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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 Houston Rockets
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
HOU HOU
Model Spread
HOU -2.8
Win Prob.
61.4%
If CHA visited HOU today, our model would lean Houston Rockets with a 61.4% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +13.7 points for HOU 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
4.6
106.7
Offensive Rating
114.9
115.7
Defensive Rating
110.3
98.2
Pace
99.0
CHA (Away) HOU (Home)

Recent Form

CHA CHA 44-38 W1 Avg margin last 5: +4.0
W NYK
L DET
L BOS
W MIN
W IND
HOU HOU 54-34 L1 Avg margin last 5: -1.2
L LAL
W LAL
W LAL
L LAL
L LAL

Head-to-Head History

6
HOU wins
4
CHA wins
2026-02-19 CHA 105 @ HOU 101 CHA W
2026-02-05 CHA 109 @ HOU 99 CHA W
2024-12-23 CHA 114 @ HOU 101 CHA W
2024-10-23 CHA 110 @ HOU 105 CHA W
2024-01-26 CHA 138 @ HOU 104 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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