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Charlotte Hornets (18-27) @ Utah Jazz (14-29)
Report Timestamp: 2026-01-10 10:42:24
Market Intelligence
Market Signal
Grant Williams is expected to make his season debut for the Charlotte Hornets and is officially listed as probable. His return to the rotation follows a narrow 114-112 Charlotte loss to a Pacers team led by Rick Carlisle.
Tactical Edge
The Charlotte Hornets gain veteran depth with the 6’7” Grant Williams entering his seventh season. The team needs the boost after failing to stop Rick Carlisle from snapping a franchise-record 13-game losing streak in their previous outing.
The Bottom Line
Charlotte enters this matchup looking to bounce back after serving as the milestone opponent for Rick Carlisle’s 1,000th career coaching victory.
🔬 Lab Intel & Anomalies
DvP_Lab • Matchup_Edge
DvP: UTA allows F PTS (+13.0%)
Hustle_Lab • Gem_Finder
Hustle Watch: Cody Williams (Utah Jazz) had 6.0 Hustle Score in only 22:16 mins.
Referee_Intel • Crew_Tendency
Ref Crew: 🕊️ Let Them Play, 🏠 Home Cooking. Avg Fouls: 39.6 (-1.6 vs Lg).
Totals_Lab • Fair_Value
True Total: 222.6 (Base 237.4 + Ref -1.9 + Inj -12.9).
Totals_Lab • Market_Edge
Total Edge: UNDER 237.5 (Proj 222.6). Gap: 14.9.
🏥 Injury Report
| Name | Team | Status | Injury |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tidjane Salaun | Charlotte Hornets | Game Time Decision | Ankle |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | Charlotte Hornets | Game Time Decision | Elbow |
| Grant Williams | Charlotte Hornets | Game Time Decision | Knee |
| Mason Plumlee | Charlotte Hornets | Expected to be out until at least Feb 11 | Groin |
| EJ Harkless | Utah Jazz | Game Time Decision | Hamstring |
| Ace Bailey | Utah Jazz | Expected to be out until at least Jan 12 | Hip |
| Jusuf Nurkic | Utah Jazz | Game Time Decision | Toe |
| Lauri Markkanen | Utah Jazz | Expected to be out until at least Jan 12 | Rest |
| Georges Niang | Utah Jazz | Expected to be out until at least Jan 12 | Foot |
| Walker Kessler | Utah Jazz | Out for the season | Shoulder |
Referee Crew Analysis
| GameID | Matchup | Crew | Avg_Fouls | Fouls_vs_Avg | Home_Win_Pct | Home_Margin | Crew_Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22500547 | Charlotte Hornets @ Utah Jazz | Karl Lane, Andy Nagy, Matt Kallio | 39.6 | -1.57 | 0.622 | 5.13 | 🕊️ Let Them Play | 🏠 Home Cooking |
Model Consensus & EV Analysis
| Game | Random Forest Pick | XGBoost Pick | Neural Net Pick | Neural Net Spread | Market Pick (Odds) | Market Prob | Consensus | Signal | +EV | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Hornets @ Utah Jazz | UTA (70.9%) | UTA (93.9%) | UTA (51.1%) | CHA by 1.2 | UTA (160) | 0.384615 | UTA (3/3) | Strong Signal | 0.871567 | Bet UTA |
🎯 Sniper Prop Targets (>55%)
| Player | Prop | Line | Proj | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sion James | Assists | 1.5 | 2.9 | 86.3% |
| Kyle Filipowski | Pts + Rebs + Asts | 23.5 | 13.9 | 83.4% |
| Kyle Filipowski | Rebounds | 7.5 | 4.6 | 81.2% |
| Kyle Filipowski | Points | 13.5 | 7.9 | 79.5% |
| Keyonte George | Rebounds | 3.5 | 5.0 | 77.5% |
| Sion James | Rebounds | 2.5 | 3.7 | 74.1% |
| Sion James | Pts + Rebs + Asts | 9.5 | 12.4 | 74.1% |
| Brandon Miller | Points | 20.5 | 24.0 | 70.3% |
| Brice Sensabaugh | Pts + Rebs + Asts | 21.5 | 18.5 | 69.0% |
| Keyonte George | Assists | 6.5 | 7.6 | 68.2% |
| Isaiah Collier | Rebounds | 2.5 | 3.4 | 68.0% |
| LaMelo Ball | Assists | 7.5 | 6.2 | 67.5% |
| Isaiah Collier | Assists | 6.5 | 7.7 | 66.3% |
| Brice Sensabaugh | Points | 14.5 | 12.2 | 65.8% |
| Brandon Miller | Pts + Rebs + Asts | 28.5 | 32.0 | 65.4% |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | Points | 6.5 | 7.8 | 64.8% |
| Svi Mykhailiuk | Pts + Rebs + Asts | 11.5 | 13.6 | 64.2% |
| Sion James | Points | 4.5 | 5.8 | 63.5% |
| Svi Mykhailiuk | Rebounds | 2.5 | 3.0 | 62.4% |
| Miles Bridges | Rebounds | 6.5 | 7.5 | 61.2% |
| Svi Mykhailiuk | Points | 7.5 | 8.7 | 60.9% |
| Brice Sensabaugh | Rebounds | 3.5 | 3.9 | 60.7% |
| Kon Knueppel | Rebounds | 4.5 | 4.9 | 60.3% |
Visual Intelligence
Team Statistical Fingerprint
Possession Advantage Breakdown
