Orlando Magic 111 @ 130 Charlotte Hornets

March 19, 2026 | Spectrum Center | Final

Grade: B Prediction Recap
Winner: Correct

Picked the right winner. Score was a bit off, but that's what matters.

ORL CHA Total
Predicted 110 117 227
Actual 111 130 241
Diff -1 -13 -14
Nailed It PTS within 3, REB/AST within 2
Tre Mann Pred: 4/1/1 | Actual: 3/0/1
Xavier Tillman Pred: 1/1/0 | Actual: 0/0/0
Josh Green Pred: 4/1/1 | Actual: 5/3/0
Sion James Pred: 5/3/2 | Actual: 6/3/4
Kon Knueppel Pred: 18/5/3 | Actual: 17/6/4
Missed By a Mile PTS off by 10+
Tristan da Silva Pred: 15pts | Actual: 4pts (off by 10)
Jamal Cain Pred: 5pts | Actual: 15pts (off by 10)

Orlando Magic

Player Pos MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% +/-
Desmond Bane SG 25:44 24 7 2 1 0 2 0 8-15 53.3 3-5 60.0 5-5 100.0 -21.0
Tristan da Silva SF 22:21 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 -12.0
Jalen Suggs PG 21:54 9 0 1 2 1 2 1 4-12 33.3 1-5 20.0 0-0 0.0 -15.0
Paolo Banchero PF 28:23 20 3 7 1 1 3 3 6-16 37.5 1-5 20.0 7-8 87.5 -23.0
Goga Bitadze C 18:57 4 2 1 1 1 0 4 2-3 66.7 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 -17.0
Anthony Black DNP - Inactive
Jamal Cain 18:25 15 1 1 1 0 1 2 5-10 50.0 3-7 42.9 2-2 100.0 9.0
Jevon Carter 18:42 11 4 3 2 0 1 1 4-11 36.4 3-7 42.9 0-0 0.0 -9.0
Wendell Carter Jr. DNP - Inactive
Colin Castleton 10:19 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 1-3 33.3 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 12.0
Jett Howard 15:46 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 -24.0
Jonathan Isaac DNP - Inactive
Noah Penda 21:21 8 2 2 0 0 1 0 3-8 37.5 2-6 33.3 0-0 0.0 0.0
Jase Richardson 7:24 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 5.0
Franz Wagner DNP - Inactive
Moritz Wagner 18:44 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 1-5 20.0 0-3 0.0 3-4 75.0 -14.0

Charlotte Hornets

Player Pos MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% +/-
Brandon Miller SG 28:09 25 4 8 0 0 2 2 8-14 57.1 5-10 50.0 4-4 100.0 27.0
Kon Knueppel SF 25:03 17 6 4 0 0 2 4 5-11 45.5 4-9 44.4 3-3 100.0 7.0
LaMelo Ball PG 20:14 20 6 5 3 1 3 3 7-13 53.8 3-8 37.5 3-3 100.0 12.0
Miles Bridges PF 22:57 11 3 0 0 0 1 3 4-8 50.0 1-3 33.3 2-3 66.7 18.0
Moussa Diabaté C 24:29 3 5 1 0 1 3 2 1-3 33.3 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 10.0
Pat Connaughton 6:50 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 -8.0
Tosan Evbuomwan DNP - Inactive
Josh Green 18:02 5 3 0 1 0 0 2 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 0.0 -5.0
PJ Hall DNP - Inactive
Sion James 21:40 6 3 4 2 0 0 0 2-2 100.0 2-2 100.0 0-0 0.0 30.0
Ryan Kalkbrenner 23:31 13 5 0 0 0 2 2 5-5 100.0 0-0 0.0 3-3 100.0 9.0
Tre Mann 6:50 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1-3 33.3 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 -8.0
Liam McNeeley DNP - Inactive
Antonio Reeves DNP - Inactive
Tidjane Salaün DNP - Inactive
Xavier Tillman 1:56 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0 -4.0
Coby White 22:49 27 3 5 0 0 4 2 7-13 53.8 5-8 62.5 8-8 100.0 -2.0
Grant Williams 17:29 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 9.0
Add Analysis Entry
General Post-Game Review: ORL @ CHA
Mar 20, 2026 at 07:38 AM
**Grade: B** — Right winner, scores a bit off. **Result:** ORL 111 - CHA 130 (Winner: CHA ✓) **Prediction:** ORL 110 - CHA 117 Score error: 1/13 | Total: pred 227, actual 241 (+14) **Standout Players:** Jamal Cain (ORL): 15p actual vs 4.6p pred (-10.4) Tristan da Silva (ORL): 4p actual vs 14.7p pred (+10.7) **Value Bet Results:** ✓ MONEYLINE CHA -205 — WON ✓ MONEYLINE CHA -218 — WON ✓ SPREAD CHA -5.0 — WON ✓ SPREAD CHA -5.5 — WON
General Slate Analysis: ORL @ CHA
Mar 19, 2026 at 08:07 AM
**Prediction:** ORL 108 - CHA 117 (CHA by 9, total 225) **Confidence:** 93% **ORL** 28-24 (#7) | Net: 0.0 | Off: 111.5 | Def: 111.5 | Rest: 1d rest **CHA** 25-29 (#10) | Net: 1.8 | Off: 113.2 | Def: 111.4 | Rest: 1d rest Projected pace: 102.2 **Injuries:** ORL: Anthony Black (Out), Jonathan Isaac (Out), Jalen Suggs (Out), Franz Wagner (Out) (impact: -8.9 pts) CHA: Tidjane Salaün (Out) (impact: -1.0 pts) **Key Players:** ORL: Paolo Banchero 26.2p/10.7r/6.2a | Desmond Bane 23.9p/4.9r/5.5a | Wendell Carter Jr. 15.5p/9.7r/2.6a CHA: LaMelo Ball 22.2p/5.4r/7.8a | Kon Knueppel 18.5p/4.6r/3.0a | Coby White 17.5p/3.1r/4.0a **Value Bets:** MONEYLINE CHA -205 (strong, EV $0.387/dollar) MONEYLINE CHA -218 (strong, EV $0.359/dollar) SPREAD CHA -5.0 (moderate, EV $0.184/dollar) **Applicable Insights:** - [model] PROP TRAP: Season-avg-based unders on role players from depleted/tanking teams are unreliable. When star players are out - [model] PROP CALIBRATION: 'Strong edge' plays (biggest gap between season avg and book line) are the WORST tier, not the best. M - [model] PROP SIGNAL NOISE: EDGE, REGRESSION, and FADE signal types show extreme day-to-day variance and should not be relied on - [model] USAGE BOOST OVERCORRECTION (Mar 6): First night with usage adjustment. Props 25/64 (39%). Big-boost (>25%) plays 11/28 ( - [model] BLOWOUT MINUTES KILL PROPS: NYK@DEN 142-103 — Murray played 17:36 (adj avg 33.9, actual 12p). Brunson 33:48 but only 9p - [model] 3PM PROPS CATASTROPHIC (Mar 6): 3/15 (20%) hit rate. Usage boost inflates 3PM predictions but shooting is high-variance - [model] GAME MARGIN vs PROP CORRELATION (Mar 6): POR@HOU 7pt game: 7/12 props (58%). LAC@SAS 4pt: 3/9 (33%). IND@LAL 11pt: 3/6 ( - [model] OVER BIAS EXTREME (Mar 6): 62/65 props were OVERs (95%). Usage adjustment inflates all averages upward, turning everythi - [model] TOTAL UNDER SYSTEMATIC MISS (Mar 6): Under bets went 2/7. Avg predicted total 218, avg actual 235 — off by +17. Depleted - [model] GAME PREDICTIONS STRONG (Mar 6): 6/7 winners (86%), value bets 22/32 (69%). NYK ML best bet hit massively (142-103). Mod - [model] Mar 6 calibration changes validated: props improved from 39% (Mar 6) to 54.8% (Mar 7) after reducing PROP_USAGE_CONFIDEN - [model] Close game prop thesis confirmed 2 nights running: LAC@MEM (pred margin 3, actual margin 3) went 6/8 (75%) on props. Com - [model] Big usage boost (>25%) still underperforms at 36% (4/11) on Mar 7. Keyonte George had +60% boost (adj avg 38.5, scored 2 - [model] REGRESSION_OVER signal hit only 38% (3/8) on Mar 7 vs SEASON_EDGE at 61% (14/23). Two nights of data now show regression - [model] Mar 7 game predictions 4/6 (67%). Two F grades: ORL@MIN predicted MIN by 9, ORL won by 27 (36pt error). BKN@DET predicte - [model] Blowout discount working correctly: BKN@DET (pred margin 18) had 0 prop plays filtered out entirely. Mar 6 NYK@DEN (pred