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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.

Phoenix Suns vs Detroit Pistons
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
DET DET
Model Spread
DET -6.2
Win Prob.
74.7%
If PHX visited DET today, our model would lean Detroit Pistons with a 74.7% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +5.1 points for DET 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
-3.0
Net Rating
2.1
114.7
Offensive Rating
114.6
117.7
Defensive Rating
112.5
98.3
Pace
100.3
PHX (Away) DET (Home)

Recent Form

PHX PHX 45-41 L4 Avg margin last 5: -7.4
L OKC
L OKC
L OKC
L OKC
W OKC
DET DET 67-29 L1 Avg margin last 5: -6.0
L CLE
W CLE
L CLE
L CLE
L CLE

Head-to-Head History

2
DET wins
8
PHX wins
2026-01-29 PHX 96 @ DET 114 DET W
2026-01-15 PHX 105 @ DET 108 DET W
2025-01-18 PHX 125 @ DET 121 PHX W
2024-12-21 PHX 133 @ DET 125 PHX W
2024-02-14 PHX 100 @ DET 116 DET 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 74.7% 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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