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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.

Boston Celtics vs Orlando Magic
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
BOS BOS
Model Spread
ORL +1.8
Win Prob.
57.1%
If BOS visited ORL today, our model would lean Boston Celtics with a 57.1% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -9.6 points for ORL 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
9.4
Net Rating
-0.2
119.5
Offensive Rating
108.9
110.1
Defensive Rating
109.1
96.6
Pace
96.5
BOS (Away) ORL (Home)

Recent Form

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

Head-to-Head History

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