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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.

Miami Heat vs New Orleans Pelicans
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
MIA MIA
Model Spread
NOP +2.8
Win Prob.
61.2%
If MIA visited NOP today, our model would lean Miami Heat with a 61.2% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -9.8 points for NOP 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
0.4
Net Rating
-9.4
112.4
Offensive Rating
109.7
112.0
Defensive Rating
119.1
97.1
Pace
99.8
MIA (Away) NOP (Home)

Recent Form

MIA MIA 43-39 W2 Avg margin last 5: +5.0
W ATL
W WAS
L TOR
L TOR
W WAS
NOP NOP 26-56 L2 Avg margin last 5: -4.2
L MIN
L BOS
W UTA
L ORL
L SAC

Head-to-Head History

1
NOP wins
9
MIA wins
2026-02-11 MIA 123 @ NOP 111 MIA W
2026-01-04 MIA 106 @ NOP 125 NOP W
2025-04-11 MIA 153 @ NOP 104 MIA W
2025-01-01 MIA 108 @ NOP 119 NOP W
2024-03-22 MIA 111 @ NOP 88 MIA 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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