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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 Sacramento Kings
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CHA CHA
Model Spread
SAC +3.3
Win Prob.
63.3%
If CHA visited SAC today, our model would lean Charlotte Hornets with a 63.3% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +9.7 points for SAC 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
0.6
106.7
Offensive Rating
115.9
115.7
Defensive Rating
115.3
98.2
Pace
98.9
CHA (Away) SAC (Home)

Recent Form

CHA CHA 44-38 W1 Avg margin last 5: +4.0
W NYK
L DET
L BOS
W MIN
W IND
SAC SAC 22-60 L1 Avg margin last 5: -7.2
L POR
W GSW
L GSW
L LAC
W NOP

Head-to-Head History

5
SAC wins
5
CHA wins
2026-03-24 CHA 90 @ SAC 134 SAC W
2026-03-11 CHA 117 @ SAC 109 CHA W
2025-04-04 CHA 125 @ SAC 102 CHA W
2025-02-24 CHA 88 @ SAC 130 SAC W
2024-01-10 CHA 123 @ SAC 98 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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