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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.

Orlando Magic vs Houston Rockets
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
HOU HOU
Model Spread
HOU -3.9
Win Prob.
65.4%
If ORL visited HOU today, our model would lean Houston Rockets with a 65.4% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +4.8 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
-0.2
Net Rating
4.6
108.9
Offensive Rating
114.9
109.1
Defensive Rating
110.3
96.5
Pace
99.0
ORL (Away) HOU (Home)

Recent Form

ORL ORL 48-41 L3 Avg margin last 5: -5.8
L DET
L DET
L DET
W DET
W DET
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

7
HOU wins
3
ORL wins
2026-02-26 ORL 113 @ HOU 108 ORL W
2025-11-16 ORL 113 @ HOU 117 HOU W
2025-03-19 ORL 116 @ HOU 108 ORL W
2025-03-10 ORL 84 @ HOU 97 HOU W
2024-04-09 ORL 106 @ HOU 118 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 65.4% 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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