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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.

Philadelphia 76ers vs Cleveland Cavaliers
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CLE CLE
Model Spread
CLE -6.2
Win Prob.
74.7%
If PHI visited CLE today, our model would lean Cleveland Cavaliers with a 74.7% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +15.5 points for CLE 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
-6.3
Net Rating
9.2
111.0
Offensive Rating
121.0
117.3
Defensive Rating
111.8
98.1
Pace
100.3
PHI (Away) CLE (Home)

Recent Form

PHI PHI 49-44 L4 Avg margin last 5: -16.0
L NYK
L NYK
L NYK
L NYK
W BOS
CLE CLE 60-40 L4 Avg margin last 5: -9.2
L NYK
L NYK
L NYK
L NYK
W DET

Head-to-Head History

7
CLE wins
3
PHI wins
2026-03-09 PHI 101 @ CLE 115 CLE W
2026-01-16 PHI 117 @ CLE 115 PHI W
2026-01-14 PHI 133 @ CLE 107 PHI W
2025-11-05 PHI 121 @ CLE 132 CLE W
2025-01-24 PHI 129 @ CLE 132 CLE 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 74.7% 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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