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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 Phoenix Suns
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
NYK NYK
Model Spread
PHX +12.5
Win Prob.
100.0%
If NYK visited PHX today, our model would lean New York Knicks with a 100.0% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of -7.0 points for PHX 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
-3.0
117.3
Offensive Rating
114.7
113.3
Defensive Rating
117.7
97.6
Pace
98.3
NYK (Away) PHX (Home)

Recent Form

NYK NYK 65-31 W11 Avg margin last 5: +21.4
W CLE
W CLE
W CLE
W CLE
W PHI
PHX PHX 45-41 L4 Avg margin last 5: -7.4
L OKC
L OKC
L OKC
L OKC
W OKC

Head-to-Head History

6
PHX wins
4
NYK wins
2026-01-17 NYK 106 @ PHX 99 NYK W
2026-01-09 NYK 107 @ PHX 112 PHX W
2025-04-06 NYK 98 @ PHX 112 PHX W
2024-11-20 NYK 138 @ PHX 122 NYK W
2023-12-15 NYK 139 @ PHX 122 NYK 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 100.0% 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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