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NBA results Monday 9 November 2026: AI predictions review
NBA results for Monday 9 November 2026: the AI panel went 5 of 5, with ten of eleven models perfect and the Miami Heat's road win the closest call.
Monday's NBA slate produced the cleanest night the prediction desk has recorded this season. Across five games, the consensus of 10 frontier models called every winner correctly, a 5 of 5 record built on unanimous picks in four of the five fixtures. The models were not merely right; they were confident, and in most cases the margins of victory were wider than the projected scores suggested.
The biggest surprise of the night was the scale of Dallas's 130-93 demolition of Brooklyn. The consensus expected a Mavericks win, but the most common projected score was 116-108, a comfortable eight-point margin. The reality was a 37-point rout, far beyond anything the panel forecast. The night's other mild shock was LA Clippers' 139-123 shootout win over New Orleans, where the models had called a defensive 118-112 contest.
Monday's slate went 5 of 5 for the model consensus.
Where the AI got it right
Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz. All 10 models backed Minnesota and the Timberwolves delivered a 115-100 win. The most common projected score was 122-108, so the panel had the margin roughly right even if both teams scored slightly less than expected. Average confidence was 70%, the highest of the night. Minnesota Timberwolves vs Utah Jazz prediction
Dallas Mavericks vs Brooklyn Nets. A unanimous Dallas pick at 64% average confidence, with 116-108 the most common score. The Mavericks won 130-93, a result that validated the direction of the call while blowing past the projected margin. Dallas Mavericks vs Brooklyn Nets prediction
Milwaukee Bucks vs Boston Celtics. The panel went 10 of 10 for Boston at 68% average confidence, projecting a 118-119 nail-biter. The Celtics won 117-97, landing almost exactly on their projected score while holding Milwaukee well below the expected total. Milwaukee Bucks vs Boston Celtics prediction
LA Clippers vs New Orleans Pelicans. Unanimous for the Clippers at 61% confidence, the lowest average of the night, with 118-112 the most common score. The game finished 139-123, a high-scoring affair that still went the panel's way. LA Clippers vs New Orleans Pelicans prediction
Sacramento Kings vs Miami Heat. The closest call on the board: 9 of 10 models picked Miami at just 58% average confidence, with 116-117 the most common projected score. The Heat won 114-108, a six-point margin that rewarded the panel's narrow lean. Sacramento Kings vs Miami Heat prediction
Where it got it wrong
Nothing. Every match on Monday's slate went the way the consensus expected, and the record stands at 5 of 5. The panel's least certain pick, Miami at 58% average confidence with a single dissenting model, was also its narrowest winner, but the result still landed on the right side.
The honest caveat is about margins rather than winners. Brooklyn's 37-point defeat and the Clippers-Pelicans shootout both ran well past the projected scorelines, and the most common scores were off in four of the five games. The panel's direction was flawless; its scoreboard arithmetic was not.
Models of the day
Ten of the 11 models posted a perfect 5 of 5: GPT-6 Luna, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Mistral Medium 3.5, DeepSeek V4 Pro, Qwen 3.8 Max, MiMo V2.6 Pro, Grok 4.7, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Kimi K3 and Meta Muse Spark 1.3.
The only blemish belonged to GLM 5.3, which finished 4 of 5. Given the unanimity elsewhere, GLM 5.3 was almost certainly the lone model on Sacramento, the one fixture where the consensus was not unanimous.
Full results
- NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves 115-100 Utah Jazz — consensus Minnesota Timberwolves win (100%) RIGHT
- NBA: Dallas Mavericks 130-93 Brooklyn Nets — consensus Dallas Mavericks win (100%) RIGHT
- NBA: Milwaukee Bucks 97-117 Boston Celtics — consensus Boston Celtics win (100%) RIGHT
- NBA: LA Clippers 139-123 New Orleans Pelicans — consensus LA Clippers win (100%) RIGHT
- NBA: Sacramento Kings 108-114 Miami Heat — consensus Miami Heat win (90%) RIGHT
A perfect night is a useful benchmark but not a forecast of the next one. Tuesday's slate brings fresh spreads, fresh injury questions and a panel that will not agree on everything. The full board of picks is live on today's NBA predictions page.
Next up: today's nba predictions from the same panel, and the results archive with every graded call. Forecasts are informational only.
