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Atlanta Hawks ATL

7–4
2026-27 record
1545
Elo rating
with the forecast of Nov 7
114.3
Offensive rating
last 10 games
111.1
Defensive rating
last 10, lower is better
102.8
Pace
possessions per game
197 of 350 forecasts for ATL games picked the winner.

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Every graded ATL game, one dot each, oldest at the center. 197 of 350 forecasts picked the winner (colored dots).

Elo rating, recent games

ATL pregame Elo over its last 82 games with a forecast, from 1548 to 1545 140014501500155016001650 new season 1545 Nov 2025 Nov 2026
Pregame Elo stored with each of ATL's last 82 forecasts. Dashed: 1500, the long-run average.

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Nov 9 7:00 PM ET
LAL Los Angeles Lakers 9–2 –
@ATL Atlanta Hawks (home) 7–4 –
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Nov 13 8:00 PM ET
ATL Atlanta Hawks 7–4 –
@CHI Chicago Bulls (home) 1–8 –
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Nov 7 Final
BKN Brooklyn Nets 109 121
@ATL Atlanta Hawks (home) 121 124
BKN 20% 80% ATL

Why: Elo 5.2 → ATL · Season margin 1.8 → ATL

✓ Picked ATL Details
Nov 6 Final
WAS Washington Wizards 110 132
@ATL Atlanta Hawks (home) 120 139
WAS 24% 76% ATL
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Nov 4 Final
ATL Atlanta Hawks 110 120
@WAS Washington Wizards (home) 114 105
ATL 37% 63% WAS
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Nov 2 Final
ATL Atlanta Hawks 119 108
@IND Indiana Pacers (home) 111 104
ATL 72% 28% IND

Why: Elo 5.8 → ATL · Injuries 5.7 → ATL

✓ Picked ATL Details
Oct 31 Final
ATL Atlanta Hawks 123 99
@NOP New Orleans Pelicans (home) 118 121
ATL 64% 36% NOP

Why: Elo 5.0 → ATL · Injuries 1.8 → ATL

✗ Picked ATL Details

Predictability

How closely the forecasts tracked ATL 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: 11 games. These figures are a running log, not a measurement, and no ranking is shown.

13.6 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 6.6 to 21.6
+1.6
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -7.1 to 12.7
20.8 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.7
55%
winner picked
11 games involving ATL
7 / 5.9
actual / expected wins
gap +1.1
0.236
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

ATL: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 0246810 7 actual 5.9 exp. 1611 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of ATL's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

ATL: 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: ATL'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

ATL: distribution of 11 margin errors; mean +1.5 points 024 -40 to -36 pts: 0 games -36 to -32 pts: 0 games -32 to -28 pts: 0 games -28 to -24 pts: 1 games -24 to -20 pts: 0 games -20 to -16 pts: 0 games -16 to -12 pts: 1 games -12 to -8 pts: 1 games -8 to -4 pts: 0 games -4 to 0 pts: 4 games 0 to 4 pts: 1 games 4 to 8 pts: 0 games 8 to 12 pts: 1 games 12 to 16 pts: 0 games 16 to 20 pts: 1 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: 1 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.

ATL against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2026-27, smallest to largest; ATL is 23 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 11 games in this sample
DateOpponentATL win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Nov 7 vs BKN 80% 121–109 W 124–121 ✓correct −9
Nov 6 vs WAS 76% 120–110 W 139–132 ✓correct −3
Nov 4 at WAS 37% 110–114 W 120–105 ✗missed +19
Nov 2 at IND 72% 119–111 W 108–104 ✓correct −4
Oct 31 at NOP 64% 123–118 L 99–121 ✗missed −27
Oct 29 vs CLE 53% 115–114 W 114–111 ✓correct +2
Oct 28 vs MIA 62% 121–117 L 117–129 ✗missed −16
Oct 26 at HOU 33% 109–115 L 110–120 ✓correct −4
Oct 24 vs HOU 38% 108–112 L 114–121 ✓correct −3
Oct 23 at CHA 33% 110–116 W 128–81 ✗missed +53
Oct 21 at ORL 44% 111–113 W 132–125 ✗missed +9

2025-26

12.6 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 10.9 to 14.5; 25th smallest of 30
−0.5
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -3.2 to 2.2
16.0 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.4
66%
winner picked
88 games involving ATL
48 / 47.3
actual / expected wins
gap +0.7
0.208
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

ATL: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 01020304050 48 actual 47.3 exp. 14488 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of ATL's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

ATL: 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: ATL'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

ATL: distribution of 88 margin errors; mean -0.5 points 0714 -40 to -36 pts: 1 games -36 to -32 pts: 1 games -32 to -28 pts: 2 games -28 to -24 pts: 3 games -24 to -20 pts: 5 games -20 to -16 pts: 4 games -16 to -12 pts: 3 games -12 to -8 pts: 7 games -8 to -4 pts: 8 games -4 to 0 pts: 4 games 0 to 4 pts: 14 games 4 to 8 pts: 9 games 8 to 12 pts: 9 games 12 to 16 pts: 5 games 16 to 20 pts: 3 games 20 to 24 pts: 4 games 24 to 28 pts: 3 games 28 to 32 pts: 2 games 32 to 36 pts: 1 games 36 to 40 pts: 0 games mean -0.5 -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.

ATL against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2025-26, smallest to largest; ATL is 25 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 88 games in this sample
DateOpponentATL win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Apr 30 PO vs NYK 45% 108–110 L 89–140 ✓correct −49
Apr 28 PO at NYK 47% 106–107 L 97–126 ✓correct −28
Apr 25 PO vs NYK 42% 106–109 L 98–114 ✓correct −13
Apr 23 PO vs NYK 44% 105–107 W 109–108 ✗missed +3
Apr 20 PO at NYK 34% 103–109 W 107–106 ✗missed +7
Apr 18 PO at NYK 39% 105–109 L 102–113 ✓correct −7
Apr 12 at MIA 36% 118–123 L 117–143 ✓correct −21
Apr 10 vs CLE 74% 122–113 W 124–102 ✓correct +13
Apr 8 at CLE 47% 119–120 L 116–122 ✓correct −5
Apr 6 vs NYK 42% 112–115 L 105–108 ✓correct ±0
Apr 3 at BKN 80% 122–110 W 141–107 ✓correct +22
Apr 1 at ORL 61% 120–116 W 130–101 ✓correct +25
Mar 30 vs BOS 47% 111–112 W 112–102 ✗missed +11
Mar 28 vs SAC 82% 123–110 W 123–113 ✓correct −3
Mar 27 at BOS 47% 113–114 L 102–109 ✓correct −6
Mar 25 at DET 39% 114–118 W 130–129 ✗missed +5
Mar 23 vs MEM 80% 125–113 W 146–107 ✓correct +27
Mar 21 vs GSW 76% 121–111 W 126–110 ✓correct +6
Mar 20 at HOU 47% 114–115 L 95–117 ✓correct −21
Mar 18 at DAL 69% 119–112 W 135–120 ✓correct +8
Mar 16 vs ORL 59% 117–114 W 124–112 ✓correct +9
Mar 14 vs MIL 83% 123–109 W 122–99 ✓correct +9
Mar 12 vs BKN 89% 125–107 W 108–97 ✓correct −7
Mar 10 vs DAL 74% 122–113 W 124–112 ✓correct +3
Mar 7 vs PHI 71% 120–112 W 125–116 ✓correct +1
Mar 4 at MIL 64% 118–113 W 131–113 ✓correct +13
Mar 1 vs POR 67% 119–113 W 135–101 ✓correct +28
Feb 26 vs WAS 78% 123–112 W 126–96 ✓correct +19
Feb 24 vs WAS 74% 122–113 W 119–98 ✓correct +12
Feb 22 vs BKN 74% 120–111 W 115–104 ✓correct +2
Feb 20 vs MIA 47% 118–119 L 97–128 ✓correct −30
Feb 19 at PHI 53% 116–115 W 117–107 ✓correct +9
Feb 11 at CHA 34% 112–118 L 107–110 ✓correct +3
Feb 9 at MIN 41% 115–118 L 116–138 ✓correct −19
Feb 7 vs CHA 47% 111–112 L 119–126 ✓correct −6
Feb 5 vs UTA 78% 123–112 W 121–119 ✓correct −9
Feb 3 at MIA 39% 116–120 W 127–115 ✗missed +16
Jan 31 at IND 53% 116–115 L 124–129 ✗missed −6
Jan 29 vs HOU 47% 110–111 L 86–104 ✓correct −17
Jan 28 at BOS 34% 110–116 W 117–106 ✗missed +17
Jan 26 vs IND 67% 117–111 W 132–116 ✓correct +10
Jan 23 vs PHX 39% 113–117 W 110–103 ✗missed +11
Jan 21 at MEM 44% 115–117 W 124–122 ✗missed +4
Jan 19 vs MIL 61% 117–113 L 110–112 ✗missed −6
Jan 17 vs BOS 42% 111–114 L 106–132 ✓correct −23
Jan 15 at POR 53% 117–116 L 101–117 ✗missed −17
Jan 13 at LAL 56% 117–115 L 116–141 ✗missed −27
Jan 11 at GSW 44% 117–119 W 124–111 ✗missed +15
Jan 9 at DEN 34% 119–125 W 110–87 ✗missed +29
Jan 7 vs NOP 64% 123–118 W 117–100 ✓correct +12
Jan 5 at TOR 39% 115–119 L 100–118 ✓correct −14
Jan 3 at TOR 31% 112–119 L 117–134 ✓correct −10
Jan 2 at NYK 29% 120–128 W 111–99 ✗missed +20
Dec 31 vs MIN 29% 116–124 W 126–102 ✗missed +32
Dec 29 at OKC 8% 110–131 L 129–140 ✓correct +10
Dec 27 vs NYK 39% 117–121 L 125–128 ✓correct +1
Dec 26 vs MIA 56% 120–118 L 111–126 ✗missed −17
Dec 23 vs CHI 53% 121–120 L 123–126 ✗missed −4
Dec 21 vs CHI 56% 120–118 L 150–152 ✗missed −4
Dec 19 vs SAS 42% 119–122 L 98–126 ✓correct −25
Dec 18 at CHA 58% 117–114 L 126–133 ✗missed −10
Dec 14 vs PHI 59% 119–116 W 120–117 ✓correct ±0
Dec 12 at DET 34% 115–121 L 115–142 ✓correct −21
Dec 6 at WAS 80% 125–113 W 131–116 ✓correct +3
Dec 5 vs DEN 47% 119–120 L 133–134 ✓correct ±0
Dec 3 vs LAC 67% 121–115 L 92–115 ✗missed −29
Dec 1 at DET 36% 116–121 L 98–99 ✓correct +4
Nov 30 at PHI 58% 120–117 W 142–134 ✓correct +5
Nov 28 vs CLE 53% 119–118 W 130–123 ✓correct +6
Nov 25 at WAS 83% 126–112 L 113–132 ✗missed −33
Nov 23 vs CHA 83% 122–108 W 113–110 ✓correct −11
Nov 22 at NOP 78% 123–112 W 115–98 ✓correct +6
Nov 20 at SAS 53% 116–115 L 126–135 ✗missed −10
Nov 18 vs DET 53% 117–116 L 112–120 ✗missed −9
Nov 16 at PHX 47% 116–117 W 124–122 ✗missed +3
Nov 13 at UTA 69% 119–112 W 132–122 ✓correct +3
Nov 12 at SAC 69% 120–113 W 133–100 ✓correct +26
Nov 10 at LAC 53% 115–114 W 105–102 ✓correct +2
Nov 8 vs LAL 42% 113–116 W 122–102 ✗missed +23
Nov 7 vs TOR 61% 120–116 L 97–109 ✗missed −16
Nov 4 vs ORL 67% 118–112 W 127–112 ✓correct +9
Nov 2 at CLE 44% 116–118 L 109–117 ✓correct −6
Oct 31 at IND 44% 114–116 W 128–108 ✗missed +22
Oct 29 at BKN 66% 121–115 W 117–112 ✓correct −1
Oct 27 at CHI 31% 116–123 L 123–128 ✓correct +2
Oct 25 vs OKC 31% 116–123 L 100–117 ✓correct −10
Oct 24 at ORL 41% 113–116 W 111–107 ✗missed +7
Oct 22 vs TOR 61% 121–117 L 118–138 ✗missed −24

2024-25

10.7 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 9.4 to 12.2; 12th smallest of 30
+0.1
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -2.4 to 2.5
13.4 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.0
53%
winner picked
81 games involving ATL
40 / 38.3
actual / expected wins
gap +1.7
0.246
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

ATL: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 010203040 40 actual 38.3 exp. 14181 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of ATL's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

ATL: 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: ATL'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

ATL: distribution of 81 margin errors; mean +0.1 points 0612 -40 to -36 pts: 0 games -36 to -32 pts: 0 games -32 to -28 pts: 2 games -28 to -24 pts: 0 games -24 to -20 pts: 4 games -20 to -16 pts: 1 games -16 to -12 pts: 8 games -12 to -8 pts: 7 games -8 to -4 pts: 7 games -4 to 0 pts: 12 games 0 to 4 pts: 6 games 4 to 8 pts: 11 games 8 to 12 pts: 9 games 12 to 16 pts: 3 games 16 to 20 pts: 3 games 20 to 24 pts: 4 games 24 to 28 pts: 3 games 28 to 32 pts: 1 games 32 to 36 pts: 0 games 36 to 40 pts: 0 games mean +0.1 -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.

ATL against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2024-25, smallest to largest; ATL is 12 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 81 games in this sample
DateOpponentATL win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Apr 13 vs ORL 44% 111–114 W 117–105 ✗missed +15
Apr 11 at PHI 71% 123–114 W 124–110 ✓correct +5
Apr 10 at BKN 64% 119–113 W 133–109 ✓correct +18
Apr 8 at ORL 31% 111–118 L 112–119 ✓correct ±0
Apr 6 vs UTA 79% 126–114 W 147–134 ✓correct +1
Apr 5 vs NYK 49% 116–117 L 105–121 ✓correct −15
Apr 2 at DAL 51% 121–120 L 118–120 ✗missed −3
Apr 1 vs POR 62% 118–114 L 113–127 ✗missed −18
Mar 30 at MIL 36% 113–118 W 145–124 ✗missed +26
Mar 27 at MIA 51% 114–113 L 112–122 ✗missed −11
Mar 25 at HOU 29% 113–121 L 114–121 ✓correct +1
Mar 23 vs PHI 73% 125–116 W 132–119 ✓correct +4
Mar 22 vs GSW 54% 119–118 W 124–115 ✓correct +8
Mar 18 at CHA 56% 118–115 W 134–102 ✓correct +29
Mar 16 at BKN 59% 115–111 L 114–122 ✗missed −12
Mar 14 vs LAC 54% 117–116 L 98–121 ✗missed −24
Mar 12 vs CHA 79% 125–113 W 123–110 ✓correct +1
Mar 10 vs PHI 77% 126–115 W 132–123 ✓correct −2
Mar 8 vs IND 44% 120–123 W 120–118 ✗missed +5
Mar 6 vs IND 41% 119–123 W 124–118 ✗missed +10
Mar 4 vs MIL 46% 118–120 L 121–127 ✓correct −4
Mar 3 at MEM 27% 116–125 W 132–130 ✗missed +11
Feb 28 vs OKC 41% 119–123 L 119–135 ✓correct −12
Feb 26 at MIA 46% 114–115 L 109–131 ✓correct −21
Feb 24 vs MIA 62% 121–117 W 98–86 ✓correct +8
Feb 23 vs DET 44% 118–121 L 143–148 ✓correct −2
Feb 20 vs ORL 62% 116–112 L 108–114 ✗missed −10
Feb 12 at NYK 29% 113–121 L 148–149 ✓correct +7
Feb 10 at ORL 46% 114–115 W 112–106 ✗missed +7
Feb 8 at WAS 56% 118–115 W 125–111 ✓correct +11
Feb 7 vs MIL 44% 117–120 W 115–110 ✗missed +8
Feb 5 vs SAS 54% 118–117 L 125–126 ✗missed −2
Feb 3 at DET 27% 111–120 W 132–130 ✗missed +11
Feb 1 at IND 23% 110–121 L 127–132 ✓correct +6
Jan 30 at CLE 19% 110–123 L 115–137 ✓correct −9
Jan 28 vs HOU 39% 115–120 L 96–100 ✓correct +1
Jan 27 at MIN 31% 112–119 L 92–100 ✓correct −1
Jan 25 vs TOR 69% 118–111 L 94–117 ✗missed −30
Jan 23 vs TOR 64% 118–113 L 119–122 ✗missed −8
Jan 22 vs DET 54% 116–115 L 104–114 ✗missed −11
Jan 20 at NYK 31% 113–120 L 110–119 ✓correct −2
Jan 18 at BOS 27% 109–118 W 119–115 ✗missed +13
Jan 15 at CHI 31% 118–125 W 110–94 ✗missed +23
Jan 14 vs PHX 54% 118–117 W 122–117 ✓correct +4
Jan 9 at PHX 43% 115–117 L 115–123 ✓correct −6
Jan 7 at UTA 64% 120–114 W 124–121 ✓correct −3
Jan 4 at LAC 36% 113–118 L 105–131 ✓correct −21
Jan 3 at LAL 38% 115–119 L 102–119 ✓correct −13
Jan 1 at DEN 36% 117–122 L 120–139 ✓correct −14
Dec 29 at TOR 54% 119–117 W 136–107 ✓correct +27
Dec 28 vs MIA 49% 113–114 W 120–110 ✗missed +11
Dec 26 vs CHI 59% 118–115 W 141–133 ✓correct +5
Dec 23 vs MIN 49% 113–114 W 117–104 ✗missed +14
Dec 21 vs MEM 44% 113–116 L 112–128 ✓correct −13
Dec 19 at SAS 51% 117–116 L 126–133 ✗missed −8
Dec 11 at NYK 27% 113–122 W 108–100 ✗missed +17
Dec 8 vs DEN 54% 118–117 L 111–141 ✗missed −31
Dec 6 vs LAL 71% 120–112 W 134–132 ✓correct −6
Dec 4 at MIL 36% 115–120 W 119–104 ✗missed +20
Dec 2 vs NOP 69% 117–110 W 124–112 ✓correct +5
Nov 30 at CHA 66% 118–111 W 107–104 ✓correct −4
Nov 29 vs CLE 36% 116–122 W 117–101 ✗missed +22
Nov 27 at CLE 18% 112–126 W 135–124 ✗missed +25
Nov 25 vs DAL 44% 114–117 L 119–129 ✓correct −7
Nov 22 at CHI 51% 119–118 L 122–136 ✗missed −15
Nov 20 at GSW 27% 113–122 L 97–120 ✓correct −14
Nov 18 at SAC 41% 118–121 W 109–108 ✗missed +4
Nov 17 at POR 56% 119–116 L 110–114 ✗missed −7
Nov 15 vs WAS 69% 122–115 W 129–117 ✓correct +5
Nov 12 at BOS 14% 110–127 W 117–116 ✗missed +18
Nov 9 vs CHI 57% 119–117 L 113–125 ✗missed −14
Nov 8 at DET 51% 116–115 L 121–122 ✗missed −2
Nov 6 vs NYK 41% 112–116 W 121–116 ✗missed +9
Nov 4 vs BOS 34% 111–118 L 93–123 ✓correct −23
Nov 3 at NOP 31% 111–118 W 126–111 ✗missed +22
Nov 1 vs SAC 36% 113–119 L 115–123 ✓correct −2
Oct 30 at WAS 51% 119–118 L 120–133 ✗missed −14
Oct 28 vs WAS 59% 120–117 L 119–121 ✗missed −5
Oct 27 at OKC 19% 108–121 L 104–128 ✓correct −11
Oct 25 vs CHA 67% 116–110 W 125–120 ✓correct −1
Oct 23 vs BKN 57% 112–110 W 120–116 ✓correct +2

2023-24

11.4 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 9.7 to 13.3; 20th smallest of 30
−1.7
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -4.3 to 0.9
14.8 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.3
54%
winner picked
82 games involving ATL
36 / 40.2
actual / expected wins
gap −4.2
0.248
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

ATL: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 010203040 36 actual 40.2 exp. 14182 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of ATL's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

ATL: 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: ATL'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

ATL: distribution of 82 margin errors; mean -1.7 points 0918 -40 to -36 pts: 1 games -36 to -32 pts: 1 games -32 to -28 pts: 2 games -28 to -24 pts: 2 games -24 to -20 pts: 1 games -20 to -16 pts: 5 games -16 to -12 pts: 1 games -12 to -8 pts: 9 games -8 to -4 pts: 18 games -4 to 0 pts: 8 games 0 to 4 pts: 7 games 4 to 8 pts: 7 games 8 to 12 pts: 5 games 12 to 16 pts: 5 games 16 to 20 pts: 3 games 20 to 24 pts: 3 games 24 to 28 pts: 2 games 28 to 32 pts: 0 games 32 to 36 pts: 1 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.

ATL against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2023-24, smallest to largest; ATL is 20 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
DateOpponentATL win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Apr 14 at IND 39% 114–117 L 115–157 ✓correct −39
Apr 12 at MIN 35% 110–115 L 106–109 ✓correct +2
Apr 10 vs CHA 73% 115–105 L 114–115 ✗missed −11
Apr 9 vs MIA 53% 112–113 L 111–117 ✓correct −5
Apr 6 at DEN 35% 109–114 L 110–142 ✓correct −27
Apr 4 at DAL 35% 108–113 L 95–109 ✓correct −9
Apr 3 vs DET 81% 117–102 W 121–113 ✓correct −7
Apr 1 at CHI 43% 115–116 W 113–101 ✗missed +13
Mar 30 vs MIL 57% 112–111 L 113–122 ✗missed −10
Mar 28 vs BOS 35% 106–116 W 123–122 ✗missed +11
Mar 27 vs POR 65% 109–104 W 120–106 ✓correct +9
Mar 25 vs BOS 47% 106–110 W 120–118 ✗missed +6
Mar 23 vs CHA 53% 106–107 W 132–91 ✗missed +42
Mar 21 at PHX 30% 108–116 L 115–128 ✓correct −5
Mar 18 at LAL 39% 112–115 L 105–136 ✓correct −28
Mar 17 at LAC 35% 106–111 W 110–93 ✗missed +22
Mar 15 at UTA 49% 116–114 L 122–124 ✗missed −4
Mar 13 at POR 47% 110–109 L 102–106 ✗missed −5
Mar 10 vs NOP 47% 108–112 L 103–116 ✓correct −9
Mar 8 at MEM 49% 108–106 W 99–92 ✓correct +5
Mar 6 vs CLE 53% 112–113 W 112–101 ✗missed +12
Mar 5 at NYK 30% 106–114 W 116–100 ✗missed +24
Mar 2 at BKN 41% 113–115 L 102–114 ✓correct −10
Feb 29 at BKN 39% 113–116 L 97–124 ✓correct −24
Feb 27 vs UTA 45% 117–122 W 124–97 ✗missed +32
Feb 25 vs ORL 53% 118–119 W 109–92 ✗missed +18
Feb 23 vs TOR 59% 124–122 L 121–123 ✗missed −4
Feb 14 at CHA 59% 122–115 L 99–122 ✗missed −30
Feb 12 vs CHI 51% 120–122 L 126–136 ✓correct −8
Feb 10 vs HOU 63% 125–121 W 122–113 ✓correct +5
Feb 9 at PHI 41% 118–120 W 127–121 ✗missed +8
Feb 7 at BOS 37% 115–119 L 117–125 ✓correct −4
Feb 5 vs LAC 47% 117–121 L 144–149 ✓correct −1
Feb 3 vs GSW 59% 118–116 W 141–134 ✓correct +5
Feb 2 vs PHX 43% 114–120 W 129–120 ✗missed +15
Jan 30 vs LAL 53% 119–120 W 138–122 ✗missed +17
Jan 28 vs TOR 53% 116–117 W 126–125 ✗missed +2
Jan 26 vs DAL 61% 118–115 L 143–148 ✗missed −8
Jan 24 at GSW 35% 118–123 L 112–134 ✓correct −17
Jan 22 at SAC 28% 115–124 L 107–122 ✓correct −6
Jan 20 vs CLE 51% 115–117 L 95–116 ✓correct −19
Jan 19 at MIA 30% 110–118 W 109–108 ✗missed +9
Jan 17 vs ORL 53% 115–116 W 106–104 ✗missed +3
Jan 15 vs SAS 68% 123–116 W 109–99 ✓correct +3
Jan 13 vs WAS 70% 121–113 L 99–127 ✗missed −36
Jan 12 vs IND 53% 120–121 L 108–126 ✓correct −17
Jan 10 vs PHI 57% 118–117 W 139–132 ✓correct +6
Jan 7 at ORL 41% 116–118 L 110–117 ✓correct −5
Jan 5 at IND 35% 118–123 L 116–150 ✓correct −29
Jan 3 vs OKC 51% 119–121 W 141–138 ✗missed +5
Dec 31 at WAS 57% 122–116 W 130–126 ✓correct −2
Dec 29 vs SAC 51% 120–122 L 110–117 ✓correct −5
Dec 26 at CHI 47% 115–114 L 113–118 ✗missed −6
Dec 23 vs MEM 65% 119–114 L 119–125 ✗missed −11
Dec 22 at MIA 47% 119–118 L 113–122 ✗missed −10
Dec 20 at HOU 35% 113–118 W 134–127 ✗missed +12
Dec 18 vs DET 78% 125–112 W 130–124 ✓correct −7
Dec 16 at CLE 37% 113–117 L 119–127 ✓correct −4
Dec 15 at TOR 39% 118–121 W 125–104 ✗missed +24
Dec 13 at TOR 43% 118–119 L 128–135 ✓correct −6
Dec 11 vs DEN 53% 118–119 L 122–129 ✓correct −6
Dec 8 at PHI 24% 113–125 L 114–125 ✓correct +1
Dec 6 vs BKN 57% 121–120 L 113–114 ✗missed −2
Dec 2 at MIL 37% 116–120 L 121–132 ✓correct −7
Nov 30 at SAS 49% 119–117 W 137–135 ✓correct ±0
Nov 28 at CLE 37% 115–119 L 105–128 ✓correct −19
Nov 26 at BOS 39% 112–115 L 103–113 ✓correct −7
Nov 25 at WAS 59% 122–115 W 136–108 ✓correct +21
Nov 22 vs BKN 61% 120–117 W 147–145 ✓correct −1
Nov 21 vs IND 59% 120–118 L 152–157 ✗missed −7
Nov 17 vs PHI 63% 118–114 L 116–126 ✗missed −14
Nov 15 vs NYK 61% 116–113 L 114–116 ✗missed −5
Nov 14 at DET 49% 117–115 W 126–120 ✓correct +4
Nov 11 vs MIA 75% 123–112 L 109–117 ✗missed −19
Nov 9 at ORL 47% 115–114 W 120–119 ✓correct ±0
Nov 6 at OKC 47% 117–116 L 117–126 ✗missed −10
Nov 4 at NOP 37% 114–118 W 123–105 ✗missed +22
Nov 1 vs WAS 57% 116–115 W 130–121 ✓correct +8
Oct 30 vs MIN 59% 116–114 W 127–113 ✓correct +12
Oct 29 at MIL 41% 116–118 W 127–110 ✗missed +19
Oct 27 vs NYK 53% 112–113 L 120–126 ✓correct −5
Oct 25 at CHA 53% 118–114 L 110–116 ✗missed −10

2022-23

10.2 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 8.9 to 11.5; 14th smallest of 30
−1.1
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -3.2 to 1.2
12.8 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 10.3
52%
winner picked
88 games involving ATL
43 / 46.0
actual / expected wins
gap −3.0
0.258
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

ATL: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 01020304050 43 actual 46.0 exp. 14488 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of ATL's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

ATL: 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: ATL'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

ATL: distribution of 88 margin errors; mean -1.1 points 0612 -40 to -36 pts: 0 games -36 to -32 pts: 0 games -32 to -28 pts: 2 games -28 to -24 pts: 0 games -24 to -20 pts: 4 games -20 to -16 pts: 5 games -16 to -12 pts: 6 games -12 to -8 pts: 8 games -8 to -4 pts: 10 games -4 to 0 pts: 12 games 0 to 4 pts: 9 games 4 to 8 pts: 11 games 8 to 12 pts: 6 games 12 to 16 pts: 6 games 16 to 20 pts: 5 games 20 to 24 pts: 2 games 24 to 28 pts: 1 games 28 to 32 pts: 0 games 32 to 36 pts: 1 games 36 to 40 pts: 0 games mean -1.1 -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.

ATL against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2022-23, smallest to largest; ATL is 14 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 88 games in this sample
DateOpponentATL win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Apr 27 PO vs BOS 53% 113–112 L 120–128 ✗missed −9
Apr 25 PO at BOS 24% 107–118 W 119–117 ✗missed +13
Apr 23 PO vs BOS 47% 112–113 L 121–129 ✓correct −7
Apr 21 PO vs BOS 45% 113–115 W 130–122 ✗missed +10
Apr 18 PO at BOS 28% 111–120 L 106–119 ✓correct −4
Apr 15 PO at BOS 32% 113–120 L 99–112 ✓correct −6
Apr 9 at BOS 37% 119–124 L 114–120 ✓correct −1
Apr 7 vs PHI 63% 118–113 L 131–136 ✗missed −10
Apr 5 vs WAS 65% 124–118 W 134–116 ✓correct +12
Apr 4 at CHI 28% 111–120 W 123–105 ✗missed +27
Apr 2 vs DAL 47% 120–121 W 132–130 ✗missed +3
Mar 31 at BKN 47% 117–118 L 107–124 ✓correct −16
Mar 28 vs CLE 45% 116–118 W 120–118 ✗missed +4
Mar 26 vs MEM 47% 120–121 L 119–123 ✓correct −3
Mar 25 vs IND 68% 123–116 W 143–130 ✓correct +6
Mar 22 at MIN 35% 114–120 L 124–125 ✓correct +5
Mar 21 vs DET 86% 125–108 W 129–107 ✓correct +5
Mar 19 at SAS 76% 126–115 L 118–126 ✗missed −19
Mar 17 vs GSW 53% 120–119 W 127–119 ✓correct +7
Mar 13 vs MIN 58% 121–118 L 115–136 ✗missed −24
Mar 11 vs BOS 42% 116–119 L 125–134 ✓correct −6
Mar 10 at WAS 47% 118–119 W 114–107 ✗missed +8
Mar 8 at WAS 53% 118–117 W 122–120 ✓correct +1
Mar 6 at MIA 47% 116–117 L 128–130 ✓correct −1
Mar 4 at MIA 47% 115–116 L 109–117 ✓correct −7
Mar 3 vs POR 70% 124–116 W 129–111 ✓correct +10
Feb 28 vs WAS 60% 119–115 L 116–119 ✗missed −7
Feb 26 vs BKN 58% 119–116 W 129–127 ✓correct −1
Feb 24 vs CLE 47% 113–114 W 136–119 ✗missed +18
Feb 15 vs NYK 55% 117–115 L 101–122 ✗missed −23
Feb 13 at CHA 72% 124–115 L 138–144 ✗missed −15
Feb 11 vs SAS 84% 124–108 W 125–106 ✓correct +3
Feb 9 vs PHX 53% 119–118 W 116–107 ✓correct +8
Feb 7 at NOP 55% 118–116 L 107–116 ✗missed −11
Feb 4 at DEN 28% 111–120 L 108–128 ✓correct −11
Feb 3 at UTA 45% 117–119 W 115–108 ✗missed +9
Feb 1 at PHX 42% 115–118 W 132–100 ✗missed +35
Jan 30 at POR 47% 117–118 L 125–129 ✓correct −3
Jan 28 vs LAC 65% 118–112 L 113–120 ✗missed −13
Jan 25 at OKC 32% 114–121 W 137–132 ✗missed +12
Jan 23 at CHI 35% 115–121 L 100–111 ✓correct −5
Jan 21 vs CHA 81% 124–110 L 118–122 ✗missed −18
Jan 20 vs NYK 40% 111–115 W 139–124 ✗missed +19
Jan 18 at DAL 53% 116–115 W 130–122 ✓correct +7
Jan 16 vs MIA 32% 110–117 W 121–113 ✗missed +15
Jan 14 at TOR 42% 113–116 W 114–103 ✗missed +14
Jan 13 at IND 40% 112–116 W 113–111 ✗missed +6
Jan 11 vs MIL 47% 114–115 L 105–114 ✓correct −8
Jan 8 at LAC 55% 118–116 W 112–108 ✓correct +2
Jan 6 at LAL 55% 119–117 L 114–130 ✗missed −18
Jan 4 at SAC 45% 117–119 W 120–117 ✗missed +5
Jan 2 at GSW 60% 120–116 L 141–143 ✗missed −6
Dec 30 vs LAL 55% 117–115 L 121–130 ✗missed −11
Dec 28 vs BKN 42% 116–119 L 107–108 ✓correct +2
Dec 27 at IND 55% 118–116 L 114–129 ✗missed −17
Dec 23 vs DET 70% 119–111 W 130–105 ✓correct +17
Dec 21 vs CHI 60% 117–113 L 108–110 ✗missed −6
Dec 19 vs ORL 60% 115–111 W 126–125 ✓correct −3
Dec 16 at CHA 55% 118–116 W 125–106 ✓correct +17
Dec 14 at ORL 58% 111–108 L 124–135 ✗missed −14
Dec 12 at MEM 30% 109–117 L 103–128 ✓correct −17
Dec 11 vs CHI 55% 113–111 W 123–122 ✓correct −1
Dec 9 at BKN 40% 108–112 L 116–120 ✓correct ±0
Dec 7 at NYK 45% 110–112 L 89–113 ✓correct −22
Dec 5 vs OKC 55% 115–113 L 114–121 ✗missed −9
Dec 2 vs DEN 58% 112–109 W 117–109 ✓correct +5
Nov 30 at ORL 78% 118–106 W 125–108 ✓correct +5
Nov 28 at PHI 45% 110–112 L 101–104 ✓correct −1
Nov 27 vs MIA 58% 112–109 L 98–106 ✗missed −11
Nov 25 at HOU 72% 119–110 L 122–128 ✗missed −15
Nov 23 vs SAC 68% 120–113 W 115–106 ✓correct +2
Nov 21 at CLE 45% 111–113 L 102–114 ✓correct −10
Nov 19 vs TOR 58% 116–113 W 124–122 ✓correct −1
Nov 16 vs BOS 60% 113–109 L 101–126 ✗missed −29
Nov 14 at MIL 35% 106–112 W 121–106 ✗missed +21
Nov 12 at PHI 55% 111–109 L 109–121 ✗missed −14
Nov 10 vs PHI 47% 108–109 W 104–95 ✗missed +10
Nov 9 vs UTA 45% 110–112 L 119–125 ✓correct −4
Nov 7 vs MIL 47% 107–108 W 117–98 ✗missed +20
Nov 5 vs NOP 42% 108–111 W 124–121 ✗missed +6
Nov 2 at NYK 47% 110–111 W 112–99 ✗missed +14
Oct 31 at TOR 47% 106–107 L 109–139 ✓correct −29
Oct 29 at MIL 47% 107–108 L 115–123 ✓correct −7
Oct 28 at DET 63% 115–110 W 136–112 ✓correct +19
Oct 26 at DET 63% 112–107 W 118–113 ✓correct ±0
Oct 23 vs CHA 63% 115–110 L 109–126 ✗missed −22
Oct 21 vs ORL 76% 114–103 W 108–98 ✓correct −1
Oct 19 vs HOU 74% 116–106 W 117–107 ✓correct ±0

2022-23 to 2026-27

11.3 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 10.6 to 12.1; 21st smallest of 30
−0.7
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -1.9 to 0.6
14.5 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.0
56%
winner picked
350 games involving ATL
174 / 177.7
actual / expected wins
gap −3.7
0.239
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

ATL: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 0102030405060708090100110120130140150160170180 174 actual 177.7 exp. 1175350 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of ATL's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

ATL: 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: ATL'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

ATL: distribution of 350 margin errors; mean -0.7 points 02243 -40 to -36 pts: 2 games -36 to -32 pts: 2 games -32 to -28 pts: 8 games -28 to -24 pts: 6 games -24 to -20 pts: 14 games -20 to -16 pts: 15 games -16 to -12 pts: 19 games -12 to -8 pts: 32 games -8 to -4 pts: 43 games -4 to 0 pts: 40 games 0 to 4 pts: 37 games 4 to 8 pts: 38 games 8 to 12 pts: 30 games 12 to 16 pts: 19 games 16 to 20 pts: 15 games 20 to 24 pts: 13 games 24 to 28 pts: 9 games 28 to 32 pts: 3 games 32 to 36 pts: 3 games 36 to 40 pts: 2 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.

ATL against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2022-23 to 2026-27, smallest to largest; ATL is 21 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 350 games in this sample
DateOpponentATL win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Nov 7 vs BKN 80% 121–109 W 124–121 ✓correct −9
Nov 6 vs WAS 76% 120–110 W 139–132 ✓correct −3
Nov 4 at WAS 37% 110–114 W 120–105 ✗missed +19
Nov 2 at IND 72% 119–111 W 108–104 ✓correct −4
Oct 31 at NOP 64% 123–118 L 99–121 ✗missed −27
Oct 29 vs CLE 53% 115–114 W 114–111 ✓correct +2
Oct 28 vs MIA 62% 121–117 L 117–129 ✗missed −16
Oct 26 at HOU 33% 109–115 L 110–120 ✓correct −4
Oct 24 vs HOU 38% 108–112 L 114–121 ✓correct −3
Oct 23 at CHA 33% 110–116 W 128–81 ✗missed +53
Oct 21 at ORL 44% 111–113 W 132–125 ✗missed +9
Apr 30 PO vs NYK 45% 108–110 L 89–140 ✓correct −49
Apr 28 PO at NYK 47% 106–107 L 97–126 ✓correct −28
Apr 25 PO vs NYK 42% 106–109 L 98–114 ✓correct −13
Apr 23 PO vs NYK 44% 105–107 W 109–108 ✗missed +3
Apr 20 PO at NYK 34% 103–109 W 107–106 ✗missed +7
Apr 18 PO at NYK 39% 105–109 L 102–113 ✓correct −7
Apr 12 at MIA 36% 118–123 L 117–143 ✓correct −21
Apr 10 vs CLE 74% 122–113 W 124–102 ✓correct +13
Apr 8 at CLE 47% 119–120 L 116–122 ✓correct −5
Apr 6 vs NYK 42% 112–115 L 105–108 ✓correct ±0
Apr 3 at BKN 80% 122–110 W 141–107 ✓correct +22
Apr 1 at ORL 61% 120–116 W 130–101 ✓correct +25
Mar 30 vs BOS 47% 111–112 W 112–102 ✗missed +11
Mar 28 vs SAC 82% 123–110 W 123–113 ✓correct −3
Mar 27 at BOS 47% 113–114 L 102–109 ✓correct −6
Mar 25 at DET 39% 114–118 W 130–129 ✗missed +5
Mar 23 vs MEM 80% 125–113 W 146–107 ✓correct +27
Mar 21 vs GSW 76% 121–111 W 126–110 ✓correct +6
Mar 20 at HOU 47% 114–115 L 95–117 ✓correct −21
Mar 18 at DAL 69% 119–112 W 135–120 ✓correct +8
Mar 16 vs ORL 59% 117–114 W 124–112 ✓correct +9
Mar 14 vs MIL 83% 123–109 W 122–99 ✓correct +9
Mar 12 vs BKN 89% 125–107 W 108–97 ✓correct −7
Mar 10 vs DAL 74% 122–113 W 124–112 ✓correct +3
Mar 7 vs PHI 71% 120–112 W 125–116 ✓correct +1
Mar 4 at MIL 64% 118–113 W 131–113 ✓correct +13
Mar 1 vs POR 67% 119–113 W 135–101 ✓correct +28
Feb 26 vs WAS 78% 123–112 W 126–96 ✓correct +19
Feb 24 vs WAS 74% 122–113 W 119–98 ✓correct +12
Feb 22 vs BKN 74% 120–111 W 115–104 ✓correct +2
Feb 20 vs MIA 47% 118–119 L 97–128 ✓correct −30
Feb 19 at PHI 53% 116–115 W 117–107 ✓correct +9
Feb 11 at CHA 34% 112–118 L 107–110 ✓correct +3
Feb 9 at MIN 41% 115–118 L 116–138 ✓correct −19
Feb 7 vs CHA 47% 111–112 L 119–126 ✓correct −6
Feb 5 vs UTA 78% 123–112 W 121–119 ✓correct −9
Feb 3 at MIA 39% 116–120 W 127–115 ✗missed +16
Jan 31 at IND 53% 116–115 L 124–129 ✗missed −6
Jan 29 vs HOU 47% 110–111 L 86–104 ✓correct −17
Jan 28 at BOS 34% 110–116 W 117–106 ✗missed +17
Jan 26 vs IND 67% 117–111 W 132–116 ✓correct +10
Jan 23 vs PHX 39% 113–117 W 110–103 ✗missed +11
Jan 21 at MEM 44% 115–117 W 124–122 ✗missed +4
Jan 19 vs MIL 61% 117–113 L 110–112 ✗missed −6
Jan 17 vs BOS 42% 111–114 L 106–132 ✓correct −23
Jan 15 at POR 53% 117–116 L 101–117 ✗missed −17
Jan 13 at LAL 56% 117–115 L 116–141 ✗missed −27
Jan 11 at GSW 44% 117–119 W 124–111 ✗missed +15
Jan 9 at DEN 34% 119–125 W 110–87 ✗missed +29
Jan 7 vs NOP 64% 123–118 W 117–100 ✓correct +12
Jan 5 at TOR 39% 115–119 L 100–118 ✓correct −14
Jan 3 at TOR 31% 112–119 L 117–134 ✓correct −10
Jan 2 at NYK 29% 120–128 W 111–99 ✗missed +20
Dec 31 vs MIN 29% 116–124 W 126–102 ✗missed +32
Dec 29 at OKC 8% 110–131 L 129–140 ✓correct +10
Dec 27 vs NYK 39% 117–121 L 125–128 ✓correct +1
Dec 26 vs MIA 56% 120–118 L 111–126 ✗missed −17
Dec 23 vs CHI 53% 121–120 L 123–126 ✗missed −4
Dec 21 vs CHI 56% 120–118 L 150–152 ✗missed −4
Dec 19 vs SAS 42% 119–122 L 98–126 ✓correct −25
Dec 18 at CHA 58% 117–114 L 126–133 ✗missed −10
Dec 14 vs PHI 59% 119–116 W 120–117 ✓correct ±0
Dec 12 at DET 34% 115–121 L 115–142 ✓correct −21
Dec 6 at WAS 80% 125–113 W 131–116 ✓correct +3
Dec 5 vs DEN 47% 119–120 L 133–134 ✓correct ±0
Dec 3 vs LAC 67% 121–115 L 92–115 ✗missed −29
Dec 1 at DET 36% 116–121 L 98–99 ✓correct +4
Nov 30 at PHI 58% 120–117 W 142–134 ✓correct +5
Nov 28 vs CLE 53% 119–118 W 130–123 ✓correct +6
Nov 25 at WAS 83% 126–112 L 113–132 ✗missed −33
Nov 23 vs CHA 83% 122–108 W 113–110 ✓correct −11
Nov 22 at NOP 78% 123–112 W 115–98 ✓correct +6
Nov 20 at SAS 53% 116–115 L 126–135 ✗missed −10
Nov 18 vs DET 53% 117–116 L 112–120 ✗missed −9
Nov 16 at PHX 47% 116–117 W 124–122 ✗missed +3
Nov 13 at UTA 69% 119–112 W 132–122 ✓correct +3
Nov 12 at SAC 69% 120–113 W 133–100 ✓correct +26
Nov 10 at LAC 53% 115–114 W 105–102 ✓correct +2
Nov 8 vs LAL 42% 113–116 W 122–102 ✗missed +23
Nov 7 vs TOR 61% 120–116 L 97–109 ✗missed −16
Nov 4 vs ORL 67% 118–112 W 127–112 ✓correct +9
Nov 2 at CLE 44% 116–118 L 109–117 ✓correct −6
Oct 31 at IND 44% 114–116 W 128–108 ✗missed +22
Oct 29 at BKN 66% 121–115 W 117–112 ✓correct −1
Oct 27 at CHI 31% 116–123 L 123–128 ✓correct +2
Oct 25 vs OKC 31% 116–123 L 100–117 ✓correct −10
Oct 24 at ORL 41% 113–116 W 111–107 ✗missed +7
Oct 22 vs TOR 61% 121–117 L 118–138 ✗missed −24
Apr 13 vs ORL 44% 111–114 W 117–105 ✗missed +15
Apr 11 at PHI 71% 123–114 W 124–110 ✓correct +5
Apr 10 at BKN 64% 119–113 W 133–109 ✓correct +18
Apr 8 at ORL 31% 111–118 L 112–119 ✓correct ±0
Apr 6 vs UTA 79% 126–114 W 147–134 ✓correct +1
Apr 5 vs NYK 49% 116–117 L 105–121 ✓correct −15
Apr 2 at DAL 51% 121–120 L 118–120 ✗missed −3
Apr 1 vs POR 62% 118–114 L 113–127 ✗missed −18
Mar 30 at MIL 36% 113–118 W 145–124 ✗missed +26
Mar 27 at MIA 51% 114–113 L 112–122 ✗missed −11
Mar 25 at HOU 29% 113–121 L 114–121 ✓correct +1
Mar 23 vs PHI 73% 125–116 W 132–119 ✓correct +4
Mar 22 vs GSW 54% 119–118 W 124–115 ✓correct +8
Mar 18 at CHA 56% 118–115 W 134–102 ✓correct +29
Mar 16 at BKN 59% 115–111 L 114–122 ✗missed −12
Mar 14 vs LAC 54% 117–116 L 98–121 ✗missed −24
Mar 12 vs CHA 79% 125–113 W 123–110 ✓correct +1
Mar 10 vs PHI 77% 126–115 W 132–123 ✓correct −2
Mar 8 vs IND 44% 120–123 W 120–118 ✗missed +5
Mar 6 vs IND 41% 119–123 W 124–118 ✗missed +10
Mar 4 vs MIL 46% 118–120 L 121–127 ✓correct −4
Mar 3 at MEM 27% 116–125 W 132–130 ✗missed +11
Feb 28 vs OKC 41% 119–123 L 119–135 ✓correct −12
Feb 26 at MIA 46% 114–115 L 109–131 ✓correct −21
Feb 24 vs MIA 62% 121–117 W 98–86 ✓correct +8
Feb 23 vs DET 44% 118–121 L 143–148 ✓correct −2
Feb 20 vs ORL 62% 116–112 L 108–114 ✗missed −10
Feb 12 at NYK 29% 113–121 L 148–149 ✓correct +7
Feb 10 at ORL 46% 114–115 W 112–106 ✗missed +7
Feb 8 at WAS 56% 118–115 W 125–111 ✓correct +11
Feb 7 vs MIL 44% 117–120 W 115–110 ✗missed +8
Feb 5 vs SAS 54% 118–117 L 125–126 ✗missed −2
Feb 3 at DET 27% 111–120 W 132–130 ✗missed +11
Feb 1 at IND 23% 110–121 L 127–132 ✓correct +6
Jan 30 at CLE 19% 110–123 L 115–137 ✓correct −9
Jan 28 vs HOU 39% 115–120 L 96–100 ✓correct +1
Jan 27 at MIN 31% 112–119 L 92–100 ✓correct −1
Jan 25 vs TOR 69% 118–111 L 94–117 ✗missed −30
Jan 23 vs TOR 64% 118–113 L 119–122 ✗missed −8
Jan 22 vs DET 54% 116–115 L 104–114 ✗missed −11
Jan 20 at NYK 31% 113–120 L 110–119 ✓correct −2
Jan 18 at BOS 27% 109–118 W 119–115 ✗missed +13
Jan 15 at CHI 31% 118–125 W 110–94 ✗missed +23
Jan 14 vs PHX 54% 118–117 W 122–117 ✓correct +4
Jan 9 at PHX 43% 115–117 L 115–123 ✓correct −6
Jan 7 at UTA 64% 120–114 W 124–121 ✓correct −3
Jan 4 at LAC 36% 113–118 L 105–131 ✓correct −21
Jan 3 at LAL 38% 115–119 L 102–119 ✓correct −13
Jan 1 at DEN 36% 117–122 L 120–139 ✓correct −14
Dec 29 at TOR 54% 119–117 W 136–107 ✓correct +27
Dec 28 vs MIA 49% 113–114 W 120–110 ✗missed +11
Dec 26 vs CHI 59% 118–115 W 141–133 ✓correct +5
Dec 23 vs MIN 49% 113–114 W 117–104 ✗missed +14
Dec 21 vs MEM 44% 113–116 L 112–128 ✓correct −13
Dec 19 at SAS 51% 117–116 L 126–133 ✗missed −8
Dec 11 at NYK 27% 113–122 W 108–100 ✗missed +17
Dec 8 vs DEN 54% 118–117 L 111–141 ✗missed −31
Dec 6 vs LAL 71% 120–112 W 134–132 ✓correct −6
Dec 4 at MIL 36% 115–120 W 119–104 ✗missed +20
Dec 2 vs NOP 69% 117–110 W 124–112 ✓correct +5
Nov 30 at CHA 66% 118–111 W 107–104 ✓correct −4
Nov 29 vs CLE 36% 116–122 W 117–101 ✗missed +22
Nov 27 at CLE 18% 112–126 W 135–124 ✗missed +25
Nov 25 vs DAL 44% 114–117 L 119–129 ✓correct −7
Nov 22 at CHI 51% 119–118 L 122–136 ✗missed −15
Nov 20 at GSW 27% 113–122 L 97–120 ✓correct −14
Nov 18 at SAC 41% 118–121 W 109–108 ✗missed +4
Nov 17 at POR 56% 119–116 L 110–114 ✗missed −7
Nov 15 vs WAS 69% 122–115 W 129–117 ✓correct +5
Nov 12 at BOS 14% 110–127 W 117–116 ✗missed +18
Nov 9 vs CHI 57% 119–117 L 113–125 ✗missed −14
Nov 8 at DET 51% 116–115 L 121–122 ✗missed −2
Nov 6 vs NYK 41% 112–116 W 121–116 ✗missed +9
Nov 4 vs BOS 34% 111–118 L 93–123 ✓correct −23
Nov 3 at NOP 31% 111–118 W 126–111 ✗missed +22
Nov 1 vs SAC 36% 113–119 L 115–123 ✓correct −2
Oct 30 at WAS 51% 119–118 L 120–133 ✗missed −14
Oct 28 vs WAS 59% 120–117 L 119–121 ✗missed −5
Oct 27 at OKC 19% 108–121 L 104–128 ✓correct −11
Oct 25 vs CHA 67% 116–110 W 125–120 ✓correct −1
Oct 23 vs BKN 57% 112–110 W 120–116 ✓correct +2
Apr 14 at IND 39% 114–117 L 115–157 ✓correct −39
Apr 12 at MIN 35% 110–115 L 106–109 ✓correct +2
Apr 10 vs CHA 73% 115–105 L 114–115 ✗missed −11
Apr 9 vs MIA 53% 112–113 L 111–117 ✓correct −5
Apr 6 at DEN 35% 109–114 L 110–142 ✓correct −27
Apr 4 at DAL 35% 108–113 L 95–109 ✓correct −9
Apr 3 vs DET 81% 117–102 W 121–113 ✓correct −7
Apr 1 at CHI 43% 115–116 W 113–101 ✗missed +13
Mar 30 vs MIL 57% 112–111 L 113–122 ✗missed −10
Mar 28 vs BOS 35% 106–116 W 123–122 ✗missed +11
Mar 27 vs POR 65% 109–104 W 120–106 ✓correct +9
Mar 25 vs BOS 47% 106–110 W 120–118 ✗missed +6
Mar 23 vs CHA 53% 106–107 W 132–91 ✗missed +42
Mar 21 at PHX 30% 108–116 L 115–128 ✓correct −5
Mar 18 at LAL 39% 112–115 L 105–136 ✓correct −28
Mar 17 at LAC 35% 106–111 W 110–93 ✗missed +22
Mar 15 at UTA 49% 116–114 L 122–124 ✗missed −4
Mar 13 at POR 47% 110–109 L 102–106 ✗missed −5
Mar 10 vs NOP 47% 108–112 L 103–116 ✓correct −9
Mar 8 at MEM 49% 108–106 W 99–92 ✓correct +5
Mar 6 vs CLE 53% 112–113 W 112–101 ✗missed +12
Mar 5 at NYK 30% 106–114 W 116–100 ✗missed +24
Mar 2 at BKN 41% 113–115 L 102–114 ✓correct −10
Feb 29 at BKN 39% 113–116 L 97–124 ✓correct −24
Feb 27 vs UTA 45% 117–122 W 124–97 ✗missed +32
Feb 25 vs ORL 53% 118–119 W 109–92 ✗missed +18
Feb 23 vs TOR 59% 124–122 L 121–123 ✗missed −4
Feb 14 at CHA 59% 122–115 L 99–122 ✗missed −30
Feb 12 vs CHI 51% 120–122 L 126–136 ✓correct −8
Feb 10 vs HOU 63% 125–121 W 122–113 ✓correct +5
Feb 9 at PHI 41% 118–120 W 127–121 ✗missed +8
Feb 7 at BOS 37% 115–119 L 117–125 ✓correct −4
Feb 5 vs LAC 47% 117–121 L 144–149 ✓correct −1
Feb 3 vs GSW 59% 118–116 W 141–134 ✓correct +5
Feb 2 vs PHX 43% 114–120 W 129–120 ✗missed +15
Jan 30 vs LAL 53% 119–120 W 138–122 ✗missed +17
Jan 28 vs TOR 53% 116–117 W 126–125 ✗missed +2
Jan 26 vs DAL 61% 118–115 L 143–148 ✗missed −8
Jan 24 at GSW 35% 118–123 L 112–134 ✓correct −17
Jan 22 at SAC 28% 115–124 L 107–122 ✓correct −6
Jan 20 vs CLE 51% 115–117 L 95–116 ✓correct −19
Jan 19 at MIA 30% 110–118 W 109–108 ✗missed +9
Jan 17 vs ORL 53% 115–116 W 106–104 ✗missed +3
Jan 15 vs SAS 68% 123–116 W 109–99 ✓correct +3
Jan 13 vs WAS 70% 121–113 L 99–127 ✗missed −36
Jan 12 vs IND 53% 120–121 L 108–126 ✓correct −17
Jan 10 vs PHI 57% 118–117 W 139–132 ✓correct +6
Jan 7 at ORL 41% 116–118 L 110–117 ✓correct −5
Jan 5 at IND 35% 118–123 L 116–150 ✓correct −29
Jan 3 vs OKC 51% 119–121 W 141–138 ✗missed +5
Dec 31 at WAS 57% 122–116 W 130–126 ✓correct −2
Dec 29 vs SAC 51% 120–122 L 110–117 ✓correct −5
Dec 26 at CHI 47% 115–114 L 113–118 ✗missed −6
Dec 23 vs MEM 65% 119–114 L 119–125 ✗missed −11
Dec 22 at MIA 47% 119–118 L 113–122 ✗missed −10
Dec 20 at HOU 35% 113–118 W 134–127 ✗missed +12
Dec 18 vs DET 78% 125–112 W 130–124 ✓correct −7
Dec 16 at CLE 37% 113–117 L 119–127 ✓correct −4
Dec 15 at TOR 39% 118–121 W 125–104 ✗missed +24
Dec 13 at TOR 43% 118–119 L 128–135 ✓correct −6
Dec 11 vs DEN 53% 118–119 L 122–129 ✓correct −6
Dec 8 at PHI 24% 113–125 L 114–125 ✓correct +1
Dec 6 vs BKN 57% 121–120 L 113–114 ✗missed −2
Dec 2 at MIL 37% 116–120 L 121–132 ✓correct −7
Nov 30 at SAS 49% 119–117 W 137–135 ✓correct ±0
Nov 28 at CLE 37% 115–119 L 105–128 ✓correct −19
Nov 26 at BOS 39% 112–115 L 103–113 ✓correct −7
Nov 25 at WAS 59% 122–115 W 136–108 ✓correct +21
Nov 22 vs BKN 61% 120–117 W 147–145 ✓correct −1
Nov 21 vs IND 59% 120–118 L 152–157 ✗missed −7
Nov 17 vs PHI 63% 118–114 L 116–126 ✗missed −14
Nov 15 vs NYK 61% 116–113 L 114–116 ✗missed −5
Nov 14 at DET 49% 117–115 W 126–120 ✓correct +4
Nov 11 vs MIA 75% 123–112 L 109–117 ✗missed −19
Nov 9 at ORL 47% 115–114 W 120–119 ✓correct ±0
Nov 6 at OKC 47% 117–116 L 117–126 ✗missed −10
Nov 4 at NOP 37% 114–118 W 123–105 ✗missed +22
Nov 1 vs WAS 57% 116–115 W 130–121 ✓correct +8
Oct 30 vs MIN 59% 116–114 W 127–113 ✓correct +12
Oct 29 at MIL 41% 116–118 W 127–110 ✗missed +19
Oct 27 vs NYK 53% 112–113 L 120–126 ✓correct −5
Oct 25 at CHA 53% 118–114 L 110–116 ✗missed −10
Apr 27 PO vs BOS 53% 113–112 L 120–128 ✗missed −9
Apr 25 PO at BOS 24% 107–118 W 119–117 ✗missed +13
Apr 23 PO vs BOS 47% 112–113 L 121–129 ✓correct −7
Apr 21 PO vs BOS 45% 113–115 W 130–122 ✗missed +10
Apr 18 PO at BOS 28% 111–120 L 106–119 ✓correct −4
Apr 15 PO at BOS 32% 113–120 L 99–112 ✓correct −6
Apr 9 at BOS 37% 119–124 L 114–120 ✓correct −1
Apr 7 vs PHI 63% 118–113 L 131–136 ✗missed −10
Apr 5 vs WAS 65% 124–118 W 134–116 ✓correct +12
Apr 4 at CHI 28% 111–120 W 123–105 ✗missed +27
Apr 2 vs DAL 47% 120–121 W 132–130 ✗missed +3
Mar 31 at BKN 47% 117–118 L 107–124 ✓correct −16
Mar 28 vs CLE 45% 116–118 W 120–118 ✗missed +4
Mar 26 vs MEM 47% 120–121 L 119–123 ✓correct −3
Mar 25 vs IND 68% 123–116 W 143–130 ✓correct +6
Mar 22 at MIN 35% 114–120 L 124–125 ✓correct +5
Mar 21 vs DET 86% 125–108 W 129–107 ✓correct +5
Mar 19 at SAS 76% 126–115 L 118–126 ✗missed −19
Mar 17 vs GSW 53% 120–119 W 127–119 ✓correct +7
Mar 13 vs MIN 58% 121–118 L 115–136 ✗missed −24
Mar 11 vs BOS 42% 116–119 L 125–134 ✓correct −6
Mar 10 at WAS 47% 118–119 W 114–107 ✗missed +8
Mar 8 at WAS 53% 118–117 W 122–120 ✓correct +1
Mar 6 at MIA 47% 116–117 L 128–130 ✓correct −1
Mar 4 at MIA 47% 115–116 L 109–117 ✓correct −7
Mar 3 vs POR 70% 124–116 W 129–111 ✓correct +10
Feb 28 vs WAS 60% 119–115 L 116–119 ✗missed −7
Feb 26 vs BKN 58% 119–116 W 129–127 ✓correct −1
Feb 24 vs CLE 47% 113–114 W 136–119 ✗missed +18
Feb 15 vs NYK 55% 117–115 L 101–122 ✗missed −23
Feb 13 at CHA 72% 124–115 L 138–144 ✗missed −15
Feb 11 vs SAS 84% 124–108 W 125–106 ✓correct +3
Feb 9 vs PHX 53% 119–118 W 116–107 ✓correct +8
Feb 7 at NOP 55% 118–116 L 107–116 ✗missed −11
Feb 4 at DEN 28% 111–120 L 108–128 ✓correct −11
Feb 3 at UTA 45% 117–119 W 115–108 ✗missed +9
Feb 1 at PHX 42% 115–118 W 132–100 ✗missed +35
Jan 30 at POR 47% 117–118 L 125–129 ✓correct −3
Jan 28 vs LAC 65% 118–112 L 113–120 ✗missed −13
Jan 25 at OKC 32% 114–121 W 137–132 ✗missed +12
Jan 23 at CHI 35% 115–121 L 100–111 ✓correct −5
Jan 21 vs CHA 81% 124–110 L 118–122 ✗missed −18
Jan 20 vs NYK 40% 111–115 W 139–124 ✗missed +19
Jan 18 at DAL 53% 116–115 W 130–122 ✓correct +7
Jan 16 vs MIA 32% 110–117 W 121–113 ✗missed +15
Jan 14 at TOR 42% 113–116 W 114–103 ✗missed +14
Jan 13 at IND 40% 112–116 W 113–111 ✗missed +6
Jan 11 vs MIL 47% 114–115 L 105–114 ✓correct −8
Jan 8 at LAC 55% 118–116 W 112–108 ✓correct +2
Jan 6 at LAL 55% 119–117 L 114–130 ✗missed −18
Jan 4 at SAC 45% 117–119 W 120–117 ✗missed +5
Jan 2 at GSW 60% 120–116 L 141–143 ✗missed −6
Dec 30 vs LAL 55% 117–115 L 121–130 ✗missed −11
Dec 28 vs BKN 42% 116–119 L 107–108 ✓correct +2
Dec 27 at IND 55% 118–116 L 114–129 ✗missed −17
Dec 23 vs DET 70% 119–111 W 130–105 ✓correct +17
Dec 21 vs CHI 60% 117–113 L 108–110 ✗missed −6
Dec 19 vs ORL 60% 115–111 W 126–125 ✓correct −3
Dec 16 at CHA 55% 118–116 W 125–106 ✓correct +17
Dec 14 at ORL 58% 111–108 L 124–135 ✗missed −14
Dec 12 at MEM 30% 109–117 L 103–128 ✓correct −17
Dec 11 vs CHI 55% 113–111 W 123–122 ✓correct −1
Dec 9 at BKN 40% 108–112 L 116–120 ✓correct ±0
Dec 7 at NYK 45% 110–112 L 89–113 ✓correct −22
Dec 5 vs OKC 55% 115–113 L 114–121 ✗missed −9
Dec 2 vs DEN 58% 112–109 W 117–109 ✓correct +5
Nov 30 at ORL 78% 118–106 W 125–108 ✓correct +5
Nov 28 at PHI 45% 110–112 L 101–104 ✓correct −1
Nov 27 vs MIA 58% 112–109 L 98–106 ✗missed −11
Nov 25 at HOU 72% 119–110 L 122–128 ✗missed −15
Nov 23 vs SAC 68% 120–113 W 115–106 ✓correct +2
Nov 21 at CLE 45% 111–113 L 102–114 ✓correct −10
Nov 19 vs TOR 58% 116–113 W 124–122 ✓correct −1
Nov 16 vs BOS 60% 113–109 L 101–126 ✗missed −29
Nov 14 at MIL 35% 106–112 W 121–106 ✗missed +21
Nov 12 at PHI 55% 111–109 L 109–121 ✗missed −14
Nov 10 vs PHI 47% 108–109 W 104–95 ✗missed +10
Nov 9 vs UTA 45% 110–112 L 119–125 ✓correct −4
Nov 7 vs MIL 47% 107–108 W 117–98 ✗missed +20
Nov 5 vs NOP 42% 108–111 W 124–121 ✗missed +6
Nov 2 at NYK 47% 110–111 W 112–99 ✗missed +14
Oct 31 at TOR 47% 106–107 L 109–139 ✓correct −29
Oct 29 at MIL 47% 107–108 L 115–123 ✓correct −7
Oct 28 at DET 63% 115–110 W 136–112 ✓correct +19
Oct 26 at DET 63% 112–107 W 118–113 ✓correct ±0
Oct 23 vs CHA 63% 115–110 L 109–126 ✗missed −22
Oct 21 vs ORL 76% 114–103 W 108–98 ✓correct −1
Oct 19 vs HOU 74% 116–106 W 117–107 ✓correct ±0

Surprise games

All ATL surprises

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

Most unexpected ATL wins

  1. 14%ATL beat BOS117–116Nov 12, 2024-25 · forecast BOS127–110 · missed margin by 18
  2. 18%ATL beat CLE135–124Nov 27, 2024-25 · forecast CLE126–112 · missed margin by 25
  3. 24%ATL beat BOS119–117Apr 25, 2022-23 · playoffs · forecast BOS118–107 · missed margin by 13
  4. 27%ATL beat MEM132–130Mar 3, 2024-25 · forecast MEM125–116 · missed margin by 11
  5. 27%ATL beat DET132–130Feb 3, 2024-25 · forecast DET120–111 · missed margin by 11

Most unexpected ATL losses

  1. 17%WAS beat ATL132–113Nov 25, 2025-26 · forecast ATL126–112 · missed margin by 33
  2. 19%CHA beat ATL122–118Jan 21, 2022-23 · forecast ATL124–110 · missed margin by 18
  3. 24%SAS beat ATL126–118Mar 19, 2022-23 · forecast ATL126–115 · missed margin by 19
  4. 25%MIA beat ATL117–109Nov 11, 2023-24 · forecast ATL123–112 · missed margin by 19
  5. 27%CHA beat ATL115–114Apr 10, 2023-24 · forecast ATL115–105 · missed margin by 11

Largest margin misses

  1. 33%ATL beat CHA128–81Oct 23, 2026-27 · forecast CHA116–110 · missed margin by 53
  2. 55%NYK beat ATL140–89Apr 30, 2025-26 · playoffs · forecast NYK110–108 · missed margin by 49
  3. 53%ATL beat CHA132–91Mar 23, 2023-24 · forecast CHA107–106 · missed margin by 42
  4. 61%IND beat ATL157–115Apr 14, 2023-24 · forecast IND117–114 · missed margin by 39
  5. 30%WAS beat ATL127–99Jan 13, 2023-24 · forecast ATL121–113 · missed margin by 36

Recent results the forecast got wrong

  1. 37%ATL beat WAS120–105Nov 4, 2026-27 · forecast WAS114–110 · missed margin by 19
  2. 36%NOP beat ATL121–99Oct 31, 2026-27 · forecast ATL123–118 · missed margin by 27
  3. 39%MIA beat ATL129–117Oct 28, 2026-27 · forecast ATL121–117 · missed margin by 16
  4. 33%ATL beat CHA128–81Oct 23, 2026-27 · forecast CHA116–110 · missed margin by 53
  5. 44%ATL beat ORL132–125Oct 21, 2026-27 · forecast ORL113–111 · missed margin by 9

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.