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Thunder at Hornets · Fri, Dec 18 · 7:00 PM ET

Oklahoma City at Charlotte. Here is where each team has the edge.

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Oklahoma CityCharlotte

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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

Thunder edges

  • On defenseOklahoma City's defense forces turnovers (2nd) against a Charlotte offense that turns it over (24th).

Hornets edges

  • On defenseCharlotte's defense cleans the defensive glass (3rd) against an Oklahoma City offense that rarely gets second chances (28th).

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
OKCRankStatRankCHA
119.87thOffensive rating5th120.3
108.51stDefensive rating13th115.3
+11.21stNet rating8th+5.0
98.516thPace26th96.1
56.14thEffective FG %12th55.2
10.82ndTurnover %24th12.8
22.328thOffensive rebound %4th30.5
21.313thFree throw rate18th20.0
51.92ndOpponent eFG %7th54.0
14.02ndForced turnover %22nd11.2
74.411thDefensive rebound %3rd76.6
18.43rdOpponent FT rate4th18.6

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03Form and season series

Thunder6-4 in the last 10

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

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: Sat, Nov 15 OKC 109, CHA 96 · Mon, Jan 5 CHA 124, OKC 97

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers