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Cavaliers at Hornets · Sat, Jan 2 · 1:00 PM ET

Cleveland at Charlotte. Here is where each team has the edge.

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Cavaliers edges

No clear mismatch in Cleveland's favor.

Hornets edges

No clear mismatch in Charlotte's favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
CLERankStatRankCHA
120.26thOffensive rating5th120.3
116.015thDefensive rating13th115.3
+4.19thNet rating8th+5.0
99.113thPace26th96.1
56.14thEffective FG %12th55.2
11.79thTurnover %24th12.8
26.99thOffensive rebound %4th30.5
20.616thFree throw rate18th20.0
54.314thOpponent eFG %7th54.0
12.513thForced turnover %22nd11.2
74.411thDefensive rebound %3rd76.6
20.917thOpponent FT rate4th18.6

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Cavaliers4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. W
  9. W
  10. L

Hornets6-4 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. W
  3. W
  4. L
  5. L
  6. W
  7. W
  8. W
  9. W
  10. L

2025-26 series: Sun, Dec 14 CHA 119, CLE 111 · Mon, Dec 22 CHA 132, CLE 139 · Wed, Jan 21 CLE 94, CHA 87 · Fri, Feb 20 CLE 118, CHA 113

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers