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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.

Los Angeles Clippers vs Houston Rockets
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
HOU HOU
Model Spread
HOU -6.1
Win Prob.
74.4%
If LAC visited HOU today, our model would lean Houston Rockets with a 74.4% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -0.3 points for HOU 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
4.9
Net Rating
4.6
114.3
Offensive Rating
114.9
109.4
Defensive Rating
110.3
98.2
Pace
99.0
LAC (Away) HOU (Home)

Recent Form

LAC LAC 42-40 W1 Avg margin last 5: +2.0
W GSW
L POR
L OKC
W DAL
W SAC
HOU HOU 54-34 L1 Avg margin last 5: -1.2
L LAL
W LAL
W LAL
L LAL
L LAL

Head-to-Head History

6
HOU wins
4
LAC wins
2026-02-11 LAC 105 @ HOU 102 LAC W
2026-02-10 LAC 95 @ HOU 102 HOU W
2025-12-23 LAC 108 @ HOU 128 HOU W
2025-12-11 LAC 113 @ HOU 115 HOU W
2025-04-09 LAC 117 @ HOU 134 HOU 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 74.4% 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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