Charlotte Hornets vs Denver Nuggets — Win Probability
FINAL
Charlotte Hornets
14-39
115
VS
Denver Nuggets
36-19
129
Model expected score: Charlotte Hornets 107.5 – Denver Nuggets 122.0 (no market line posted for this game yet -- see Margin/Totals below)
Injury Report
Live ESPN injury status for both teams, polled fresh each run.
CHA
Brandon MillerDay-To-Day
Moussa DiabateDay-To-Day
Grant WilliamsOut
Kon KnueppelOut
Dennis SchroderOut
DEN
Julian StrawtherOut
Prediction vs. Result
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PREGAME WIN PROBABILITY
Nuggets 91%
ACTUAL RESULT
✓ Nuggets won by 14
COMBINED SCORE
244
Margin of Victory — Denver Nuggets (Home)
Pregame odds for every possible outcome, simulated before tipoff -- the highlighted bar is what actually happened.
Lost
15%
Won by 1-3
6%
Won by 4-7
9%
Won by 8-14 ← actual result
19%
Won by 15-21
19%
Won by 21+
32%
Total Score — Over / Under
Combined score across 100,000 simulated versions of this game, against six fixed lines (no market total posted for this game yet -- the highlighted line is this model's own pick, not a sportsbook number). The real combined score was 244.
O/U LINE 210
85% over ✓15% under
O/U LINE 220
69% over ✓31% under
O/U LINE 230 MODEL'S PICK
49% over ✓51% under
O/U LINE 240
29% over ✓71% under
O/U LINE 250
14% over86% under ✓
O/U LINE 260
5% over95% under ✓
Starter Grades
Season-to-date Basketball-Reference stats for each team's starters, minimum 25% of that team's games started.
CHA
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).
LaMelo BallPG
25.2
Brandon MillerSF
21.0
Miles BridgesPF
20.3
Mark WilliamsC
15.3
Grant WilliamsPF
10.4
DEN
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).