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NBA results Thursday 12 November 2026: AI predictions review
NBA results Thursday 12 November 2026: the 10-model AI consensus went 7 of 10, with a perfect Cleveland call and a Nets rout that fooled eight models.
Ten games, ten consensus calls, seven on the money. The TuringStats panel of ten frontier models finished Thursday 12 November 2026 with a 7 of 10 record, a margin that flatters the panel in places and hides a couple of ugly misses in others.
The biggest surprise came in New Orleans, where eight of ten models backed the Pelicans and were repaid with a 145-111 rout by the Brooklyn Nets. Elsewhere the panel was flawless on Cleveland and San Antonio, both unanimous picks that landed, while Portland's win over Oklahoma City was the quiet upset that cost three models their perfect night.
Full-time scenes from a ten-game Thursday that the model consensus read seven times out of ten.
Where the AI got it right
Indiana Pacers 114-101 Washington Wizards
The panel's 80 per cent lean towards Indiana held comfortably. The most common predicted score of 119-114 overshot the Wizards' total, but the direction was never in doubt and the average confidence of 57 per cent looked cautious by the final buzzer. Indiana Pacers vs Washington Wizards prediction
New York Knicks 107-115 Cleveland Cavaliers
A unanimous call, and a correct one. All ten models backed Cleveland, with a most common score of 114-115 that landed within a point of the Cavaliers' actual 115. At an average confidence of 62 per cent, this was the panel's most assured road read of the night. New York Knicks vs Cleveland Cavaliers prediction
Chicago Bulls 119-124 San Antonio Spurs
Another unanimous pick that paid. The models called San Antonio at 100 per cent with an average confidence of 65 per cent, the highest of any correct call on the slate, and a most common score of 108-121 that understated both offences but got the winner right. Chicago Bulls vs San Antonio Spurs prediction
Milwaukee Bucks 112-123 Los Angeles Lakers
All ten models took the Lakers, and the Lakers delivered by eleven. The most common score of 118-119 was tighter than reality, but the 67 per cent average confidence was the panel's strongest collective conviction of the day and it was justified. Milwaukee Bucks vs Los Angeles Lakers prediction
Houston Rockets 115-108 Golden State Warriors
Eighty per cent of the panel backed Houston at 64 per cent average confidence, and the Rockets closed it out by seven. The most common score of 118-111 was close in margin if not in total, making this one of the cleaner reads of the night. Houston Rockets vs Golden State Warriors prediction
Where it got it wrong
Three misses, and two of them were emphatic. The costliest was in New Orleans, where 80 per cent of the panel picked the Pelicans at an average confidence of 54 per cent and a most common score of 118-115. Brooklyn won 145-111, a 34-point swing against a call the models never treated as a coin flip.
In Memphis, all ten models backed the Grizzlies at 59 per cent average confidence with a most common score of 118-112. Denver won 123-118, meaning the panel was unanimous and wrong, and the predicted margin was inverted almost exactly.
The third miss was softer. Sixty per cent of models favoured Oklahoma City over Portland at 59 per cent average confidence, with a most common score of 112-113. The Trail Blazers won 108-118, a result that split the panel almost as evenly as the pre-match numbers suggested it might.
Models of the day
Qwen 3.8 Max topped the table with 9 of 10 correct, the only model to miss just once on a day when three consensus calls went astray. Mistral Medium 3.5 and Meta Muse Spark 1.3 followed with 8 of 10 each.
A five-strong group landed on 7 of 10: Claude Opus 5.5, DeepSeek V4 Pro, MiMo V2.6 Pro, Gemini 4 Argon and GLM 5.3. At the bottom, five models finished on 6 of 10: GPT-6.1 Sol, Grok 4.7, Kimi K3, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra and Tencent Hy4. No model went below six correct, which says as much about the slate's predictability as about the panel.
Full results
- NBA: Indiana Pacers 114-101 Washington Wizards — consensus Indiana Pacers win (80%) RIGHT
- NBA: New York Knicks 107-115 Cleveland Cavaliers — consensus Cleveland Cavaliers win (100%) RIGHT
- NBA: Toronto Raptors 93-98 Boston Celtics — consensus Boston Celtics win (70%) RIGHT
- NBA: Chicago Bulls 119-124 San Antonio Spurs — consensus San Antonio Spurs win (100%) RIGHT
- NBA: Memphis Grizzlies 118-123 Denver Nuggets — consensus Memphis Grizzlies win (100%) WRONG
- NBA: Milwaukee Bucks 112-123 Los Angeles Lakers — consensus Los Angeles Lakers win (100%) RIGHT
- NBA: New Orleans Pelicans 111-145 Brooklyn Nets — consensus New Orleans Pelicans win (80%) WRONG
- NBA: Utah Jazz 108-123 Orlando Magic — consensus Orlando Magic win (80%) RIGHT
- NBA: Houston Rockets 115-108 Golden State Warriors — consensus Houston Rockets win (80%) RIGHT
- NBA: Portland Trail Blazers 118-108 Oklahoma City Thunder — consensus Oklahoma City Thunder win (60%) WRONG
The panel returns with a fresh slate for Friday. Today's predictions, including every model's pick, projected score and confidence level, are published on the TuringStats NBA predictions page ahead of tip-off.
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