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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.

Toronto Raptors vs Cleveland Cavaliers
AI Prediction & Odds Analysis

If They Played Today

Model Pick
CLE CLE
Model Spread
CLE -3.9
Win Prob.
65.4%
If TOR visited CLE today, our model would lean Cleveland Cavaliers with a 65.4% win probability. That reflects a season-long net rating edge of +13.3 points for CLE 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
-4.1
Net Rating
9.2
109.6
Offensive Rating
121.0
113.6
Defensive Rating
111.8
100.6
Pace
100.3
TOR (Away) CLE (Home)

Recent Form

TOR TOR 49-40 L1 Avg margin last 5: +2.2
L CLE
W CLE
L CLE
W CLE
W CLE
CLE CLE 60-40 L4 Avg margin last 5: -9.2
L NYK
L NYK
L NYK
L NYK
W DET

Head-to-Head History

4
CLE wins
6
TOR wins
2026-05-03 TOR 102 @ CLE 114 CLE W
2026-05-01 TOR 110 @ CLE 112 CLE W
2026-04-29 TOR 120 @ CLE 125 CLE W
2026-04-26 TOR 89 @ CLE 93 CLE W
2026-04-23 TOR 104 @ CLE 126 CLE 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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