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2026-01-04

Model Predictions

Model Charlotte Hornets Chicago Bulls Spread Result
Elo 82.8% 17.2% - ✓
Bradley-Terry 65.7% 34.3% - ✓
Margin 78.0% 22.0% -7.0 ✓ (6.0 off)
Pythagorean 61.2% 38.8% - ✓
Efficiency 64.5% 35.5% - ✓
Adjusted Efficiency 61.5% 38.5% - ✓
Log Adjusted 61.6% 38.4% - ✓
Points Off/Def 53.4% 46.6% - ✓

Actual: Chicago Bulls -13 (99-112). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Charlotte Hornets

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Brandon Miller * 36 8-19 4-10 2-2 6 4 1 1 0 22 15 -
Miles Bridges * 35 11-18 3-7 1-1 14 1 1 0 1 26 23 -
Kon Knueppel * 32 4-14 2-6 8-9 5 1 0 0 2 18 8 -
LaMelo Ball * 26 7-15 3-8 0-0 6 7 2 0 1 17 16 -
PJ Hall * 22 4-7 1-1 1-2 6 0 0 2 3 10 8 -
Sion James 29 1-5 1-4 0-0 7 3 0 0 2 3 6 -
Josh Green 24 1-3 1-3 0-0 3 3 1 0 0 3 7 -
Collin Sexton 19 3-7 0-1 7-9 2 3 2 0 2 13 11 -
Liam McNeeley 12 0-3 0-1 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 -

Chicago Bulls

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Matas Buzelis * 34 6-16 2-8 3-6 8 3 0 0 3 17 9 -
Nikola Vučević * 33 11-15 3-4 3-4 7 8 0 1 2 28 27 -
Isaac Okoro * 27 1-5 0-4 0-0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 -
Tre Jones * 27 4-10 0-1 2-2 2 8 1 0 1 10 10 -
Jalen Smith * 15 4-5 1-2 0-0 5 1 0 3 1 9 12 -
Kevin Huerter 30 3-11 1-7 2-2 11 7 1 1 0 9 18 -
Ayo Dosunmu 27 7-12 2-5 0-0 4 4 1 0 2 16 11 -
Julian Phillips 15 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 0 4 0 1 3 4 -
Patrick Williams 14 0-7 0-5 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 -3 -
Dalen Terry 13 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 -

* = starter