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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.

Houston Rockets vs Miami Heat
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
HOU HOU
Model Spread
MIA +5.8
Win Prob.
73.2%
If HOU visited MIA today, our model would lean Houston Rockets with a 73.2% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -4.2 points for MIA 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
4.6
Net Rating
0.4
114.9
Offensive Rating
112.4
110.3
Defensive Rating
112.0
99.0
Pace
97.1
HOU (Away) MIA (Home)

Recent Form

HOU HOU 54-34 L1 Avg margin last 5: -1.2
L LAL
W LAL
W LAL
L LAL
L LAL
MIA MIA 43-39 W2 Avg margin last 5: +5.0
W ATL
W WAS
L TOR
L TOR
W WAS

Head-to-Head History

8
MIA wins
2
HOU wins
2026-03-21 HOU 122 @ MIA 123 MIA W
2026-02-28 HOU 105 @ MIA 115 MIA W
2025-03-21 HOU 102 @ MIA 98 HOU W
2024-12-29 HOU 104 @ MIA 100 HOU W
2024-04-05 HOU 119 @ MIA 104 HOU 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 73.2% 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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