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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.

Minnesota Timberwolves vs Miami Heat
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
MIN MIN
Model Spread
MIA +2.8
Win Prob.
61.2%
If MIN visited MIA today, our model would lean Minnesota Timberwolves with a 61.2% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -4.6 points for MIA 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
5.0
Net Rating
0.4
115.7
Offensive Rating
112.4
110.8
Defensive Rating
112.0
98.0
Pace
97.1
MIN (Away) MIA (Home)

Recent Form

MIN MIN 55-39 L2 Avg margin last 5: -19.8
L SAS
L SAS
W SAS
L SAS
L SAS
MIA MIA 43-39 W2 Avg margin last 5: +5.0
W ATL
W WAS
L TOR
L TOR
W WAS

Head-to-Head History

2
MIA wins
8
MIN wins
2026-01-06 MIN 94 @ MIA 122 MIA W
2026-01-03 MIN 125 @ MIA 115 MIN W
2025-03-07 MIN 106 @ MIA 104 MIN W
2024-11-10 MIN 95 @ MIA 94 MIN W
2023-12-18 MIN 112 @ MIA 108 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 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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