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2026-27 · Regular Season · Final

Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · tip-off 7:00 PM ET

PHI 7–1@DET 6–1 records going into the game NBA.com recap ↗

Win probability as a share of the court: PHI 42 percent, DET 58 percent. PHI 76ers 42% proj. 106 · final 112 DET Pistons · home 58% proj. 108 · final 106
Each team's share of the floor is its pregame win probability. The line starts at midcourt and moves to the split.

Forecast and result

TeamProjectedFinalDifference
PHI Philadelphia 76ers 106 112 +6
DET Detroit Pistons (home) 108 106 −2

Forecast: Detroit Pistons to win, 58% win probability, projected margin 2.

Inside the Forecast

How the inputs are built

No saved inputs are stored with this game's forecast.

The result against the forecast

2026-27 surprise games
42%
pregame chance the forecast gave PHI, the winner
the forecast favored DET
8 pts
margin miss
forecast +2, actual −6 for DET
34th
most surprising result of 2026-27
of 146 graded games so far
79th
largest margin miss of 2026-27
outcome surprise 0.87 nats

Surprise is measured against this model's forecast, not against what other observers expected. Outcome surprise is −ln(winner's pregame probability): 0.69 for a coin flip, 2.3 for a 10% winner.

Team box score

What happened in the game. These numbers are not used by the forecast, and they are not offered as the reason it missed.

Team statPHIDET
Final score112106
Field goals39–86 · 45.3%38–83 · 45.8%
Three-pointers9–24 · 37.5%12–34 · 35.3%
Free throws25–28 · 89.3%18–23 · 78.3%
Rebounds4840
Assists2325
Turnovers1212
Steals65
Blocks26

Where the forecast differed from the result

MeasureForecastActualActual − forecast
Home margin (DET)+2−6−8
Total points214218+4
PHI points106112+6
DET points108106−2

Injury report

Official NBA injury report, 2026-11-04 17:30 ET (the latest stored report before the forecast was saved). Two-way and G League assignments are omitted. The model counts players listed Out or Doubtful; Questionable players are treated as available.

Philadelphia 76ers

  • Out Ariel Hukporti
  • Out Dominick Barlow

Detroit Pistons

  • Out Isaiah Joe · Right Hip Contusion
  • Out Jalen Duren · Right Hamstring Strain

Recent form before this game

Philadelphia 76ers

DateOpponentResult
Nov 2 vs CHI W 126–107
Oct 31 at CHA W 109–104
Oct 30 vs NYK W 98–93
Oct 28 at IND W 114–109
Oct 25 vs DET L 93–106

Detroit Pistons

DateOpponentResult
Nov 2 at CHA W 124–91
Oct 30 at BKN W 110–94
Oct 28 vs CHA W 97–89
Oct 27 at NYK L 97–111
Oct 25 at PHI W 106–93

Previous meetings

DateMatchupScore
Oct 25 2026-27 DET at PHI DET 106 – 93 PHI
Apr 4 2025-26 DET at PHI DET 116 – 93 PHI
Mar 12 2025-26 PHI at DET PHI 109 – 131 DET
Nov 14 2025-26 PHI at DET PHI 105 – 114 DET
Nov 9 2025-26 DET at PHI DET 111 – 108 PHI