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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.

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Charlotte Hornets
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CHA CHA
Model Spread
CHA -2.0
Win Prob.
58.2%
If OKC visited CHA today, our model would lean Charlotte Hornets with a 58.2% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -21.8 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
12.7
Net Rating
-9.1
119.2
Offensive Rating
106.7
106.6
Defensive Rating
115.7
100.9
Pace
98.2
OKC (Away) CHA (Home)

Recent Form

OKC OKC 75-23 L3 Avg margin last 5: -10.2
L SAS
L SAS
L SAS
W SAS
L SAS
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

5
CHA wins
5
OKC wins
2026-01-05 OKC 124 @ CHA 97 OKC W
2025-11-15 OKC 109 @ CHA 96 OKC W
2025-03-21 OKC 106 @ CHA 141 CHA W
2024-12-28 OKC 106 @ CHA 94 OKC W
2024-04-07 OKC 121 @ CHA 118 OKC 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 58.2% 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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