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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.

Denver Nuggets vs Charlotte Hornets
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CHA CHA
Model Spread
CHA -0.4
Win Prob.
51.8%
If DEN visited CHA today, our model would lean Charlotte Hornets with a 51.8% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -12.9 points for CHA 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
3.8
Net Rating
-9.1
118.9
Offensive Rating
106.7
115.1
Defensive Rating
115.7
100.7
Pace
98.2
DEN (Away) CHA (Home)

Recent Form

DEN DEN 56-32 L1 Avg margin last 5: -7.6
L MIN
W MIN
L MIN
L MIN
L MIN
CHA CHA 44-38 W1 Avg margin last 5: +4.0
W NYK
L DET
L BOS
W MIN
W IND

Head-to-Head History

2
CHA wins
8
DEN wins
2026-01-18 DEN 110 @ CHA 87 DEN W
2025-12-07 DEN 115 @ CHA 106 DEN W
2025-02-20 DEN 115 @ CHA 129 CHA W
2025-02-01 DEN 107 @ CHA 104 DEN W
2024-01-01 DEN 93 @ CHA 111 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 51.8% 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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