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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 New Orleans Pelicans
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
MIN MIN
Model Spread
NOP +2.8
Win Prob.
61.2%
If MIN visited NOP today, our model would lean Minnesota Timberwolves with a 61.2% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -14.4 points for NOP 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
-9.4
115.7
Offensive Rating
109.7
110.8
Defensive Rating
119.1
98.0
Pace
99.8
MIN (Away) NOP (Home)

Recent Form

MIN MIN 55-39 L2 Avg margin last 5: -19.8
L SAS
L SAS
W SAS
L SAS
L SAS
NOP NOP 26-56 L2 Avg margin last 5: -4.2
L MIN
L BOS
W UTA
L ORL
L SAC

Head-to-Head History

4
NOP wins
6
MIN wins
2026-04-12 MIN 126 @ NOP 132 NOP W
2026-02-06 MIN 119 @ NOP 115 MIN W
2025-12-04 MIN 125 @ NOP 116 MIN W
2025-12-02 MIN 149 @ NOP 142 MIN W
2025-03-21 MIN 93 @ NOP 134 NOP 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 61.2% 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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