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Oklahoma City Thunder OKC

8–2
2026-27 record
1677
Elo rating
with the forecast of Nov 7
113.3
Offensive rating
last 10 games
105.6
Defensive rating
last 10, lower is better
98.8
Pace
possessions per game
271 of 384 forecasts for OKC games picked the winner.

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Every graded OKC game, one dot each, oldest at the center. 271 of 384 forecasts picked the winner (colored dots).

Elo rating, recent games

OKC pregame Elo over its last 82 games with a forecast, from 1772 to 1677 145015001550160016501700175018001850 new season 1677 Nov 2025 Nov 2026
Pregame Elo stored with each of OKC's last 82 forecasts. Dashed: 1500, the long-run average.

Upcoming

Schedule
Nov 10 11:00 PM ET
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder 8–2 –
@POR Portland Trail Blazers (home) 6–3 –
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Nov 11 10:00 PM ET
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder 8–2 –
@POR Portland Trail Blazers (home) 6–3 –
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Nov 13 10:30 PM ET
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder 8–2 –
@LAC Los Angeles Clippers (home) 2–7 –
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Recent results

Archive
Nov 7 Final
WAS Washington Wizards 107 75
@OKC Oklahoma City Thunder (home) 115 114
WAS 28% 72% OKC

Why: Elo 6.7 → OKC · Injuries 1.9 → WAS

✓ Picked OKC Details
Nov 6 Final
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder 116 128
@MEM Memphis Grizzlies (home) 112 97
OKC 62% 38% MEM
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Nov 4 Final
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers 110 116
@OKC Oklahoma City Thunder (home) 113 124
CLE 39% 61% OKC
✓ Picked OKC Details
Nov 2 Final
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder 110 117
@CLE Cleveland Cavaliers (home) 113 112
OKC 41% 59% CLE

Why: Injuries 2.6 → CLE · Elo 2.2 → OKC

✗ Picked CLE Details
Oct 31 Final
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder 109 98
@HOU Houston Rockets (home) 110 119
OKC 47% 53% HOU

Coin flip Why: Elo 2.5 → OKC · Injuries 1.6 → HOU

✓ Picked HOU Details

Predictability

How closely the forecasts tracked OKC games. A team can be hard for this model to forecast whether it is good or bad: misses come from the model's limits, roster changes, missing information and ordinary game-to-game variation. Compare all 30 teams

2026-27 (in progress)

Small sample: 10 games. These figures are a running log, not a measurement, and no ranking is shown.

14.2 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 8.3 to 20.5
+3.4
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -6.1 to 12.4
19.0 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.7
80%
winner picked
10 games involving OKC
8 / 6.3
actual / expected wins
gap +1.8
0.193
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

OKC: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 0246810 8 actual 6.3 exp. 1510 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of OKC's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

OKC: margin forecast error in each game, actual minus predicted -40-200+20+40 Better than forecast Worse than forecast Games in date order
Each bar is one game: OKC's actual margin minus its predicted margin, in points. Positive bars sit above the line and negative bars below it, so direction does not depend on color.

How the errors are spread

OKC: distribution of 10 margin errors; mean +3.4 points 012 -40 to -36 pts: 0 games -36 to -32 pts: 0 games -32 to -28 pts: 1 games -28 to -24 pts: 0 games -24 to -20 pts: 0 games -20 to -16 pts: 1 games -16 to -12 pts: 0 games -12 to -8 pts: 0 games -8 to -4 pts: 0 games -4 to 0 pts: 1 games 0 to 4 pts: 1 games 4 to 8 pts: 2 games 8 to 12 pts: 2 games 12 to 16 pts: 0 games 16 to 20 pts: 0 games 20 to 24 pts: 0 games 24 to 28 pts: 1 games 28 to 32 pts: 1 games 32 to 36 pts: 0 games 36 to 40 pts: 0 games mean +3.4 -40-200+20+40 worse than forecast better than forecast
Each bar counts games whose margin error fell in a 4-point range (errors beyond ±40 are in the end bars). Dashed line: the average error.

OKC against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2026-27, smallest to largest; OKC is 25 of 30 3579111315171921232527 median 11.7 UTA: 6.70 points over 10 games, 90% interval 4.4–9.2 UTA 6.7 n=10 NOP: 7.70 points over 10 games, 90% interval 4.3–11.7 NOP 7.7 n=10 CLE: 8.50 points over 10 games, 90% interval 4.8–12.8 CLE 8.5 n=10 SAS: 8.50 points over 10 games, 90% interval 6.6–10.4 SAS 8.5 n=10 PHI: 8.82 points over 11 games, 90% interval 5.73–12.36 PHI 8.8 n=11 MIL: 9.00 points over 10 games, 90% interval 5.1–13.4 MIL 9.0 n=10 LAL: 9.64 points over 11 games, 90% interval 6.27–13 LAL 9.6 n=11 PHX: 9.88 points over 8 games, 90% interval 4.12–18.25 PHX 9.9 n=8 IND: 10.20 points over 10 games, 90% interval 6.8–14 IND 10.2 n=10 LAC: 11.33 points over 9 games, 90% interval 7.33–15.56 LAC 11.3 n=9 NYK: 11.33 points over 9 games, 90% interval 7.89–14.67 NYK 11.3 n=9 SAC: 11.50 points over 10 games, 90% interval 6.9–16.2 SAC 11.5 n=10 WAS: 11.50 points over 10 games, 90% interval 6.7–16.6 WAS 11.5 n=10 DET: 11.56 points over 9 games, 90% interval 8.56–15.56 DET 11.6 n=9 BOS: 11.70 points over 10 games, 90% interval 7.4–16.7 BOS 11.7 n=10 DEN: 11.75 points over 8 games, 90% interval 6.88–16.88 DEN 11.8 n=8 BKN: 11.90 points over 10 games, 90% interval 7.6–16.7 BKN 11.9 n=10 CHI: 12.00 points over 9 games, 90% interval 6.44–18.11 CHI 12.0 n=9 MIA: 12.00 points over 10 games, 90% interval 7.8–16 MIA 12.0 n=10 GSW: 12.50 points over 10 games, 90% interval 8.4–17.4 GSW 12.5 n=10 MIN: 12.55 points over 11 games, 90% interval 7.36–18.18 MIN 12.6 n=11 HOU: 13.10 points over 10 games, 90% interval 8.9–17.9 HOU 13.1 n=10 ATL: 13.55 points over 11 games, 90% interval 6.64–21.55 ATL 13.6 n=11 ORL: 13.67 points over 9 games, 90% interval 9.67–18.22 ORL 13.7 n=9 OKC: 14.20 points over 10 games, 90% interval 8.3–20.5 OKC 14.2 n=10 DAL: 14.70 points over 10 games, 90% interval 9.7–19.8 DAL 14.7 n=10 POR: 15.11 points over 9 games, 90% interval 8.89–22 POR 15.1 n=9 TOR: 15.33 points over 9 games, 90% interval 9.78–21.33 TOR 15.3 n=9 MEM: 15.56 points over 9 games, 90% interval 10.22–20.78 MEM 15.6 n=9 CHA: 17.30 points over 10 games, 90% interval 9.3–26.3 CHA 17.3 n=10 average margin miss, points (lower = easier to forecast)
Dots: average absolute margin error per team. Lines: 90% bootstrap intervals; overlapping lines mean the difference between those teams is not clear in this sample. Hollow dots: fewer than 20 games.
All 10 games in this sample
DateOpponentOKC win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Nov 7 vs WAS 72% 115–107 W 114–75 ✓correct +31
Nov 6 at MEM 62% 116–112 W 128–97 ✓correct +27
Nov 4 vs CLE 61% 113–110 W 124–116 ✓correct +5
Nov 2 at CLE 41% 110–113 W 117–112 ✗missed +8
Oct 31 at HOU 47% 109–110 L 98–119 ✓correct −20
Oct 28 at DAL 72% 122–114 L 96–120 ✗missed −32
Oct 26 vs PHX 76% 115–105 W 125–114 ✓correct +1
Oct 25 vs LAC 74% 117–108 W 108–101 ✓correct −2
Oct 22 vs DEN 69% 117–110 W 96–84 ✓correct +5
Oct 20 at SAS 50% 112–111 W 116–104 ✓correct +11

2025-26

Across 96 graded games, OKC finished an average of 2.7 points better than the forecast margin (90% interval +0.2 to +5.2).

11.5 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 9.7 to 13.2; 15th smallest of 30
+2.7
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval 0.2 to 5.2
15.1 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.4
84%
winner picked
96 games involving OKC
75 / 66.0
actual / expected wins
gap +9.0
0.149
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

OKC: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 010203040506070 75 actual 66.0 exp. 14896 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of OKC's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

OKC: margin forecast error in each game, actual minus predicted -50-250+25+50 Better than forecast Worse than forecast Games in date order
Each bar is one game: OKC's actual margin minus its predicted margin, in points. Positive bars sit above the line and negative bars below it, so direction does not depend on color.

How the errors are spread

OKC: distribution of 96 margin errors; mean +2.7 points 0713 -40 to -36 pts: 2 games -36 to -32 pts: 0 games -32 to -28 pts: 1 games -28 to -24 pts: 1 games -24 to -20 pts: 0 games -20 to -16 pts: 2 games -16 to -12 pts: 6 games -12 to -8 pts: 7 games -8 to -4 pts: 8 games -4 to 0 pts: 13 games 0 to 4 pts: 11 games 4 to 8 pts: 10 games 8 to 12 pts: 13 games 12 to 16 pts: 5 games 16 to 20 pts: 6 games 20 to 24 pts: 1 games 24 to 28 pts: 5 games 28 to 32 pts: 2 games 32 to 36 pts: 1 games 36 to 40 pts: 2 games mean +2.7 -40-200+20+40 worse than forecast better than forecast
Each bar counts games whose margin error fell in a 4-point range (errors beyond ±40 are in the end bars). Dashed line: the average error.

OKC against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2025-26, smallest to largest; OKC is 15 of 30 79111315 median 11.5 NOP: 9.60 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.48–10.84 NOP 9.6 n=82 DAL: 9.67 points over 81 games, 90% interval 8.4–11.09 DAL 9.7 n=81 DET: 10.16 points over 95 games, 90% interval 8.67–11.82 DET 10.2 n=95 IND: 10.32 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.74–12.01 IND 10.3 n=82 SAS: 10.41 points over 103 games, 90% interval 9.12–11.82 SAS 10.4 n=103 GSW: 10.43 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.06–11.98 GSW 10.4 n=82 CLE: 10.56 points over 100 games, 90% interval 9.19–11.94 CLE 10.6 n=100 POR: 10.59 points over 87 games, 90% interval 9.22–12.23 POR 10.6 n=87 DEN: 10.67 points over 88 games, 90% interval 9.09–12.41 DEN 10.7 n=88 MEM: 10.72 points over 80 games, 90% interval 9.05–12.4 MEM 10.7 n=80 ORL: 10.76 points over 86 games, 90% interval 9.19–12.45 ORL 10.8 n=86 PHX: 10.87 points over 86 games, 90% interval 9.27–12.48 PHX 10.9 n=86 HOU: 10.93 points over 88 games, 90% interval 9.52–12.23 HOU 10.9 n=88 LAL: 11.25 points over 92 games, 90% interval 9.9–12.52 LAL 11.3 n=92 OKC: 11.48 points over 96 games, 90% interval 9.74–13.17 OKC 11.5 n=96 LAC: 11.50 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.93–13.07 LAC 11.5 n=82 CHI: 11.59 points over 82 games, 90% interval 10.02–13.22 CHI 11.6 n=82 SAC: 11.59 points over 82 games, 90% interval 10.06–13.29 SAC 11.6 n=82 PHI: 11.63 points over 93 games, 90% interval 10.02–13.37 PHI 11.6 n=93 BOS: 11.89 points over 89 games, 90% interval 10.47–13.35 BOS 11.9 n=89 WAS: 12.07 points over 82 games, 90% interval 10.65–13.57 WAS 12.1 n=82 UTA: 12.18 points over 82 games, 90% interval 10.29–14.11 UTA 12.2 n=82 BKN: 12.48 points over 82 games, 90% interval 10.94–14.34 BKN 12.5 n=82 MIN: 12.49 points over 94 games, 90% interval 11.06–14.07 MIN 12.5 n=94 ATL: 12.58 points over 88 games, 90% interval 10.92–14.49 ATL 12.6 n=88 TOR: 12.62 points over 89 games, 90% interval 11.03–14.24 TOR 12.6 n=89 MIA: 12.63 points over 82 games, 90% interval 11.02–14.3 MIA 12.6 n=82 MIL: 12.80 points over 82 games, 90% interval 11.06–14.59 MIL 12.8 n=82 CHA: 13.29 points over 82 games, 90% interval 11.57–15.17 CHA 13.3 n=82 NYK: 13.45 points over 99 games, 90% interval 11.64–15.37 NYK 13.4 n=99 average margin miss, points (lower = easier to forecast)
Dots: average absolute margin error per team. Lines: 90% bootstrap intervals; overlapping lines mean the difference between those teams is not clear in this sample. Hollow dots: fewer than 20 games.
All 96 games in this sample
DateOpponentOKC win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
May 30 PO vs SAS 33% 106–109 L 103–111 ✓correct −5
May 28 PO at SAS 19% 97–110 L 91–118 ✓correct −14
May 26 PO vs SAS 83% 115–101 W 127–114 ✓correct −1
May 24 PO at SAS 26% 104–113 L 82–103 ✓correct −12
May 22 PO at SAS 39% 107–111 W 123–108 ✗missed +19
May 20 PO vs SAS 76% 112–102 W 122–113 ✓correct −1
May 18 PO vs SAS 76% 111–101 L 115–122 ✗missed −17
May 11 PO at LAL 76% 106–96 W 115–110 ✓correct −5
May 9 PO at LAL 83% 109–95 W 131–108 ✓correct +9
May 7 PO vs LAL 64% 107–102 W 125–107 ✓correct +13
May 5 PO vs LAL 59% 108–105 W 108–90 ✓correct +15
Apr 27 PO at PHX 60% 112–108 W 131–122 ✓correct +5
Apr 25 PO at PHX 68% 112–105 W 121–109 ✓correct +5
Apr 22 PO vs PHX 82% 114–101 W 120–107 ✓correct ±0
Apr 19 PO vs PHX 78% 116–105 W 119–84 ✓correct +24
Apr 12 vs PHX 87% 121–104 L 103–135 ✗missed −49
Apr 10 at DEN 22% 112–123 L 107–127 ✓correct −9
Apr 8 at LAC 56% 112–110 W 128–110 ✓correct +16
Apr 7 at LAL 71% 121–113 W 123–87 ✓correct +28
Apr 5 vs UTA 92% 127–106 W 146–111 ✓correct +14
Apr 2 vs LAL 69% 118–111 W 139–96 ✓correct +36
Mar 30 vs DET 74% 119–110 W 114–110 ✓correct −5
Mar 29 vs NYK 53% 112–111 W 111–100 ✓correct +10
Mar 27 vs CHI 83% 126–112 W 131–113 ✓correct +4
Mar 25 at BOS 61% 113–109 L 109–119 ✗missed −14
Mar 23 at PHI 76% 118–108 W 123–103 ✓correct +10
Mar 21 at WAS 87% 125–108 W 132–111 ✓correct +4
Mar 18 at BKN 81% 116–103 W 121–92 ✓correct +16
Mar 17 at ORL 56% 114–112 W 113–108 ✓correct +3
Mar 15 vs MIN 76% 120–110 W 116–103 ✓correct +3
Mar 12 vs BOS 67% 110–104 W 104–102 ✓correct −4
Mar 9 vs DEN 78% 122–111 W 129–126 ✓correct −8
Mar 7 vs GSW 74% 116–107 W 104–97 ✓correct −2
Mar 4 at NYK 47% 112–113 W 103–100 ✗missed +4
Mar 3 at CHI 80% 122–110 W 116–108 ✓correct −4
Mar 1 at DAL 86% 126–110 W 100–87 ✓correct −3
Feb 27 vs DEN 71% 120–112 W 127–121 ✓correct −2
Feb 25 at DET 34% 112–118 L 116–124 ✓correct −2
Feb 24 at TOR 47% 113–114 W 116–107 ✗missed +10
Feb 22 vs CLE 53% 113–112 W 121–113 ✓correct +7
Feb 20 vs BKN 80% 114–102 W 105–86 ✓correct +7
Feb 12 vs MIL 80% 116–104 L 93–110 ✗missed −29
Feb 11 at PHX 61% 113–109 W 136–109 ✓correct +23
Feb 9 at LAL 47% 113–114 W 119–110 ✗missed +10
Feb 7 vs HOU 71% 114–106 L 106–112 ✗missed −14
Feb 4 at SAS 24% 109–119 L 106–116 ✓correct ±0
Feb 3 vs ORL 80% 120–108 W 128–92 ✓correct +24
Feb 1 at DEN 53% 112–111 W 121–111 ✓correct +9
Jan 29 at MIN 47% 117–118 L 111–123 ✓correct −11
Jan 27 vs NOP 86% 126–110 W 104–95 ✓correct −7
Jan 25 vs TOR 78% 120–109 L 101–103 ✗missed −13
Jan 23 vs IND 86% 123–107 L 114–117 ✗missed −19
Jan 21 at MIL 58% 116–113 W 122–102 ✓correct +17
Jan 19 at CLE 56% 118–116 W 136–104 ✓correct +30
Jan 17 at MIA 64% 121–116 L 120–122 ✗missed −7
Jan 15 at HOU 53% 115–114 W 111–91 ✓correct +19
Jan 13 vs SAS 80% 122–110 W 119–98 ✓correct +9
Jan 11 vs MIA 80% 124–112 W 124–112 ✓correct ±0
Jan 9 at MEM 71% 123–115 W 117–116 ✓correct −7
Jan 7 vs UTA 87% 127–110 W 129–125 ✓correct −13
Jan 5 vs CHA 90% 128–109 L 97–124 ✗missed −46
Jan 4 at PHX 41% 114–117 L 105–108 ✓correct ±0
Jan 2 at GSW 58% 119–116 W 131–94 ✓correct +34
Dec 31 vs POR 89% 126–108 W 124–95 ✓correct +11
Dec 29 vs ATL 92% 131–110 W 140–129 ✓correct −10
Dec 28 vs PHI 87% 125–108 W 129–104 ✓correct +8
Dec 25 vs SAS 82% 126–113 L 102–117 ✗missed −28
Dec 23 at SAS 31% 113–120 L 110–130 ✓correct −13
Dec 22 vs MEM 85% 123–108 W 119–103 ✓correct +1
Dec 19 at MIN 41% 113–116 L 107–112 ✓correct −2
Dec 18 vs LAC 89% 125–107 W 122–101 ✓correct +3
Dec 10 vs PHX 82% 123–110 W 138–89 ✓correct +36
Dec 7 at UTA 64% 121–116 W 131–101 ✓correct +25
Dec 5 vs DAL 89% 125–107 W 132–111 ✓correct +3
Dec 2 at GSW 53% 113–112 W 124–112 ✓correct +11
Nov 30 at POR 64% 119–114 W 123–115 ✓correct +3
Nov 28 vs PHX 83% 123–109 W 123–119 ✓correct −10
Nov 26 vs MIN 85% 124–109 W 113–105 ✓correct −7
Nov 23 vs POR 89% 127–109 W 122–95 ✓correct +9
Nov 21 at UTA 71% 120–112 W 144–112 ✓correct +24
Nov 19 vs SAC 93% 129–106 W 113–99 ✓correct −9
Nov 17 at NOP 85% 127–112 W 126–109 ✓correct +2
Nov 15 at CHA 85% 126–111 W 109–96 ✓correct −2
Nov 12 vs LAL 85% 126–111 W 121–92 ✓correct +14
Nov 11 vs GSW 82% 123–110 W 126–102 ✓correct +11
Nov 9 at MEM 71% 123–115 W 114–100 ✓correct +6
Nov 7 at SAC 64% 118–113 W 132–101 ✓correct +26
Nov 5 at POR 53% 117–116 L 119–121 ✗missed −3
Nov 4 at LAC 64% 112–107 W 126–107 ✓correct +14
Nov 2 vs NOP 85% 119–104 W 137–106 ✓correct +16
Oct 30 vs WAS 83% 117–103 W 127–108 ✓correct +5
Oct 28 vs SAC 71% 116–108 W 107–101 ✓correct −2
Oct 27 at DAL 76% 122–112 W 101–94 ✓correct −3
Oct 25 at ATL 69% 123–116 W 117–100 ✓correct +10
Oct 23 at IND 53% 113–112 W 141–135 ✓correct +5
Oct 21 vs HOU 78% 116–105 W 125–124 ✓correct −10

2024-25

Across 104 graded games, OKC finished an average of 3.7 points better than the forecast margin (90% interval +1.4 to +6.1).

11.7 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 10.1 to 13.2; 22nd smallest of 30
+3.7
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval 1.4 to 6.1
14.7 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.0
76%
winner picked
104 games involving OKC
83 / 71.5
actual / expected wins
gap +11.5
0.178
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

OKC: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 01020304050607080 83 actual 71.5 exp. 152104 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of OKC's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

OKC: margin forecast error in each game, actual minus predicted -50-250+25+50 Better than forecast Worse than forecast Games in date order
Each bar is one game: OKC's actual margin minus its predicted margin, in points. Positive bars sit above the line and negative bars below it, so direction does not depend on color.

How the errors are spread

OKC: distribution of 104 margin errors; mean +3.7 points 0815 -40 to -36 pts: 2 games -36 to -32 pts: 0 games -32 to -28 pts: 0 games -28 to -24 pts: 1 games -24 to -20 pts: 2 games -20 to -16 pts: 4 games -16 to -12 pts: 5 games -12 to -8 pts: 4 games -8 to -4 pts: 6 games -4 to 0 pts: 11 games 0 to 4 pts: 14 games 4 to 8 pts: 15 games 8 to 12 pts: 8 games 12 to 16 pts: 8 games 16 to 20 pts: 11 games 20 to 24 pts: 6 games 24 to 28 pts: 3 games 28 to 32 pts: 1 games 32 to 36 pts: 2 games 36 to 40 pts: 1 games mean +3.7 -40-200+20+40 worse than forecast better than forecast
Each bar counts games whose margin error fell in a 4-point range (errors beyond ±40 are in the end bars). Dashed line: the average error.

OKC against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2024-25, smallest to largest; OKC is 22 of 30 79111315 median 11.0 CHA: 9.26 points over 82 games, 90% interval 7.61–10.89 CHA 9.3 n=82 PHX: 9.49 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.11–10.93 PHX 9.5 n=82 HOU: 9.50 points over 88 games, 90% interval 8.27–10.78 HOU 9.5 n=88 ORL: 10.00 points over 87 games, 90% interval 8.64–11.37 ORL 10.0 n=87 DET: 10.03 points over 88 games, 90% interval 8.78–11.4 DET 10.0 n=88 PHI: 10.11 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.54–11.87 PHI 10.1 n=82 UTA: 10.12 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.48–12.02 UTA 10.1 n=82 NOP: 10.21 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.57–11.82 NOP 10.2 n=82 MIL: 10.27 points over 86 games, 90% interval 8.88–11.77 MIL 10.3 n=86 IND: 10.33 points over 103 games, 90% interval 9.13–11.63 IND 10.3 n=103 SAS: 10.68 points over 80 games, 90% interval 8.99–12.45 SAS 10.7 n=80 ATL: 10.74 points over 81 games, 90% interval 9.4–12.17 ATL 10.7 n=81 BKN: 10.80 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.33–12.39 BKN 10.8 n=82 WAS: 10.84 points over 81 games, 90% interval 9.32–12.23 WAS 10.8 n=81 MIN: 10.93 points over 97 games, 90% interval 9.53–12.36 MIN 10.9 n=97 DAL: 10.99 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.71–12.43 DAL 11.0 n=82 MIA: 11.04 points over 85 games, 90% interval 9.36–12.89 MIA 11.0 n=85 CLE: 11.07 points over 91 games, 90% interval 9.54–12.6 CLE 11.1 n=91 TOR: 11.09 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.52–12.88 TOR 11.1 n=82 LAC: 11.30 points over 89 games, 90% interval 9.74–13 LAC 11.3 n=89 BOS: 11.54 points over 93 games, 90% interval 10.13–13.06 BOS 11.5 n=93 OKC: 11.69 points over 104 games, 90% interval 10.11–13.16 OKC 11.7 n=104 MEM: 11.77 points over 86 games, 90% interval 10.07–13.73 MEM 11.8 n=86 SAC: 11.77 points over 82 games, 90% interval 10.07–13.39 SAC 11.8 n=82 NYK: 11.86 points over 100 games, 90% interval 10.5–13.1 NYK 11.9 n=100 LAL: 11.89 points over 87 games, 90% interval 10.06–13.62 LAL 11.9 n=87 DEN: 11.91 points over 96 games, 90% interval 10.55–13.48 DEN 11.9 n=96 GSW: 12.33 points over 94 games, 90% interval 10.68–13.97 GSW 12.3 n=94 CHI: 12.41 points over 82 games, 90% interval 10.89–13.89 CHI 12.4 n=82 POR: 13.05 points over 82 games, 90% interval 11.32–14.91 POR 13.1 n=82 average margin miss, points (lower = easier to forecast)
Dots: average absolute margin error per team. Lines: 90% bootstrap intervals; overlapping lines mean the difference between those teams is not clear in this sample. Hollow dots: fewer than 20 games.
All 104 games in this sample
DateOpponentOKC win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Jun 22 PO vs IND 77% 116–105 W 103–91 ✓correct +1
Jun 19 PO at IND 51% 109–108 L 91–108 ✗missed −18
Jun 16 PO vs IND 73% 115–106 W 120–109 ✓correct +2
Jun 13 PO at IND 46% 109–110 W 111–104 ✗missed +8
Jun 11 PO at IND 46% 109–110 L 107–116 ✓correct −8
Jun 8 PO vs IND 73% 116–107 W 123–107 ✓correct +7
Jun 5 PO vs IND 79% 116–104 L 110–111 ✗missed −13
May 28 PO vs MIN 64% 109–104 W 124–94 ✓correct +25
May 26 PO at MIN 56% 108–105 W 128–126 ✓correct −1
May 24 PO at MIN 61% 107–102 L 101–143 ✗missed −47
May 22 PO vs MIN 73% 111–102 W 118–103 ✓correct +6
May 20 PO vs MIN 67% 108–102 W 114–88 ✓correct +20
May 18 PO vs DEN 79% 118–106 W 125–93 ✓correct +20
May 15 PO at DEN 61% 109–104 L 107–119 ✗missed −17
May 13 PO vs DEN 81% 118–105 W 112–105 ✓correct −6
May 11 PO at DEN 59% 109–105 W 92–87 ✓correct +1
May 9 PO at DEN 51% 109–108 L 104–113 ✗missed −10
May 7 PO vs DEN 75% 117–107 W 149–106 ✓correct +33
May 5 PO vs DEN 75% 117–107 L 119–121 ✗missed −12
Apr 26 PO at MEM 71% 114–105 W 117–115 ✓correct −7
Apr 24 PO at MEM 64% 114–108 W 114–108 ✓correct ±0
Apr 22 PO vs MEM 79% 120–108 W 118–99 ✓correct +7
Apr 20 PO vs MEM 79% 119–107 W 131–80 ✓correct +39
Apr 13 at NOP 79% 125–112 W 115–100 ✓correct +2
Apr 11 at UTA 66% 122–115 W 145–111 ✓correct +27
Apr 9 at PHX 71% 118–109 W 125–112 ✓correct +4
Apr 8 vs LAL 77% 123–112 W 136–120 ✓correct +5
Apr 6 vs LAL 84% 126–111 L 99–126 ✗missed −42
Apr 4 at HOU 56% 117–114 L 111–125 ✗missed −17
Apr 2 vs DET 82% 126–112 W 119–103 ✓correct +2
Mar 31 vs CHI 79% 124–112 W 145–117 ✓correct +16
Mar 29 vs IND 81% 123–110 W 132–111 ✓correct +8
Mar 27 vs MEM 81% 124–111 W 125–104 ✓correct +8
Mar 25 at SAC 71% 119–110 W 121–105 ✓correct +7
Mar 23 at LAC 56% 114–111 W 103–101 ✓correct −1
Mar 21 vs CHA 89% 128–109 W 141–106 ✓correct +16
Mar 19 vs PHI 77% 128–117 W 133–100 ✓correct +22
Mar 16 at MIL 46% 120–121 W 121–105 ✗missed +17
Mar 15 at DET 51% 121–120 W 113–107 ✓correct +5
Mar 12 at BOS 43% 113–115 W 118–112 ✗missed +8
Mar 10 vs DEN 81% 126–113 L 127–140 ✗missed −26
Mar 9 vs DEN 73% 125–116 W 127–103 ✓correct +15
Mar 7 vs POR 59% 123–120 W 107–89 ✓correct +15
Mar 5 at MEM 51% 122–121 W 120–103 ✓correct +16
Mar 3 vs HOU 79% 123–111 W 137–128 ✓correct −3
Mar 2 at SAS 69% 121–113 W 146–132 ✓correct +6
Feb 28 at ATL 59% 123–119 W 135–119 ✓correct +12
Feb 26 at BKN 80% 114–100 W 129–121 ✓correct −6
Feb 24 vs MIN 79% 124–112 L 128–131 ✗missed −15
Feb 23 at MIN 54% 116–114 W 130–123 ✓correct +5
Feb 21 at UTA 75% 123–112 W 130–107 ✓correct +12
Feb 13 at MIN 69% 119–111 L 101–116 ✗missed −23
Feb 12 vs MIA 86% 124–107 W 115–101 ✓correct −3
Feb 10 vs NOP 89% 131–112 W 137–101 ✓correct +17
Feb 8 at MEM 33% 114–120 W 125–112 ✗missed +19
Feb 7 vs TOR 85% 125–109 W 121–109 ✓correct −4
Feb 5 vs PHX 77% 123–112 W 140–109 ✓correct +20
Feb 3 vs MIL 77% 126–115 W 125–96 ✓correct +18
Feb 1 vs SAC 79% 124–112 W 144–110 ✓correct +22
Jan 29 at GSW 71% 117–108 L 109–116 ✗missed −16
Jan 26 at POR 71% 116–107 W 118–108 ✓correct +1
Jan 23 vs DAL 81% 123–110 L 115–121 ✗missed −19
Jan 22 vs UTA 85% 124–108 W 123–114 ✓correct −7
Jan 19 vs BKN 81% 121–108 W 127–101 ✓correct +13
Jan 17 at DAL 69% 117–109 L 98–106 ✗missed −16
Jan 16 vs CLE 71% 123–115 W 134–114 ✓correct +12
Jan 14 at PHI 71% 115–106 W 118–102 ✓correct +7
Jan 12 at WAS 71% 119–110 W 136–95 ✓correct +32
Jan 10 at NYK 46% 112–113 W 126–101 ✗missed +26
Jan 8 at CLE 41% 115–118 L 122–129 ✓correct −4
Jan 5 vs BOS 59% 111–108 W 105–92 ✓correct +10
Jan 3 vs NYK 71% 117–109 W 117–107 ✓correct +2
Jan 2 vs LAC 82% 121–107 W 116–98 ✓correct +4
Dec 31 vs MIN 82% 120–106 W 113–105 ✓correct −6
Dec 29 vs MEM 71% 121–113 W 130–106 ✓correct +16
Dec 28 at CHA 79% 115–102 W 106–94 ✓correct −1
Dec 26 at IND 59% 116–112 W 120–114 ✓correct +2
Dec 23 vs WAS 86% 127–110 W 123–105 ✓correct +1
Dec 20 at MIA 51% 110–109 W 104–97 ✓correct +6
Dec 19 at ORL 71% 110–101 W 105–99 ✓correct −3
Dec 10 vs DAL 67% 121–115 W 118–104 ✓correct +8
Dec 7 at NOP 73% 117–107 W 119–109 ✓correct ±0
Dec 5 at TOR 64% 114–108 W 129–92 ✓correct +31
Dec 3 vs UTA 84% 120–105 W 133–106 ✓correct +12
Dec 1 at HOU 43% 112–114 L 116–119 ✓correct −1
Nov 29 at LAL 56% 113–110 W 101–93 ✓correct +5
Nov 27 at GSW 46% 112–113 W 105–101 ✗missed +5
Nov 25 at SAC 51% 111–110 W 130–109 ✓correct +20
Nov 20 vs POR 82% 119–105 W 109–99 ✓correct −4
Nov 19 at SAS 61% 113–108 L 104–110 ✗missed −11
Nov 17 vs DAL 81% 121–108 L 119–121 ✗missed −15
Nov 15 vs PHX 79% 121–109 W 99–83 ✓correct +4
Nov 13 vs NOP 84% 123–108 W 106–88 ✓correct +3
Nov 11 vs LAC 73% 117–108 W 134–128 ✓correct −3
Nov 10 vs GSW 75% 120–110 L 116–127 ✗missed −21
Nov 8 vs HOU 73% 118–109 W 126–107 ✓correct +10
Nov 6 at DEN 66% 110–103 L 122–124 ✗missed −9
Nov 4 vs ORL 82% 119–105 W 102–86 ✓correct +2
Nov 2 at LAC 51% 107–106 W 105–92 ✓correct +12
Nov 1 at POR 66% 113–106 W 137–114 ✓correct +16
Oct 30 vs SAS 79% 117–105 W 105–93 ✓correct ±0
Oct 27 vs ATL 81% 121–108 W 128–104 ✓correct +11
Oct 26 at CHI 51% 111–110 W 114–95 ✓correct +18
Oct 24 at DEN 38% 103–107 W 102–87 ✗missed +19

2023-24

Across 92 graded games, OKC finished an average of 3.2 points better than the forecast margin (90% interval +0.4 to +5.7).

12.1 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 10.3 to 13.9; 24th smallest of 30
+3.2
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval 0.4 to 5.7
15.3 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.3
61%
winner picked
92 games involving OKC
63 / 53.0
actual / expected wins
gap +10.0
0.214
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

OKC: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 0102030405060 63 actual 53.0 exp. 14692 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of OKC's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

OKC: margin forecast error in each game, actual minus predicted -50-250+25+50 Better than forecast Worse than forecast Games in date order
Each bar is one game: OKC's actual margin minus its predicted margin, in points. Positive bars sit above the line and negative bars below it, so direction does not depend on color.

How the errors are spread

OKC: distribution of 92 margin errors; mean +3.2 points 0917 -40 to -36 pts: 0 games -36 to -32 pts: 2 games -32 to -28 pts: 0 games -28 to -24 pts: 2 games -24 to -20 pts: 1 games -20 to -16 pts: 4 games -16 to -12 pts: 4 games -12 to -8 pts: 7 games -8 to -4 pts: 8 games -4 to 0 pts: 7 games 0 to 4 pts: 10 games 4 to 8 pts: 17 games 8 to 12 pts: 8 games 12 to 16 pts: 6 games 16 to 20 pts: 2 games 20 to 24 pts: 3 games 24 to 28 pts: 7 games 28 to 32 pts: 1 games 32 to 36 pts: 0 games 36 to 40 pts: 3 games mean +3.2 -40-200+20+40 worse than forecast better than forecast
Each bar counts games whose margin error fell in a 4-point range (errors beyond ±40 are in the end bars). Dashed line: the average error.

OKC against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2023-24, smallest to largest; OKC is 24 of 30 79111315 median 11.0 PHX: 9.80 points over 86 games, 90% interval 8.63–11.01 PHX 9.8 n=86 WAS: 9.90 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.41–11.39 WAS 9.9 n=82 DET: 9.91 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.51–11.34 DET 9.9 n=82 CHI: 9.93 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.67–11.28 CHI 9.9 n=82 GSW: 10.13 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.49–11.84 GSW 10.1 n=82 DEN: 10.16 points over 94 games, 90% interval 8.71–11.82 DEN 10.2 n=94 LAC: 10.31 points over 88 games, 90% interval 8.94–11.67 LAC 10.3 n=88 HOU: 10.49 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.09–11.87 HOU 10.5 n=82 CHA: 10.60 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.87–12.37 CHA 10.6 n=82 SAS: 10.68 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.16–12.34 SAS 10.7 n=82 TOR: 10.71 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.94–12.41 TOR 10.7 n=82 PHI: 10.78 points over 88 games, 90% interval 9.32–12.18 PHI 10.8 n=88 LAL: 10.83 points over 87 games, 90% interval 9.3–12.37 LAL 10.8 n=87 MIN: 10.89 points over 98 games, 90% interval 9.4–12.27 MIN 10.9 n=98 ORL: 10.98 points over 89 games, 90% interval 9.61–12.31 ORL 11.0 n=89 MIA: 10.99 points over 87 games, 90% interval 9.3–12.83 MIA 11.0 n=87 MEM: 11.02 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.62–12.49 MEM 11.0 n=82 POR: 11.09 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.3–12.93 POR 11.1 n=82 BKN: 11.41 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.83–13.12 BKN 11.4 n=82 ATL: 11.43 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.74–13.3 ATL 11.4 n=82 NYK: 11.46 points over 95 games, 90% interval 10.13–12.84 NYK 11.5 n=95 CLE: 11.88 points over 94 games, 90% interval 10.45–13.49 CLE 11.9 n=94 UTA: 11.94 points over 82 games, 90% interval 10.29–13.62 UTA 11.9 n=82 OKC: 12.10 points over 92 games, 90% interval 10.34–13.93 OKC 12.1 n=92 MIL: 12.23 points over 88 games, 90% interval 10.58–13.77 MIL 12.2 n=88 SAC: 12.38 points over 82 games, 90% interval 10.73–14.11 SAC 12.4 n=82 IND: 12.71 points over 99 games, 90% interval 11.15–14.27 IND 12.7 n=99 BOS: 12.86 points over 101 games, 90% interval 11.3–14.57 BOS 12.9 n=101 DAL: 13.09 points over 104 games, 90% interval 11.49–14.72 DAL 13.1 n=104 NOP: 13.56 points over 86 games, 90% interval 11.94–15.36 NOP 13.6 n=86 average margin miss, points (lower = easier to forecast)
Dots: average absolute margin error per team. Lines: 90% bootstrap intervals; overlapping lines mean the difference between those teams is not clear in this sample. Hollow dots: fewer than 20 games.
All 92 games in this sample
DateOpponentOKC win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
May 18 PO at DAL 39% 101–104 L 116–117 ✓correct +2
May 15 PO vs DAL 67% 110–104 L 92–104 ✗missed −18
May 13 PO at DAL 43% 101–102 W 100–96 ✗missed +5
May 11 PO at DAL 51% 103–100 L 101–105 ✗missed −7
May 9 PO vs DAL 72% 113–104 L 110–119 ✗missed −18
May 7 PO vs DAL 72% 115–106 W 117–95 ✓correct +13
Apr 29 PO at NOP 49% 107–105 W 97–89 ✓correct +6
Apr 27 PO at NOP 41% 108–110 W 106–85 ✗missed +23
Apr 24 PO vs NOP 68% 113–106 W 124–92 ✓correct +25
Apr 21 PO vs NOP 68% 114–107 W 94–92 ✓correct −5
Apr 14 vs DAL 78% 120–107 W 135–86 ✓correct +36
Apr 12 vs MIL 72% 118–109 W 125–107 ✓correct +9
Apr 10 vs SAS 75% 119–108 W 127–89 ✓correct +27
Apr 9 vs SAC 65% 113–108 W 112–105 ✓correct +2
Apr 7 at CHA 47% 112–111 W 121–118 ✓correct +2
Apr 5 at IND 35% 112–117 L 112–126 ✓correct −9
Apr 3 at BOS 27% 104–114 L 100–135 ✓correct −25
Apr 2 at PHI 39% 111–114 L 105–109 ✓correct −1
Mar 31 at NYK 39% 107–110 W 113–112 ✗missed +4
Mar 29 vs PHX 61% 113–110 W 128–103 ✓correct +22
Mar 27 vs HOU 70% 116–108 L 126–132 ✗missed −14
Mar 26 at NOP 37% 109–113 W 119–112 ✗missed +11
Mar 24 at MIL 43% 115–116 L 93–118 ✓correct −24
Mar 22 at TOR 71% 122–109 W 123–103 ✓correct +7
Mar 20 vs UTA 73% 121–111 W 119–107 ✓correct +2
Mar 16 at MEM 59% 113–106 W 118–112 ✓correct −1
Mar 14 vs DAL 75% 122–111 W 126–119 ✓correct −4
Mar 12 vs IND 72% 121–112 L 111–121 ✗missed −19
Mar 10 vs MEM 81% 120–105 W 124–93 ✓correct +16
Mar 8 vs MIA 70% 118–110 W 107–100 ✓correct −1
Mar 6 at POR 61% 115–107 W 128–120 ✓correct ±0
Mar 4 at LAL 43% 120–121 L 104–116 ✓correct −11
Mar 3 at PHX 47% 114–113 W 118–110 ✓correct +7
Feb 29 at SAS 67% 122–111 L 118–132 ✗missed −25
Feb 27 vs HOU 70% 120–112 W 112–95 ✓correct +9
Feb 25 at HOU 57% 118–112 W 123–110 ✓correct +7
Feb 23 vs WAS 83% 125–108 W 147–106 ✓correct +24
Feb 22 vs LAC 68% 116–109 W 129–107 ✓correct +15
Feb 13 at ORL 47% 112–111 W 127–113 ✓correct +13
Feb 11 vs SAC 68% 119–112 W 127–113 ✓correct +7
Feb 10 at DAL 47% 116–115 L 111–146 ✗missed −36
Feb 6 at UTA 47% 118–117 L 117–124 ✗missed −8
Feb 4 vs TOR 68% 117–110 W 135–127 ✓correct +1
Feb 2 vs CHA 81% 117–102 W 126–106 ✓correct +5
Jan 31 vs DEN 68% 112–105 W 105–100 ✓correct −2
Jan 29 vs MIN 61% 113–110 L 101–107 ✗missed −9
Jan 28 at DET 53% 120–116 L 104–120 ✗missed −20
Jan 26 at NOP 43% 114–115 W 107–83 ✗missed +25
Jan 24 at SAS 55% 121–116 W 140–114 ✓correct +21
Jan 23 vs POR 82% 125–109 W 111–109 ✓correct −14
Jan 20 at MIN 41% 112–114 W 102–97 ✗missed +7
Jan 18 at UTA 43% 115–116 W 134–129 ✗missed +6
Jan 16 at LAC 39% 111–114 L 117–128 ✓correct −8
Jan 15 at LAL 53% 119–115 L 105–112 ✗missed −11
Jan 13 vs ORL 72% 121–112 W 112–100 ✓correct +3
Jan 11 vs POR 83% 126–109 W 139–77 ✓correct +45
Jan 10 at MIA 47% 112–111 W 128–120 ✓correct +7
Jan 8 at WAS 63% 123–114 W 136–128 ✓correct −1
Jan 5 at BKN 55% 119–114 L 115–124 ✗missed −14
Jan 3 at ATL 49% 121–119 L 138–141 ✗missed −5
Jan 2 vs BOS 49% 113–116 W 127–123 ✗missed +7
Dec 31 vs BKN 67% 120–114 W 124–108 ✓correct +10
Dec 29 at DEN 41% 112–114 W 119–93 ✗missed +28
Dec 27 vs NYK 63% 117–113 W 129–120 ✓correct +5
Dec 26 vs MIN 65% 118–113 W 129–106 ✓correct +18
Dec 23 vs LAL 63% 119–115 L 120–129 ✗missed −13
Dec 21 vs LAC 65% 117–112 W 134–115 ✓correct +14
Dec 18 vs MEM 75% 120–109 W 116–97 ✓correct +8
Dec 16 at DEN 35% 111–116 W 118–117 ✗missed +6
Dec 14 at SAC 41% 114–116 L 123–128 ✓correct −3
Dec 11 vs UTA 79% 120–106 W 134–120 ✓correct ±0
Dec 8 vs GSW 68% 118–111 W 138–136 ✓correct −5
Dec 6 at HOU 47% 112–111 L 101–110 ✗missed −10
Dec 2 at DAL 47% 115–114 W 126–120 ✓correct +5
Nov 30 vs LAL 70% 119–111 W 133–110 ✓correct +15
Nov 28 at MIN 35% 109–114 L 103–106 ✓correct +2
Nov 25 vs PHI 67% 117–111 L 123–127 ✗missed −10
Nov 22 vs CHI 67% 116–110 W 116–102 ✓correct +8
Nov 19 at POR 51% 115–112 W 134–91 ✓correct +40
Nov 18 at GSW 41% 113–115 W 130–123 ✗missed +9
Nov 16 at GSW 35% 111–116 W 128–109 ✗missed +24
Nov 14 vs SAS 72% 119–110 W 123–87 ✓correct +27
Nov 12 at PHX 39% 113–116 W 111–99 ✗missed +15
Nov 10 at SAC 47% 115–114 L 98–105 ✗missed −8
Nov 8 vs CLE 65% 116–111 W 128–120 ✓correct +3
Nov 6 vs ATL 53% 116–117 W 126–117 ✗missed +10
Nov 3 vs GSW 61% 117–114 L 139–141 ✗missed −5
Nov 1 vs NOP 65% 117–112 L 106–110 ✗missed −9
Oct 30 vs DET 68% 117–110 W 124–112 ✓correct +5
Oct 29 vs DEN 61% 114–111 L 95–128 ✗missed −36
Oct 27 at CLE 37% 110–114 W 108–105 ✗missed +7
Oct 25 at CHI 37% 113–117 W 124–104 ✗missed +24

2022-23

10.2 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 8.9 to 11.6; 17th smallest of 30
+1.7
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -0.6 to 4.1
12.9 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 10.3
57%
winner picked
82 games involving OKC
40 / 39.6
actual / expected wins
gap +0.4
0.253
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

OKC: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 010203040 40 actual 39.6 exp. 14182 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of OKC's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

OKC: margin forecast error in each game, actual minus predicted -50-250+25+50 Better than forecast Worse than forecast Games in date order
Each bar is one game: OKC's actual margin minus its predicted margin, in points. Positive bars sit above the line and negative bars below it, so direction does not depend on color.

How the errors are spread

OKC: distribution of 82 margin errors; mean +1.7 points 0612 -40 to -36 pts: 0 games -36 to -32 pts: 0 games -32 to -28 pts: 0 games -28 to -24 pts: 0 games -24 to -20 pts: 4 games -20 to -16 pts: 3 games -16 to -12 pts: 4 games -12 to -8 pts: 5 games -8 to -4 pts: 12 games -4 to 0 pts: 9 games 0 to 4 pts: 9 games 4 to 8 pts: 10 games 8 to 12 pts: 7 games 12 to 16 pts: 8 games 16 to 20 pts: 3 games 20 to 24 pts: 4 games 24 to 28 pts: 3 games 28 to 32 pts: 0 games 32 to 36 pts: 0 games 36 to 40 pts: 1 games mean +1.7 -40-200+20+40 worse than forecast better than forecast
Each bar counts games whose margin error fell in a 4-point range (errors beyond ±40 are in the end bars). Dashed line: the average error.

OKC against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2022-23, smallest to largest; OKC is 17 of 30 68101214 median 10.2 UTA: 8.74 points over 82 games, 90% interval 7.41–10.06 UTA 8.7 n=82 DET: 8.82 points over 82 games, 90% interval 7.57–10.1 DET 8.8 n=82 HOU: 9.06 points over 82 games, 90% interval 7.78–10.33 HOU 9.1 n=82 IND: 9.06 points over 82 games, 90% interval 7.91–10.26 IND 9.1 n=82 LAL: 9.19 points over 98 games, 90% interval 8.13–10.45 LAL 9.2 n=98 TOR: 9.30 points over 82 games, 90% interval 7.98–10.65 TOR 9.3 n=82 MIA: 9.42 points over 105 games, 90% interval 8.16–10.73 MIA 9.4 n=105 CLE: 9.63 points over 87 games, 90% interval 8.48–10.79 CLE 9.6 n=87 NYK: 9.65 points over 93 games, 90% interval 8.48–10.83 NYK 9.7 n=93 ORL: 9.88 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.6–11.21 ORL 9.9 n=82 DAL: 9.90 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.27–11.59 DAL 9.9 n=82 LAC: 9.90 points over 87 games, 90% interval 8.76–11.17 LAC 9.9 n=87 WAS: 10.06 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.61–11.52 WAS 10.1 n=82 ATL: 10.20 points over 88 games, 90% interval 8.92–11.51 ATL 10.2 n=88 PHI: 10.20 points over 93 games, 90% interval 8.81–11.6 PHI 10.2 n=93 MIN: 10.21 points over 87 games, 90% interval 8.99–11.47 MIN 10.2 n=87 OKC: 10.23 points over 82 games, 90% interval 8.93–11.55 OKC 10.2 n=82 DEN: 10.51 points over 102 games, 90% interval 9.1–11.93 DEN 10.5 n=102 PHX: 10.81 points over 93 games, 90% interval 9.25–12.28 PHX 10.8 n=93 NOP: 10.82 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.34–12.26 NOP 10.8 n=82 CHA: 10.84 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.38–12.3 CHA 10.8 n=82 SAC: 10.99 points over 89 games, 90% interval 9.44–12.58 SAC 11.0 n=89 GSW: 11.24 points over 95 games, 90% interval 9.8–12.77 GSW 11.2 n=95 MEM: 11.40 points over 88 games, 90% interval 9.83–13.05 MEM 11.4 n=88 POR: 11.41 points over 82 games, 90% interval 9.96–12.94 POR 11.4 n=82 BKN: 11.45 points over 86 games, 90% interval 9.79–13.3 BKN 11.4 n=86 BOS: 11.54 points over 102 games, 90% interval 9.99–13.05 BOS 11.5 n=102 CHI: 11.72 points over 82 games, 90% interval 10.11–13.48 CHI 11.7 n=82 MIL: 11.77 points over 87 games, 90% interval 10.3–13.32 MIL 11.8 n=87 SAS: 12.16 points over 82 games, 90% interval 10.54–13.79 SAS 12.2 n=82 average margin miss, points (lower = easier to forecast)
Dots: average absolute margin error per team. Lines: 90% bootstrap intervals; overlapping lines mean the difference between those teams is not clear in this sample. Hollow dots: fewer than 20 games.
All 82 games in this sample
DateOpponentOKC win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Apr 9 vs MEM 47% 122–123 W 115–100 ✗missed +16
Apr 6 at UTA 70% 124–116 W 114–98 ✓correct +8
Apr 4 at GSW 40% 116–120 L 125–136 ✓correct −7
Apr 2 vs PHX 42% 115–118 L 118–128 ✓correct −7
Mar 31 at IND 63% 121–116 L 117–121 ✗missed −9
Mar 29 vs DET 68% 115–108 W 107–106 ✓correct −6
Mar 28 vs CHA 65% 113–107 L 134–137 ✗missed −9
Mar 26 at POR 80% 124–111 W 118–112 ✓correct −7
Mar 24 at LAL 45% 114–116 L 111–116 ✓correct −3
Mar 23 at LAC 53% 114–113 L 105–127 ✗missed −23
Mar 21 at LAC 47% 115–116 W 101–100 ✗missed +2
Mar 19 vs PHX 60% 117–113 W 124–120 ✓correct ±0
Mar 16 at TOR 58% 115–112 L 111–128 ✗missed −20
Mar 14 vs BKN 53% 117–116 W 121–107 ✓correct +13
Mar 12 at SAS 68% 121–114 W 102–90 ✓correct +5
Mar 11 at NOP 53% 119–118 W 110–96 ✓correct +13
Mar 8 at PHX 30% 113–121 L 101–132 ✓correct −23
Mar 7 vs GSW 58% 116–113 W 137–128 ✓correct +6
Mar 5 vs UTA 74% 124–114 W 129–119 ✓correct ±0
Mar 3 vs UTA 58% 119–116 W 130–103 ✓correct +24
Mar 1 vs LAL 53% 119–118 L 117–123 ✗missed −7
Feb 28 vs SAC 58% 120–117 L 117–123 ✗missed −9
Feb 26 vs SAC 63% 122–117 L 115–124 ✗missed −14
Feb 24 at PHX 37% 116–121 L 115–124 ✓correct −4
Feb 23 at UTA 47% 122–123 L 119–120 ✓correct ±0
Feb 15 vs HOU 83% 124–109 W 133–96 ✓correct +22
Feb 13 vs NOP 58% 120–117 L 100–103 ✗missed −6
Feb 10 at POR 55% 121–119 W 138–129 ✓correct +7
Feb 7 at LAL 53% 119–118 W 133–130 ✓correct +2
Feb 6 at GSW 37% 113–118 L 114–141 ✓correct −22
Feb 4 vs HOU 87% 123–105 W 153–121 ✓correct +14
Feb 1 at HOU 70% 123–115 L 106–112 ✗missed −14
Jan 30 vs GSW 58% 118–115 L 120–128 ✗missed −11
Jan 27 vs CLE 58% 112–109 W 112–100 ✓correct +9
Jan 25 vs ATL 68% 121–114 L 132–137 ✗missed −12
Jan 22 at DEN 32% 111–118 W 101–99 ✗missed +9
Jan 20 at SAC 40% 115–119 L 113–118 ✓correct −1
Jan 18 vs IND 68% 120–113 W 126–106 ✓correct +13
Jan 15 at BKN 22% 110–122 W 112–102 ✗missed +22
Jan 13 at CHI 45% 115–117 W 124–110 ✗missed +16
Jan 12 at PHI 37% 111–116 W 133–114 ✗missed +24
Jan 10 at MIA 63% 114–109 L 111–112 ✗missed −6
Jan 8 vs DAL 47% 115–116 W 120–109 ✗missed +12
Jan 6 vs WAS 37% 112–117 W 127–110 ✗missed +22
Jan 4 at ORL 74% 121–111 L 115–126 ✗missed −21
Jan 3 vs BOS 28% 110–119 W 150–117 ✗missed +42
Dec 31 vs PHI 37% 112–117 L 96–115 ✓correct −14
Dec 29 at CHA 72% 121–112 L 113–121 ✗missed −17
Dec 27 vs SAS 68% 120–113 W 130–114 ✓correct +9
Dec 23 vs NOP 37% 112–117 L 125–128 ✓correct +2
Dec 21 vs POR 53% 118–117 W 101–98 ✓correct +2
Dec 19 vs POR 42% 117–120 W 123–121 ✗missed +5
Dec 17 vs MEM 28% 110–119 W 115–109 ✗missed +15
Dec 16 vs MIN 40% 112–116 L 110–112 ✓correct +2
Dec 14 vs MIA 45% 110–112 L 108–110 ✓correct ±0
Dec 12 at DAL 40% 113–117 L 114–121 ✓correct −3
Dec 10 at CLE 47% 109–110 L 102–110 ✓correct −7
Dec 7 at MEM 35% 110–116 L 102–123 ✓correct −15
Dec 5 at ATL 45% 113–115 W 121–114 ✗missed +9
Dec 3 at MIN 40% 113–117 W 135–128 ✗missed +11
Nov 30 vs SAS 53% 114–113 W 119–111 ✓correct +7
Nov 28 at NOP 30% 111–119 L 101–105 ✓correct +4
Nov 26 at HOU 68% 121–114 L 105–118 ✗missed −20
Nov 25 vs CHI 35% 112–118 W 123–119 ✗missed +10
Nov 23 vs DEN 40% 114–118 L 126–131 ✓correct −1
Nov 21 vs NYK 40% 113–117 L 119–129 ✓correct −6
Nov 18 at MEM 32% 107–114 L 110–121 ✓correct −4
Nov 16 at WAS 40% 109–113 W 121–120 ✗missed +5
Nov 14 at BOS 24% 109–120 L 122–126 ✓correct +7
Nov 13 at NYK 37% 110–115 W 145–135 ✗missed +15
Nov 11 vs TOR 30% 105–113 W 132–113 ✗missed +27
Nov 9 vs MIL 42% 107–110 L 132–136 ✓correct −1
Nov 7 at DET 45% 110–112 L 103–112 ✓correct −7
Nov 5 at MIL 32% 106–113 L 94–108 ✓correct −7
Nov 3 vs DEN 32% 110–117 L 110–122 ✓correct −5
Nov 1 vs ORL 60% 111–107 W 116–108 ✓correct +4
Oct 29 at DAL 19% 102–116 W 117–111 ✗missed +20
Oct 27 vs LAC 37% 107–112 W 118–110 ✗missed +13
Oct 25 vs LAC 42% 111–114 W 108–94 ✗missed +17
Oct 23 vs MIN 28% 109–118 L 106–116 ✓correct −1
Oct 22 at DEN 28% 108–117 L 117–122 ✓correct +4
Oct 19 at MIN 35% 109–115 L 108–115 ✓correct −1

2022-23 to 2026-27

11.5 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 10.7 to 12.3; 24th smallest of 30
+2.9
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval 1.7 to 4.1
14.7 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.0
71%
winner picked
384 games involving OKC
269 / 236.4
actual / expected wins
gap +32.6
0.196
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

OKC: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 0102030405060708090100110120130140150160170180190200210220230240250260270 269 actual 236.4 exp. 1192384 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of OKC's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

OKC: margin forecast error in each game, actual minus predicted -50-250+25+50 Better than forecast Worse than forecast Games in date order
Each bar is one game: OKC's actual margin minus its predicted margin, in points. Positive bars sit above the line and negative bars below it, so direction does not depend on color.

How the errors are spread

OKC: distribution of 384 margin errors; mean +2.9 points 02754 -40 to -36 pts: 4 games -36 to -32 pts: 2 games -32 to -28 pts: 2 games -28 to -24 pts: 4 games -24 to -20 pts: 7 games -20 to -16 pts: 14 games -16 to -12 pts: 19 games -12 to -8 pts: 23 games -8 to -4 pts: 34 games -4 to 0 pts: 41 games 0 to 4 pts: 45 games 4 to 8 pts: 54 games 8 to 12 pts: 38 games 12 to 16 pts: 27 games 16 to 20 pts: 22 games 20 to 24 pts: 14 games 24 to 28 pts: 19 games 28 to 32 pts: 5 games 32 to 36 pts: 3 games 36 to 40 pts: 7 games mean +2.9 -40-200+20+40 worse than forecast better than forecast
Each bar counts games whose margin error fell in a 4-point range (errors beyond ±40 are in the end bars). Dashed line: the average error.

OKC against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2022-23 to 2026-27, smallest to largest; OKC is 24 of 30 891011121314 median 11.0 DET: 9.80 points over 356 games, 90% interval 9.17–10.47 DET 9.8 n=356 HOU: 10.09 points over 350 games, 90% interval 9.46–10.73 HOU 10.1 n=350 PHX: 10.25 points over 355 games, 90% interval 9.56–10.97 PHX 10.3 n=355 ORL: 10.50 points over 353 games, 90% interval 9.8–11.22 ORL 10.5 n=353 UTA: 10.63 points over 338 games, 90% interval 9.81–11.47 UTA 10.6 n=338 PHI: 10.64 points over 367 games, 90% interval 9.93–11.41 PHI 10.6 n=367 IND: 10.67 points over 376 games, 90% interval 9.99–11.4 IND 10.7 n=376 LAL: 10.71 points over 375 games, 90% interval 10.03–11.43 LAL 10.7 n=375 CLE: 10.74 points over 382 games, 90% interval 10.07–11.47 CLE 10.7 n=382 WAS: 10.74 points over 337 games, 90% interval 10.06–11.49 WAS 10.7 n=337 LAC: 10.76 points over 355 games, 90% interval 10.03–11.52 LAC 10.8 n=355 DEN: 10.83 points over 388 games, 90% interval 10.1–11.61 DEN 10.8 n=388 SAS: 10.88 points over 357 games, 90% interval 10.14–11.63 SAS 10.9 n=357 MIA: 10.95 points over 369 games, 90% interval 10.19–11.7 MIA 10.9 n=369 NOP: 10.98 points over 342 games, 90% interval 10.27–11.74 NOP 11.0 n=342 TOR: 11.08 points over 344 games, 90% interval 10.29–11.88 TOR 11.1 n=344 GSW: 11.12 points over 363 games, 90% interval 10.4–11.91 GSW 11.1 n=363 DAL: 11.15 points over 359 games, 90% interval 10.45–11.87 DAL 11.2 n=359 CHA: 11.18 points over 338 games, 90% interval 10.34–12.05 CHA 11.2 n=338 MIN: 11.18 points over 387 games, 90% interval 10.53–11.91 MIN 11.2 n=387 ATL: 11.32 points over 350 games, 90% interval 10.57–12.13 ATL 11.3 n=350 MEM: 11.35 points over 345 games, 90% interval 10.54–12.23 MEM 11.3 n=345 CHI: 11.43 points over 337 games, 90% interval 10.66–12.23 CHI 11.4 n=337 OKC: 11.49 points over 384 games, 90% interval 10.7–12.29 OKC 11.5 n=384 BKN: 11.55 points over 342 games, 90% interval 10.75–12.41 BKN 11.6 n=342 POR: 11.61 points over 342 games, 90% interval 10.75–12.42 POR 11.6 n=342 NYK: 11.63 points over 396 games, 90% interval 10.88–12.36 NYK 11.6 n=396 SAC: 11.66 points over 345 games, 90% interval 10.84–12.46 SAC 11.7 n=345 MIL: 11.68 points over 353 games, 90% interval 10.92–12.46 MIL 11.7 n=353 BOS: 11.96 points over 395 games, 90% interval 11.24–12.73 BOS 12.0 n=395 average margin miss, points (lower = easier to forecast)
Dots: average absolute margin error per team. Lines: 90% bootstrap intervals; overlapping lines mean the difference between those teams is not clear in this sample. Hollow dots: fewer than 20 games.
All 384 games in this sample
DateOpponentOKC win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Nov 7 vs WAS 72% 115–107 W 114–75 ✓correct +31
Nov 6 at MEM 62% 116–112 W 128–97 ✓correct +27
Nov 4 vs CLE 61% 113–110 W 124–116 ✓correct +5
Nov 2 at CLE 41% 110–113 W 117–112 ✗missed +8
Oct 31 at HOU 47% 109–110 L 98–119 ✓correct −20
Oct 28 at DAL 72% 122–114 L 96–120 ✗missed −32
Oct 26 vs PHX 76% 115–105 W 125–114 ✓correct +1
Oct 25 vs LAC 74% 117–108 W 108–101 ✓correct −2
Oct 22 vs DEN 69% 117–110 W 96–84 ✓correct +5
Oct 20 at SAS 50% 112–111 W 116–104 ✓correct +11
May 30 PO vs SAS 33% 106–109 L 103–111 ✓correct −5
May 28 PO at SAS 19% 97–110 L 91–118 ✓correct −14
May 26 PO vs SAS 83% 115–101 W 127–114 ✓correct −1
May 24 PO at SAS 26% 104–113 L 82–103 ✓correct −12
May 22 PO at SAS 39% 107–111 W 123–108 ✗missed +19
May 20 PO vs SAS 76% 112–102 W 122–113 ✓correct −1
May 18 PO vs SAS 76% 111–101 L 115–122 ✗missed −17
May 11 PO at LAL 76% 106–96 W 115–110 ✓correct −5
May 9 PO at LAL 83% 109–95 W 131–108 ✓correct +9
May 7 PO vs LAL 64% 107–102 W 125–107 ✓correct +13
May 5 PO vs LAL 59% 108–105 W 108–90 ✓correct +15
Apr 27 PO at PHX 60% 112–108 W 131–122 ✓correct +5
Apr 25 PO at PHX 68% 112–105 W 121–109 ✓correct +5
Apr 22 PO vs PHX 82% 114–101 W 120–107 ✓correct ±0
Apr 19 PO vs PHX 78% 116–105 W 119–84 ✓correct +24
Apr 12 vs PHX 87% 121–104 L 103–135 ✗missed −49
Apr 10 at DEN 22% 112–123 L 107–127 ✓correct −9
Apr 8 at LAC 56% 112–110 W 128–110 ✓correct +16
Apr 7 at LAL 71% 121–113 W 123–87 ✓correct +28
Apr 5 vs UTA 92% 127–106 W 146–111 ✓correct +14
Apr 2 vs LAL 69% 118–111 W 139–96 ✓correct +36
Mar 30 vs DET 74% 119–110 W 114–110 ✓correct −5
Mar 29 vs NYK 53% 112–111 W 111–100 ✓correct +10
Mar 27 vs CHI 83% 126–112 W 131–113 ✓correct +4
Mar 25 at BOS 61% 113–109 L 109–119 ✗missed −14
Mar 23 at PHI 76% 118–108 W 123–103 ✓correct +10
Mar 21 at WAS 87% 125–108 W 132–111 ✓correct +4
Mar 18 at BKN 81% 116–103 W 121–92 ✓correct +16
Mar 17 at ORL 56% 114–112 W 113–108 ✓correct +3
Mar 15 vs MIN 76% 120–110 W 116–103 ✓correct +3
Mar 12 vs BOS 67% 110–104 W 104–102 ✓correct −4
Mar 9 vs DEN 78% 122–111 W 129–126 ✓correct −8
Mar 7 vs GSW 74% 116–107 W 104–97 ✓correct −2
Mar 4 at NYK 47% 112–113 W 103–100 ✗missed +4
Mar 3 at CHI 80% 122–110 W 116–108 ✓correct −4
Mar 1 at DAL 86% 126–110 W 100–87 ✓correct −3
Feb 27 vs DEN 71% 120–112 W 127–121 ✓correct −2
Feb 25 at DET 34% 112–118 L 116–124 ✓correct −2
Feb 24 at TOR 47% 113–114 W 116–107 ✗missed +10
Feb 22 vs CLE 53% 113–112 W 121–113 ✓correct +7
Feb 20 vs BKN 80% 114–102 W 105–86 ✓correct +7
Feb 12 vs MIL 80% 116–104 L 93–110 ✗missed −29
Feb 11 at PHX 61% 113–109 W 136–109 ✓correct +23
Feb 9 at LAL 47% 113–114 W 119–110 ✗missed +10
Feb 7 vs HOU 71% 114–106 L 106–112 ✗missed −14
Feb 4 at SAS 24% 109–119 L 106–116 ✓correct ±0
Feb 3 vs ORL 80% 120–108 W 128–92 ✓correct +24
Feb 1 at DEN 53% 112–111 W 121–111 ✓correct +9
Jan 29 at MIN 47% 117–118 L 111–123 ✓correct −11
Jan 27 vs NOP 86% 126–110 W 104–95 ✓correct −7
Jan 25 vs TOR 78% 120–109 L 101–103 ✗missed −13
Jan 23 vs IND 86% 123–107 L 114–117 ✗missed −19
Jan 21 at MIL 58% 116–113 W 122–102 ✓correct +17
Jan 19 at CLE 56% 118–116 W 136–104 ✓correct +30
Jan 17 at MIA 64% 121–116 L 120–122 ✗missed −7
Jan 15 at HOU 53% 115–114 W 111–91 ✓correct +19
Jan 13 vs SAS 80% 122–110 W 119–98 ✓correct +9
Jan 11 vs MIA 80% 124–112 W 124–112 ✓correct ±0
Jan 9 at MEM 71% 123–115 W 117–116 ✓correct −7
Jan 7 vs UTA 87% 127–110 W 129–125 ✓correct −13
Jan 5 vs CHA 90% 128–109 L 97–124 ✗missed −46
Jan 4 at PHX 41% 114–117 L 105–108 ✓correct ±0
Jan 2 at GSW 58% 119–116 W 131–94 ✓correct +34
Dec 31 vs POR 89% 126–108 W 124–95 ✓correct +11
Dec 29 vs ATL 92% 131–110 W 140–129 ✓correct −10
Dec 28 vs PHI 87% 125–108 W 129–104 ✓correct +8
Dec 25 vs SAS 82% 126–113 L 102–117 ✗missed −28
Dec 23 at SAS 31% 113–120 L 110–130 ✓correct −13
Dec 22 vs MEM 85% 123–108 W 119–103 ✓correct +1
Dec 19 at MIN 41% 113–116 L 107–112 ✓correct −2
Dec 18 vs LAC 89% 125–107 W 122–101 ✓correct +3
Dec 10 vs PHX 82% 123–110 W 138–89 ✓correct +36
Dec 7 at UTA 64% 121–116 W 131–101 ✓correct +25
Dec 5 vs DAL 89% 125–107 W 132–111 ✓correct +3
Dec 2 at GSW 53% 113–112 W 124–112 ✓correct +11
Nov 30 at POR 64% 119–114 W 123–115 ✓correct +3
Nov 28 vs PHX 83% 123–109 W 123–119 ✓correct −10
Nov 26 vs MIN 85% 124–109 W 113–105 ✓correct −7
Nov 23 vs POR 89% 127–109 W 122–95 ✓correct +9
Nov 21 at UTA 71% 120–112 W 144–112 ✓correct +24
Nov 19 vs SAC 93% 129–106 W 113–99 ✓correct −9
Nov 17 at NOP 85% 127–112 W 126–109 ✓correct +2
Nov 15 at CHA 85% 126–111 W 109–96 ✓correct −2
Nov 12 vs LAL 85% 126–111 W 121–92 ✓correct +14
Nov 11 vs GSW 82% 123–110 W 126–102 ✓correct +11
Nov 9 at MEM 71% 123–115 W 114–100 ✓correct +6
Nov 7 at SAC 64% 118–113 W 132–101 ✓correct +26
Nov 5 at POR 53% 117–116 L 119–121 ✗missed −3
Nov 4 at LAC 64% 112–107 W 126–107 ✓correct +14
Nov 2 vs NOP 85% 119–104 W 137–106 ✓correct +16
Oct 30 vs WAS 83% 117–103 W 127–108 ✓correct +5
Oct 28 vs SAC 71% 116–108 W 107–101 ✓correct −2
Oct 27 at DAL 76% 122–112 W 101–94 ✓correct −3
Oct 25 at ATL 69% 123–116 W 117–100 ✓correct +10
Oct 23 at IND 53% 113–112 W 141–135 ✓correct +5
Oct 21 vs HOU 78% 116–105 W 125–124 ✓correct −10
Jun 22 PO vs IND 77% 116–105 W 103–91 ✓correct +1
Jun 19 PO at IND 51% 109–108 L 91–108 ✗missed −18
Jun 16 PO vs IND 73% 115–106 W 120–109 ✓correct +2
Jun 13 PO at IND 46% 109–110 W 111–104 ✗missed +8
Jun 11 PO at IND 46% 109–110 L 107–116 ✓correct −8
Jun 8 PO vs IND 73% 116–107 W 123–107 ✓correct +7
Jun 5 PO vs IND 79% 116–104 L 110–111 ✗missed −13
May 28 PO vs MIN 64% 109–104 W 124–94 ✓correct +25
May 26 PO at MIN 56% 108–105 W 128–126 ✓correct −1
May 24 PO at MIN 61% 107–102 L 101–143 ✗missed −47
May 22 PO vs MIN 73% 111–102 W 118–103 ✓correct +6
May 20 PO vs MIN 67% 108–102 W 114–88 ✓correct +20
May 18 PO vs DEN 79% 118–106 W 125–93 ✓correct +20
May 15 PO at DEN 61% 109–104 L 107–119 ✗missed −17
May 13 PO vs DEN 81% 118–105 W 112–105 ✓correct −6
May 11 PO at DEN 59% 109–105 W 92–87 ✓correct +1
May 9 PO at DEN 51% 109–108 L 104–113 ✗missed −10
May 7 PO vs DEN 75% 117–107 W 149–106 ✓correct +33
May 5 PO vs DEN 75% 117–107 L 119–121 ✗missed −12
Apr 26 PO at MEM 71% 114–105 W 117–115 ✓correct −7
Apr 24 PO at MEM 64% 114–108 W 114–108 ✓correct ±0
Apr 22 PO vs MEM 79% 120–108 W 118–99 ✓correct +7
Apr 20 PO vs MEM 79% 119–107 W 131–80 ✓correct +39
Apr 13 at NOP 79% 125–112 W 115–100 ✓correct +2
Apr 11 at UTA 66% 122–115 W 145–111 ✓correct +27
Apr 9 at PHX 71% 118–109 W 125–112 ✓correct +4
Apr 8 vs LAL 77% 123–112 W 136–120 ✓correct +5
Apr 6 vs LAL 84% 126–111 L 99–126 ✗missed −42
Apr 4 at HOU 56% 117–114 L 111–125 ✗missed −17
Apr 2 vs DET 82% 126–112 W 119–103 ✓correct +2
Mar 31 vs CHI 79% 124–112 W 145–117 ✓correct +16
Mar 29 vs IND 81% 123–110 W 132–111 ✓correct +8
Mar 27 vs MEM 81% 124–111 W 125–104 ✓correct +8
Mar 25 at SAC 71% 119–110 W 121–105 ✓correct +7
Mar 23 at LAC 56% 114–111 W 103–101 ✓correct −1
Mar 21 vs CHA 89% 128–109 W 141–106 ✓correct +16
Mar 19 vs PHI 77% 128–117 W 133–100 ✓correct +22
Mar 16 at MIL 46% 120–121 W 121–105 ✗missed +17
Mar 15 at DET 51% 121–120 W 113–107 ✓correct +5
Mar 12 at BOS 43% 113–115 W 118–112 ✗missed +8
Mar 10 vs DEN 81% 126–113 L 127–140 ✗missed −26
Mar 9 vs DEN 73% 125–116 W 127–103 ✓correct +15
Mar 7 vs POR 59% 123–120 W 107–89 ✓correct +15
Mar 5 at MEM 51% 122–121 W 120–103 ✓correct +16
Mar 3 vs HOU 79% 123–111 W 137–128 ✓correct −3
Mar 2 at SAS 69% 121–113 W 146–132 ✓correct +6
Feb 28 at ATL 59% 123–119 W 135–119 ✓correct +12
Feb 26 at BKN 80% 114–100 W 129–121 ✓correct −6
Feb 24 vs MIN 79% 124–112 L 128–131 ✗missed −15
Feb 23 at MIN 54% 116–114 W 130–123 ✓correct +5
Feb 21 at UTA 75% 123–112 W 130–107 ✓correct +12
Feb 13 at MIN 69% 119–111 L 101–116 ✗missed −23
Feb 12 vs MIA 86% 124–107 W 115–101 ✓correct −3
Feb 10 vs NOP 89% 131–112 W 137–101 ✓correct +17
Feb 8 at MEM 33% 114–120 W 125–112 ✗missed +19
Feb 7 vs TOR 85% 125–109 W 121–109 ✓correct −4
Feb 5 vs PHX 77% 123–112 W 140–109 ✓correct +20
Feb 3 vs MIL 77% 126–115 W 125–96 ✓correct +18
Feb 1 vs SAC 79% 124–112 W 144–110 ✓correct +22
Jan 29 at GSW 71% 117–108 L 109–116 ✗missed −16
Jan 26 at POR 71% 116–107 W 118–108 ✓correct +1
Jan 23 vs DAL 81% 123–110 L 115–121 ✗missed −19
Jan 22 vs UTA 85% 124–108 W 123–114 ✓correct −7
Jan 19 vs BKN 81% 121–108 W 127–101 ✓correct +13
Jan 17 at DAL 69% 117–109 L 98–106 ✗missed −16
Jan 16 vs CLE 71% 123–115 W 134–114 ✓correct +12
Jan 14 at PHI 71% 115–106 W 118–102 ✓correct +7
Jan 12 at WAS 71% 119–110 W 136–95 ✓correct +32
Jan 10 at NYK 46% 112–113 W 126–101 ✗missed +26
Jan 8 at CLE 41% 115–118 L 122–129 ✓correct −4
Jan 5 vs BOS 59% 111–108 W 105–92 ✓correct +10
Jan 3 vs NYK 71% 117–109 W 117–107 ✓correct +2
Jan 2 vs LAC 82% 121–107 W 116–98 ✓correct +4
Dec 31 vs MIN 82% 120–106 W 113–105 ✓correct −6
Dec 29 vs MEM 71% 121–113 W 130–106 ✓correct +16
Dec 28 at CHA 79% 115–102 W 106–94 ✓correct −1
Dec 26 at IND 59% 116–112 W 120–114 ✓correct +2
Dec 23 vs WAS 86% 127–110 W 123–105 ✓correct +1
Dec 20 at MIA 51% 110–109 W 104–97 ✓correct +6
Dec 19 at ORL 71% 110–101 W 105–99 ✓correct −3
Dec 10 vs DAL 67% 121–115 W 118–104 ✓correct +8
Dec 7 at NOP 73% 117–107 W 119–109 ✓correct ±0
Dec 5 at TOR 64% 114–108 W 129–92 ✓correct +31
Dec 3 vs UTA 84% 120–105 W 133–106 ✓correct +12
Dec 1 at HOU 43% 112–114 L 116–119 ✓correct −1
Nov 29 at LAL 56% 113–110 W 101–93 ✓correct +5
Nov 27 at GSW 46% 112–113 W 105–101 ✗missed +5
Nov 25 at SAC 51% 111–110 W 130–109 ✓correct +20
Nov 20 vs POR 82% 119–105 W 109–99 ✓correct −4
Nov 19 at SAS 61% 113–108 L 104–110 ✗missed −11
Nov 17 vs DAL 81% 121–108 L 119–121 ✗missed −15
Nov 15 vs PHX 79% 121–109 W 99–83 ✓correct +4
Nov 13 vs NOP 84% 123–108 W 106–88 ✓correct +3
Nov 11 vs LAC 73% 117–108 W 134–128 ✓correct −3
Nov 10 vs GSW 75% 120–110 L 116–127 ✗missed −21
Nov 8 vs HOU 73% 118–109 W 126–107 ✓correct +10
Nov 6 at DEN 66% 110–103 L 122–124 ✗missed −9
Nov 4 vs ORL 82% 119–105 W 102–86 ✓correct +2
Nov 2 at LAC 51% 107–106 W 105–92 ✓correct +12
Nov 1 at POR 66% 113–106 W 137–114 ✓correct +16
Oct 30 vs SAS 79% 117–105 W 105–93 ✓correct ±0
Oct 27 vs ATL 81% 121–108 W 128–104 ✓correct +11
Oct 26 at CHI 51% 111–110 W 114–95 ✓correct +18
Oct 24 at DEN 38% 103–107 W 102–87 ✗missed +19
May 18 PO at DAL 39% 101–104 L 116–117 ✓correct +2
May 15 PO vs DAL 67% 110–104 L 92–104 ✗missed −18
May 13 PO at DAL 43% 101–102 W 100–96 ✗missed +5
May 11 PO at DAL 51% 103–100 L 101–105 ✗missed −7
May 9 PO vs DAL 72% 113–104 L 110–119 ✗missed −18
May 7 PO vs DAL 72% 115–106 W 117–95 ✓correct +13
Apr 29 PO at NOP 49% 107–105 W 97–89 ✓correct +6
Apr 27 PO at NOP 41% 108–110 W 106–85 ✗missed +23
Apr 24 PO vs NOP 68% 113–106 W 124–92 ✓correct +25
Apr 21 PO vs NOP 68% 114–107 W 94–92 ✓correct −5
Apr 14 vs DAL 78% 120–107 W 135–86 ✓correct +36
Apr 12 vs MIL 72% 118–109 W 125–107 ✓correct +9
Apr 10 vs SAS 75% 119–108 W 127–89 ✓correct +27
Apr 9 vs SAC 65% 113–108 W 112–105 ✓correct +2
Apr 7 at CHA 47% 112–111 W 121–118 ✓correct +2
Apr 5 at IND 35% 112–117 L 112–126 ✓correct −9
Apr 3 at BOS 27% 104–114 L 100–135 ✓correct −25
Apr 2 at PHI 39% 111–114 L 105–109 ✓correct −1
Mar 31 at NYK 39% 107–110 W 113–112 ✗missed +4
Mar 29 vs PHX 61% 113–110 W 128–103 ✓correct +22
Mar 27 vs HOU 70% 116–108 L 126–132 ✗missed −14
Mar 26 at NOP 37% 109–113 W 119–112 ✗missed +11
Mar 24 at MIL 43% 115–116 L 93–118 ✓correct −24
Mar 22 at TOR 71% 122–109 W 123–103 ✓correct +7
Mar 20 vs UTA 73% 121–111 W 119–107 ✓correct +2
Mar 16 at MEM 59% 113–106 W 118–112 ✓correct −1
Mar 14 vs DAL 75% 122–111 W 126–119 ✓correct −4
Mar 12 vs IND 72% 121–112 L 111–121 ✗missed −19
Mar 10 vs MEM 81% 120–105 W 124–93 ✓correct +16
Mar 8 vs MIA 70% 118–110 W 107–100 ✓correct −1
Mar 6 at POR 61% 115–107 W 128–120 ✓correct ±0
Mar 4 at LAL 43% 120–121 L 104–116 ✓correct −11
Mar 3 at PHX 47% 114–113 W 118–110 ✓correct +7
Feb 29 at SAS 67% 122–111 L 118–132 ✗missed −25
Feb 27 vs HOU 70% 120–112 W 112–95 ✓correct +9
Feb 25 at HOU 57% 118–112 W 123–110 ✓correct +7
Feb 23 vs WAS 83% 125–108 W 147–106 ✓correct +24
Feb 22 vs LAC 68% 116–109 W 129–107 ✓correct +15
Feb 13 at ORL 47% 112–111 W 127–113 ✓correct +13
Feb 11 vs SAC 68% 119–112 W 127–113 ✓correct +7
Feb 10 at DAL 47% 116–115 L 111–146 ✗missed −36
Feb 6 at UTA 47% 118–117 L 117–124 ✗missed −8
Feb 4 vs TOR 68% 117–110 W 135–127 ✓correct +1
Feb 2 vs CHA 81% 117–102 W 126–106 ✓correct +5
Jan 31 vs DEN 68% 112–105 W 105–100 ✓correct −2
Jan 29 vs MIN 61% 113–110 L 101–107 ✗missed −9
Jan 28 at DET 53% 120–116 L 104–120 ✗missed −20
Jan 26 at NOP 43% 114–115 W 107–83 ✗missed +25
Jan 24 at SAS 55% 121–116 W 140–114 ✓correct +21
Jan 23 vs POR 82% 125–109 W 111–109 ✓correct −14
Jan 20 at MIN 41% 112–114 W 102–97 ✗missed +7
Jan 18 at UTA 43% 115–116 W 134–129 ✗missed +6
Jan 16 at LAC 39% 111–114 L 117–128 ✓correct −8
Jan 15 at LAL 53% 119–115 L 105–112 ✗missed −11
Jan 13 vs ORL 72% 121–112 W 112–100 ✓correct +3
Jan 11 vs POR 83% 126–109 W 139–77 ✓correct +45
Jan 10 at MIA 47% 112–111 W 128–120 ✓correct +7
Jan 8 at WAS 63% 123–114 W 136–128 ✓correct −1
Jan 5 at BKN 55% 119–114 L 115–124 ✗missed −14
Jan 3 at ATL 49% 121–119 L 138–141 ✗missed −5
Jan 2 vs BOS 49% 113–116 W 127–123 ✗missed +7
Dec 31 vs BKN 67% 120–114 W 124–108 ✓correct +10
Dec 29 at DEN 41% 112–114 W 119–93 ✗missed +28
Dec 27 vs NYK 63% 117–113 W 129–120 ✓correct +5
Dec 26 vs MIN 65% 118–113 W 129–106 ✓correct +18
Dec 23 vs LAL 63% 119–115 L 120–129 ✗missed −13
Dec 21 vs LAC 65% 117–112 W 134–115 ✓correct +14
Dec 18 vs MEM 75% 120–109 W 116–97 ✓correct +8
Dec 16 at DEN 35% 111–116 W 118–117 ✗missed +6
Dec 14 at SAC 41% 114–116 L 123–128 ✓correct −3
Dec 11 vs UTA 79% 120–106 W 134–120 ✓correct ±0
Dec 8 vs GSW 68% 118–111 W 138–136 ✓correct −5
Dec 6 at HOU 47% 112–111 L 101–110 ✗missed −10
Dec 2 at DAL 47% 115–114 W 126–120 ✓correct +5
Nov 30 vs LAL 70% 119–111 W 133–110 ✓correct +15
Nov 28 at MIN 35% 109–114 L 103–106 ✓correct +2
Nov 25 vs PHI 67% 117–111 L 123–127 ✗missed −10
Nov 22 vs CHI 67% 116–110 W 116–102 ✓correct +8
Nov 19 at POR 51% 115–112 W 134–91 ✓correct +40
Nov 18 at GSW 41% 113–115 W 130–123 ✗missed +9
Nov 16 at GSW 35% 111–116 W 128–109 ✗missed +24
Nov 14 vs SAS 72% 119–110 W 123–87 ✓correct +27
Nov 12 at PHX 39% 113–116 W 111–99 ✗missed +15
Nov 10 at SAC 47% 115–114 L 98–105 ✗missed −8
Nov 8 vs CLE 65% 116–111 W 128–120 ✓correct +3
Nov 6 vs ATL 53% 116–117 W 126–117 ✗missed +10
Nov 3 vs GSW 61% 117–114 L 139–141 ✗missed −5
Nov 1 vs NOP 65% 117–112 L 106–110 ✗missed −9
Oct 30 vs DET 68% 117–110 W 124–112 ✓correct +5
Oct 29 vs DEN 61% 114–111 L 95–128 ✗missed −36
Oct 27 at CLE 37% 110–114 W 108–105 ✗missed +7
Oct 25 at CHI 37% 113–117 W 124–104 ✗missed +24
Apr 9 vs MEM 47% 122–123 W 115–100 ✗missed +16
Apr 6 at UTA 70% 124–116 W 114–98 ✓correct +8
Apr 4 at GSW 40% 116–120 L 125–136 ✓correct −7
Apr 2 vs PHX 42% 115–118 L 118–128 ✓correct −7
Mar 31 at IND 63% 121–116 L 117–121 ✗missed −9
Mar 29 vs DET 68% 115–108 W 107–106 ✓correct −6
Mar 28 vs CHA 65% 113–107 L 134–137 ✗missed −9
Mar 26 at POR 80% 124–111 W 118–112 ✓correct −7
Mar 24 at LAL 45% 114–116 L 111–116 ✓correct −3
Mar 23 at LAC 53% 114–113 L 105–127 ✗missed −23
Mar 21 at LAC 47% 115–116 W 101–100 ✗missed +2
Mar 19 vs PHX 60% 117–113 W 124–120 ✓correct ±0
Mar 16 at TOR 58% 115–112 L 111–128 ✗missed −20
Mar 14 vs BKN 53% 117–116 W 121–107 ✓correct +13
Mar 12 at SAS 68% 121–114 W 102–90 ✓correct +5
Mar 11 at NOP 53% 119–118 W 110–96 ✓correct +13
Mar 8 at PHX 30% 113–121 L 101–132 ✓correct −23
Mar 7 vs GSW 58% 116–113 W 137–128 ✓correct +6
Mar 5 vs UTA 74% 124–114 W 129–119 ✓correct ±0
Mar 3 vs UTA 58% 119–116 W 130–103 ✓correct +24
Mar 1 vs LAL 53% 119–118 L 117–123 ✗missed −7
Feb 28 vs SAC 58% 120–117 L 117–123 ✗missed −9
Feb 26 vs SAC 63% 122–117 L 115–124 ✗missed −14
Feb 24 at PHX 37% 116–121 L 115–124 ✓correct −4
Feb 23 at UTA 47% 122–123 L 119–120 ✓correct ±0
Feb 15 vs HOU 83% 124–109 W 133–96 ✓correct +22
Feb 13 vs NOP 58% 120–117 L 100–103 ✗missed −6
Feb 10 at POR 55% 121–119 W 138–129 ✓correct +7
Feb 7 at LAL 53% 119–118 W 133–130 ✓correct +2
Feb 6 at GSW 37% 113–118 L 114–141 ✓correct −22
Feb 4 vs HOU 87% 123–105 W 153–121 ✓correct +14
Feb 1 at HOU 70% 123–115 L 106–112 ✗missed −14
Jan 30 vs GSW 58% 118–115 L 120–128 ✗missed −11
Jan 27 vs CLE 58% 112–109 W 112–100 ✓correct +9
Jan 25 vs ATL 68% 121–114 L 132–137 ✗missed −12
Jan 22 at DEN 32% 111–118 W 101–99 ✗missed +9
Jan 20 at SAC 40% 115–119 L 113–118 ✓correct −1
Jan 18 vs IND 68% 120–113 W 126–106 ✓correct +13
Jan 15 at BKN 22% 110–122 W 112–102 ✗missed +22
Jan 13 at CHI 45% 115–117 W 124–110 ✗missed +16
Jan 12 at PHI 37% 111–116 W 133–114 ✗missed +24
Jan 10 at MIA 63% 114–109 L 111–112 ✗missed −6
Jan 8 vs DAL 47% 115–116 W 120–109 ✗missed +12
Jan 6 vs WAS 37% 112–117 W 127–110 ✗missed +22
Jan 4 at ORL 74% 121–111 L 115–126 ✗missed −21
Jan 3 vs BOS 28% 110–119 W 150–117 ✗missed +42
Dec 31 vs PHI 37% 112–117 L 96–115 ✓correct −14
Dec 29 at CHA 72% 121–112 L 113–121 ✗missed −17
Dec 27 vs SAS 68% 120–113 W 130–114 ✓correct +9
Dec 23 vs NOP 37% 112–117 L 125–128 ✓correct +2
Dec 21 vs POR 53% 118–117 W 101–98 ✓correct +2
Dec 19 vs POR 42% 117–120 W 123–121 ✗missed +5
Dec 17 vs MEM 28% 110–119 W 115–109 ✗missed +15
Dec 16 vs MIN 40% 112–116 L 110–112 ✓correct +2
Dec 14 vs MIA 45% 110–112 L 108–110 ✓correct ±0
Dec 12 at DAL 40% 113–117 L 114–121 ✓correct −3
Dec 10 at CLE 47% 109–110 L 102–110 ✓correct −7
Dec 7 at MEM 35% 110–116 L 102–123 ✓correct −15
Dec 5 at ATL 45% 113–115 W 121–114 ✗missed +9
Dec 3 at MIN 40% 113–117 W 135–128 ✗missed +11
Nov 30 vs SAS 53% 114–113 W 119–111 ✓correct +7
Nov 28 at NOP 30% 111–119 L 101–105 ✓correct +4
Nov 26 at HOU 68% 121–114 L 105–118 ✗missed −20
Nov 25 vs CHI 35% 112–118 W 123–119 ✗missed +10
Nov 23 vs DEN 40% 114–118 L 126–131 ✓correct −1
Nov 21 vs NYK 40% 113–117 L 119–129 ✓correct −6
Nov 18 at MEM 32% 107–114 L 110–121 ✓correct −4
Nov 16 at WAS 40% 109–113 W 121–120 ✗missed +5
Nov 14 at BOS 24% 109–120 L 122–126 ✓correct +7
Nov 13 at NYK 37% 110–115 W 145–135 ✗missed +15
Nov 11 vs TOR 30% 105–113 W 132–113 ✗missed +27
Nov 9 vs MIL 42% 107–110 L 132–136 ✓correct −1
Nov 7 at DET 45% 110–112 L 103–112 ✓correct −7
Nov 5 at MIL 32% 106–113 L 94–108 ✓correct −7
Nov 3 vs DEN 32% 110–117 L 110–122 ✓correct −5
Nov 1 vs ORL 60% 111–107 W 116–108 ✓correct +4
Oct 29 at DAL 19% 102–116 W 117–111 ✗missed +20
Oct 27 vs LAC 37% 107–112 W 118–110 ✗missed +13
Oct 25 vs LAC 42% 111–114 W 108–94 ✗missed +17
Oct 23 vs MIN 28% 109–118 L 106–116 ✓correct −1
Oct 22 at DEN 28% 108–117 L 117–122 ✓correct +4
Oct 19 at MIN 35% 109–115 L 108–115 ✓correct −1

Surprise games

All OKC surprises

Across every graded season. The percentage is the pregame chance the forecast gave the team that won.

Most unexpected OKC wins

  1. 19%OKC beat DAL117–111Oct 29, 2022-23 · forecast DAL116–102 · missed margin by 20
  2. 22%OKC beat BKN112–102Jan 15, 2022-23 · forecast BKN122–110 · missed margin by 22
  3. 28%OKC beat BOS150–117Jan 3, 2022-23 · forecast BOS119–110 · missed margin by 42
  4. 28%OKC beat MEM115–109Dec 17, 2022-23 · forecast MEM119–110 · missed margin by 15
  5. 30%OKC beat TOR132–113Nov 11, 2022-23 · forecast TOR113–105 · missed margin by 27

Most unexpected OKC losses

  1. 10%CHA beat OKC124–97Jan 5, 2025-26 · forecast OKC128–109 · missed margin by 46
  2. 13%PHX beat OKC135–103Apr 12, 2025-26 · forecast OKC121–104 · missed margin by 49
  3. 14%IND beat OKC117–114Jan 23, 2025-26 · forecast OKC123–107 · missed margin by 19
  4. 16%LAL beat OKC126–99Apr 6, 2024-25 · forecast OKC126–111 · missed margin by 42
  5. 19%SAS beat OKC117–102Dec 25, 2025-26 · forecast OKC126–113 · missed margin by 28

Largest margin misses

  1. 13%PHX beat OKC135–103Apr 12, 2025-26 · forecast OKC121–104 · missed margin by 49
  2. 39%MIN beat OKC143–101May 24, 2024-25 · playoffs · forecast OKC107–102 · missed margin by 47
  3. 10%CHA beat OKC124–97Jan 5, 2025-26 · forecast OKC128–109 · missed margin by 46
  4. 83%OKC beat POR139–77Jan 11, 2023-24 · forecast OKC126–109 · missed margin by 45
  5. 16%LAL beat OKC126–99Apr 6, 2024-25 · forecast OKC126–111 · missed margin by 42

Recent results the forecast got wrong

  1. 41%OKC beat CLE117–112Nov 2, 2026-27 · forecast CLE113–110 · missed margin by 8
  2. 28%DAL beat OKC120–96Oct 28, 2026-27 · forecast OKC122–114 · missed margin by 32
  3. 39%OKC beat SAS123–108May 22, 2025-26 · playoffs · forecast SAS111–107 · missed margin by 19
  4. 24%SAS beat OKC122–115May 18, 2025-26 · playoffs · forecast OKC111–101 · missed margin by 17
  5. 13%PHX beat OKC135–103Apr 12, 2025-26 · forecast OKC121–104 · missed margin by 49

Definitions

Expected wins
The sum of the team's pregame win probabilities over the games in the sample (home: the stored home win probability; road: one minus it).
Wins vs expectation
Actual wins minus expected wins. It describes results relative to the forecasts, not why they differed.
Margin error
The team's actual margin minus its forecast margin, in points. Positive means the team did better than forecast.
Error variability
The sample standard deviation of margin errors. Higher means the forecasts for this team's games were less consistent.
Winner picked
The share of the team's games in which the forecast winner won, whichever team that was. Teams play different mixes of close and lopsided games, so this alone is not a fair measure of how hard a team is to forecast.
Average margin miss
The mean absolute margin error. This is the headline measure of how hard a team's games were for this model to forecast.
Average margin error
The mean signed margin error. Consistently positive means the model underrated the team in this sample; negative, overrated.
Brier score
The mean squared difference between the team's pregame win probability and the result (1 for a win, 0 for a loss). It rewards confident correct forecasts and penalises confident wrong ones.
Intervals and samples
Ranges are 90% bootstrap intervals (1,000 resamples of the team's games). Under 20 games no ranking is shown; 20 to 59 games is exploratory; 60 or more is roughly a full season.

More on how forecasts are made and tested: Methodology.