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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.

New York Knicks vs Miami Heat
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
NYK NYK
Model Spread
MIA +6.9
Win Prob.
77.8%
If NYK visited MIA today, our model would lean New York Knicks with a 77.8% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -3.6 points for MIA 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
4.0
Net Rating
0.4
117.3
Offensive Rating
112.4
113.3
Defensive Rating
112.0
97.6
Pace
97.1
NYK (Away) MIA (Home)

Recent Form

NYK NYK 65-31 W11 Avg margin last 5: +21.4
W CLE
W CLE
W CLE
W CLE
W PHI
MIA MIA 43-39 W2 Avg margin last 5: +5.0
W ATL
W WAS
L TOR
L TOR
W WAS

Head-to-Head History

3
MIA wins
7
NYK wins
2025-12-21 NYK 125 @ MIA 132 MIA W
2025-11-17 NYK 113 @ MIA 115 MIA W
2025-11-14 NYK 132 @ MIA 140 MIA W
2025-10-26 NYK 107 @ MIA 115 MIA W
2025-03-17 NYK 95 @ MIA 116 MIA 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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