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Hornets at Trail Blazers · Sat, Jan 9 · 10:00 PM ET

Charlotte at Portland. 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

Hornets edges

  • On offenseCharlotte's offense crashes the offensive glass (4th) against a Portland defense that gives up second chances (25th).

Trail Blazers edges

No clear mismatch in Portland's favor.

Key battles

  • Portland's offense crashes the offensive glass (2nd), but Charlotte's defense cleans the defensive glass (3rd). Watch the rebounding.

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
CHARankStatRankPOR
120.35thOffensive rating21st115.3
115.313thDefensive rating14th115.6
+5.08thNet rating19th-0.3
96.126thPace9th99.8
55.212thEffective FG %22nd53.4
12.824thTurnover %30th14.0
30.54thOffensive rebound %2nd31.3
20.018thFree throw rate12th21.4
54.07thOpponent eFG %10th54.1
11.222ndForced turnover %7th13.0
76.63rdDefensive rebound %25th72.7
18.64thOpponent FT rate19th21.5

Game plan

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03Form and season series

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

Trail Blazers4-6 in the last 10

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

2025-26 series: Sat, Feb 28 POR 93, CHA 109 · Tue, Mar 10 CHA 103, POR 101

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers