Charlotte Hornets

The Hornets went 44-38 in 2025-26 and covered 50 times in 82 games, the best cover rate of any NBA team. Their games went under the total 50 times too, a number only one team beat.

A cover rate the record hides

A 44-38 team is not where anyone looks for the league’s best cover rate. Charlotte had it: 50 covers, 32 misses, no pushes, 61.0%. The Boston Celtics were next with 49.

Watch the calendar. November went 4-11 and lost 5.15 units on the moneyline. January went 11-6 and made 9.68. February brought 10 covers in 11 games. March went 10-5 straight up and still lost 0.19 units on the moneyline: two of its home losses came at -298 and -250, 128-120 to the Miami Heat on 6 March and 118-114 to the Philadelphia 76ers on 28 March.

The road paid, the home floor did not

Against the spread the Hornets were good in both places: 26 of 41 at home, 63.4%, a home rate only the New York Knicks beat, and 24 of 41 away. The moneyline split them apart. One unit on Charlotte in every road game made 11.46 units, second only to the Denver Nuggets. The same unit at home lost 5.36. Straight up they were 23-18 away and 21-20 at home.

The longest price that came in: +675 at the Oklahoma City Thunder on 5 January, a 124-97 win as 15.5-point underdogs. Over the whole season, every game backed, the Hornets returned 6.10 units.

As underdogs they won 16 of 45 and covered 27. As favorites they won 28 of 37 and covered 23.

Under, more often than not

Fifty unders and 32 overs. Only the Celtics went under more often; the Toronto Raptors matched Charlotte’s 50. The Hornets allowed 111.18 points a game; six teams allowed fewer.

The Eastern Conference opponents

The Atlanta Hawks lost three of four to Charlotte and the Hornets covered all four. The Raptors split 2-2 with them, yet Charlotte covered all four of those too. The Washington Wizards lost all four. The Detroit Pistons won all three meetings and covered each, 3.00 units lost backing Charlotte.

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