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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 Houston Rockets
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
HOU HOU
Model Spread
HOU -0.4
Win Prob.
51.8%
If MIN visited HOU today, our model would lean Houston Rockets with a 51.8% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -0.4 points for HOU 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
4.6
115.7
Offensive Rating
114.9
110.8
Defensive Rating
110.3
98.0
Pace
99.0
MIN (Away) HOU (Home)

Recent Form

MIN MIN 55-39 L2 Avg margin last 5: -19.8
L SAS
L SAS
W SAS
L SAS
L SAS
HOU HOU 54-34 L1 Avg margin last 5: -1.2
L LAL
W LAL
W LAL
L LAL
L LAL

Head-to-Head History

3
HOU wins
7
MIN wins
2026-04-10 MIN 136 @ HOU 132 MIN W
2026-03-25 MIN 108 @ HOU 110 HOU W
2026-01-16 MIN 105 @ HOU 110 HOU W
2025-02-21 MIN 115 @ HOU 121 HOU W
2025-02-06 MIN 114 @ HOU 127 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 51.8% 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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