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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 Lakers vs Philadelphia 76ers
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
PHI PHI
Model Spread
PHI -0.4
Win Prob.
51.8%
If LAL visited PHI today, our model would lean Philadelphia 76ers with a 51.8% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -7.5 points for PHI 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
1.2
Net Rating
-6.3
115.0
Offensive Rating
111.0
113.8
Defensive Rating
117.3
98.3
Pace
98.1
LAL (Away) PHI (Home)

Recent Form

LAL LAL 57-35 L4 Avg margin last 5: -8.8
L OKC
L OKC
L OKC
L OKC
W HOU
PHI PHI 49-44 L4 Avg margin last 5: -16.0
L NYK
L NYK
L NYK
L NYK
W BOS

Head-to-Head History

6
PHI wins
4
LAL wins
2026-02-05 LAL 115 @ PHI 119 PHI W
2025-12-07 LAL 112 @ PHI 108 LAL W
2025-01-28 LAL 104 @ PHI 118 PHI W
2024-11-08 LAL 106 @ PHI 116 PHI W
2024-03-22 LAL 94 @ PHI 101 PHI 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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