Data last updated Season 2026-27Model v20261029-acb94a
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16% WSH win84% OKC win
Predicted winner
Oklahoma City Thunder
High confidence

High: the favourite is at least 75%.

Why

Oklahoma City Thunder's higher Elo rating (1633 vs 1368) and Oklahoma City Thunder's home form (+11.4 average margin at home) drive most of this prediction towards Oklahoma City Thunder.

Model vs betting line

ModelMarket
OKC win probability84%–
SpreadOKC -13.2–
Total points229.4–

No betting line stored yet for this game. Betting markets have been more accurate than this model historically (see Performance), so a big gap more often means missing information (injuries, rest decisions) than a mispriced line.

Recent form (last 5)

Washington Wizards
L102–112v TOR
W124–120@ CHI
L103–110@ CHA
L111–121@ CLE
W95–79v CHA
Oklahoma City Thunder
W96–84v DEN
W108–101v LAC
W125–114v PHX
L96–120@ DAL
L98–119@ HOU

Season so far

WSHOKC
Record3-34-2
Conference rank67
Last 103-34-2
StreakW1L2
Points for / game110.5106.5
Points against / game109.7107.0
Average margin0.8-0.5

OKC at home · WSH on the road

This seasonLast season
OKC at home3-0 · 109.7–99.740-10
WSH away1-2 · 112.7–117.06-35

W-L, then points scored–allowed per game. Regular season and playoffs.

Rest · Washington Wizards
8.1 days
Last played Charlotte Hornets, Oct 30, 2026
Rest · Oklahoma City Thunder
7.0 days
Last played Houston Rockets, Oct 31, 2026

Head to head (last 10)

8 OKC wins2 WSH wins
  • WMar 21, 2026OKC 132 @ WSH 111
  • WOct 30, 2025WSH 108 @ OKC 127
  • WJan 12, 2025OKC 136 @ WSH 95
  • WDec 23, 2024WSH 105 @ OKC 123
  • WFeb 23, 2024WSH 106 @ OKC 147
  • WJan 8, 2024OKC 136 @ WSH 128
  • WJan 6, 2023WSH 110 @ OKC 127
  • WNov 16, 2022OKC 121 @ WSH 120
  • LJan 11, 2022OKC 118 @ WSH 122
  • LNov 26, 2021WSH 101 @ OKC 99

W/L from Oklahoma City Thunder's point of view.

What moves this prediction

← favours WSHfavours OKC →
  • Elo strength rating+24 pts
  • Home / road form+2 pts
  • Season record-1 pts
  • Recent point differential+1 pts
  • Points scored / allowed+0 pts

Change in OKC's win probability when the two teams are made equal on that group of inputs.

  • Elo (weight 35%)OKC 88%
  • Margin model (weight 50%)OKC 81%
  • Gradient boosting (weight 15%)OKC 84%

Model version v20261029-acb94a. Weights chosen on the 2016–2020 validation seasons.