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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.

Dallas Mavericks vs Washington Wizards
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
DAL DAL
Model Spread
WAS +2.8
Win Prob.
61.2%
If DAL visited WAS today, our model would lean Dallas Mavericks with a 61.2% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -10.9 points for WAS 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
-1.3
Net Rating
-12.2
113.7
Offensive Rating
105.8
115.0
Defensive Rating
118.0
100.2
Pace
101.8
DAL (Away) WAS (Home)

Recent Form

DAL DAL 26-56 W1 Avg margin last 5: -2.0
W CHI
L SAS
L PHX
L LAC
W LAL
WAS WAS 17-65 L10 Avg margin last 5: -16.8
L CLE
L MIA
L CHI
L CHI
L BKN

Head-to-Head History

5
WAS wins
5
DAL wins
2025-11-08 DAL 111 @ WAS 105 DAL W
2025-10-24 DAL 117 @ WAS 107 DAL W
2025-01-27 DAL 108 @ WAS 130 WAS W
2024-12-05 DAL 137 @ WAS 101 DAL W
2024-02-12 DAL 104 @ WAS 112 WAS 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 61.2% 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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