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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 Oklahoma City Thunder
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
OKC OKC
Model Spread
OKC -6.1
Win Prob.
74.4%
If CHA visited OKC today, our model would lean Oklahoma City Thunder with a 74.4% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +21.8 points for OKC 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
12.7
106.7
Offensive Rating
119.2
115.7
Defensive Rating
106.6
98.2
Pace
100.9
CHA (Away) OKC (Home)

Recent Form

CHA CHA 44-38 W1 Avg margin last 5: +4.0
W NYK
L DET
L BOS
W MIN
W IND
OKC OKC 75-23 L3 Avg margin last 5: -10.2
L SAS
L SAS
L SAS
W SAS
L SAS

Head-to-Head History

5
OKC wins
5
CHA wins
2026-01-05 CHA 124 @ OKC 97 CHA W
2025-11-15 CHA 109 @ OKC 96 CHA W
2025-03-21 CHA 106 @ OKC 141 OKC W
2024-12-28 CHA 106 @ OKC 94 CHA W
2024-04-07 CHA 121 @ OKC 118 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 74.4% 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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