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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 Orlando Magic
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CHA CHA
Model Spread
ORL +1.8
Win Prob.
57.1%
If CHA visited ORL today, our model would lean Charlotte Hornets with a 57.1% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +8.9 points for ORL 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
-0.2
106.7
Offensive Rating
108.9
115.7
Defensive Rating
109.1
98.2
Pace
96.5
CHA (Away) ORL (Home)

Recent Form

CHA CHA 44-38 W1 Avg margin last 5: +4.0
W NYK
L DET
L BOS
W MIN
W IND
ORL ORL 48-41 L3 Avg margin last 5: -5.8
L DET
L DET
L DET
W DET
W DET

Head-to-Head History

6
ORL wins
4
CHA wins
2026-03-19 CHA 111 @ ORL 130 ORL W
2026-01-22 CHA 124 @ ORL 97 CHA W
2025-12-26 CHA 120 @ ORL 105 CHA W
2025-10-30 CHA 123 @ ORL 107 CHA W
2025-03-25 CHA 111 @ ORL 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 57.1% 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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