHI today, our model would lean Charlotte Hornets with a 63.3% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +7.5 points for CHI 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
-9.1
Net Rating
-1.6
106.7
Offensive Rating
113.2
115.7
Defensive Rating
114.8
98.2
Pace
103.6
CHA (Away) CHI (Home)

Recent Form

CHA CHA 44-38 W1 Avg margin last 5: +4.0
W NYK
L DET
L BOS
W MIN
W IND
CHI CHI 31-51 L2 Avg margin last 5: -2.6
L DAL
L ORL
W WAS
W WAS
L PHX

Head-to-Head History

6
CHI wins
4
CHA wins
2026-02-24 CHA 131 @ CHI 99 CHA W
2026-01-03 CHA 112 @ CHI 99 CHA W
2025-12-12 CHA 129 @ CHI 126 CHA W
2025-11-28 CHA 116 @ CHI 123 CHI W
2025-04-06 CHA 131 @ CHI 117 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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