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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 New Orleans Pelicans
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
ORL ORL
Model Spread
NOP +1.8
Win Prob.
57.1%
If ORL visited NOP today, our model would lean Orlando Magic with a 57.1% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -9.2 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
-0.2
Net Rating
-9.4
108.9
Offensive Rating
109.7
109.1
Defensive Rating
119.1
96.5
Pace
99.8
ORL (Away) NOP (Home)

Recent Form

ORL ORL 48-41 L3 Avg margin last 5: -5.8
L DET
L DET
L DET
W DET
W DET
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
ORL wins
2026-04-05 ORL 112 @ NOP 108 ORL W
2026-01-11 ORL 118 @ NOP 128 NOP W
2025-03-13 ORL 113 @ NOP 93 ORL W
2024-11-08 ORL 88 @ NOP 115 NOP W
2024-04-03 ORL 117 @ NOP 108 ORL 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 57.1% 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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