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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 Minnesota Timberwolves
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
MIN MIN
Model Spread
MIN -6.2
Win Prob.
74.7%
If IND visited MIN today, our model would lean Minnesota Timberwolves with a 74.7% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +2.9 points for MIN 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
5.0
115.4
Offensive Rating
115.7
113.3
Defensive Rating
110.8
100.8
Pace
98.0
IND (Away) MIN (Home)

Recent Form

IND IND 19-63 L2 Avg margin last 5: -4.6
L DET
L PHI
W BKN
L MIN
L CLE
MIN MIN 55-39 L2 Avg margin last 5: -19.8
L SAS
L SAS
W SAS
L SAS
L SAS

Head-to-Head History

8
MIN wins
2
IND wins
2026-04-07 IND 124 @ MIN 104 IND W
2025-10-26 IND 110 @ MIN 114 MIN W
2025-03-24 IND 103 @ MIN 119 MIN W
2025-03-17 IND 132 @ MIN 130 IND W
2024-03-07 IND 113 @ MIN 111 IND 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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