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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 Minnesota Timberwolves
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
MIN MIN
Model Spread
MIN -0.4
Win Prob.
51.8%
If HOU visited MIN today, our model would lean Minnesota Timberwolves with a 51.8% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +0.4 points for MIN 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
5.0
114.9
Offensive Rating
115.7
110.3
Defensive Rating
110.8
99.0
Pace
98.0
HOU (Away) MIN (Home)

Recent Form

HOU HOU 54-34 L1 Avg margin last 5: -1.2
L LAL
W LAL
W LAL
L LAL
L LAL
MIN MIN 55-39 L2 Avg margin last 5: -19.8
L SAS
L SAS
W SAS
L SAS
L SAS

Head-to-Head History

7
MIN wins
3
HOU wins
2026-04-10 HOU 136 @ MIN 132 HOU W
2026-03-25 HOU 108 @ MIN 110 MIN W
2026-01-16 HOU 105 @ MIN 110 MIN W
2025-02-21 HOU 115 @ MIN 121 MIN W
2025-02-06 HOU 114 @ MIN 127 MIN 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 51.8% 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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