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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 Utah Jazz
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
MIN MIN
Model Spread
UTA +7.9
Win Prob.
81.5%
If MIN visited UTA today, our model would lean Minnesota Timberwolves with a 81.5% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -14.2 points for UTA 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
-9.2
115.7
Offensive Rating
110.2
110.8
Defensive Rating
119.4
98.0
Pace
100.8
MIN (Away) UTA (Home)

Recent Form

MIN MIN 55-39 L2 Avg margin last 5: -19.8
L SAS
L SAS
W SAS
L SAS
L SAS
UTA UTA 22-60 L1 Avg margin last 5: -13.2
L LAL
W MEM
L NOP
L OKC
L HOU

Head-to-Head History

2
UTA wins
8
MIN wins
2026-03-18 MIN 111 @ UTA 147 UTA W
2026-01-20 MIN 122 @ UTA 127 UTA W
2025-11-10 MIN 120 @ UTA 113 MIN W
2025-11-07 MIN 97 @ UTA 137 UTA W
2025-04-13 MIN 105 @ UTA 116 UTA 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 81.5% 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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