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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 Orlando Magic
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
HOU HOU
Model Spread
ORL +2.8
Win Prob.
61.2%
If HOU visited ORL today, our model would lean Houston Rockets with a 61.2% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -4.8 points for ORL 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
-0.2
114.9
Offensive Rating
108.9
110.3
Defensive Rating
109.1
99.0
Pace
96.5
HOU (Away) ORL (Home)

Recent Form

HOU HOU 54-34 L1 Avg margin last 5: -1.2
L LAL
W LAL
W LAL
L LAL
L LAL
ORL ORL 48-41 L3 Avg margin last 5: -5.8
L DET
L DET
L DET
W DET
W DET

Head-to-Head History

3
ORL wins
7
HOU wins
2026-02-26 HOU 113 @ ORL 108 HOU W
2025-11-16 HOU 113 @ ORL 117 ORL W
2025-03-19 HOU 116 @ ORL 108 HOU W
2025-03-10 HOU 84 @ ORL 97 ORL W
2024-04-09 HOU 106 @ ORL 118 ORL 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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