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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.

Houston Rockets vs Chicago Bulls
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
HOU HOU
Model Spread
CHI +8.3
Win Prob.
83.3%
If HOU visited CHI today, our model would lean Houston Rockets with a 83.3% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -6.2 points for CHI 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
4.6
Net Rating
-1.6
114.9
Offensive Rating
113.2
110.3
Defensive Rating
114.8
99.0
Pace
103.6
HOU (Away) CHI (Home)

Recent Form

HOU HOU 54-34 L1 Avg margin last 5: -1.2
L LAL
W LAL
W LAL
L LAL
L LAL
CHI CHI 31-51 L2 Avg margin last 5: -2.6
L DAL
L ORL
W WAS
W WAS
L PHX

Head-to-Head History

4
CHI wins
6
HOU wins
2026-03-23 HOU 124 @ CHI 132 CHI W
2026-01-13 HOU 113 @ CHI 119 CHI W
2025-03-15 HOU 114 @ CHI 117 CHI W
2024-11-17 HOU 143 @ CHI 107 HOU W
2024-03-21 HOU 117 @ CHI 127 CHI 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 83.3% 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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