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NBA 2025-2026 ratings through results of 2025 DECEMBER 30 TUESDAY


this output has three parts: (1) teams listed by RATING top-to-bottom
                             (2) DIVISION AVERAGES
                                 (listed top-to-bottom & by conference)
                             (3) teams listed by DIVISION
                                 (listed in order within divisions)

The SCHEDULE ratings represent what the rating would have to be for a
hypothetical team to have a mathematical expectation of winning precisely 50%
of their games against the schedule played by the team in question in the games
that it has played so far.  The schedule difficulty of each given game takes
into account the rating of the opponent and the location of the game. This
is the same concept that is used in computing the WIN50% conference ratings.

To make predictions for upcoming games, simply compare the RATINGS of
the teams in question and allow an ADDITIONAL  3  points for the home
team.  Thus, for example, a HOME team with a rating of 97 would be
favored by  5  points over a VISITING team having a rating of 95.
Or a VISITING team with a rating of 94 would be favored by  7  points
over a HOME team having a rating of 84.

NOTE: Use whatever home advantage is listed in the output below.
      In the example just above, a home edge of 3 was shown for
      illustrative purposes. The home edge will vary during the season.
Several different home edges are shown, one for each of the several different type of ratings
directly over their respective columns.

The numbers to the right of a team's schedule strength are its rank of
schedule - (in parentheses) - and its record versus teams in these
rating's CURRENT top 10 and CURRENT top 16 respectively.

Teams that appear to be tied to two decimal places in a given column are actually
different when carried to more decimal places in the computer's internal arithmetic.
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The PREDICTOR, is such that the score is the only thing that matters.
PREDICTOR is also known as PURE_POINTS, BALLANTINE, RHEINGOLD, WHITE OWL
and is a very good PREDICTOR of future games.
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GOLDEN_MEAN also utilizes the actual SCORES of the games in a different way but is also completely SCORE BASED
and thus should be a good match for the PURE POINTS in terms of predictive accuracy for upcoming games.
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The RECENT, is score-based and weights RECENT play more heavily than earlier games. Its effect will become
more pronounced the longer a season goes if a given team happens to have an upward or downward trend.
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The overall RATING is a synthesis of the three different SCORE-BASED methods, PREDICTOR(PURE_POINTS), GOLDEN_MEAN,
and RECENT and thus should be a good predictor in its own right.


Predictions_with_Totals_and_Moneylines

just click on "Predictions_with_Totals_and_Moneylines" and it will take you to the daily predictions at the bottom of the file where you'll also see the additional set of EXPERIMENTAL predictions which are the basic predictions that are adjusted to take into account each team's tendencies of performance at home and away along with the extra picks column of STRONG RECENT
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NBA 2025-2026 through games of 2025 December 30 Tuesday
                                RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT      | STRONG RECENT
                HOME ADVANTAGE=[  1.82]                                               [  1.77]       [  1.77]       [  1.92]       [  1.92]
   1  Oklahoma City Thunder   = 101.03   28   5   88.77(  29)    4   4  |   11   4  |  101.24    1 |  101.14    1 |  102.01    1 |  102.90    1  northwest
   2  Houston Rockets         =  96.50   20  10   90.18(  13)    4   5  |   11   6  |   96.23    2 |   96.27    2 |   97.91    2 |   98.94    2  southwest
   3  Denver Nuggets          =  95.39   22  10   89.51(  20)    7   4  |   12   5  |   95.01    4 |   95.86    3 |   95.97    3 |   96.47    4  northwest
   4  New York Knicks         =  95.24   24   9   89.16(  25)    5   4  |   10   6  |   95.49    3 |   95.55    4 |   95.30    6 |   95.42    8  ATLANTIC
   5  San Antonio Spurs       =  94.66   23  10   90.26(  11)    6   4  |   10   9  |   94.47    6 |   94.63    6 |   95.46    5 |   96.05    7  southwest
   6  Detroit Pistons         =  94.40   25   8   88.57(  30)    4   2  |    7   4  |   93.92    7 |   94.68    5 |   95.19    7 |   96.14    6  CENTRAL
   7  Minnesota Timberwolves  =  94.11   21  12   88.99(  28)    5   5  |    6  10  |   94.71    5 |   93.96    7 |   94.15    8 |   93.95    9  northwest
   8  Boston Celtics          =  93.82   20  12   89.66(  19)    4   6  |   10   6  |   93.86    8 |   92.86    8 |   95.51    4 |   96.85    3  ATLANTIC
   9  Golden State Warriors   =  92.60   17  16   90.49(   7)    4   6  |   10   8  |   92.94    9 |   92.13   11 |   93.09   10 |   92.90   11  pacific
  10  Orlando Magic           =  91.97   18  15   90.92(   5)    6   9  |   10   9  |   91.95   12 |   92.58   10 |   91.58   12 |   90.80   12  SOUTHEAST
NBA 2025-2026 through games of 2025 December 30 Tuesday
                                RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT      | STRONG RECENT
                HOME ADVANTAGE=[  1.82]                                               [  1.77]       [  1.77]       [  1.92]       [  1.92]
  11  Cleveland Cavaliers     =  91.80   18  16   89.02(  27)    3   7  |    6   8  |   92.57   11 |   92.77    9 |   90.23   14 |   88.72   18  CENTRAL
  12  Miami Heat              =  91.72   18  15   90.47(   9)    4   9  |    8  11  |   91.73   13 |   90.90   13 |   92.88   11 |   93.85   10  SOUTHEAST
  13  Phoenix Suns            =  91.46   19  13   90.48(   8)    5   8  |    9  11  |   90.49   15 |   90.61   14 |   93.93    9 |   96.39    5  pacific
  14  Los Angeles Clippers    =  91.13   11  21   91.11(   3)    2   8  |    4  17  |   92.83   10 |   90.27   15 |   90.46   13 |   89.42   16  pacific
  15  Los Angeles Lakers      =  89.99   20  11   90.13(  16)    3   6  |    7   9  |   89.17   18 |   91.62   12 |   89.13   18 |   88.77   17  pacific
  16  Memphis Grizzlies       =  89.92   15  18   90.14(  14)    1  10  |    5  13  |   90.53   14 |   89.42   18 |   89.80   15 |   89.71   13  southwest
  17  Toronto Raptors         =  89.62   20  14   89.13(  26)    2   6  |    8   7  |   89.24   16 |   90.13   16 |   89.42   16 |   89.61   14  ATLANTIC
  18  Philadelphia 76ers      =  89.61   17  14   89.29(  23)    5   5  |    7   8  |   89.24   17 |   90.12   17 |   89.42   17 |   89.49   15  ATLANTIC
  19  Atlanta Hawks           =  88.47   15  19   89.96(  17)    2   9  |    6  12  |   88.33   19 |   89.30   19 |   87.47   20 |   86.69   21  SOUTHEAST
  20  Dallas Mavericks        =  87.70   12  22   90.27(  10)    4   8  |    6  14  |   88.08   20 |   87.63   22 |   87.07   22 |   86.17   22  southwest
NBA 2025-2026 through games of 2025 December 30 Tuesday
                                RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 |  PREDICTOR   | GOLDEN_MEAN  |  RECENT      | STRONG RECENT
                HOME ADVANTAGE=[  1.82]                                               [  1.77]       [  1.77]       [  1.92]       [  1.92]
  21  Portland Trail Blazers  =  87.69   14  19   91.39(   2)    6   9  |    8  15  |   87.34   21 |   87.93   21 |   87.53   19 |   87.51   19  northwest
  22  Milwaukee Bucks         =  87.66   14  19   89.16(  24)    4   5  |    4  10  |   87.34   22 |   88.08   20 |   87.27   21 |   87.27   20  CENTRAL
  23  Charlotte Hornets       =  85.86   11  21   89.47(  21)    1   7  |    2  12  |   85.99   24 |   85.30   24 |   85.81   24 |   85.98   24  SOUTHEAST
  24  Brooklyn Nets           =  85.70   10  20   89.85(  18)    2   9  |    2  11  |   86.38   23 |   84.16   26 |   85.81   23 |   86.00   23  ATLANTIC
  25  New Orleans Pelicans    =  85.39    8  26   90.87(   6)    1  13  |    1  22  |   85.83   25 |   84.35   25 |   85.35   25 |   84.80   26  southwest
  26  Chicago Bulls           =  85.34   15  17   89.32(  22)    4   6  |    6   8  |   84.69   26 |   86.19   23 |   84.44   27 |   84.54   27  CENTRAL
  27  Utah Jazz               =  84.57   12  20   91.04(   4)    4  11  |    7  16  |   83.60   27 |   84.05   27 |   85.24   26 |   85.90   25  northwest
  28  Sacramento Kings        =  83.05    8  25   92.18(   1)    4  12  |    5  19  |   82.72   29 |   83.82   28 |   81.58   28 |   80.19   28  pacific
  29  Indiana Pacers          =  82.79    6  27   90.13(  15)    1  11  |    1  16  |   83.19   28 |   82.94   29 |   81.22   29 |   79.44   29  CENTRAL
  30  Washington Wizards      =  80.81    7  24   90.25(  12)    0  10  |    2  13  |   80.87   30 |   80.75   30 |   79.74   30 |   79.20   30  SOUTHEAST
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Divisional Rankings

There are three group ratings, the "central mean", the
"simple average" (also known as the "arithmetic mean",)
and the WIN50%.
The "central mean" gives the most weight to the middle team(s)
in the group and progressively less weight to teams as you go
away from the middle in either direction, up or down.
This tends to smooth out the effect of anomalous teams that are rated
much higher and lower than the middle team(s) in the group.  The
"simple average" ("arithmetic mean") weights each team equally
no matter where they are relative to the middle.
Here are a few examples of how the "central mean" is computed.
  4-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-2-1
  5-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-2-1
  6-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-3-2-1
  7-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-3-2-1
  8-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-4-3-2-1
  9-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1
 10-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-5-5-4-3-2-1
 11-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-5-6-5-4-3-2-1
 12-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-5-6-6-5-4-3-2-1
 13-team group ___ the weights are   1-2-3-4-5-6-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
This is an expanded version of the "tri-mean".

The WIN50% is the rating required to win 50% of the games if playing an
infinite number of round-robins in the given group at a neutral location.
      DIVISION            CENTRAL MEAN    SIMPLE AVERAGE  TEAMS      WIN50%         RATING          PREDICTOR         GOLDEN_MEAN         RECENT

   1  northwest               =  92.68      92.56  (  1)      5      92.57  (  1)  92.5568( 6.5143)  92.3820( 6.9519)  92.5862( 6.7133)  92.9823( 6.7351)
   2  ATLANTIC                =  90.74      90.80  (  3)      5      90.81  (  3)  90.7981( 3.7990)  90.8425( 3.7351)  90.5649( 4.2266)  91.0928( 4.2046)
   3  southwest               =  90.71      90.83  (  2)      5      90.81  (  2)  90.8341( 4.6640)  91.0291( 4.3240)  90.4593( 4.9378)  91.1196( 5.3925)
   4  pacific                 =  90.22      89.65  (  4)      5      89.75  (  4)  89.6469( 3.8020)  89.6315( 4.1816)  89.6873( 3.3659)  89.6388( 4.9062)
   5  CENTRAL                 =  88.27      88.40  (  5)      5      88.38  (  5)  88.3992( 4.7153)  88.3418( 4.7388)  88.9344( 4.7940)  87.6707( 5.3683)
   6  SOUTHEAST               =  88.15      87.76  (  6)      5      87.84  (  6)  87.7648( 4.6318)  87.7731( 4.5906)  87.7679( 4.7627)  87.4958( 5.2132)

       OVERALL                                                                     90.0000( 4.6417)  90.0000( 4.7139)  90.0000( 4.7139)  90.0000( 5.2673)

      DIVISION            CENTRAL MEAN    SIMPLE AVERAGE  TEAMS      WIN50%         RATING          PREDICTOR         GOLDEN_MEAN         RECENT

   2  ATLANTIC                =  90.74      90.80  (  3)      5      90.81  (  3)  90.7981( 3.7990)  90.8425( 3.7351)  90.5649( 4.2266)  91.0928( 4.2046)
   5  CENTRAL                 =  88.27      88.40  (  5)      5      88.38  (  5)  88.3992( 4.7153)  88.3418( 4.7388)  88.9344( 4.7940)  87.6707( 5.3683)
   6  SOUTHEAST               =  88.15      87.76  (  6)      5      87.84  (  6)  87.7648( 4.6318)  87.7731( 4.5906)  87.7679( 4.7627)  87.4958( 5.2132)
   3  southwest               =  90.71      90.83  (  2)      5      90.81  (  2)  90.8341( 4.6640)  91.0291( 4.3240)  90.4593( 4.9378)  91.1196( 5.3925)
   1  northwest               =  92.68      92.56  (  1)      5      92.57  (  1)  92.5568( 6.5143)  92.3820( 6.9519)  92.5862( 6.7133)  92.9823( 6.7351)
   4  pacific                 =  90.22      89.65  (  4)      5      89.75  (  4)  89.6469( 3.8020)  89.6315( 4.1816)  89.6873( 3.3659)  89.6388( 4.9062)

       OVERALL                                                                     90.0000( 4.6417)  90.0000( 4.7139)  90.0000( 4.7139)  90.0000( 5.2673)
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By Division

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 ATLANTIC = 90.74 NBA 2025-2026 through games of 2025 December 30 Tuesday RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | PREDICTOR | GOLDEN_MEAN | RECENT | STRONG RECENT HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 1.82] [ 1.77] [ 1.77] [ 1.92] [ 1.92] 4 New York Knicks = 95.24 24 9 89.16( 25) 5 4 | 10 6 | 95.49 3 | 95.55 4 | 95.30 6 | 95.42 8 ATLANTIC 8 Boston Celtics = 93.82 20 12 89.66( 19) 4 6 | 10 6 | 93.86 8 | 92.86 8 | 95.51 4 | 96.85 3 ATLANTIC 17 Toronto Raptors = 89.62 20 14 89.13( 26) 2 6 | 8 7 | 89.24 16 | 90.13 16 | 89.42 16 | 89.61 14 ATLANTIC 18 Philadelphia 76ers = 89.61 17 14 89.29( 23) 5 5 | 7 8 | 89.24 17 | 90.12 17 | 89.42 17 | 89.49 15 ATLANTIC 24 Brooklyn Nets = 85.70 10 20 89.85( 18) 2 9 | 2 11 | 86.38 23 | 84.16 26 | 85.81 23 | 86.00 23 ATLANTIC _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CENTRAL = 88.27 NBA 2025-2026 through games of 2025 December 30 Tuesday RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | PREDICTOR | GOLDEN_MEAN | RECENT | STRONG RECENT HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 1.82] [ 1.77] [ 1.77] [ 1.92] [ 1.92] 6 Detroit Pistons = 94.40 25 8 88.57( 30) 4 2 | 7 4 | 93.92 7 | 94.68 5 | 95.19 7 | 96.14 6 CENTRAL 11 Cleveland Cavaliers = 91.80 18 16 89.02( 27) 3 7 | 6 8 | 92.57 11 | 92.77 9 | 90.23 14 | 88.72 18 CENTRAL 22 Milwaukee Bucks = 87.66 14 19 89.16( 24) 4 5 | 4 10 | 87.34 22 | 88.08 20 | 87.27 21 | 87.27 20 CENTRAL 26 Chicago Bulls = 85.34 15 17 89.32( 22) 4 6 | 6 8 | 84.69 26 | 86.19 23 | 84.44 27 | 84.54 27 CENTRAL 29 Indiana Pacers = 82.79 6 27 90.13( 15) 1 11 | 1 16 | 83.19 28 | 82.94 29 | 81.22 29 | 79.44 29 CENTRAL _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 SOUTHEAST = 88.15 NBA 2025-2026 through games of 2025 December 30 Tuesday RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | PREDICTOR | GOLDEN_MEAN | RECENT | STRONG RECENT HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 1.82] [ 1.77] [ 1.77] [ 1.92] [ 1.92] 10 Orlando Magic = 91.97 18 15 90.92( 5) 6 9 | 10 9 | 91.95 12 | 92.58 10 | 91.58 12 | 90.80 12 SOUTHEAST 12 Miami Heat = 91.72 18 15 90.47( 9) 4 9 | 8 11 | 91.73 13 | 90.90 13 | 92.88 11 | 93.85 10 SOUTHEAST 19 Atlanta Hawks = 88.47 15 19 89.96( 17) 2 9 | 6 12 | 88.33 19 | 89.30 19 | 87.47 20 | 86.69 21 SOUTHEAST 23 Charlotte Hornets = 85.86 11 21 89.47( 21) 1 7 | 2 12 | 85.99 24 | 85.30 24 | 85.81 24 | 85.98 24 SOUTHEAST 30 Washington Wizards = 80.81 7 24 90.25( 12) 0 10 | 2 13 | 80.87 30 | 80.75 30 | 79.74 30 | 79.20 30 SOUTHEAST _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 southwest = 90.71 NBA 2025-2026 through games of 2025 December 30 Tuesday RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | PREDICTOR | GOLDEN_MEAN | RECENT | STRONG RECENT HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 1.82] [ 1.77] [ 1.77] [ 1.92] [ 1.92] 2 Houston Rockets = 96.50 20 10 90.18( 13) 4 5 | 11 6 | 96.23 2 | 96.27 2 | 97.91 2 | 98.94 2 southwest 5 San Antonio Spurs = 94.66 23 10 90.26( 11) 6 4 | 10 9 | 94.47 6 | 94.63 6 | 95.46 5 | 96.05 7 southwest 16 Memphis Grizzlies = 89.92 15 18 90.14( 14) 1 10 | 5 13 | 90.53 14 | 89.42 18 | 89.80 15 | 89.71 13 southwest 20 Dallas Mavericks = 87.70 12 22 90.27( 10) 4 8 | 6 14 | 88.08 20 | 87.63 22 | 87.07 22 | 86.17 22 southwest 25 New Orleans Pelicans = 85.39 8 26 90.87( 6) 1 13 | 1 22 | 85.83 25 | 84.35 25 | 85.35 25 | 84.80 26 southwest _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 northwest = 92.68 NBA 2025-2026 through games of 2025 December 30 Tuesday RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | PREDICTOR | GOLDEN_MEAN | RECENT | STRONG RECENT HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 1.82] [ 1.77] [ 1.77] [ 1.92] [ 1.92] 1 Oklahoma City Thunder = 101.03 28 5 88.77( 29) 4 4 | 11 4 | 101.24 1 | 101.14 1 | 102.01 1 | 102.90 1 northwest 3 Denver Nuggets = 95.39 22 10 89.51( 20) 7 4 | 12 5 | 95.01 4 | 95.86 3 | 95.97 3 | 96.47 4 northwest 7 Minnesota Timberwolves = 94.11 21 12 88.99( 28) 5 5 | 6 10 | 94.71 5 | 93.96 7 | 94.15 8 | 93.95 9 northwest 21 Portland Trail Blazers = 87.69 14 19 91.39( 2) 6 9 | 8 15 | 87.34 21 | 87.93 21 | 87.53 19 | 87.51 19 northwest 27 Utah Jazz = 84.57 12 20 91.04( 4) 4 11 | 7 16 | 83.60 27 | 84.05 27 | 85.24 26 | 85.90 25 northwest _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 pacific = 90.22 NBA 2025-2026 through games of 2025 December 30 Tuesday RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | PREDICTOR | GOLDEN_MEAN | RECENT | STRONG RECENT HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 1.82] [ 1.77] [ 1.77] [ 1.92] [ 1.92] 9 Golden State Warriors = 92.60 17 16 90.49( 7) 4 6 | 10 8 | 92.94 9 | 92.13 11 | 93.09 10 | 92.90 11 pacific 13 Phoenix Suns = 91.46 19 13 90.48( 8) 5 8 | 9 11 | 90.49 15 | 90.61 14 | 93.93 9 | 96.39 5 pacific 14 Los Angeles Clippers = 91.13 11 21 91.11( 3) 2 8 | 4 17 | 92.83 10 | 90.27 15 | 90.46 13 | 89.42 16 pacific 15 Los Angeles Lakers = 89.99 20 11 90.13( 16) 3 6 | 7 9 | 89.17 18 | 91.62 12 | 89.13 18 | 88.77 17 pacific 28 Sacramento Kings = 83.05 8 25 92.18( 1) 4 12 | 5 19 | 82.72 29 | 83.82 28 | 81.58 28 | 80.19 28 pacific _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ These are the "regular method". _ HOME or CLOSEBY (c) is denoted _ by an "@" next to the HOME or CLOSER team _ An "n" for NEUTRAL location will appear if a neutral game Rating Favorite _ Strong MONEYLINE=odds to 100 _ FAVORITE Rating Predict Golden Recent Recent UNDERDOG ODDS PCT% TOTAL _ ====================================================================================================================================

Predictions_with_Totals_and_Moneylines

NBA 2025-2026 through games of 2025 December 30 Tuesday HOME ADVANTAGE= 1.82 1.77 1.77 1.92 1.92 FAVORITE Rating Pred Golden Recent Strong UNDERDOG MONEY WIN% home away TOTAL 1 Denver Nuggets 3.95 4.00 3.97 4.63 4.93 @ Toronto Raptors 165 62% 115.61 119.97 235.58 2 Golden State Warrior 4.93 5.19 5.06 5.36 5.00 @ Charlotte Hornets 186 65% 113.05 117.61 230.66 3 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 2.16 3.84 3.93 -1.78 -5.75 Phoenix Suns 132 57% 116.08 115.55 231.63 4 Minnesota Timberwolv 3.82 4.61 2.89 4.76 5.34 @ Atlanta Hawks 163 62% 116.16 118.94 235.10 5 Orlando Magic 7.36 6.99 7.87 8.44 9.44 @ Indiana Pacers 249 71% 109.17 119.85 229.02 6 @ Chicago Bulls 1.77 0.62 3.60 1.02 1.66 New Orleans Pelicans 126 56% 120.98 117.71 238.69 7 @ Milwaukee Bucks 8.67 8.23 9.10 9.45 9.99 Washington Wizards 289 74% 122.15 111.95 234.09 8 @ Oklahoma City Thunde 15.16 15.67 14.97 16.40 17.31 Portland Trail Blaze 587 85% 124.70 108.21 232.91 9 @ San Antonio Spurs 1.23 0.75 0.85 2.09 2.55 New York Knicks 117 54% 117.08 116.10 233.18 EXPERIMENTAL NUMBERS INVOLVING HOME-AWAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR EACH TEAM NBA 2025-2026 through games of 2025 December 30 Tuesday HOME ADVANTAGE= 1.82 1.77 1.77 1.92 1.92 FAVORITE Rating Pred Golden Recent Strong UNDERDOG MONEY WIN% home away TOTAL 1 Denver Nuggets 7.07 7.12 7.08 7.74 8.05 @ Toronto Raptors 240 71% 115.61 119.97 235.58 2 Golden State Warrior 2.62 2.89 2.76 3.06 2.70 @ Charlotte Hornets 140 58% 113.05 117.61 230.66 3 Phoenix Suns 5.60 3.92 3.82 9.53 13.51 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 202 67% 116.08 115.55 231.63 4 Minnesota Timberwolv 8.63 9.42 7.70 9.57 10.15 @ Atlanta Hawks 288 74% 116.16 118.94 235.10 5 Orlando Magic 9.17 8.79 9.68 10.24 11.25 @ Indiana Pacers 306 75% 109.17 119.85 229.02 6 @ Chicago Bulls 3.28 2.13 5.11 2.52 3.17 New Orleans Pelicans 152 60% 120.98 117.71 238.69 7 @ Milwaukee Bucks 10.46 10.03 10.89 11.24 11.79 Washington Wizards 353 78% 122.15 111.95 234.09 8 @ Oklahoma City Thunde 17.71 18.22 17.52 18.95 19.86 Portland Trail Blaze 763 88% 124.70 108.21 232.91 9 @ San Antonio Spurs 5.11 4.62 4.72 5.96 6.43 New York Knicks 190 66% 117.08 116.10 233.18
EIGENVECTOR Analysis            eigen MONEY=odds to 100  EPCT%=confidence
          EFAVORITE           ESPREAD EODDS EPCT%    EUNDERDOG
    1  @ Toronto Raptors        4.68   180   64%    Denver Nuggets
    2    Golden State Warrior   2.85   144   59%  @ Charlotte Hornets
    3  @ Cleveland Cavaliers    4.35   173   63%    Phoenix Suns
    4    Minnesota Timberwolv   7.64   257   72%  @ Atlanta Hawks
    5    Orlando Magic          8.31   277   73%  @ Indiana Pacers
    6  @ Chicago Bulls          1.84   127   56%    New Orleans Pelicans
    7  @ Milwaukee Bucks        5.55   201   67%    Washington Wizards
    8  @ Oklahoma City Thunde   9.64   322   76%    Portland Trail Blaze
    9    New York Knicks        0.55   107   52%  @ San Antonio Spurs
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