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Trail Blazers at Hornets · Sat, Dec 19 · 6:00 PM ET

Portland 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

Trail Blazers edges

No clear mismatch in Portland's favor.

Hornets edges

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

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
PORRankStatRankCHA
115.321stOffensive rating5th120.3
115.614thDefensive rating13th115.3
-0.319thNet rating8th+5.0
99.89thPace26th96.1
53.422ndEffective FG %12th55.2
14.030thTurnover %24th12.8
31.32ndOffensive rebound %4th30.5
21.412thFree throw rate18th20.0
54.110thOpponent eFG %7th54.0
13.07thForced turnover %22nd11.2
72.725thDefensive rebound %3rd76.6
21.519thOpponent FT rate4th18.6

Game plan

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03Form and season series

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

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, Feb 28 POR 93, CHA 109 · Tue, Mar 10 CHA 103, POR 101

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers