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Hornets at Cavaliers · Sun, Apr 4 · 3:00 PM ET

Charlotte at Cleveland. 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

No clear mismatch in Charlotte's favor.

Cavaliers edges

No clear mismatch in Cleveland'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
CHARankStatRankCLE
120.35thOffensive rating6th120.2
115.313thDefensive rating15th116.0
+5.08thNet rating9th+4.1
96.126thPace13th99.1
55.212thEffective FG %4th56.1
12.824thTurnover %9th11.7
30.54thOffensive rebound %9th26.9
20.018thFree throw rate16th20.6
54.07thOpponent eFG %14th54.3
11.222ndForced turnover %13th12.5
76.63rdDefensive rebound %11th74.4
18.64thOpponent FT rate17th20.9

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

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

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