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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.

Indiana Pacers vs Detroit Pistons
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
DET DET
Model Spread
DET -9.9
Win Prob.
89.7%
If IND visited DET today, our model would lean Detroit Pistons with a 89.7% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +0.0 points for DET 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
2.1
Net Rating
2.1
115.4
Offensive Rating
114.6
113.3
Defensive Rating
112.5
100.8
Pace
100.3
IND (Away) DET (Home)

Recent Form

IND IND 19-63 L2 Avg margin last 5: -4.6
L DET
L PHI
W BKN
L MIN
L CLE
DET DET 67-29 L1 Avg margin last 5: -6.0
L CLE
W CLE
L CLE
L CLE
L CLE

Head-to-Head History

5
DET wins
5
IND wins
2026-04-12 IND 133 @ DET 121 IND W
2026-01-17 IND 78 @ DET 121 DET W
2025-11-24 IND 122 @ DET 117 IND W
2025-11-17 IND 112 @ DET 127 DET W
2025-01-29 IND 119 @ DET 133 DET 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 89.7% 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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