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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.

Detroit Pistons vs Phoenix Suns
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
DET DET
Model Spread
PHX +2.8
Win Prob.
61.2%
If DET visited PHX today, our model would lean Detroit Pistons with a 61.2% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -5.1 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
2.1
Net Rating
-3.0
114.6
Offensive Rating
114.7
112.5
Defensive Rating
117.7
100.3
Pace
98.3
DET (Away) PHX (Home)

Recent Form

DET DET 67-29 L1 Avg margin last 5: -6.0
L CLE
W CLE
L CLE
L CLE
L CLE
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

8
PHX wins
2
DET wins
2026-01-29 DET 96 @ PHX 114 PHX W
2026-01-15 DET 105 @ PHX 108 PHX W
2025-01-18 DET 125 @ PHX 121 DET W
2024-12-21 DET 133 @ PHX 125 DET W
2024-02-14 DET 100 @ PHX 116 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 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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