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Utah Jazz UTA

1–9
2026-27 record
1294
Elo rating
with the forecast of Nov 8
103.2
Offensive rating
last 10 games
115.5
Defensive rating
last 10, lower is better
101.5
Pace
possessions per game
236 of 338 forecasts for UTA games picked the winner.

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Every graded UTA game, one dot each, oldest at the center. 236 of 338 forecasts picked the winner (colored dots).

Elo rating, recent games

UTA pregame Elo over its last 82 games with a forecast, from 1345 to 1294 12001250130013501400145015001550 new season 1294 Nov 2025 Nov 2026
Pregame Elo stored with each of UTA's last 82 forecasts. Dashed: 1500, the long-run average.

Upcoming

Schedule
Nov 10 9:00 PM ET
MIA Miami Heat 4–6 –
@UTA Utah Jazz (home) 1–9 –
Forecast coming Details
Nov 11 9:00 PM ET
ORL Orlando Magic 2–7 –
@UTA Utah Jazz (home) 1–9 –
Forecast coming Details
Nov 13 8:30 PM ET
UTA Utah Jazz 1–9 –
@HOU Houston Rockets (home) 7–3 –
Forecast coming Details

Recent results

Archive
Nov 8 Final
UTA Utah Jazz 106 100
@MIN Minnesota Timberwolves (home) 123 115
UTA 12% 88% MIN

Why: Elo 8.3 → MIN · Season margin 1.9 → MIN

✓ Picked MIN Details
Nov 6 Final
UTA Utah Jazz 114 100
@DAL Dallas Mavericks (home) 121 112
UTA 31% 69% DAL
✓ Picked DAL Details
Nov 4 Final
UTA Utah Jazz 114 113
@NOP New Orleans Pelicans (home) 122 120
UTA 27% 73% NOP
✓ Picked NOP Details
Nov 2 Final
UTA Utah Jazz 110 97
@SAS San Antonio Spurs (home) 123 119
UTA 18% 82% SAS

Why: Elo 7.2 → SAS · Defense, last 10 1.7 → SAS

✓ Picked SAS Details
Oct 31 Final
POR Portland Trail Blazers 126 112
@UTA Utah Jazz (home) 118 90
POR 72% 28% UTA

Why: Elo 6.4 → POR · Pace 1.3 → POR

✓ Picked POR Details

Predictability

How closely the forecasts tracked UTA 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.

6.7 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 4.4 to 9.2
−3.7
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -7.6 to 0.0
7.7 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.7
80%
winner picked
10 games involving UTA
1 / 3.0
actual / expected wins
gap −2.0
0.115
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

UTA: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 024 1 actual 3.0 exp. 1510 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of UTA's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

UTA: margin forecast error in each game, actual minus predicted -20-100+10+20 Better than forecast Worse than forecast Games in date order
Each bar is one game: UTA'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

UTA: distribution of 10 margin errors; mean -3.7 points 023 -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: 0 games -20 to -16 pts: 0 games -16 to -12 pts: 2 games -12 to -8 pts: 1 games -8 to -4 pts: 2 games -4 to 0 pts: 1 games 0 to 4 pts: 3 games 4 to 8 pts: 0 games 8 to 12 pts: 1 games 12 to 16 pts: 0 games 16 to 20 pts: 0 games 20 to 24 pts: 0 games 24 to 28 pts: 0 games 28 to 32 pts: 0 games 32 to 36 pts: 0 games 36 to 40 pts: 0 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.

UTA against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2026-27, smallest to largest; UTA is 1 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
DateOpponentUTA win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Nov 8 at MIN 12% 106–123 L 100–115 ✓correct +2
Nov 6 at DAL 31% 114–121 L 100–112 ✓correct −5
Nov 4 at NOP 28% 114–122 L 113–120 ✓correct +1
Nov 2 at SAS 18% 110–123 L 97–119 ✓correct −9
Oct 31 vs POR 28% 118–126 L 90–112 ✓correct −14
Oct 28 vs SAS 15% 112–127 L 111–117 ✓correct +9
Oct 26 vs MEM 53% 122–121 L 105–110 ✗missed −6
Oct 25 vs LAL 33% 117–123 L 123–132 ✓correct −3
Oct 23 vs NOP 44% 121–123 W 120–119 ✗missed +3
Oct 21 at MEM 36% 122–127 L 103–123 ✓correct −15

2025-26

12.2 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 10.3 to 14.1; 22nd smallest of 30
−0.7
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -3.9 to 2.0
16.2 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.4
74%
winner picked
82 games involving UTA
22 / 25.3
actual / expected wins
gap −3.3
0.186
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

UTA: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 051015202530 22 actual 25.3 exp. 14182 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of UTA's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

UTA: margin forecast error in each game, actual minus predicted -60-300+30+60 Better than forecast Worse than forecast Games in date order
Each bar is one game: UTA'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

UTA: distribution of 82 margin errors; mean -0.7 points 0611 -40 to -36 pts: 1 games -36 to -32 pts: 0 games -32 to -28 pts: 2 games -28 to -24 pts: 3 games -24 to -20 pts: 4 games -20 to -16 pts: 1 games -16 to -12 pts: 7 games -12 to -8 pts: 7 games -8 to -4 pts: 8 games -4 to 0 pts: 6 games 0 to 4 pts: 11 games 4 to 8 pts: 8 games 8 to 12 pts: 8 games 12 to 16 pts: 6 games 16 to 20 pts: 2 games 20 to 24 pts: 2 games 24 to 28 pts: 3 games 28 to 32 pts: 1 games 32 to 36 pts: 1 games 36 to 40 pts: 1 games mean -0.7 -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.

UTA against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2025-26, smallest to largest; UTA is 22 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 82 games in this sample
DateOpponentUTA win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Apr 12 at LAL 15% 109–124 L 107–131 ✓correct −9
Apr 10 vs MEM 34% 118–124 W 147–101 ✗missed +52
Apr 7 at NOP 41% 117–120 L 137–156 ✓correct −16
Apr 5 at OKC 8% 106–127 L 111–146 ✓correct −14
Apr 3 at HOU 10% 108–127 L 106–140 ✓correct −15
Apr 1 vs DEN 15% 114–129 L 117–130 ✓correct +2
Mar 30 vs CLE 27% 116–125 L 113–122 ✓correct ±0
Mar 28 at PHX 17% 110–124 L 109–134 ✓correct −11
Mar 27 at DEN 9% 110–130 L 129–135 ✓correct +14
Mar 25 vs WAS 56% 118–116 L 110–133 ✗missed −25
Mar 23 vs TOR 34% 108–114 L 127–143 ✓correct −10
Mar 21 vs PHI 36% 112–117 L 116–126 ✓correct −5
Mar 19 vs MIL 44% 110–112 W 128–96 ✗missed +34
Mar 18 at MIN 26% 109–118 L 111–147 ✓correct −27
Mar 15 at SAC 44% 114–116 L 111–116 ✓correct −3
Mar 13 at POR 22% 111–122 L 114–124 ✓correct +1
Mar 11 vs NYK 31% 111–118 L 117–134 ✓correct −10
Mar 9 vs GSW 31% 110–117 W 119–116 ✗missed +10
Mar 7 at MIL 29% 112–120 L 99–113 ✓correct −6
Mar 5 at WAS 56% 118–116 W 122–112 ✓correct +8
Mar 4 at PHI 26% 114–123 L 102–106 ✓correct +5
Mar 2 vs DEN 15% 109–124 L 125–128 ✓correct +12
Feb 28 vs NOP 36% 112–117 L 105–115 ✓correct −5
Feb 26 vs NOP 36% 112–117 L 118–129 ✓correct −6
Feb 23 at HOU 22% 107–118 L 105–125 ✓correct −9
Feb 20 at MEM 34% 114–120 L 114–123 ✓correct −3
Feb 12 vs POR 31% 112–119 L 119–135 ✓correct −9
Feb 11 vs SAC 59% 116–113 W 121–93 ✓correct +25
Feb 9 at MIA 19% 112–125 W 115–111 ✗missed +17
Feb 7 at ORL 29% 114–122 L 117–120 ✓correct +5
Feb 5 at ATL 22% 112–123 L 119–121 ✓correct +9
Feb 3 at IND 53% 116–115 W 131–122 ✓correct +8
Feb 1 at TOR 22% 112–123 L 100–107 ✓correct +4
Jan 30 vs BKN 61% 114–110 L 99–109 ✗missed −14
Jan 28 vs GSW 24% 115–125 L 124–140 ✓correct −6
Jan 27 vs LAC 19% 111–124 L 103–115 ✓correct +1
Jan 24 vs MIA 29% 115–123 L 116–147 ✓correct −23
Jan 22 vs SAS 22% 111–122 L 109–126 ✓correct −6
Jan 20 vs MIN 20% 115–127 W 127–122 ✗missed +17
Jan 19 at SAS 17% 110–124 L 110–123 ✓correct +1
Jan 17 at DAL 36% 113–118 L 120–138 ✓correct −13
Jan 15 at DAL 53% 114–113 L 122–144 ✗missed −23
Jan 14 at CHI 39% 114–118 L 126–128 ✓correct +2
Jan 12 at CLE 22% 114–125 W 123–112 ✗missed +22
Jan 10 vs CHA 36% 114–119 L 95–150 ✓correct −50
Jan 8 vs DAL 47% 118–119 W 116–114 ✗missed +3
Jan 7 at OKC 13% 110–127 L 125–129 ✓correct +13
Jan 5 at POR 34% 115–121 L 117–137 ✓correct −14
Jan 3 at GSW 26% 117–126 L 114–123 ✓correct ±0
Jan 1 at LAC 20% 108–120 L 101–118 ✓correct −5
Dec 30 vs BOS 29% 117–125 L 119–129 ✓correct −2
Dec 27 at SAS 19% 114–127 W 127–114 ✗missed +26
Dec 26 vs DET 20% 115–127 W 131–129 ✗missed +14
Dec 23 vs MEM 27% 113–122 L 128–137 ✓correct ±0
Dec 22 at DEN 17% 114–128 L 112–135 ✓correct −9
Dec 20 vs ORL 36% 118–123 L 127–128 ✓correct +4
Dec 18 vs LAL 39% 116–120 L 135–143 ✓correct −4
Dec 15 vs DAL 42% 117–120 W 140–133 ✗missed +10
Dec 12 at MEM 29% 112–120 W 130–126 ✗missed +12
Dec 7 vs OKC 36% 116–121 L 101–131 ✓correct −25
Dec 5 at NYK 19% 113–126 L 112–146 ✓correct −21
Dec 4 at BKN 64% 117–112 W 123–110 ✓correct +8
Dec 1 vs HOU 19% 114–127 W 133–125 ✗missed +21
Nov 30 vs HOU 19% 113–126 L 101–129 ✓correct −15
Nov 28 vs SAC 53% 120–119 W 128–119 ✓correct +8
Nov 24 at GSW 24% 112–122 L 117–134 ✓correct −7
Nov 23 vs LAL 27% 114–123 L 106–108 ✓correct +7
Nov 21 vs OKC 29% 112–120 L 112–144 ✓correct −24
Nov 18 at LAL 22% 112–123 L 126–140 ✓correct −3
Nov 16 vs CHI 31% 116–123 W 150–147 ✗missed +10
Nov 13 vs ATL 31% 112–119 L 122–132 ✓correct −3
Nov 11 vs IND 44% 112–114 W 152–128 ✗missed +26
Nov 10 vs MIN 27% 115–124 L 113–120 ✓correct +2
Nov 7 at MIN 22% 112–123 L 97–137 ✓correct −29
Nov 5 at DET 22% 111–122 L 103–114 ✓correct ±0
Nov 3 at BOS 22% 108–119 W 105–103 ✗missed +13
Nov 2 at CHA 71% 119–111 L 103–126 ✗missed −31
Oct 31 at PHX 44% 117–119 L 96–118 ✓correct −20
Oct 29 vs POR 34% 114–120 L 134–136 ✓correct +4
Oct 27 vs PHX 44% 114–116 W 138–134 ✗missed +6
Oct 24 at SAC 36% 113–118 L 104–105 ✓correct +4
Oct 22 vs LAC 29% 111–119 W 129–108 ✗missed +29

2024-25

10.1 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 8.5 to 12.0; 7th smallest of 30
−1.5
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -4.2 to 1.2
13.9 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.0
78%
winner picked
82 games involving UTA
17 / 26.1
actual / expected wins
gap −9.1
0.164
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

UTA: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 051015202530 17 actual 26.1 exp. 14182 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of UTA's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

UTA: 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: UTA'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

UTA: distribution of 82 margin errors; mean -1.5 points 0612 -40 to -36 pts: 0 games -36 to -32 pts: 2 games -32 to -28 pts: 0 games -28 to -24 pts: 3 games -24 to -20 pts: 1 games -20 to -16 pts: 3 games -16 to -12 pts: 4 games -12 to -8 pts: 9 games -8 to -4 pts: 11 games -4 to 0 pts: 12 games 0 to 4 pts: 12 games 4 to 8 pts: 9 games 8 to 12 pts: 5 games 12 to 16 pts: 3 games 16 to 20 pts: 3 games 20 to 24 pts: 2 games 24 to 28 pts: 1 games 28 to 32 pts: 0 games 32 to 36 pts: 0 games 36 to 40 pts: 2 games mean -1.5 -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.

UTA against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2024-25, smallest to largest; UTA is 7 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 82 games in this sample
DateOpponentUTA win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Apr 13 at MIN 16% 104–119 L 105–116 ✓correct +4
Apr 11 vs OKC 34% 115–122 L 111–145 ✓correct −27
Apr 9 vs POR 32% 113–121 W 133–126 ✗missed +15
Apr 6 at ATL 21% 114–126 L 134–147 ✓correct −1
Apr 4 at IND 10% 107–127 L 112–140 ✓correct −8
Apr 2 at HOU 10% 106–126 L 105–143 ✓correct −18
Mar 31 at CHA 41% 113–116 L 106–110 ✓correct −1
Mar 28 at DEN 12% 113–131 L 93–129 ✓correct −18
Mar 27 vs HOU 17% 108–124 L 110–121 ✓correct +5
Mar 25 vs MEM 27% 114–124 L 103–140 ✓correct −27
Mar 23 vs CLE 20% 110–124 L 91–120 ✓correct −15
Mar 21 vs BOS 20% 107–121 L 99–121 ✓correct −8
Mar 19 vs WAS 46% 114–116 W 128–112 ✗missed +18
Mar 17 vs CHI 39% 114–119 L 97–111 ✓correct −9
Mar 16 at MIN 15% 109–125 L 102–128 ✓correct −10
Mar 14 vs TOR 36% 111–117 L 118–126 ✓correct −2
Mar 12 at MEM 27% 115–124 L 115–122 ✓correct +2
Mar 10 at BOS 14% 108–125 L 108–114 ✓correct +11
Mar 9 at PHI 36% 113–118 L 122–126 ✓correct +1
Mar 7 at TOR 46% 113–114 L 109–118 ✓correct −8
Mar 5 at WAS 46% 116–117 L 122–125 ✓correct −2
Mar 3 vs DET 20% 111–125 L 106–134 ✓correct −14
Mar 2 vs NOP 39% 114–119 L 121–128 ✓correct −2
Feb 28 vs MIN 44% 115–118 W 117–116 ✗missed +4
Feb 26 vs SAC 36% 115–121 L 101–118 ✓correct −11
Feb 24 vs POR 36% 113–119 L 112–114 ✓correct +4
Feb 22 vs HOU 39% 112–117 W 124–115 ✗missed +14
Feb 21 vs OKC 25% 112–123 L 107–130 ✓correct −12
Feb 13 vs LAC 36% 114–120 L 116–120 ✓correct +2
Feb 12 vs LAL 27% 111–121 W 131–119 ✗missed +22
Feb 10 at LAL 23% 111–122 L 113–132 ✓correct −8
Feb 8 at LAC 21% 109–121 L 110–130 ✓correct −8
Feb 7 at PHX 25% 112–122 L 127–135 ✓correct +2
Feb 5 vs GSW 39% 112–117 W 131–128 ✗missed +8
Feb 3 vs IND 27% 111–121 L 111–112 ✓correct +9
Feb 1 vs ORL 46% 108–110 W 113–99 ✗missed +16
Jan 30 vs MIN 44% 111–114 L 113–138 ✓correct −22
Jan 28 at GSW 23% 105–116 L 103–114 ✓correct ±0
Jan 27 vs MIL 34% 110–117 L 110–125 ✓correct −8
Jan 25 at MEM 21% 110–122 L 103–125 ✓correct −10
Jan 22 at OKC 15% 108–124 L 114–123 ✓correct +7
Jan 20 at NOP 38% 111–115 L 119–123 ✓correct ±0
Jan 17 at NOP 41% 110–113 L 123–136 ✓correct −10
Jan 15 vs CHA 57% 109–107 L 112–117 ✗missed −7
Jan 12 vs BKN 62% 110–106 W 112–111 ✓correct −3
Jan 11 at PHX 33% 107–113 L 106–114 ✓correct −2
Jan 9 vs MIA 44% 111–114 L 92–97 ✓correct −2
Jan 7 vs ATL 36% 114–120 L 121–124 ✓correct +3
Jan 5 at ORL 33% 107–113 W 105–92 ✗missed +19
Jan 4 at MIA 33% 110–116 W 136–100 ✗missed +42
Jan 1 at NYK 15% 107–123 L 103–119 ✓correct ±0
Dec 30 vs DEN 29% 116–125 L 121–132 ✓correct −2
Dec 28 vs PHI 44% 111–114 L 111–114 ✓correct ±0
Dec 26 at POR 43% 114–116 L 120–122 ✓correct ±0
Dec 23 at CLE 15% 110–126 L 113–124 ✓correct +5
Dec 21 at BKN 38% 109–113 W 105–94 ✗missed +15
Dec 19 at DET 46% 112–113 W 126–119 ✗missed +8
Dec 16 at LAC 27% 107–116 L 107–144 ✓correct −28
Dec 13 vs PHX 44% 113–116 L 126–134 ✓correct −5
Dec 8 at SAC 23% 109–120 L 97–141 ✓correct −33
Dec 6 at POR 41% 109–112 W 141–99 ✗missed +45
Dec 3 at OKC 16% 105–120 L 106–133 ✓correct −12
Dec 1 vs LAL 36% 110–116 L 104–105 ✓correct +5
Nov 30 vs DAL 41% 115–119 L 94–106 ✓correct −8
Nov 27 vs DEN 29% 114–123 L 103–122 ✓correct −10
Nov 26 vs SAS 39% 114–119 L 115–128 ✓correct −8
Nov 23 vs NYK 29% 111–120 W 121–106 ✗missed +24
Nov 21 at SAS 31% 108–115 L 118–126 ✓correct −1
Nov 19 at LAL 25% 110–120 L 118–124 ✓correct +4
Nov 17 at LAC 25% 107–117 L 105–116 ✓correct −1
Nov 16 at SAC 38% 111–115 L 117–121 ✓correct ±0
Nov 14 vs DAL 34% 112–119 W 115–113 ✗missed +9
Nov 12 vs PHX 39% 111–116 L 112–120 ✓correct −3
Nov 9 at SAS 36% 108–113 W 111–110 ✗missed +6
Nov 7 at MIL 27% 112–121 L 100–123 ✓correct −14
Nov 4 at CHI 23% 111–122 W 135–126 ✗missed +20
Nov 2 at DEN 19% 102–115 L 103–129 ✓correct −13
Oct 31 vs SAS 49% 112–113 L 88–106 ✓correct −17
Oct 29 vs SAC 36% 111–117 L 96–113 ✓correct −11
Oct 28 at DAL 23% 104–115 L 102–110 ✓correct +3
Oct 25 vs GSW 34% 111–118 L 86–127 ✓correct −34
Oct 23 vs MEM 59% 113–110 L 124–126 ✗missed −5

2023-24

11.9 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 10.3 to 13.6; 23rd smallest of 30
−1.8
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -4.5 to 1.0
15.0 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.3
60%
winner picked
82 games involving UTA
31 / 36.2
actual / expected wins
gap −5.2
0.214
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

UTA: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 010203040 31 actual 36.2 exp. 14182 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of UTA's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

UTA: 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: UTA'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

UTA: distribution of 82 margin errors; mean -1.8 points 0510 -40 to -36 pts: 1 games -36 to -32 pts: 1 games -32 to -28 pts: 1 games -28 to -24 pts: 2 games -24 to -20 pts: 4 games -20 to -16 pts: 3 games -16 to -12 pts: 7 games -12 to -8 pts: 7 games -8 to -4 pts: 10 games -4 to 0 pts: 8 games 0 to 4 pts: 5 games 4 to 8 pts: 10 games 8 to 12 pts: 9 games 12 to 16 pts: 6 games 16 to 20 pts: 3 games 20 to 24 pts: 1 games 24 to 28 pts: 2 games 28 to 32 pts: 1 games 32 to 36 pts: 0 games 36 to 40 pts: 1 games mean -1.8 -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.

UTA against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2023-24, smallest to largest; UTA is 23 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 82 games in this sample
DateOpponentUTA win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Apr 14 at GSW 24% 103–115 L 116–123 ✓correct +5
Apr 12 at LAC 24% 104–116 W 110–109 ✗missed +13
Apr 11 vs HOU 26% 110–125 W 124–121 ✗missed +18
Apr 9 vs DEN 25% 110–126 L 95–111 ✓correct ±0
Apr 7 at GSW 24% 107–119 L 110–118 ✓correct +4
Apr 5 at LAC 21% 100–114 L 102–131 ✓correct −15
Apr 2 vs CLE 39% 108–116 L 113–129 ✓correct −8
Mar 31 at SAC 25% 104–115 L 106–127 ✓correct −10
Mar 29 vs HOU 41% 113–120 L 100–101 ✓correct +6
Mar 27 vs SAS 61% 117–114 L 111–118 ✗missed −10
Mar 25 vs DAL 43% 116–122 L 105–115 ✓correct −4
Mar 23 at HOU 25% 110–121 L 119–147 ✓correct −17
Mar 21 at DAL 27% 112–122 L 97–113 ✓correct −6
Mar 20 at OKC 27% 111–121 L 107–119 ✓correct −2
Mar 18 vs MIN 49% 116–119 L 104–114 ✓correct −7
Mar 16 vs MIN 41% 115–122 L 100–119 ✓correct −12
Mar 15 vs ATL 51% 114–116 W 124–122 ✗missed +4
Mar 12 vs BOS 49% 117–120 L 107–123 ✓correct −13
Mar 9 at DEN 28% 110–119 L 121–142 ✓correct −12
Mar 6 vs CHI 43% 114–120 L 117–119 ✓correct +4
Mar 4 vs WAS 63% 118–114 W 127–115 ✓correct +8
Mar 2 at MIA 37% 109–113 L 120–126 ✓correct −2
Feb 29 at ORL 39% 113–116 L 107–115 ✓correct −5
Feb 27 at ATL 55% 122–117 L 97–124 ✗missed −32
Feb 25 vs SAS 70% 122–114 W 128–109 ✓correct +11
Feb 22 vs CHA 73% 124–114 L 107–115 ✗missed −18
Feb 15 vs GSW 53% 121–122 L 137–140 ✓correct −2
Feb 14 vs LAL 68% 127–120 L 122–138 ✗missed −23
Feb 12 vs GSW 57% 121–120 L 107–129 ✗missed −23
Feb 8 at PHX 39% 116–119 L 115–129 ✓correct −11
Feb 6 vs OKC 53% 117–118 W 124–117 ✗missed +8
Feb 4 vs MIL 57% 123–122 W 123–108 ✓correct +14
Feb 1 vs PHI 61% 122–119 L 124–127 ✗missed −6
Jan 30 at NYK 41% 113–115 L 103–118 ✓correct −13
Jan 29 at BKN 51% 115–112 L 114–147 ✗missed −36
Jan 27 at CHA 61% 122–114 W 134–122 ✓correct +4
Jan 25 at WAS 61% 122–114 W 123–108 ✓correct +7
Jan 23 at NOP 39% 114–117 L 124–153 ✓correct −26
Jan 20 at HOU 53% 118–114 L 126–127 ✗missed −5
Jan 18 vs OKC 57% 116–115 L 129–134 ✗missed −6
Jan 15 vs IND 59% 119–117 W 132–105 ✓correct +25
Jan 13 vs LAL 67% 121–115 W 132–125 ✓correct +1
Jan 12 vs TOR 57% 117–116 W 145–113 ✓correct +31
Jan 10 vs DEN 53% 114–115 W 124–111 ✗missed +14
Jan 8 at MIL 39% 116–119 W 132–116 ✗missed +19
Jan 6 at PHI 30% 110–118 W 120–109 ✗missed +19
Jan 5 at BOS 35% 113–118 L 97–126 ✓correct −24
Jan 3 vs DET 78% 124–111 W 154–148 ✓correct −7
Jan 1 vs DAL 53% 117–118 W 127–90 ✗missed +38
Dec 30 vs MIA 53% 115–116 W 117–109 ✗missed +9
Dec 28 at NOP 28% 112–121 L 105–112 ✓correct +2
Dec 26 at SAS 43% 115–116 W 130–118 ✗missed +13
Dec 23 at TOR 30% 112–120 W 126–119 ✗missed +15
Dec 21 at DET 41% 118–120 W 119–111 ✗missed +10
Dec 20 at CLE 28% 105–114 L 116–124 ✓correct +1
Dec 18 vs BKN 45% 109–114 W 125–108 ✗missed +22
Dec 16 at SAC 24% 110–122 L 104–125 ✓correct −9
Dec 14 at POR 41% 110–112 W 122–114 ✗missed +10
Dec 13 vs NYK 43% 109–115 W 117–113 ✗missed +10
Dec 11 at OKC 21% 106–120 L 120–134 ✓correct ±0
Dec 8 vs LAC 41% 109–116 L 103–117 ✓correct −7
Dec 6 at DAL 27% 111–121 L 97–147 ✓correct −40
Dec 2 vs POR 53% 111–112 W 118–113 ✗missed +6
Nov 30 at MIN 27% 107–117 L 90–101 ✓correct −1
Nov 29 at MEM 43% 112–113 L 91–105 ✓correct −13
Nov 27 vs NOP 51% 115–117 W 114–112 ✗missed +4
Nov 25 vs NOP 41% 116–123 W 105–100 ✗missed +12
Nov 22 at POR 47% 114–113 L 105–121 ✗missed −17
Nov 21 at LAL 37% 114–118 L 99–131 ✓correct −28
Nov 19 vs PHX 57% 114–113 L 137–140 ✗missed −4
Nov 17 vs PHX 53% 115–116 L 128–131 ✓correct −2
Nov 14 vs POR 68% 120–113 W 115–99 ✓correct +9
Nov 10 at MEM 37% 113–117 W 127–121 ✗missed +10
Nov 8 at IND 43% 116–117 L 118–134 ✓correct −15
Nov 6 at CHI 41% 112–114 L 113–130 ✓correct −15
Nov 4 at MIN 35% 112–117 L 95–123 ✓correct −23
Nov 2 vs ORL 57% 116–115 L 113–115 ✗missed −3
Nov 1 vs MEM 53% 115–116 W 133–109 ✗missed +25
Oct 30 at DEN 39% 113–116 L 102–110 ✓correct −5
Oct 28 at PHX 34% 113–119 L 104–126 ✓correct −16
Oct 27 vs LAC 51% 116–118 W 120–118 ✗missed +4
Oct 25 vs SAC 45% 113–118 L 114–130 ✓correct −11

2022-23

Across 82 graded games, UTA finished an average of 2.3 points worse than the forecast margin (90% interval -4.3 to -0.4).

8.7 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 7.4 to 10.1; 1st smallest of 30
−2.3
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -4.3 to -0.4
11.3 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 10.3
66%
winner picked
82 games involving UTA
37 / 43.8
actual / expected wins
gap −6.8
0.238
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

UTA: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 010203040 37 actual 43.8 exp. 14182 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of UTA's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

UTA: margin forecast error in each game, actual minus predicted -30-150+15+30 Better than forecast Worse than forecast Games in date order
Each bar is one game: UTA'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

UTA: distribution of 82 margin errors; mean -2.3 points 0918 -40 to -36 pts: 0 games -36 to -32 pts: 0 games -32 to -28 pts: 0 games -28 to -24 pts: 2 games -24 to -20 pts: 6 games -20 to -16 pts: 1 games -16 to -12 pts: 8 games -12 to -8 pts: 7 games -8 to -4 pts: 5 games -4 to 0 pts: 12 games 0 to 4 pts: 18 games 4 to 8 pts: 10 games 8 to 12 pts: 3 games 12 to 16 pts: 7 games 16 to 20 pts: 2 games 20 to 24 pts: 1 games 24 to 28 pts: 0 games 28 to 32 pts: 0 games 32 to 36 pts: 0 games 36 to 40 pts: 0 games mean -2.3 -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.

UTA against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2022-23, smallest to largest; UTA is 1 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
DateOpponentUTA win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Apr 9 at LAL 22% 113–125 L 117–128 ✓correct +1
Apr 8 vs DEN 13% 105–123 W 118–114 ✗missed +22
Apr 6 vs OKC 30% 116–124 L 98–114 ✓correct −8
Apr 4 vs LAL 35% 118–124 L 133–135 ✓correct +4
Apr 2 at BKN 40% 114–118 L 110–111 ✓correct +3
Mar 31 at BOS 35% 113–119 L 114–122 ✓correct −2
Mar 29 at SAS 80% 126–113 W 128–117 ✓correct −2
Mar 27 vs PHX 45% 122–124 L 103–117 ✓correct −12
Mar 25 at SAC 32% 116–123 L 113–121 ✓correct −1
Mar 24 vs MIL 40% 115–119 L 116–144 ✓correct −24
Mar 22 vs POR 72% 122–113 L 115–127 ✗missed −21
Mar 20 vs SAC 32% 119–126 W 128–120 ✗missed +15
Mar 18 vs BOS 40% 111–115 W 118–117 ✗missed +5
Mar 13 at MIA 47% 113–114 L 115–119 ✓correct −3
Mar 11 at CHA 55% 116–114 W 119–111 ✓correct +6
Mar 9 at ORL 47% 112–113 W 131–124 ✗missed +8
Mar 7 at DAL 45% 117–119 L 116–120 ✓correct −2
Mar 5 at OKC 26% 114–124 L 119–129 ✓correct ±0
Mar 3 at OKC 42% 116–119 L 103–130 ✓correct −24
Feb 28 vs SAS 70% 118–110 L 94–102 ✗missed −16
Feb 25 vs SAS 76% 122–111 W 118–102 ✓correct +5
Feb 23 vs OKC 53% 123–122 W 120–119 ✓correct ±0
Feb 15 at MEM 26% 112–122 L 111–117 ✓correct +4
Feb 13 at IND 60% 122–118 W 123–117 ✓correct +2
Feb 11 at NYK 32% 111–118 L 120–126 ✓correct +1
Feb 10 at TOR 28% 112–121 W 122–116 ✗missed +15
Feb 8 vs MIN 58% 121–118 L 118–143 ✗missed −28
Feb 6 vs DAL 70% 118–110 L 111–124 ✗missed −21
Feb 3 vs ATL 55% 119–117 L 108–115 ✗missed −9
Feb 1 vs TOR 60% 119–115 W 131–128 ✓correct −1
Jan 28 vs DAL 63% 117–112 W 108–100 ✓correct +3
Jan 25 at POR 53% 120–119 L 124–134 ✗missed −11
Jan 23 vs CHA 78% 124–112 W 120–102 ✓correct +6
Jan 20 vs BKN 60% 118–114 L 106–117 ✗missed −15
Jan 18 vs LAC 65% 121–115 W 126–103 ✓correct +17
Jan 16 at MIN 40% 114–118 W 126–125 ✗missed +5
Jan 14 vs PHI 47% 117–118 L 117–118 ✓correct ±0
Jan 13 vs ORL 72% 122–113 W 112–108 ✓correct −5
Jan 10 vs CLE 53% 117–116 W 116–114 ✓correct +1
Jan 8 at MEM 32% 113–120 L 118–123 ✓correct +2
Jan 7 at CHI 47% 116–117 L 118–126 ✓correct −7
Jan 5 at HOU 65% 120–114 W 131–114 ✓correct +11
Jan 3 vs SAC 53% 117–116 L 115–117 ✗missed −3
Dec 31 vs MIA 53% 111–110 L 123–126 ✗missed −4
Dec 30 at SAC 42% 114–117 L 125–126 ✓correct +2
Dec 28 at GSW 58% 118–115 L 107–112 ✗missed −8
Dec 26 at SAS 70% 121–113 L 122–126 ✗missed −12
Dec 22 vs WAS 68% 120–113 W 120–112 ✓correct +1
Dec 20 at DET 55% 120–118 W 126–111 ✓correct +13
Dec 19 at CLE 28% 105–114 L 99–122 ✓correct −14
Dec 17 at MIL 37% 110–115 L 97–123 ✓correct −21
Dec 15 vs NOP 53% 114–113 W 132–129 ✓correct +2
Dec 13 vs NOP 55% 117–115 W 121–100 ✓correct +19
Dec 10 at DEN 40% 113–117 L 110–115 ✓correct −1
Dec 9 vs MIN 60% 116–112 L 108–118 ✗missed −14
Dec 7 vs GSW 63% 121–116 W 124–123 ✓correct −4
Dec 3 vs POR 76% 122–111 L 111–116 ✗missed −16
Dec 2 vs IND 65% 120–114 W 139–119 ✓correct +14
Nov 30 vs LAC 58% 115–112 W 125–112 ✓correct +10
Nov 28 vs CHI 60% 118–114 L 107–114 ✗missed −11
Nov 26 at PHX 37% 113–118 L 112–113 ✓correct +4
Nov 25 at GSW 47% 114–115 L 118–129 ✓correct −10
Nov 23 vs DET 86% 123–106 L 116–125 ✗missed −26
Nov 21 at LAC 65% 114–108 L 114–121 ✗missed −13
Nov 19 at POR 63% 115–110 W 118–113 ✓correct ±0
Nov 18 vs PHX 58% 110–107 W 134–133 ✓correct −2
Nov 15 vs NYK 68% 117–110 L 111–118 ✗missed −14
Nov 13 at PHI 58% 111–108 L 98–105 ✗missed −10
Nov 12 at WAS 70% 114–106 L 112–121 ✗missed −17
Nov 9 at ATL 55% 112–110 W 125–119 ✓correct +4
Nov 7 vs LAL 70% 115–107 W 139–116 ✓correct +15
Nov 6 at LAC 63% 111–106 W 110–102 ✓correct +3
Nov 4 at LAL 74% 117–107 W 130–116 ✓correct +4
Nov 2 at DAL 37% 107–112 L 100–103 ✓correct +2
Oct 31 vs MEM 53% 111–110 W 121–105 ✓correct +15
Oct 29 vs MEM 47% 108–109 W 124–123 ✗missed +2
Oct 28 at DEN 65% 114–108 L 101–117 ✗missed −22
Oct 26 vs HOU 80% 116–103 W 109–101 ✓correct −5
Oct 24 at HOU 68% 116–109 L 108–114 ✗missed −13
Oct 23 at NOP 55% 109–107 W 122–121 ✓correct −1
Oct 21 at MIN 58% 110–107 W 132–126 ✓correct +3
Oct 19 vs DEN 65% 113–107 W 123–102 ✓correct +15

2022-23 to 2026-27

10.6 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 9.8 to 11.5; 5th smallest of 30
−1.7
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -2.9 to -0.4
14.0 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.0
70%
winner picked
338 games involving UTA
108 / 134.4
actual / expected wins
gap −26.4
0.198
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

UTA: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 0102030405060708090100110120130 108 actual 134.4 exp. 1169338 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of UTA's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

UTA: margin forecast error in each game, actual minus predicted -60-300+30+60 Better than forecast Worse than forecast Games in date order
Each bar is one game: UTA'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

UTA: distribution of 338 margin errors; mean -1.7 points 02549 -40 to -36 pts: 2 games -36 to -32 pts: 3 games -32 to -28 pts: 3 games -28 to -24 pts: 10 games -24 to -20 pts: 15 games -20 to -16 pts: 8 games -16 to -12 pts: 28 games -12 to -8 pts: 31 games -8 to -4 pts: 36 games -4 to 0 pts: 39 games 0 to 4 pts: 49 games 4 to 8 pts: 37 games 8 to 12 pts: 26 games 12 to 16 pts: 22 games 16 to 20 pts: 10 games 20 to 24 pts: 6 games 24 to 28 pts: 6 games 28 to 32 pts: 2 games 32 to 36 pts: 1 games 36 to 40 pts: 4 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.

UTA against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2022-23 to 2026-27, smallest to largest; UTA is 5 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 338 games in this sample
DateOpponentUTA win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Nov 8 at MIN 12% 106–123 L 100–115 ✓correct +2
Nov 6 at DAL 31% 114–121 L 100–112 ✓correct −5
Nov 4 at NOP 28% 114–122 L 113–120 ✓correct +1
Nov 2 at SAS 18% 110–123 L 97–119 ✓correct −9
Oct 31 vs POR 28% 118–126 L 90–112 ✓correct −14
Oct 28 vs SAS 15% 112–127 L 111–117 ✓correct +9
Oct 26 vs MEM 53% 122–121 L 105–110 ✗missed −6
Oct 25 vs LAL 33% 117–123 L 123–132 ✓correct −3
Oct 23 vs NOP 44% 121–123 W 120–119 ✗missed +3
Oct 21 at MEM 36% 122–127 L 103–123 ✓correct −15
Apr 12 at LAL 15% 109–124 L 107–131 ✓correct −9
Apr 10 vs MEM 34% 118–124 W 147–101 ✗missed +52
Apr 7 at NOP 41% 117–120 L 137–156 ✓correct −16
Apr 5 at OKC 8% 106–127 L 111–146 ✓correct −14
Apr 3 at HOU 10% 108–127 L 106–140 ✓correct −15
Apr 1 vs DEN 15% 114–129 L 117–130 ✓correct +2
Mar 30 vs CLE 27% 116–125 L 113–122 ✓correct ±0
Mar 28 at PHX 17% 110–124 L 109–134 ✓correct −11
Mar 27 at DEN 9% 110–130 L 129–135 ✓correct +14
Mar 25 vs WAS 56% 118–116 L 110–133 ✗missed −25
Mar 23 vs TOR 34% 108–114 L 127–143 ✓correct −10
Mar 21 vs PHI 36% 112–117 L 116–126 ✓correct −5
Mar 19 vs MIL 44% 110–112 W 128–96 ✗missed +34
Mar 18 at MIN 26% 109–118 L 111–147 ✓correct −27
Mar 15 at SAC 44% 114–116 L 111–116 ✓correct −3
Mar 13 at POR 22% 111–122 L 114–124 ✓correct +1
Mar 11 vs NYK 31% 111–118 L 117–134 ✓correct −10
Mar 9 vs GSW 31% 110–117 W 119–116 ✗missed +10
Mar 7 at MIL 29% 112–120 L 99–113 ✓correct −6
Mar 5 at WAS 56% 118–116 W 122–112 ✓correct +8
Mar 4 at PHI 26% 114–123 L 102–106 ✓correct +5
Mar 2 vs DEN 15% 109–124 L 125–128 ✓correct +12
Feb 28 vs NOP 36% 112–117 L 105–115 ✓correct −5
Feb 26 vs NOP 36% 112–117 L 118–129 ✓correct −6
Feb 23 at HOU 22% 107–118 L 105–125 ✓correct −9
Feb 20 at MEM 34% 114–120 L 114–123 ✓correct −3
Feb 12 vs POR 31% 112–119 L 119–135 ✓correct −9
Feb 11 vs SAC 59% 116–113 W 121–93 ✓correct +25
Feb 9 at MIA 19% 112–125 W 115–111 ✗missed +17
Feb 7 at ORL 29% 114–122 L 117–120 ✓correct +5
Feb 5 at ATL 22% 112–123 L 119–121 ✓correct +9
Feb 3 at IND 53% 116–115 W 131–122 ✓correct +8
Feb 1 at TOR 22% 112–123 L 100–107 ✓correct +4
Jan 30 vs BKN 61% 114–110 L 99–109 ✗missed −14
Jan 28 vs GSW 24% 115–125 L 124–140 ✓correct −6
Jan 27 vs LAC 19% 111–124 L 103–115 ✓correct +1
Jan 24 vs MIA 29% 115–123 L 116–147 ✓correct −23
Jan 22 vs SAS 22% 111–122 L 109–126 ✓correct −6
Jan 20 vs MIN 20% 115–127 W 127–122 ✗missed +17
Jan 19 at SAS 17% 110–124 L 110–123 ✓correct +1
Jan 17 at DAL 36% 113–118 L 120–138 ✓correct −13
Jan 15 at DAL 53% 114–113 L 122–144 ✗missed −23
Jan 14 at CHI 39% 114–118 L 126–128 ✓correct +2
Jan 12 at CLE 22% 114–125 W 123–112 ✗missed +22
Jan 10 vs CHA 36% 114–119 L 95–150 ✓correct −50
Jan 8 vs DAL 47% 118–119 W 116–114 ✗missed +3
Jan 7 at OKC 13% 110–127 L 125–129 ✓correct +13
Jan 5 at POR 34% 115–121 L 117–137 ✓correct −14
Jan 3 at GSW 26% 117–126 L 114–123 ✓correct ±0
Jan 1 at LAC 20% 108–120 L 101–118 ✓correct −5
Dec 30 vs BOS 29% 117–125 L 119–129 ✓correct −2
Dec 27 at SAS 19% 114–127 W 127–114 ✗missed +26
Dec 26 vs DET 20% 115–127 W 131–129 ✗missed +14
Dec 23 vs MEM 27% 113–122 L 128–137 ✓correct ±0
Dec 22 at DEN 17% 114–128 L 112–135 ✓correct −9
Dec 20 vs ORL 36% 118–123 L 127–128 ✓correct +4
Dec 18 vs LAL 39% 116–120 L 135–143 ✓correct −4
Dec 15 vs DAL 42% 117–120 W 140–133 ✗missed +10
Dec 12 at MEM 29% 112–120 W 130–126 ✗missed +12
Dec 7 vs OKC 36% 116–121 L 101–131 ✓correct −25
Dec 5 at NYK 19% 113–126 L 112–146 ✓correct −21
Dec 4 at BKN 64% 117–112 W 123–110 ✓correct +8
Dec 1 vs HOU 19% 114–127 W 133–125 ✗missed +21
Nov 30 vs HOU 19% 113–126 L 101–129 ✓correct −15
Nov 28 vs SAC 53% 120–119 W 128–119 ✓correct +8
Nov 24 at GSW 24% 112–122 L 117–134 ✓correct −7
Nov 23 vs LAL 27% 114–123 L 106–108 ✓correct +7
Nov 21 vs OKC 29% 112–120 L 112–144 ✓correct −24
Nov 18 at LAL 22% 112–123 L 126–140 ✓correct −3
Nov 16 vs CHI 31% 116–123 W 150–147 ✗missed +10
Nov 13 vs ATL 31% 112–119 L 122–132 ✓correct −3
Nov 11 vs IND 44% 112–114 W 152–128 ✗missed +26
Nov 10 vs MIN 27% 115–124 L 113–120 ✓correct +2
Nov 7 at MIN 22% 112–123 L 97–137 ✓correct −29
Nov 5 at DET 22% 111–122 L 103–114 ✓correct ±0
Nov 3 at BOS 22% 108–119 W 105–103 ✗missed +13
Nov 2 at CHA 71% 119–111 L 103–126 ✗missed −31
Oct 31 at PHX 44% 117–119 L 96–118 ✓correct −20
Oct 29 vs POR 34% 114–120 L 134–136 ✓correct +4
Oct 27 vs PHX 44% 114–116 W 138–134 ✗missed +6
Oct 24 at SAC 36% 113–118 L 104–105 ✓correct +4
Oct 22 vs LAC 29% 111–119 W 129–108 ✗missed +29
Apr 13 at MIN 16% 104–119 L 105–116 ✓correct +4
Apr 11 vs OKC 34% 115–122 L 111–145 ✓correct −27
Apr 9 vs POR 32% 113–121 W 133–126 ✗missed +15
Apr 6 at ATL 21% 114–126 L 134–147 ✓correct −1
Apr 4 at IND 10% 107–127 L 112–140 ✓correct −8
Apr 2 at HOU 10% 106–126 L 105–143 ✓correct −18
Mar 31 at CHA 41% 113–116 L 106–110 ✓correct −1
Mar 28 at DEN 12% 113–131 L 93–129 ✓correct −18
Mar 27 vs HOU 17% 108–124 L 110–121 ✓correct +5
Mar 25 vs MEM 27% 114–124 L 103–140 ✓correct −27
Mar 23 vs CLE 20% 110–124 L 91–120 ✓correct −15
Mar 21 vs BOS 20% 107–121 L 99–121 ✓correct −8
Mar 19 vs WAS 46% 114–116 W 128–112 ✗missed +18
Mar 17 vs CHI 39% 114–119 L 97–111 ✓correct −9
Mar 16 at MIN 15% 109–125 L 102–128 ✓correct −10
Mar 14 vs TOR 36% 111–117 L 118–126 ✓correct −2
Mar 12 at MEM 27% 115–124 L 115–122 ✓correct +2
Mar 10 at BOS 14% 108–125 L 108–114 ✓correct +11
Mar 9 at PHI 36% 113–118 L 122–126 ✓correct +1
Mar 7 at TOR 46% 113–114 L 109–118 ✓correct −8
Mar 5 at WAS 46% 116–117 L 122–125 ✓correct −2
Mar 3 vs DET 20% 111–125 L 106–134 ✓correct −14
Mar 2 vs NOP 39% 114–119 L 121–128 ✓correct −2
Feb 28 vs MIN 44% 115–118 W 117–116 ✗missed +4
Feb 26 vs SAC 36% 115–121 L 101–118 ✓correct −11
Feb 24 vs POR 36% 113–119 L 112–114 ✓correct +4
Feb 22 vs HOU 39% 112–117 W 124–115 ✗missed +14
Feb 21 vs OKC 25% 112–123 L 107–130 ✓correct −12
Feb 13 vs LAC 36% 114–120 L 116–120 ✓correct +2
Feb 12 vs LAL 27% 111–121 W 131–119 ✗missed +22
Feb 10 at LAL 23% 111–122 L 113–132 ✓correct −8
Feb 8 at LAC 21% 109–121 L 110–130 ✓correct −8
Feb 7 at PHX 25% 112–122 L 127–135 ✓correct +2
Feb 5 vs GSW 39% 112–117 W 131–128 ✗missed +8
Feb 3 vs IND 27% 111–121 L 111–112 ✓correct +9
Feb 1 vs ORL 46% 108–110 W 113–99 ✗missed +16
Jan 30 vs MIN 44% 111–114 L 113–138 ✓correct −22
Jan 28 at GSW 23% 105–116 L 103–114 ✓correct ±0
Jan 27 vs MIL 34% 110–117 L 110–125 ✓correct −8
Jan 25 at MEM 21% 110–122 L 103–125 ✓correct −10
Jan 22 at OKC 15% 108–124 L 114–123 ✓correct +7
Jan 20 at NOP 38% 111–115 L 119–123 ✓correct ±0
Jan 17 at NOP 41% 110–113 L 123–136 ✓correct −10
Jan 15 vs CHA 57% 109–107 L 112–117 ✗missed −7
Jan 12 vs BKN 62% 110–106 W 112–111 ✓correct −3
Jan 11 at PHX 33% 107–113 L 106–114 ✓correct −2
Jan 9 vs MIA 44% 111–114 L 92–97 ✓correct −2
Jan 7 vs ATL 36% 114–120 L 121–124 ✓correct +3
Jan 5 at ORL 33% 107–113 W 105–92 ✗missed +19
Jan 4 at MIA 33% 110–116 W 136–100 ✗missed +42
Jan 1 at NYK 15% 107–123 L 103–119 ✓correct ±0
Dec 30 vs DEN 29% 116–125 L 121–132 ✓correct −2
Dec 28 vs PHI 44% 111–114 L 111–114 ✓correct ±0
Dec 26 at POR 43% 114–116 L 120–122 ✓correct ±0
Dec 23 at CLE 15% 110–126 L 113–124 ✓correct +5
Dec 21 at BKN 38% 109–113 W 105–94 ✗missed +15
Dec 19 at DET 46% 112–113 W 126–119 ✗missed +8
Dec 16 at LAC 27% 107–116 L 107–144 ✓correct −28
Dec 13 vs PHX 44% 113–116 L 126–134 ✓correct −5
Dec 8 at SAC 23% 109–120 L 97–141 ✓correct −33
Dec 6 at POR 41% 109–112 W 141–99 ✗missed +45
Dec 3 at OKC 16% 105–120 L 106–133 ✓correct −12
Dec 1 vs LAL 36% 110–116 L 104–105 ✓correct +5
Nov 30 vs DAL 41% 115–119 L 94–106 ✓correct −8
Nov 27 vs DEN 29% 114–123 L 103–122 ✓correct −10
Nov 26 vs SAS 39% 114–119 L 115–128 ✓correct −8
Nov 23 vs NYK 29% 111–120 W 121–106 ✗missed +24
Nov 21 at SAS 31% 108–115 L 118–126 ✓correct −1
Nov 19 at LAL 25% 110–120 L 118–124 ✓correct +4
Nov 17 at LAC 25% 107–117 L 105–116 ✓correct −1
Nov 16 at SAC 38% 111–115 L 117–121 ✓correct ±0
Nov 14 vs DAL 34% 112–119 W 115–113 ✗missed +9
Nov 12 vs PHX 39% 111–116 L 112–120 ✓correct −3
Nov 9 at SAS 36% 108–113 W 111–110 ✗missed +6
Nov 7 at MIL 27% 112–121 L 100–123 ✓correct −14
Nov 4 at CHI 23% 111–122 W 135–126 ✗missed +20
Nov 2 at DEN 19% 102–115 L 103–129 ✓correct −13
Oct 31 vs SAS 49% 112–113 L 88–106 ✓correct −17
Oct 29 vs SAC 36% 111–117 L 96–113 ✓correct −11
Oct 28 at DAL 23% 104–115 L 102–110 ✓correct +3
Oct 25 vs GSW 34% 111–118 L 86–127 ✓correct −34
Oct 23 vs MEM 59% 113–110 L 124–126 ✗missed −5
Apr 14 at GSW 24% 103–115 L 116–123 ✓correct +5
Apr 12 at LAC 24% 104–116 W 110–109 ✗missed +13
Apr 11 vs HOU 26% 110–125 W 124–121 ✗missed +18
Apr 9 vs DEN 25% 110–126 L 95–111 ✓correct ±0
Apr 7 at GSW 24% 107–119 L 110–118 ✓correct +4
Apr 5 at LAC 21% 100–114 L 102–131 ✓correct −15
Apr 2 vs CLE 39% 108–116 L 113–129 ✓correct −8
Mar 31 at SAC 25% 104–115 L 106–127 ✓correct −10
Mar 29 vs HOU 41% 113–120 L 100–101 ✓correct +6
Mar 27 vs SAS 61% 117–114 L 111–118 ✗missed −10
Mar 25 vs DAL 43% 116–122 L 105–115 ✓correct −4
Mar 23 at HOU 25% 110–121 L 119–147 ✓correct −17
Mar 21 at DAL 27% 112–122 L 97–113 ✓correct −6
Mar 20 at OKC 27% 111–121 L 107–119 ✓correct −2
Mar 18 vs MIN 49% 116–119 L 104–114 ✓correct −7
Mar 16 vs MIN 41% 115–122 L 100–119 ✓correct −12
Mar 15 vs ATL 51% 114–116 W 124–122 ✗missed +4
Mar 12 vs BOS 49% 117–120 L 107–123 ✓correct −13
Mar 9 at DEN 28% 110–119 L 121–142 ✓correct −12
Mar 6 vs CHI 43% 114–120 L 117–119 ✓correct +4
Mar 4 vs WAS 63% 118–114 W 127–115 ✓correct +8
Mar 2 at MIA 37% 109–113 L 120–126 ✓correct −2
Feb 29 at ORL 39% 113–116 L 107–115 ✓correct −5
Feb 27 at ATL 55% 122–117 L 97–124 ✗missed −32
Feb 25 vs SAS 70% 122–114 W 128–109 ✓correct +11
Feb 22 vs CHA 73% 124–114 L 107–115 ✗missed −18
Feb 15 vs GSW 53% 121–122 L 137–140 ✓correct −2
Feb 14 vs LAL 68% 127–120 L 122–138 ✗missed −23
Feb 12 vs GSW 57% 121–120 L 107–129 ✗missed −23
Feb 8 at PHX 39% 116–119 L 115–129 ✓correct −11
Feb 6 vs OKC 53% 117–118 W 124–117 ✗missed +8
Feb 4 vs MIL 57% 123–122 W 123–108 ✓correct +14
Feb 1 vs PHI 61% 122–119 L 124–127 ✗missed −6
Jan 30 at NYK 41% 113–115 L 103–118 ✓correct −13
Jan 29 at BKN 51% 115–112 L 114–147 ✗missed −36
Jan 27 at CHA 61% 122–114 W 134–122 ✓correct +4
Jan 25 at WAS 61% 122–114 W 123–108 ✓correct +7
Jan 23 at NOP 39% 114–117 L 124–153 ✓correct −26
Jan 20 at HOU 53% 118–114 L 126–127 ✗missed −5
Jan 18 vs OKC 57% 116–115 L 129–134 ✗missed −6
Jan 15 vs IND 59% 119–117 W 132–105 ✓correct +25
Jan 13 vs LAL 67% 121–115 W 132–125 ✓correct +1
Jan 12 vs TOR 57% 117–116 W 145–113 ✓correct +31
Jan 10 vs DEN 53% 114–115 W 124–111 ✗missed +14
Jan 8 at MIL 39% 116–119 W 132–116 ✗missed +19
Jan 6 at PHI 30% 110–118 W 120–109 ✗missed +19
Jan 5 at BOS 35% 113–118 L 97–126 ✓correct −24
Jan 3 vs DET 78% 124–111 W 154–148 ✓correct −7
Jan 1 vs DAL 53% 117–118 W 127–90 ✗missed +38
Dec 30 vs MIA 53% 115–116 W 117–109 ✗missed +9
Dec 28 at NOP 28% 112–121 L 105–112 ✓correct +2
Dec 26 at SAS 43% 115–116 W 130–118 ✗missed +13
Dec 23 at TOR 30% 112–120 W 126–119 ✗missed +15
Dec 21 at DET 41% 118–120 W 119–111 ✗missed +10
Dec 20 at CLE 28% 105–114 L 116–124 ✓correct +1
Dec 18 vs BKN 45% 109–114 W 125–108 ✗missed +22
Dec 16 at SAC 24% 110–122 L 104–125 ✓correct −9
Dec 14 at POR 41% 110–112 W 122–114 ✗missed +10
Dec 13 vs NYK 43% 109–115 W 117–113 ✗missed +10
Dec 11 at OKC 21% 106–120 L 120–134 ✓correct ±0
Dec 8 vs LAC 41% 109–116 L 103–117 ✓correct −7
Dec 6 at DAL 27% 111–121 L 97–147 ✓correct −40
Dec 2 vs POR 53% 111–112 W 118–113 ✗missed +6
Nov 30 at MIN 27% 107–117 L 90–101 ✓correct −1
Nov 29 at MEM 43% 112–113 L 91–105 ✓correct −13
Nov 27 vs NOP 51% 115–117 W 114–112 ✗missed +4
Nov 25 vs NOP 41% 116–123 W 105–100 ✗missed +12
Nov 22 at POR 47% 114–113 L 105–121 ✗missed −17
Nov 21 at LAL 37% 114–118 L 99–131 ✓correct −28
Nov 19 vs PHX 57% 114–113 L 137–140 ✗missed −4
Nov 17 vs PHX 53% 115–116 L 128–131 ✓correct −2
Nov 14 vs POR 68% 120–113 W 115–99 ✓correct +9
Nov 10 at MEM 37% 113–117 W 127–121 ✗missed +10
Nov 8 at IND 43% 116–117 L 118–134 ✓correct −15
Nov 6 at CHI 41% 112–114 L 113–130 ✓correct −15
Nov 4 at MIN 35% 112–117 L 95–123 ✓correct −23
Nov 2 vs ORL 57% 116–115 L 113–115 ✗missed −3
Nov 1 vs MEM 53% 115–116 W 133–109 ✗missed +25
Oct 30 at DEN 39% 113–116 L 102–110 ✓correct −5
Oct 28 at PHX 34% 113–119 L 104–126 ✓correct −16
Oct 27 vs LAC 51% 116–118 W 120–118 ✗missed +4
Oct 25 vs SAC 45% 113–118 L 114–130 ✓correct −11
Apr 9 at LAL 22% 113–125 L 117–128 ✓correct +1
Apr 8 vs DEN 13% 105–123 W 118–114 ✗missed +22
Apr 6 vs OKC 30% 116–124 L 98–114 ✓correct −8
Apr 4 vs LAL 35% 118–124 L 133–135 ✓correct +4
Apr 2 at BKN 40% 114–118 L 110–111 ✓correct +3
Mar 31 at BOS 35% 113–119 L 114–122 ✓correct −2
Mar 29 at SAS 80% 126–113 W 128–117 ✓correct −2
Mar 27 vs PHX 45% 122–124 L 103–117 ✓correct −12
Mar 25 at SAC 32% 116–123 L 113–121 ✓correct −1
Mar 24 vs MIL 40% 115–119 L 116–144 ✓correct −24
Mar 22 vs POR 72% 122–113 L 115–127 ✗missed −21
Mar 20 vs SAC 32% 119–126 W 128–120 ✗missed +15
Mar 18 vs BOS 40% 111–115 W 118–117 ✗missed +5
Mar 13 at MIA 47% 113–114 L 115–119 ✓correct −3
Mar 11 at CHA 55% 116–114 W 119–111 ✓correct +6
Mar 9 at ORL 47% 112–113 W 131–124 ✗missed +8
Mar 7 at DAL 45% 117–119 L 116–120 ✓correct −2
Mar 5 at OKC 26% 114–124 L 119–129 ✓correct ±0
Mar 3 at OKC 42% 116–119 L 103–130 ✓correct −24
Feb 28 vs SAS 70% 118–110 L 94–102 ✗missed −16
Feb 25 vs SAS 76% 122–111 W 118–102 ✓correct +5
Feb 23 vs OKC 53% 123–122 W 120–119 ✓correct ±0
Feb 15 at MEM 26% 112–122 L 111–117 ✓correct +4
Feb 13 at IND 60% 122–118 W 123–117 ✓correct +2
Feb 11 at NYK 32% 111–118 L 120–126 ✓correct +1
Feb 10 at TOR 28% 112–121 W 122–116 ✗missed +15
Feb 8 vs MIN 58% 121–118 L 118–143 ✗missed −28
Feb 6 vs DAL 70% 118–110 L 111–124 ✗missed −21
Feb 3 vs ATL 55% 119–117 L 108–115 ✗missed −9
Feb 1 vs TOR 60% 119–115 W 131–128 ✓correct −1
Jan 28 vs DAL 63% 117–112 W 108–100 ✓correct +3
Jan 25 at POR 53% 120–119 L 124–134 ✗missed −11
Jan 23 vs CHA 78% 124–112 W 120–102 ✓correct +6
Jan 20 vs BKN 60% 118–114 L 106–117 ✗missed −15
Jan 18 vs LAC 65% 121–115 W 126–103 ✓correct +17
Jan 16 at MIN 40% 114–118 W 126–125 ✗missed +5
Jan 14 vs PHI 47% 117–118 L 117–118 ✓correct ±0
Jan 13 vs ORL 72% 122–113 W 112–108 ✓correct −5
Jan 10 vs CLE 53% 117–116 W 116–114 ✓correct +1
Jan 8 at MEM 32% 113–120 L 118–123 ✓correct +2
Jan 7 at CHI 47% 116–117 L 118–126 ✓correct −7
Jan 5 at HOU 65% 120–114 W 131–114 ✓correct +11
Jan 3 vs SAC 53% 117–116 L 115–117 ✗missed −3
Dec 31 vs MIA 53% 111–110 L 123–126 ✗missed −4
Dec 30 at SAC 42% 114–117 L 125–126 ✓correct +2
Dec 28 at GSW 58% 118–115 L 107–112 ✗missed −8
Dec 26 at SAS 70% 121–113 L 122–126 ✗missed −12
Dec 22 vs WAS 68% 120–113 W 120–112 ✓correct +1
Dec 20 at DET 55% 120–118 W 126–111 ✓correct +13
Dec 19 at CLE 28% 105–114 L 99–122 ✓correct −14
Dec 17 at MIL 37% 110–115 L 97–123 ✓correct −21
Dec 15 vs NOP 53% 114–113 W 132–129 ✓correct +2
Dec 13 vs NOP 55% 117–115 W 121–100 ✓correct +19
Dec 10 at DEN 40% 113–117 L 110–115 ✓correct −1
Dec 9 vs MIN 60% 116–112 L 108–118 ✗missed −14
Dec 7 vs GSW 63% 121–116 W 124–123 ✓correct −4
Dec 3 vs POR 76% 122–111 L 111–116 ✗missed −16
Dec 2 vs IND 65% 120–114 W 139–119 ✓correct +14
Nov 30 vs LAC 58% 115–112 W 125–112 ✓correct +10
Nov 28 vs CHI 60% 118–114 L 107–114 ✗missed −11
Nov 26 at PHX 37% 113–118 L 112–113 ✓correct +4
Nov 25 at GSW 47% 114–115 L 118–129 ✓correct −10
Nov 23 vs DET 86% 123–106 L 116–125 ✗missed −26
Nov 21 at LAC 65% 114–108 L 114–121 ✗missed −13
Nov 19 at POR 63% 115–110 W 118–113 ✓correct ±0
Nov 18 vs PHX 58% 110–107 W 134–133 ✓correct −2
Nov 15 vs NYK 68% 117–110 L 111–118 ✗missed −14
Nov 13 at PHI 58% 111–108 L 98–105 ✗missed −10
Nov 12 at WAS 70% 114–106 L 112–121 ✗missed −17
Nov 9 at ATL 55% 112–110 W 125–119 ✓correct +4
Nov 7 vs LAL 70% 115–107 W 139–116 ✓correct +15
Nov 6 at LAC 63% 111–106 W 110–102 ✓correct +3
Nov 4 at LAL 74% 117–107 W 130–116 ✓correct +4
Nov 2 at DAL 37% 107–112 L 100–103 ✓correct +2
Oct 31 vs MEM 53% 111–110 W 121–105 ✓correct +15
Oct 29 vs MEM 47% 108–109 W 124–123 ✗missed +2
Oct 28 at DEN 65% 114–108 L 101–117 ✗missed −22
Oct 26 vs HOU 80% 116–103 W 109–101 ✓correct −5
Oct 24 at HOU 68% 116–109 L 108–114 ✗missed −13
Oct 23 at NOP 55% 109–107 W 122–121 ✓correct −1
Oct 21 at MIN 58% 110–107 W 132–126 ✓correct +3
Oct 19 vs DEN 65% 113–107 W 123–102 ✓correct +15

Surprise games

All UTA surprises

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

Most unexpected UTA wins

  1. 13%UTA beat DEN118–114Apr 8, 2022-23 · forecast DEN123–105 · missed margin by 22
  2. 19%UTA beat MIA115–111Feb 9, 2025-26 · forecast MIA125–112 · missed margin by 17
  3. 19%UTA beat SAS127–114Dec 27, 2025-26 · forecast SAS127–114 · missed margin by 26
  4. 19%UTA beat HOU133–125Dec 1, 2025-26 · forecast HOU127–114 · missed margin by 21
  5. 20%UTA beat MIN127–122Jan 20, 2025-26 · forecast MIN127–115 · missed margin by 17

Most unexpected UTA losses

  1. 14%DET beat UTA125–116Nov 23, 2022-23 · forecast UTA123–106 · missed margin by 26
  2. 24%POR beat UTA116–111Dec 3, 2022-23 · forecast UTA122–111 · missed margin by 16
  3. 27%CHA beat UTA115–107Feb 22, 2023-24 · forecast UTA124–114 · missed margin by 18
  4. 28%POR beat UTA127–115Mar 22, 2022-23 · forecast UTA122–113 · missed margin by 21
  5. 29%CHA beat UTA126–103Nov 2, 2025-26 · forecast UTA119–111 · missed margin by 31

Largest margin misses

  1. 34%UTA beat MEM147–101Apr 10, 2025-26 · forecast MEM124–118 · missed margin by 52
  2. 64%CHA beat UTA150–95Jan 10, 2025-26 · forecast CHA119–114 · missed margin by 50
  3. 41%UTA beat POR141–99Dec 6, 2024-25 · forecast POR112–109 · missed margin by 45
  4. 33%UTA beat MIA136–100Jan 4, 2024-25 · forecast MIA116–110 · missed margin by 42
  5. 73%DAL beat UTA147–97Dec 6, 2023-24 · forecast DAL121–111 · missed margin by 40

Recent results the forecast got wrong

  1. 47%MEM beat UTA110–105Oct 26, 2026-27 · forecast UTA122–121 · missed margin by 6
  2. 44%UTA beat NOP120–119Oct 23, 2026-27 · forecast NOP123–121 · missed margin by 3
  3. 34%UTA beat MEM147–101Apr 10, 2025-26 · forecast MEM124–118 · missed margin by 52
  4. 44%WAS beat UTA133–110Mar 25, 2025-26 · forecast UTA118–116 · missed margin by 25
  5. 44%UTA beat MIL128–96Mar 19, 2025-26 · forecast MIL112–110 · missed margin by 34

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.