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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.

Minnesota Timberwolves vs Dallas Mavericks
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
MIN MIN
Model Spread
DAL +6.9
Win Prob.
77.8%
If MIN visited DAL today, our model would lean Minnesota Timberwolves with a 77.8% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -6.3 points for DAL 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
5.0
Net Rating
-1.3
115.7
Offensive Rating
113.7
110.8
Defensive Rating
115.0
98.0
Pace
100.2
MIN (Away) DAL (Home)

Recent Form

MIN MIN 55-39 L2 Avg margin last 5: -19.8
L SAS
L SAS
W SAS
L SAS
L SAS
DAL DAL 26-56 W1 Avg margin last 5: -2.0
W CHI
L SAS
L PHX
L LAC
W LAL

Head-to-Head History

3
DAL wins
7
MIN wins
2026-03-30 MIN 124 @ DAL 94 MIN W
2026-02-20 MIN 111 @ DAL 122 DAL W
2026-01-28 MIN 118 @ DAL 105 MIN W
2025-11-17 MIN 96 @ DAL 120 DAL W
2025-01-22 MIN 115 @ DAL 114 MIN 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 77.8% 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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