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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.

Orlando Magic vs Boston Celtics
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
BOS BOS
Model Spread
BOS -3.5
Win Prob.
63.8%
If ORL visited BOS today, our model would lean Boston Celtics with a 63.8% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +9.6 points for BOS 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
-0.2
Net Rating
9.4
108.9
Offensive Rating
119.5
109.1
Defensive Rating
110.1
96.5
Pace
96.6
ORL (Away) BOS (Home)

Recent Form

ORL ORL 48-41 L3 Avg margin last 5: -5.8
L DET
L DET
L DET
W DET
W DET
BOS BOS 59-30 L3 Avg margin last 5: +0.4
L PHI
L PHI
L PHI
W PHI
W PHI

Head-to-Head History

7
BOS wins
3
ORL wins
2026-04-12 ORL 108 @ BOS 113 BOS W
2025-11-23 ORL 129 @ BOS 138 BOS W
2025-11-09 ORL 111 @ BOS 107 ORL W
2025-11-07 ORL 110 @ BOS 123 BOS W
2025-04-29 ORL 89 @ BOS 120 BOS 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 63.8% 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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