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Hornets at Wizards · Sat, Dec 12 · 7:00 PM ET

Charlotte at Washington. 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 Washington defense that gives up second chances (30th).
  • On defenseCharlotte's defense defends without fouling (4th) against a Washington offense that rarely gets to the line (27th).

Wizards edges

No clear mismatch in Washington'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
CHARankStatRankWAS
120.35thOffensive rating29th111.6
115.313thDefensive rating30th123.4
+5.08thNet rating30th-11.8
96.126thPace5th100.8
55.212thEffective FG %21st53.5
12.824thTurnover %26th13.2
30.54thOffensive rebound %21st24.1
20.018thFree throw rate27th18.0
54.07thOpponent eFG %27th56.3
11.222ndForced turnover %22nd11.2
76.63rdDefensive rebound %30th70.2
18.64thOpponent FT rate29th23.2

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

Wizards0-10 in the last 10

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

2025-26 series: Sun, Oct 26 CHA 139, WAS 113 · Tue, Dec 23 WAS 109, CHA 126 · Sat, Jan 24 WAS 115, CHA 119 · Sun, Feb 22 CHA 129, WAS 112

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers