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Hypothetical Matchup

These teams aren't scheduled to play. The prediction below is "if they faced off today" based on current 2025โ€“26 season ratings.

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Phoenix Suns
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CLE CLE
Model Spread
PHX +1.7
Win Prob.
56.6%
If CLE visited PHX today, our model would lean Cleveland Cavaliers with a 56.6% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -12.2 points for PHX at home (plus ELO, rest, and recent form factored in).

Hypothetical matchup โ€” these teams aren't scheduled to play. The model updates daily as ratings and ELO move.

Team Stats Comparison

2025โ€“26 Season
9.2
Net Rating
-3.0
121.0
Offensive Rating
114.7
111.8
Defensive Rating
117.7
100.3
Pace
98.3
CLE (Away) PHX (Home)

Recent Form

CLE CLE 60-40 L4 Avg margin last 5: -9.2
L NYK
L NYK
L NYK
L NYK
W DET
PHX PHX 45-41 L4 Avg margin last 5: -7.4
L OKC
L OKC
L OKC
L OKC
W OKC

Head-to-Head History

6
PHX wins
4
CLE wins
2026-01-30 CLE 113 @ PHX 126 PHX W
2025-12-31 CLE 113 @ PHX 129 PHX W
2025-03-21 CLE 112 @ PHX 123 PHX W
2025-01-20 CLE 92 @ PHX 118 PHX W
2024-04-03 CLE 101 @ PHX 122 PHX W

How Often Has the Model Been Right?

Verified track record across every prediction we've made โ€” not specific to this matchup.

67.1%
All Games
7146 tracked
75.1%
High Conf.
>65% picks
80.0%
Last 50
recent games

The model is an isotonic-calibrated XGBoost classifier โ€” a 56.6% confidence above means "the model picked teams at this confidence level and was right about 75.1% of the time" historically.

See full track record with calibration & Brier score

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