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Golden State Warriors GSW

7–3
2026-27 record
1509
Elo rating
with the forecast of Nov 7
116.9
Offensive rating
last 10 games
112.2
Defensive rating
last 10, lower is better
100.4
Pace
possessions per game
224 of 363 forecasts for GSW games picked the winner.

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Every graded GSW game, one dot each, oldest at the center. 224 of 363 forecasts picked the winner (colored dots).

Elo rating, recent games

GSW pregame Elo over its last 82 games with a forecast, from 1562 to 1509 14001450150015501600 new season 1509 Nov 2025 Nov 2026
Pregame Elo stored with each of GSW's last 82 forecasts. Dashed: 1500, the long-run average.

Upcoming

Schedule
Nov 9 10:00 PM ET
NOP New Orleans Pelicans 4–6 –
@GSW Golden State Warriors (home) 7–3 –
Forecast coming Details
Nov 11 9:30 PM ET
GSW Golden State Warriors 7–3 –
@HOU Houston Rockets (home) 7–3 –
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Nov 13 9:30 PM ET
GSW Golden State Warriors 7–3 –
@SAS San Antonio Spurs (home) 8–2 –
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Recent results

Archive
Nov 7 Final
ORL Orlando Magic 107 119
@GSW Golden State Warriors (home) 119 126
ORL 20% 80% GSW

Why: Injuries 4.6 → GSW · Offense, last 10 2.0 → GSW

✓ Picked GSW Details
Nov 5 Final
MIA Miami Heat 118 100
@GSW Golden State Warriors (home) 119 120
MIA 48% 52% GSW

Coin flip

✓ Picked GSW Details
Nov 2 Final
PHX Phoenix Suns 113 113
@GSW Golden State Warriors (home) 114 116
PHX 47% 53% GSW

Coin flip Why: Pace 1.2 → PHX · Sample size 0.7 → PHX

✓ Picked GSW Details
Nov 1 Final
LAC Los Angeles Clippers 113 112
@GSW Golden State Warriors (home) 112 124
LAC 53% 47% GSW

Coin flip Why: Injuries 2.1 → LAC · Defense, last 10 1.7 → LAC

✗ Picked LAC Details
Oct 30 Final
LAL Los Angeles Lakers 116 95
@GSW Golden State Warriors (home) 114 112
LAL 56% 44% GSW

Why: Elo 2.7 → LAL · Defense, last 10 0.8 → LAL

✗ Picked LAL Details

Predictability

How closely the forecasts tracked GSW 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.

12.5 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 8.4 to 17.4
+6.5
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -0.6 to 13.9
14.3 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.7
50%
winner picked
10 games involving GSW
7 / 4.6
actual / expected wins
gap +2.4
0.273
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

GSW: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 0246810 7 actual 4.6 exp. 1510 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of GSW's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

GSW: 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: GSW'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

GSW: distribution of 10 margin errors; mean +6.5 points 012 -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: 1 games -12 to -8 pts: 0 games -8 to -4 pts: 2 games -4 to 0 pts: 1 games 0 to 4 pts: 1 games 4 to 8 pts: 0 games 8 to 12 pts: 0 games 12 to 16 pts: 2 games 16 to 20 pts: 2 games 20 to 24 pts: 0 games 24 to 28 pts: 0 games 28 to 32 pts: 1 games 32 to 36 pts: 0 games 36 to 40 pts: 0 games mean +6.5 -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.

GSW against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2026-27, smallest to largest; GSW is 20 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
DateOpponentGSW win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Nov 7 vs ORL 80% 119–107 W 126–119 ✓correct −5
Nov 5 vs MIA 52% 119–118 W 120–100 ✓correct +19
Nov 2 vs PHX 53% 114–113 W 116–113 ✓correct +2
Nov 1 vs LAC 47% 112–113 W 124–112 ✗missed +13
Oct 30 vs LAL 44% 114–116 W 112–95 ✗missed +19
Oct 28 at MIN 31% 111–118 W 119–114 ✗missed +12
Oct 26 at DEN 24% 109–119 W 134–114 ✗missed +30
Oct 24 at PHX 31% 109–116 L 122–131 ✓correct −2
Oct 23 vs MEM 62% 121–117 L 108–111 ✗missed −7
Oct 21 at LAL 33% 110–116 L 105–127 ✓correct −16

2025-26

10.4 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 9.1 to 12.0; 6th smallest of 30
−1.6
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -3.9 to 0.8
12.9 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.4
63%
winner picked
82 games involving GSW
37 / 43.2
actual / expected wins
gap −6.2
0.208
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

GSW: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 010203040 37 actual 43.2 exp. 14182 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of GSW's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

GSW: 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: GSW'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

GSW: distribution of 82 margin errors; mean -1.5 points 0713 -40 to -36 pts: 0 games -36 to -32 pts: 1 games -32 to -28 pts: 2 games -28 to -24 pts: 0 games -24 to -20 pts: 1 games -20 to -16 pts: 5 games -16 to -12 pts: 4 games -12 to -8 pts: 13 games -8 to -4 pts: 12 games -4 to 0 pts: 7 games 0 to 4 pts: 12 games 4 to 8 pts: 4 games 8 to 12 pts: 9 games 12 to 16 pts: 2 games 16 to 20 pts: 5 games 20 to 24 pts: 3 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 -1.5 -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.

GSW against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2025-26, smallest to largest; GSW is 6 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
DateOpponentGSW win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Apr 12 at LAC 29% 109–117 L 110–115 ✓correct +3
Apr 10 at SAC 58% 117–114 L 118–124 ✗missed −9
Apr 9 vs LAL 47% 116–117 L 103–119 ✓correct −15
Apr 7 vs SAC 64% 116–111 W 110–105 ✓correct ±0
Apr 5 vs HOU 42% 113–116 L 116–117 ✓correct +2
Apr 2 vs CLE 39% 116–120 L 111–118 ✓correct −3
Apr 1 vs SAS 17% 110–124 L 113–127 ✓correct ±0
Mar 29 at DEN 36% 119–124 L 93–116 ✓correct −18
Mar 27 vs WAS 76% 123–113 W 131–126 ✓correct −5
Mar 25 vs BKN 80% 119–107 W 109–106 ✓correct −9
Mar 23 at DAL 58% 118–115 W 137–131 ✓correct +3
Mar 21 at ATL 24% 111–121 L 110–126 ✓correct −6
Mar 20 at DET 26% 107–116 L 101–115 ✓correct −5
Mar 18 at BOS 24% 107–117 L 99–120 ✓correct −11
Mar 16 at WAS 64% 118–113 W 125–117 ✓correct +3
Mar 15 at NYK 19% 107–120 L 107–110 ✓correct +10
Mar 13 vs MIN 53% 115–114 L 117–127 ✗missed −11
Mar 10 vs CHI 59% 118–115 L 124–130 ✗missed −9
Mar 9 at UTA 69% 117–110 L 116–119 ✗missed −10
Mar 7 at OKC 26% 107–116 L 97–104 ✓correct +2
Mar 5 at HOU 34% 108–114 W 115–113 ✗missed +8
Mar 2 vs LAC 53% 113–112 L 101–114 ✗missed −14
Feb 28 vs LAL 56% 116–114 L 101–129 ✗missed −30
Feb 25 at MEM 53% 120–119 W 133–112 ✓correct +20
Feb 24 at NOP 58% 115–112 L 109–113 ✗missed −7
Feb 22 vs DEN 47% 113–114 W 128–117 ✗missed +12
Feb 19 vs BOS 34% 105–111 L 110–121 ✓correct −5
Feb 11 vs SAS 47% 114–115 L 113–126 ✓correct −12
Feb 9 vs MEM 69% 121–114 W 114–113 ✓correct −6
Feb 7 at LAL 39% 113–117 L 99–105 ✓correct −2
Feb 5 at PHX 34% 114–120 W 101–97 ✗missed +10
Feb 3 vs PHI 76% 122–112 L 94–113 ✗missed −29
Jan 30 vs DET 53% 115–114 L 124–131 ✗missed −8
Jan 28 at UTA 76% 125–115 W 140–124 ✓correct +6
Jan 26 at MIN 36% 115–120 L 83–108 ✓correct −20
Jan 25 at MIN 34% 116–122 W 111–85 ✗missed +32
Jan 22 at DAL 53% 117–116 L 115–123 ✗missed −9
Jan 20 vs TOR 61% 115–111 L 127–145 ✗missed −22
Jan 19 vs MIA 61% 122–118 W 135–112 ✓correct +19
Jan 17 vs CHA 53% 116–115 W 136–116 ✓correct +19
Jan 15 vs NYK 64% 117–112 W 126–113 ✓correct +8
Jan 13 vs POR 61% 118–114 W 119–97 ✓correct +18
Jan 11 vs ATL 56% 119–117 L 111–124 ✗missed −15
Jan 9 vs SAC 80% 120–108 W 137–103 ✓correct +22
Jan 7 vs MIL 64% 116–111 W 120–113 ✓correct +2
Jan 5 at LAC 53% 114–113 L 102–103 ✗missed −2
Jan 3 vs UTA 74% 126–117 W 123–114 ✓correct ±0
Jan 2 vs OKC 42% 116–119 L 94–131 ✓correct −34
Dec 31 at CHA 61% 118–114 W 132–125 ✓correct +3
Dec 29 at BKN 53% 112–111 W 120–107 ✓correct +12
Dec 28 at TOR 61% 114–110 L 127–141 ✗missed −18
Dec 25 vs DAL 67% 119–113 W 126–116 ✓correct +4
Dec 22 vs ORL 67% 118–112 W 120–97 ✓correct +17
Dec 20 vs PHX 64% 114–109 W 119–116 ✓correct −2
Dec 18 at PHX 53% 115–114 L 98–99 ✗missed −2
Dec 14 at POR 66% 119–113 L 131–136 ✗missed −11
Dec 12 vs MIN 56% 113–111 L 120–127 ✗missed −9
Dec 7 at CHI 66% 117–111 W 123–91 ✓correct +26
Dec 6 at CLE 34% 114–120 W 99–94 ✗missed +11
Dec 4 at PHI 53% 116–115 L 98–99 ✗missed −2
Dec 2 vs OKC 47% 112–113 L 112–124 ✓correct −11
Nov 29 vs NOP 80% 121–109 W 104–96 ✓correct −4
Nov 26 vs HOU 53% 116–115 L 100–104 ✗missed −5
Nov 24 vs UTA 76% 122–112 W 134–117 ✓correct +7
Nov 21 vs POR 74% 123–114 L 123–127 ✗missed −13
Nov 19 at MIA 44% 118–120 L 96–110 ✓correct −12
Nov 18 at ORL 44% 114–116 L 113–121 ✓correct −6
Nov 16 at NOP 69% 117–110 W 124–106 ✓correct +11
Nov 14 at SAS 47% 117–118 W 109–108 ✗missed +2
Nov 12 at SAS 41% 114–117 W 125–120 ✗missed +8
Nov 11 at OKC 19% 110–123 L 102–126 ✓correct −11
Nov 9 vs IND 78% 121–110 W 114–83 ✓correct +20
Nov 7 at DEN 34% 113–119 L 104–129 ✓correct −19
Nov 5 at SAC 58% 115–112 L 116–121 ✗missed −8
Nov 4 vs PHX 69% 121–114 W 118–107 ✓correct +4
Nov 1 at IND 56% 112–110 L 109–114 ✗missed −7
Oct 30 at MIL 41% 113–116 L 110–120 ✓correct −7
Oct 28 vs LAC 53% 111–110 W 98–79 ✓correct +18
Oct 27 vs MEM 64% 119–114 W 131–118 ✓correct +8
Oct 24 at POR 44% 110–112 L 119–139 ✓correct −18
Oct 23 vs DEN 59% 112–109 W 137–131 ✓correct +3
Oct 21 at LAL 47% 110–111 W 119–109 ✗missed +11

2024-25

12.3 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 10.7 to 14.0; 28th smallest of 30
+0.8
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -1.8 to 3.5
15.8 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.0
60%
winner picked
94 games involving GSW
53 / 50.9
actual / expected wins
gap +2.1
0.235
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

GSW: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 01020304050 53 actual 50.9 exp. 14794 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of GSW's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

GSW: 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: GSW'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

GSW: distribution of 94 margin errors; mean +0.8 points 0713 -40 to -36 pts: 1 games -36 to -32 pts: 2 games -32 to -28 pts: 1 games -28 to -24 pts: 1 games -24 to -20 pts: 1 games -20 to -16 pts: 3 games -16 to -12 pts: 9 games -12 to -8 pts: 6 games -8 to -4 pts: 13 games -4 to 0 pts: 9 games 0 to 4 pts: 9 games 4 to 8 pts: 7 games 8 to 12 pts: 10 games 12 to 16 pts: 8 games 16 to 20 pts: 2 games 20 to 24 pts: 5 games 24 to 28 pts: 1 games 28 to 32 pts: 3 games 32 to 36 pts: 2 games 36 to 40 pts: 1 games mean +0.8 -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.

GSW against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2024-25, smallest to largest; GSW is 28 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 94 games in this sample
DateOpponentGSW win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
May 14 PO at MIN 31% 101–108 L 110–121 ✓correct −4
May 12 PO vs MIN 57% 100–98 L 110–117 ✗missed −9
May 10 PO vs MIN 62% 101–97 L 97–102 ✗missed −9
May 8 PO at MIN 23% 94–105 L 93–117 ✓correct −13
May 6 PO at MIN 31% 99–106 W 99–88 ✗missed +18
May 4 PO at HOU 51% 103–102 W 103–89 ✓correct +13
May 2 PO vs HOU 59% 104–101 L 107–115 ✗missed −11
Apr 30 PO at HOU 41% 101–104 L 116–131 ✓correct −12
Apr 28 PO vs HOU 67% 106–100 W 109–106 ✓correct −3
Apr 26 PO vs HOU 62% 109–105 W 104–93 ✓correct +7
Apr 23 PO at HOU 43% 107–109 L 94–109 ✓correct −13
Apr 20 PO at HOU 38% 110–114 W 95–85 ✗missed +14
Apr 13 vs LAC 49% 110–111 L 119–124 ✓correct −4
Apr 11 at POR 61% 118–113 W 103–86 ✓correct +12
Apr 9 vs SAS 82% 123–109 L 111–114 ✗missed −17
Apr 8 at PHX 64% 117–111 W 133–95 ✓correct +32
Apr 6 vs HOU 59% 115–112 L 96–106 ✗missed −13
Apr 4 vs DEN 59% 116–113 W 118–104 ✓correct +11
Apr 3 at LAL 51% 116–115 W 123–116 ✓correct +6
Apr 1 at MEM 46% 114–115 W 134–125 ✗missed +10
Mar 30 at SAS 51% 116–115 W 148–106 ✓correct +41
Mar 28 at NOP 77% 120–108 W 111–95 ✓correct +4
Mar 25 at MIA 64% 114–108 L 86–112 ✗missed −32
Mar 22 at ATL 46% 118–119 L 115–124 ✓correct −8
Mar 20 vs TOR 77% 120–109 W 117–114 ✓correct −8
Mar 18 vs MIL 57% 117–115 W 104–93 ✓correct +9
Mar 17 vs DEN 67% 119–113 L 105–114 ✗missed −15
Mar 15 vs NYK 64% 114–109 W 97–94 ✓correct −2
Mar 13 vs SAC 54% 114–113 W 130–104 ✓correct +25
Mar 10 vs POR 69% 120–113 W 130–120 ✓correct +3
Mar 8 vs DET 62% 118–114 W 115–110 ✓correct +1
Mar 6 at BKN 66% 114–107 W 121–119 ✓correct −5
Mar 4 at NYK 41% 115–118 W 114–102 ✗missed +15
Mar 3 at CHA 69% 118–110 W 119–101 ✓correct +10
Mar 1 at PHI 71% 118–109 L 119–126 ✗missed −16
Feb 27 at ORL 56% 113–110 W 121–115 ✓correct +3
Feb 25 vs CHA 81% 119–106 W 128–92 ✓correct +23
Feb 23 vs DAL 62% 118–114 W 126–102 ✓correct +20
Feb 21 at SAC 36% 113–118 W 132–108 ✗missed +29
Feb 13 at HOU 46% 112–113 W 105–98 ✗missed +8
Feb 12 at DAL 51% 120–119 L 107–111 ✗missed −5
Feb 10 at MIL 54% 120–118 W 125–111 ✓correct +12
Feb 8 at CHI 51% 118–117 W 132–111 ✓correct +20
Feb 6 at LAL 31% 109–116 L 112–120 ✓correct −1
Feb 5 at UTA 61% 117–112 L 128–131 ✗missed −8
Feb 3 vs ORL 64% 113–108 W 104–99 ✓correct ±0
Jan 31 vs PHX 57% 114–112 L 105–130 ✗missed −27
Jan 29 vs OKC 29% 108–117 W 116–109 ✗missed +16
Jan 28 vs UTA 77% 116–105 W 114–103 ✓correct ±0
Jan 25 vs LAL 44% 110–113 L 108–118 ✓correct −7
Jan 23 vs CHI 57% 116–114 W 131–106 ✓correct +23
Jan 22 at SAC 31% 110–117 L 117–123 ✓correct +1
Jan 20 vs BOS 34% 103–110 L 85–125 ✓correct −33
Jan 18 vs WAS 64% 115–110 W 122–114 ✓correct +3
Jan 15 at MIN 31% 104–111 W 116–115 ✗missed +8
Jan 13 at TOR 54% 115–113 L 101–104 ✗missed −5
Jan 10 at IND 29% 109–117 L 96–108 ✓correct −4
Jan 9 at DET 43% 112–114 W 107–104 ✗missed +5
Jan 7 vs MIA 54% 112–111 L 98–114 ✗missed −17
Jan 5 vs SAC 59% 117–114 L 99–129 ✗missed −33
Jan 4 vs MEM 49% 116–117 W 121–113 ✗missed +9
Jan 2 vs PHI 59% 112–109 W 139–105 ✓correct +31
Dec 30 vs CLE 34% 107–114 L 95–113 ✓correct −11
Dec 28 vs PHX 64% 113–108 W 109–105 ✓correct −1
Dec 27 at LAC 31% 107–114 L 92–102 ✓correct −3
Dec 25 vs LAL 59% 113–110 L 113–115 ✗missed −5
Dec 23 vs IND 64% 117–112 L 105–111 ✗missed −11
Dec 21 at MIN 41% 108–111 W 113–103 ✗missed +13
Dec 19 at MEM 38% 115–119 L 93–144 ✓correct −47
Dec 15 vs DAL 59% 115–112 L 133–143 ✗missed −13
Dec 11 at HOU 27% 107–116 L 90–91 ✓correct +8
Dec 8 vs MIN 64% 110–105 W 114–106 ✓correct +3
Dec 6 vs MIN 69% 113–106 L 90–107 ✗missed −24
Dec 5 vs HOU 49% 113–114 W 99–93 ✗missed +7
Dec 3 at DEN 29% 112–120 L 115–119 ✓correct +4
Nov 30 at PHX 46% 116–117 L 105–113 ✓correct −7
Nov 27 vs OKC 54% 113–112 L 101–105 ✗missed −5
Nov 25 vs BKN 79% 118–106 L 120–128 ✗missed −20
Nov 23 at SAS 56% 118–115 L 94–104 ✗missed −13
Nov 22 at NOP 69% 115–107 W 112–108 ✓correct −4
Nov 20 vs ATL 73% 122–113 W 120–97 ✓correct +14
Nov 18 at LAC 54% 115–113 L 99–102 ✗missed −5
Nov 15 vs MEM 75% 121–111 W 123–118 ✓correct −5
Nov 12 vs DAL 71% 119–111 W 120–117 ✓correct −5
Nov 10 at OKC 25% 110–120 W 127–116 ✗missed +21
Nov 8 at CLE 36% 112–117 L 117–136 ✓correct −14
Nov 6 at BOS 38% 111–115 W 118–112 ✗missed +10
Nov 4 at WAS 73% 121–111 W 125–112 ✓correct +3
Nov 2 at HOU 43% 111–113 W 127–121 ✗missed +8
Oct 30 vs NOP 73% 117–108 W 104–89 ✓correct +6
Oct 29 vs NOP 64% 116–111 W 124–106 ✓correct +13
Oct 27 vs LAC 71% 116–108 L 104–112 ✗missed −16
Oct 25 at UTA 66% 118–111 W 127–86 ✓correct +34
Oct 23 at POR 64% 114–108 W 140–104 ✓correct +30

2023-24

10.1 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 8.5 to 11.8; 5th smallest of 30
+1.0
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -1.4 to 3.2
13.5 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.3
62%
winner picked
82 games involving GSW
46 / 43.5
actual / expected wins
gap +2.5
0.237
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

GSW: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 01020304050 46 actual 43.5 exp. 14182 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of GSW's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

GSW: 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: GSW'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

GSW: distribution of 82 margin errors; mean +1.0 points 0612 -40 to -36 pts: 1 games -36 to -32 pts: 1 games -32 to -28 pts: 0 games -28 to -24 pts: 0 games -24 to -20 pts: 1 games -20 to -16 pts: 2 games -16 to -12 pts: 6 games -12 to -8 pts: 5 games -8 to -4 pts: 11 games -4 to 0 pts: 12 games 0 to 4 pts: 11 games 4 to 8 pts: 9 games 8 to 12 pts: 6 games 12 to 16 pts: 6 games 16 to 20 pts: 4 games 20 to 24 pts: 2 games 24 to 28 pts: 3 games 28 to 32 pts: 0 games 32 to 36 pts: 2 games 36 to 40 pts: 0 games mean +1.0 -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.

GSW against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2023-24, smallest to largest; GSW is 5 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
DateOpponentGSW win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Apr 14 vs UTA 76% 115–103 W 123–116 ✓correct −5
Apr 12 vs NOP 57% 111–110 L 109–114 ✗missed −6
Apr 11 at POR 53% 113–109 W 100–92 ✓correct +4
Apr 9 at LAL 35% 112–117 W 134–120 ✗missed +19
Apr 7 vs UTA 76% 119–107 W 118–110 ✓correct −4
Apr 5 at DAL 39% 109–112 L 106–108 ✓correct +1
Apr 4 at HOU 43% 114–115 W 133–110 ✗missed +24
Apr 2 vs DAL 63% 113–109 W 104–100 ✓correct ±0
Mar 31 at SAS 61% 115–107 W 117–113 ✓correct −4
Mar 29 at CHA 57% 113–107 W 115–97 ✓correct +12
Mar 27 at ORL 30% 107–115 W 101–93 ✗missed +16
Mar 26 at MIA 43% 109–110 W 113–92 ✗missed +22
Mar 24 at MIN 41% 111–113 L 110–114 ✓correct −2
Mar 22 vs IND 63% 118–114 L 111–123 ✗missed −16
Mar 20 vs MEM 76% 115–103 W 137–116 ✓correct +9
Mar 18 vs NYK 53% 104–105 L 112–119 ✓correct −6
Mar 16 at LAL 43% 115–116 W 128–121 ✗missed +8
Mar 13 at DAL 39% 117–120 L 99–109 ✓correct −7
Mar 11 at SAS 55% 120–115 W 112–102 ✓correct +5
Mar 9 vs SAS 68% 118–111 L 113–126 ✗missed −20
Mar 7 vs CHI 65% 116–111 L 122–125 ✗missed −8
Mar 6 vs MIL 59% 110–108 W 125–90 ✓correct +33
Mar 3 at BOS 30% 110–118 L 88–140 ✓correct −44
Mar 1 at TOR 49% 121–119 W 120–105 ✓correct +13
Feb 29 at NYK 39% 112–115 W 110–99 ✗missed +14
Feb 27 at WAS 65% 121–111 W 123–112 ✓correct +1
Feb 25 vs DEN 63% 117–113 L 103–119 ✗missed −20
Feb 23 vs CHA 82% 125–109 W 97–84 ✓correct −3
Feb 22 vs LAL 65% 121–116 W 128–110 ✓correct +13
Feb 15 at UTA 47% 122–121 W 140–137 ✓correct +2
Feb 14 vs LAC 63% 118–114 L 125–130 ✗missed −9
Feb 12 at UTA 43% 120–121 W 129–107 ✗missed +23
Feb 10 vs PHX 59% 116–114 W 113–112 ✓correct −1
Feb 8 at IND 35% 116–121 W 131–109 ✗missed +27
Feb 7 at PHI 43% 117–118 W 127–104 ✗missed +24
Feb 5 at BKN 41% 113–115 W 109–98 ✗missed +13
Feb 3 at ATL 41% 116–118 L 134–141 ✓correct −5
Feb 2 at MEM 53% 111–107 W 121–101 ✓correct +16
Jan 30 vs PHI 49% 118–121 W 119–107 ✗missed +15
Jan 27 vs LAL 51% 120–122 L 144–145 ✓correct +1
Jan 25 vs SAC 47% 118–122 L 133–134 ✓correct +3
Jan 24 vs ATL 65% 123–118 W 134–112 ✓correct +17
Jan 15 at MEM 57% 116–110 L 107–116 ✗missed −15
Jan 13 at MIL 30% 114–122 L 118–129 ✓correct −3
Jan 12 at CHI 43% 112–113 W 140–131 ✗missed +10
Jan 10 vs NOP 49% 114–117 L 105–141 ✓correct −33
Jan 7 vs TOR 57% 118–117 L 118–133 ✗missed −16
Jan 5 vs DET 79% 127–113 W 113–109 ✓correct −10
Jan 4 vs DEN 51% 116–118 L 127–130 ✓correct −1
Jan 2 vs ORL 57% 118–117 W 121–115 ✓correct +5
Dec 30 vs DAL 63% 119–115 L 122–132 ✗missed −14
Dec 28 vs MIA 63% 118–114 L 102–114 ✗missed −16
Dec 25 at DEN 37% 112–116 L 114–120 ✓correct −2
Dec 23 vs POR 73% 121–111 W 126–106 ✓correct +10
Dec 22 vs WAS 70% 122–114 W 129–118 ✓correct +3
Dec 19 vs BOS 53% 116–117 W 132–126 ✗missed +7
Dec 17 at POR 47% 116–115 W 118–114 ✓correct +3
Dec 16 vs BKN 61% 117–114 W 124–120 ✓correct +1
Dec 14 at LAC 34% 112–118 L 113–121 ✓correct −2
Dec 12 at PHX 51% 117–114 L 116–119 ✗missed −6
Dec 8 at OKC 32% 111–118 L 136–138 ✓correct +5
Dec 6 vs POR 73% 119–109 W 110–106 ✓correct −6
Dec 2 at LAC 34% 109–115 L 112–113 ✓correct +5
Nov 30 vs LAC 57% 115–114 W 120–114 ✓correct +5
Nov 28 at SAC 39% 115–118 L 123–124 ✓correct +2
Nov 24 vs SAS 73% 119–109 W 118–112 ✓correct −4
Nov 22 at PHX 43% 115–116 L 115–123 ✓correct −7
Nov 20 vs HOU 63% 116–112 W 121–116 ✓correct +1
Nov 18 vs OKC 59% 115–113 L 123–130 ✗missed −9
Nov 16 vs OKC 65% 116–111 L 109–128 ✗missed −24
Nov 14 vs MIN 53% 109–110 L 101–104 ✓correct −2
Nov 12 vs MIN 53% 108–109 L 110–116 ✓correct −5
Nov 11 vs CLE 65% 115–110 L 110–118 ✗missed −13
Nov 8 at DEN 43% 112–113 L 105–108 ✓correct −2
Nov 6 at DET 53% 116–112 W 120–109 ✓correct +7
Nov 5 at CLE 41% 109–111 L 104–115 ✓correct −9
Nov 3 at OKC 39% 114–117 W 141–139 ✗missed +5
Nov 1 vs SAC 73% 119–109 W 102–101 ✓correct −9
Oct 30 at NOP 35% 110–115 W 130–102 ✗missed +33
Oct 29 at HOU 51% 116–113 W 106–95 ✓correct +8
Oct 27 at SAC 41% 114–116 W 122–114 ✗missed +10
Oct 24 vs PHX 63% 116–112 L 104–108 ✗missed −8

2022-23

11.2 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 9.8 to 12.8; 23rd smallest of 30
+0.0
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -2.5 to 2.3
14.4 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 10.3
63%
winner picked
95 games involving GSW
50 / 51.0
actual / expected wins
gap −1.0
0.224
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

GSW: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 01020304050 50 actual 51.0 exp. 14895 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of GSW's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

GSW: 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: GSW'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

GSW: distribution of 95 margin errors; mean +0.0 points 0815 -40 to -36 pts: 1 games -36 to -32 pts: 0 games -32 to -28 pts: 2 games -28 to -24 pts: 1 games -24 to -20 pts: 3 games -20 to -16 pts: 2 games -16 to -12 pts: 5 games -12 to -8 pts: 13 games -8 to -4 pts: 11 games -4 to 0 pts: 6 games 0 to 4 pts: 10 games 4 to 8 pts: 15 games 8 to 12 pts: 10 games 12 to 16 pts: 5 games 16 to 20 pts: 2 games 20 to 24 pts: 5 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 +0.0 -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.

GSW against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2022-23, smallest to largest; GSW is 23 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 95 games in this sample
DateOpponentGSW win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
May 12 PO at LAL 35% 109–115 L 101–122 ✓correct −15
May 10 PO vs LAL 65% 115–109 W 121–106 ✓correct +9
May 8 PO at LAL 35% 108–114 L 101–104 ✓correct +3
May 6 PO at LAL 35% 110–116 L 97–127 ✓correct −24
May 4 PO vs LAL 68% 116–109 W 127–100 ✓correct +20
May 2 PO vs LAL 74% 120–110 L 112–117 ✗missed −15
Apr 30 PO at SAC 47% 110–111 W 120–100 ✗missed +21
Apr 28 PO vs SAC 72% 118–109 L 99–118 ✗missed −28
Apr 26 PO at SAC 47% 114–115 W 123–116 ✗missed +8
Apr 23 PO vs SAC 70% 116–108 W 126–125 ✓correct −7
Apr 20 PO vs SAC 72% 117–108 W 114–97 ✓correct +8
Apr 17 PO at SAC 37% 111–116 L 106–114 ✓correct −3
Apr 15 PO at SAC 30% 113–121 L 123–126 ✓correct +5
Apr 9 at POR 72% 127–118 W 157–101 ✓correct +47
Apr 7 at SAC 42% 115–118 W 119–97 ✗missed +25
Apr 4 vs OKC 60% 120–116 W 136–125 ✓correct +7
Apr 2 at DEN 37% 112–117 L 110–112 ✓correct +3
Mar 31 vs SAS 87% 123–105 W 130–115 ✓correct −3
Mar 28 vs NOP 60% 118–114 W 120–109 ✓correct +7
Mar 26 vs MIN 60% 122–118 L 96–99 ✗missed −7
Mar 24 vs PHI 40% 116–120 W 120–112 ✗missed +12
Mar 22 at DAL 47% 117–118 W 127–125 ✗missed +3
Mar 20 at HOU 68% 120–113 W 121–108 ✓correct +6
Mar 18 at MEM 45% 113–115 L 119–133 ✓correct −12
Mar 17 at ATL 47% 119–120 L 119–127 ✓correct −7
Mar 15 at LAC 45% 115–117 L 126–134 ✓correct −6
Mar 13 vs PHX 60% 117–113 W 123–112 ✓correct +7
Mar 11 vs MIL 55% 114–112 W 125–116 ✓correct +7
Mar 9 at MEM 40% 112–116 L 110–131 ✓correct −17
Mar 7 at OKC 42% 113–116 L 128–137 ✓correct −6
Mar 5 at LAL 55% 113–111 L 105–113 ✗missed −10
Mar 3 vs NOP 60% 116–112 W 108–99 ✓correct +5
Mar 2 vs LAC 58% 119–116 W 115–91 ✓correct +21
Feb 28 vs POR 63% 121–116 W 123–105 ✓correct +13
Feb 26 vs MIN 53% 118–117 W 109–104 ✓correct +4
Feb 24 vs HOU 78% 122–110 W 116–101 ✓correct +3
Feb 23 at LAL 55% 122–120 L 111–124 ✗missed −15
Feb 14 at LAC 26% 115–125 L 124–134 ✓correct ±0
Feb 13 vs WAS 68% 122–115 W 135–126 ✓correct +2
Feb 11 vs LAL 65% 119–113 L 103–109 ✗missed −12
Feb 8 at POR 55% 121–119 L 122–125 ✗missed −5
Feb 6 vs OKC 63% 118–113 W 141–114 ✓correct +22
Feb 4 vs DAL 65% 119–113 W 119–113 ✓correct ±0
Feb 2 at DEN 30% 110–118 L 117–134 ✓correct −9
Feb 1 at MIN 60% 118–114 L 114–119 ✗missed −9
Jan 30 at OKC 42% 115–118 W 128–120 ✗missed +11
Jan 27 vs TOR 63% 121–116 W 129–117 ✓correct +7
Jan 25 vs MEM 37% 113–118 W 122–120 ✗missed +7
Jan 22 vs BKN 53% 113–112 L 116–120 ✗missed −5
Jan 20 at CLE 30% 111–119 W 120–114 ✗missed +14
Jan 19 at BOS 40% 115–119 L 118–121 ✓correct +1
Jan 16 at WAS 47% 113–114 W 127–118 ✗missed +10
Jan 15 at CHI 55% 116–114 L 118–132 ✗missed −16
Jan 13 at SAS 60% 120–116 W 144–113 ✓correct +27
Jan 10 vs PHX 53% 113–112 L 113–125 ✗missed −13
Jan 7 vs ORL 60% 116–112 L 101–115 ✗missed −18
Jan 4 vs DET 70% 118–110 L 119–122 ✗missed −11
Jan 2 vs ATL 40% 116–120 W 143–141 ✗missed +6
Dec 30 vs POR 60% 118–114 W 118–112 ✓correct +2
Dec 28 vs UTA 42% 115–118 W 112–107 ✗missed +8
Dec 27 vs CHA 65% 118–112 W 110–105 ✓correct −1
Dec 25 vs MEM 37% 108–113 W 123–109 ✗missed +19
Dec 21 at BKN 32% 115–122 L 113–143 ✓correct −23
Dec 20 at NYK 30% 108–116 L 94–132 ✓correct −30
Dec 18 at TOR 47% 113–114 W 126–110 ✗missed +17
Dec 16 at PHI 35% 111–117 L 106–118 ✓correct −6
Dec 14 at IND 65% 119–113 L 119–125 ✗missed −12
Dec 13 at MIL 35% 110–116 L 111–128 ✓correct −11
Dec 10 vs BOS 53% 116–115 W 123–107 ✓correct +15
Dec 7 at UTA 37% 116–121 L 123–124 ✓correct +4
Dec 5 vs IND 60% 115–111 L 104–112 ✗missed −12
Dec 3 vs HOU 74% 119–109 W 120–101 ✓correct +9
Dec 2 vs CHI 58% 115–112 W 119–111 ✓correct +5
Nov 29 at DAL 60% 114–110 L 113–116 ✗missed −7
Nov 27 at MIN 53% 113–112 W 137–114 ✓correct +22
Nov 25 vs UTA 53% 115–114 W 129–118 ✓correct +10
Nov 23 vs LAC 60% 114–110 W 124–107 ✓correct +13
Nov 21 at NOP 40% 113–117 L 83–128 ✓correct −41
Nov 20 at HOU 70% 119–111 W 127–120 ✓correct −1
Nov 18 vs NYK 65% 117–111 W 111–101 ✓correct +4
Nov 16 at PHX 42% 109–112 L 119–130 ✓correct −8
Nov 14 vs SAS 60% 113–109 W 132–95 ✓correct +33
Nov 13 at SAC 63% 119–114 L 115–122 ✗missed −12
Nov 11 vs CLE 53% 114–113 W 106–101 ✓correct +4
Nov 7 vs SAC 58% 114–111 W 116–113 ✓correct ±0
Nov 4 at NOP 37% 113–118 L 105–114 ✓correct −4
Nov 3 at ORL 72% 117–108 L 129–130 ✗missed −10
Nov 1 at MIA 58% 111–108 L 109–116 ✗missed −10
Oct 30 at DET 70% 119–111 L 114–128 ✗missed −22
Oct 29 at CHA 45% 113–115 L 113–120 ✓correct −5
Oct 27 vs MIA 55% 109–107 W 123–110 ✓correct +11
Oct 25 at PHX 55% 107–105 L 105–134 ✗missed −31
Oct 23 vs SAC 72% 115–106 W 130–125 ✓correct −4
Oct 21 vs DEN 63% 114–109 L 123–128 ✗missed −10
Oct 18 vs LAL 65% 116–110 W 123–109 ✓correct +8

2022-23 to 2026-27

11.1 pts
average margin miss
90% interval 10.4 to 11.9; 17th smallest of 30
+0.3
average margin error
+ = better than forecast; 90% interval -0.9 to 1.4
14.3 pts
error variability
std. deviation; league margin miss 11.0
62%
winner picked
363 games involving GSW
193 / 193.2
actual / expected wins
gap −0.2
0.227
Brier score
0.25 = coin flip; lower is better

Expected and actual wins

GSW: cumulative expected wins from pregame win probabilities against actual wins 0102030405060708090100110120130140150160170180190 193 actual 193.2 exp. 1182363 Game number in sample
Solid: actual wins. Dashed: expected wins, the running sum of GSW's pregame win probability in each game.

Margin error, game by game

GSW: 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: GSW'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

GSW: distribution of 363 margin errors; mean +0.3 points 02549 -40 to -36 pts: 3 games -36 to -32 pts: 4 games -32 to -28 pts: 5 games -28 to -24 pts: 2 games -24 to -20 pts: 6 games -20 to -16 pts: 12 games -16 to -12 pts: 25 games -12 to -8 pts: 37 games -8 to -4 pts: 49 games -4 to 0 pts: 35 games 0 to 4 pts: 43 games 4 to 8 pts: 35 games 8 to 12 pts: 35 games 12 to 16 pts: 23 games 16 to 20 pts: 15 games 20 to 24 pts: 15 games 24 to 28 pts: 7 games 28 to 32 pts: 4 games 32 to 36 pts: 6 games 36 to 40 pts: 2 games mean +0.3 -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.

GSW against the league

Average margin miss by team, 2022-23 to 2026-27, smallest to largest; GSW is 17 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 363 games in this sample
DateOpponentGSW win prob.ProjectedFinalPickMargin error
Nov 7 vs ORL 80% 119–107 W 126–119 ✓correct −5
Nov 5 vs MIA 52% 119–118 W 120–100 ✓correct +19
Nov 2 vs PHX 53% 114–113 W 116–113 ✓correct +2
Nov 1 vs LAC 47% 112–113 W 124–112 ✗missed +13
Oct 30 vs LAL 44% 114–116 W 112–95 ✗missed +19
Oct 28 at MIN 31% 111–118 W 119–114 ✗missed +12
Oct 26 at DEN 24% 109–119 W 134–114 ✗missed +30
Oct 24 at PHX 31% 109–116 L 122–131 ✓correct −2
Oct 23 vs MEM 62% 121–117 L 108–111 ✗missed −7
Oct 21 at LAL 33% 110–116 L 105–127 ✓correct −16
Apr 12 at LAC 29% 109–117 L 110–115 ✓correct +3
Apr 10 at SAC 58% 117–114 L 118–124 ✗missed −9
Apr 9 vs LAL 47% 116–117 L 103–119 ✓correct −15
Apr 7 vs SAC 64% 116–111 W 110–105 ✓correct ±0
Apr 5 vs HOU 42% 113–116 L 116–117 ✓correct +2
Apr 2 vs CLE 39% 116–120 L 111–118 ✓correct −3
Apr 1 vs SAS 17% 110–124 L 113–127 ✓correct ±0
Mar 29 at DEN 36% 119–124 L 93–116 ✓correct −18
Mar 27 vs WAS 76% 123–113 W 131–126 ✓correct −5
Mar 25 vs BKN 80% 119–107 W 109–106 ✓correct −9
Mar 23 at DAL 58% 118–115 W 137–131 ✓correct +3
Mar 21 at ATL 24% 111–121 L 110–126 ✓correct −6
Mar 20 at DET 26% 107–116 L 101–115 ✓correct −5
Mar 18 at BOS 24% 107–117 L 99–120 ✓correct −11
Mar 16 at WAS 64% 118–113 W 125–117 ✓correct +3
Mar 15 at NYK 19% 107–120 L 107–110 ✓correct +10
Mar 13 vs MIN 53% 115–114 L 117–127 ✗missed −11
Mar 10 vs CHI 59% 118–115 L 124–130 ✗missed −9
Mar 9 at UTA 69% 117–110 L 116–119 ✗missed −10
Mar 7 at OKC 26% 107–116 L 97–104 ✓correct +2
Mar 5 at HOU 34% 108–114 W 115–113 ✗missed +8
Mar 2 vs LAC 53% 113–112 L 101–114 ✗missed −14
Feb 28 vs LAL 56% 116–114 L 101–129 ✗missed −30
Feb 25 at MEM 53% 120–119 W 133–112 ✓correct +20
Feb 24 at NOP 58% 115–112 L 109–113 ✗missed −7
Feb 22 vs DEN 47% 113–114 W 128–117 ✗missed +12
Feb 19 vs BOS 34% 105–111 L 110–121 ✓correct −5
Feb 11 vs SAS 47% 114–115 L 113–126 ✓correct −12
Feb 9 vs MEM 69% 121–114 W 114–113 ✓correct −6
Feb 7 at LAL 39% 113–117 L 99–105 ✓correct −2
Feb 5 at PHX 34% 114–120 W 101–97 ✗missed +10
Feb 3 vs PHI 76% 122–112 L 94–113 ✗missed −29
Jan 30 vs DET 53% 115–114 L 124–131 ✗missed −8
Jan 28 at UTA 76% 125–115 W 140–124 ✓correct +6
Jan 26 at MIN 36% 115–120 L 83–108 ✓correct −20
Jan 25 at MIN 34% 116–122 W 111–85 ✗missed +32
Jan 22 at DAL 53% 117–116 L 115–123 ✗missed −9
Jan 20 vs TOR 61% 115–111 L 127–145 ✗missed −22
Jan 19 vs MIA 61% 122–118 W 135–112 ✓correct +19
Jan 17 vs CHA 53% 116–115 W 136–116 ✓correct +19
Jan 15 vs NYK 64% 117–112 W 126–113 ✓correct +8
Jan 13 vs POR 61% 118–114 W 119–97 ✓correct +18
Jan 11 vs ATL 56% 119–117 L 111–124 ✗missed −15
Jan 9 vs SAC 80% 120–108 W 137–103 ✓correct +22
Jan 7 vs MIL 64% 116–111 W 120–113 ✓correct +2
Jan 5 at LAC 53% 114–113 L 102–103 ✗missed −2
Jan 3 vs UTA 74% 126–117 W 123–114 ✓correct ±0
Jan 2 vs OKC 42% 116–119 L 94–131 ✓correct −34
Dec 31 at CHA 61% 118–114 W 132–125 ✓correct +3
Dec 29 at BKN 53% 112–111 W 120–107 ✓correct +12
Dec 28 at TOR 61% 114–110 L 127–141 ✗missed −18
Dec 25 vs DAL 67% 119–113 W 126–116 ✓correct +4
Dec 22 vs ORL 67% 118–112 W 120–97 ✓correct +17
Dec 20 vs PHX 64% 114–109 W 119–116 ✓correct −2
Dec 18 at PHX 53% 115–114 L 98–99 ✗missed −2
Dec 14 at POR 66% 119–113 L 131–136 ✗missed −11
Dec 12 vs MIN 56% 113–111 L 120–127 ✗missed −9
Dec 7 at CHI 66% 117–111 W 123–91 ✓correct +26
Dec 6 at CLE 34% 114–120 W 99–94 ✗missed +11
Dec 4 at PHI 53% 116–115 L 98–99 ✗missed −2
Dec 2 vs OKC 47% 112–113 L 112–124 ✓correct −11
Nov 29 vs NOP 80% 121–109 W 104–96 ✓correct −4
Nov 26 vs HOU 53% 116–115 L 100–104 ✗missed −5
Nov 24 vs UTA 76% 122–112 W 134–117 ✓correct +7
Nov 21 vs POR 74% 123–114 L 123–127 ✗missed −13
Nov 19 at MIA 44% 118–120 L 96–110 ✓correct −12
Nov 18 at ORL 44% 114–116 L 113–121 ✓correct −6
Nov 16 at NOP 69% 117–110 W 124–106 ✓correct +11
Nov 14 at SAS 47% 117–118 W 109–108 ✗missed +2
Nov 12 at SAS 41% 114–117 W 125–120 ✗missed +8
Nov 11 at OKC 19% 110–123 L 102–126 ✓correct −11
Nov 9 vs IND 78% 121–110 W 114–83 ✓correct +20
Nov 7 at DEN 34% 113–119 L 104–129 ✓correct −19
Nov 5 at SAC 58% 115–112 L 116–121 ✗missed −8
Nov 4 vs PHX 69% 121–114 W 118–107 ✓correct +4
Nov 1 at IND 56% 112–110 L 109–114 ✗missed −7
Oct 30 at MIL 41% 113–116 L 110–120 ✓correct −7
Oct 28 vs LAC 53% 111–110 W 98–79 ✓correct +18
Oct 27 vs MEM 64% 119–114 W 131–118 ✓correct +8
Oct 24 at POR 44% 110–112 L 119–139 ✓correct −18
Oct 23 vs DEN 59% 112–109 W 137–131 ✓correct +3
Oct 21 at LAL 47% 110–111 W 119–109 ✗missed +11
May 14 PO at MIN 31% 101–108 L 110–121 ✓correct −4
May 12 PO vs MIN 57% 100–98 L 110–117 ✗missed −9
May 10 PO vs MIN 62% 101–97 L 97–102 ✗missed −9
May 8 PO at MIN 23% 94–105 L 93–117 ✓correct −13
May 6 PO at MIN 31% 99–106 W 99–88 ✗missed +18
May 4 PO at HOU 51% 103–102 W 103–89 ✓correct +13
May 2 PO vs HOU 59% 104–101 L 107–115 ✗missed −11
Apr 30 PO at HOU 41% 101–104 L 116–131 ✓correct −12
Apr 28 PO vs HOU 67% 106–100 W 109–106 ✓correct −3
Apr 26 PO vs HOU 62% 109–105 W 104–93 ✓correct +7
Apr 23 PO at HOU 43% 107–109 L 94–109 ✓correct −13
Apr 20 PO at HOU 38% 110–114 W 95–85 ✗missed +14
Apr 13 vs LAC 49% 110–111 L 119–124 ✓correct −4
Apr 11 at POR 61% 118–113 W 103–86 ✓correct +12
Apr 9 vs SAS 82% 123–109 L 111–114 ✗missed −17
Apr 8 at PHX 64% 117–111 W 133–95 ✓correct +32
Apr 6 vs HOU 59% 115–112 L 96–106 ✗missed −13
Apr 4 vs DEN 59% 116–113 W 118–104 ✓correct +11
Apr 3 at LAL 51% 116–115 W 123–116 ✓correct +6
Apr 1 at MEM 46% 114–115 W 134–125 ✗missed +10
Mar 30 at SAS 51% 116–115 W 148–106 ✓correct +41
Mar 28 at NOP 77% 120–108 W 111–95 ✓correct +4
Mar 25 at MIA 64% 114–108 L 86–112 ✗missed −32
Mar 22 at ATL 46% 118–119 L 115–124 ✓correct −8
Mar 20 vs TOR 77% 120–109 W 117–114 ✓correct −8
Mar 18 vs MIL 57% 117–115 W 104–93 ✓correct +9
Mar 17 vs DEN 67% 119–113 L 105–114 ✗missed −15
Mar 15 vs NYK 64% 114–109 W 97–94 ✓correct −2
Mar 13 vs SAC 54% 114–113 W 130–104 ✓correct +25
Mar 10 vs POR 69% 120–113 W 130–120 ✓correct +3
Mar 8 vs DET 62% 118–114 W 115–110 ✓correct +1
Mar 6 at BKN 66% 114–107 W 121–119 ✓correct −5
Mar 4 at NYK 41% 115–118 W 114–102 ✗missed +15
Mar 3 at CHA 69% 118–110 W 119–101 ✓correct +10
Mar 1 at PHI 71% 118–109 L 119–126 ✗missed −16
Feb 27 at ORL 56% 113–110 W 121–115 ✓correct +3
Feb 25 vs CHA 81% 119–106 W 128–92 ✓correct +23
Feb 23 vs DAL 62% 118–114 W 126–102 ✓correct +20
Feb 21 at SAC 36% 113–118 W 132–108 ✗missed +29
Feb 13 at HOU 46% 112–113 W 105–98 ✗missed +8
Feb 12 at DAL 51% 120–119 L 107–111 ✗missed −5
Feb 10 at MIL 54% 120–118 W 125–111 ✓correct +12
Feb 8 at CHI 51% 118–117 W 132–111 ✓correct +20
Feb 6 at LAL 31% 109–116 L 112–120 ✓correct −1
Feb 5 at UTA 61% 117–112 L 128–131 ✗missed −8
Feb 3 vs ORL 64% 113–108 W 104–99 ✓correct ±0
Jan 31 vs PHX 57% 114–112 L 105–130 ✗missed −27
Jan 29 vs OKC 29% 108–117 W 116–109 ✗missed +16
Jan 28 vs UTA 77% 116–105 W 114–103 ✓correct ±0
Jan 25 vs LAL 44% 110–113 L 108–118 ✓correct −7
Jan 23 vs CHI 57% 116–114 W 131–106 ✓correct +23
Jan 22 at SAC 31% 110–117 L 117–123 ✓correct +1
Jan 20 vs BOS 34% 103–110 L 85–125 ✓correct −33
Jan 18 vs WAS 64% 115–110 W 122–114 ✓correct +3
Jan 15 at MIN 31% 104–111 W 116–115 ✗missed +8
Jan 13 at TOR 54% 115–113 L 101–104 ✗missed −5
Jan 10 at IND 29% 109–117 L 96–108 ✓correct −4
Jan 9 at DET 43% 112–114 W 107–104 ✗missed +5
Jan 7 vs MIA 54% 112–111 L 98–114 ✗missed −17
Jan 5 vs SAC 59% 117–114 L 99–129 ✗missed −33
Jan 4 vs MEM 49% 116–117 W 121–113 ✗missed +9
Jan 2 vs PHI 59% 112–109 W 139–105 ✓correct +31
Dec 30 vs CLE 34% 107–114 L 95–113 ✓correct −11
Dec 28 vs PHX 64% 113–108 W 109–105 ✓correct −1
Dec 27 at LAC 31% 107–114 L 92–102 ✓correct −3
Dec 25 vs LAL 59% 113–110 L 113–115 ✗missed −5
Dec 23 vs IND 64% 117–112 L 105–111 ✗missed −11
Dec 21 at MIN 41% 108–111 W 113–103 ✗missed +13
Dec 19 at MEM 38% 115–119 L 93–144 ✓correct −47
Dec 15 vs DAL 59% 115–112 L 133–143 ✗missed −13
Dec 11 at HOU 27% 107–116 L 90–91 ✓correct +8
Dec 8 vs MIN 64% 110–105 W 114–106 ✓correct +3
Dec 6 vs MIN 69% 113–106 L 90–107 ✗missed −24
Dec 5 vs HOU 49% 113–114 W 99–93 ✗missed +7
Dec 3 at DEN 29% 112–120 L 115–119 ✓correct +4
Nov 30 at PHX 46% 116–117 L 105–113 ✓correct −7
Nov 27 vs OKC 54% 113–112 L 101–105 ✗missed −5
Nov 25 vs BKN 79% 118–106 L 120–128 ✗missed −20
Nov 23 at SAS 56% 118–115 L 94–104 ✗missed −13
Nov 22 at NOP 69% 115–107 W 112–108 ✓correct −4
Nov 20 vs ATL 73% 122–113 W 120–97 ✓correct +14
Nov 18 at LAC 54% 115–113 L 99–102 ✗missed −5
Nov 15 vs MEM 75% 121–111 W 123–118 ✓correct −5
Nov 12 vs DAL 71% 119–111 W 120–117 ✓correct −5
Nov 10 at OKC 25% 110–120 W 127–116 ✗missed +21
Nov 8 at CLE 36% 112–117 L 117–136 ✓correct −14
Nov 6 at BOS 38% 111–115 W 118–112 ✗missed +10
Nov 4 at WAS 73% 121–111 W 125–112 ✓correct +3
Nov 2 at HOU 43% 111–113 W 127–121 ✗missed +8
Oct 30 vs NOP 73% 117–108 W 104–89 ✓correct +6
Oct 29 vs NOP 64% 116–111 W 124–106 ✓correct +13
Oct 27 vs LAC 71% 116–108 L 104–112 ✗missed −16
Oct 25 at UTA 66% 118–111 W 127–86 ✓correct +34
Oct 23 at POR 64% 114–108 W 140–104 ✓correct +30
Apr 14 vs UTA 76% 115–103 W 123–116 ✓correct −5
Apr 12 vs NOP 57% 111–110 L 109–114 ✗missed −6
Apr 11 at POR 53% 113–109 W 100–92 ✓correct +4
Apr 9 at LAL 35% 112–117 W 134–120 ✗missed +19
Apr 7 vs UTA 76% 119–107 W 118–110 ✓correct −4
Apr 5 at DAL 39% 109–112 L 106–108 ✓correct +1
Apr 4 at HOU 43% 114–115 W 133–110 ✗missed +24
Apr 2 vs DAL 63% 113–109 W 104–100 ✓correct ±0
Mar 31 at SAS 61% 115–107 W 117–113 ✓correct −4
Mar 29 at CHA 57% 113–107 W 115–97 ✓correct +12
Mar 27 at ORL 30% 107–115 W 101–93 ✗missed +16
Mar 26 at MIA 43% 109–110 W 113–92 ✗missed +22
Mar 24 at MIN 41% 111–113 L 110–114 ✓correct −2
Mar 22 vs IND 63% 118–114 L 111–123 ✗missed −16
Mar 20 vs MEM 76% 115–103 W 137–116 ✓correct +9
Mar 18 vs NYK 53% 104–105 L 112–119 ✓correct −6
Mar 16 at LAL 43% 115–116 W 128–121 ✗missed +8
Mar 13 at DAL 39% 117–120 L 99–109 ✓correct −7
Mar 11 at SAS 55% 120–115 W 112–102 ✓correct +5
Mar 9 vs SAS 68% 118–111 L 113–126 ✗missed −20
Mar 7 vs CHI 65% 116–111 L 122–125 ✗missed −8
Mar 6 vs MIL 59% 110–108 W 125–90 ✓correct +33
Mar 3 at BOS 30% 110–118 L 88–140 ✓correct −44
Mar 1 at TOR 49% 121–119 W 120–105 ✓correct +13
Feb 29 at NYK 39% 112–115 W 110–99 ✗missed +14
Feb 27 at WAS 65% 121–111 W 123–112 ✓correct +1
Feb 25 vs DEN 63% 117–113 L 103–119 ✗missed −20
Feb 23 vs CHA 82% 125–109 W 97–84 ✓correct −3
Feb 22 vs LAL 65% 121–116 W 128–110 ✓correct +13
Feb 15 at UTA 47% 122–121 W 140–137 ✓correct +2
Feb 14 vs LAC 63% 118–114 L 125–130 ✗missed −9
Feb 12 at UTA 43% 120–121 W 129–107 ✗missed +23
Feb 10 vs PHX 59% 116–114 W 113–112 ✓correct −1
Feb 8 at IND 35% 116–121 W 131–109 ✗missed +27
Feb 7 at PHI 43% 117–118 W 127–104 ✗missed +24
Feb 5 at BKN 41% 113–115 W 109–98 ✗missed +13
Feb 3 at ATL 41% 116–118 L 134–141 ✓correct −5
Feb 2 at MEM 53% 111–107 W 121–101 ✓correct +16
Jan 30 vs PHI 49% 118–121 W 119–107 ✗missed +15
Jan 27 vs LAL 51% 120–122 L 144–145 ✓correct +1
Jan 25 vs SAC 47% 118–122 L 133–134 ✓correct +3
Jan 24 vs ATL 65% 123–118 W 134–112 ✓correct +17
Jan 15 at MEM 57% 116–110 L 107–116 ✗missed −15
Jan 13 at MIL 30% 114–122 L 118–129 ✓correct −3
Jan 12 at CHI 43% 112–113 W 140–131 ✗missed +10
Jan 10 vs NOP 49% 114–117 L 105–141 ✓correct −33
Jan 7 vs TOR 57% 118–117 L 118–133 ✗missed −16
Jan 5 vs DET 79% 127–113 W 113–109 ✓correct −10
Jan 4 vs DEN 51% 116–118 L 127–130 ✓correct −1
Jan 2 vs ORL 57% 118–117 W 121–115 ✓correct +5
Dec 30 vs DAL 63% 119–115 L 122–132 ✗missed −14
Dec 28 vs MIA 63% 118–114 L 102–114 ✗missed −16
Dec 25 at DEN 37% 112–116 L 114–120 ✓correct −2
Dec 23 vs POR 73% 121–111 W 126–106 ✓correct +10
Dec 22 vs WAS 70% 122–114 W 129–118 ✓correct +3
Dec 19 vs BOS 53% 116–117 W 132–126 ✗missed +7
Dec 17 at POR 47% 116–115 W 118–114 ✓correct +3
Dec 16 vs BKN 61% 117–114 W 124–120 ✓correct +1
Dec 14 at LAC 34% 112–118 L 113–121 ✓correct −2
Dec 12 at PHX 51% 117–114 L 116–119 ✗missed −6
Dec 8 at OKC 32% 111–118 L 136–138 ✓correct +5
Dec 6 vs POR 73% 119–109 W 110–106 ✓correct −6
Dec 2 at LAC 34% 109–115 L 112–113 ✓correct +5
Nov 30 vs LAC 57% 115–114 W 120–114 ✓correct +5
Nov 28 at SAC 39% 115–118 L 123–124 ✓correct +2
Nov 24 vs SAS 73% 119–109 W 118–112 ✓correct −4
Nov 22 at PHX 43% 115–116 L 115–123 ✓correct −7
Nov 20 vs HOU 63% 116–112 W 121–116 ✓correct +1
Nov 18 vs OKC 59% 115–113 L 123–130 ✗missed −9
Nov 16 vs OKC 65% 116–111 L 109–128 ✗missed −24
Nov 14 vs MIN 53% 109–110 L 101–104 ✓correct −2
Nov 12 vs MIN 53% 108–109 L 110–116 ✓correct −5
Nov 11 vs CLE 65% 115–110 L 110–118 ✗missed −13
Nov 8 at DEN 43% 112–113 L 105–108 ✓correct −2
Nov 6 at DET 53% 116–112 W 120–109 ✓correct +7
Nov 5 at CLE 41% 109–111 L 104–115 ✓correct −9
Nov 3 at OKC 39% 114–117 W 141–139 ✗missed +5
Nov 1 vs SAC 73% 119–109 W 102–101 ✓correct −9
Oct 30 at NOP 35% 110–115 W 130–102 ✗missed +33
Oct 29 at HOU 51% 116–113 W 106–95 ✓correct +8
Oct 27 at SAC 41% 114–116 W 122–114 ✗missed +10
Oct 24 vs PHX 63% 116–112 L 104–108 ✗missed −8
May 12 PO at LAL 35% 109–115 L 101–122 ✓correct −15
May 10 PO vs LAL 65% 115–109 W 121–106 ✓correct +9
May 8 PO at LAL 35% 108–114 L 101–104 ✓correct +3
May 6 PO at LAL 35% 110–116 L 97–127 ✓correct −24
May 4 PO vs LAL 68% 116–109 W 127–100 ✓correct +20
May 2 PO vs LAL 74% 120–110 L 112–117 ✗missed −15
Apr 30 PO at SAC 47% 110–111 W 120–100 ✗missed +21
Apr 28 PO vs SAC 72% 118–109 L 99–118 ✗missed −28
Apr 26 PO at SAC 47% 114–115 W 123–116 ✗missed +8
Apr 23 PO vs SAC 70% 116–108 W 126–125 ✓correct −7
Apr 20 PO vs SAC 72% 117–108 W 114–97 ✓correct +8
Apr 17 PO at SAC 37% 111–116 L 106–114 ✓correct −3
Apr 15 PO at SAC 30% 113–121 L 123–126 ✓correct +5
Apr 9 at POR 72% 127–118 W 157–101 ✓correct +47
Apr 7 at SAC 42% 115–118 W 119–97 ✗missed +25
Apr 4 vs OKC 60% 120–116 W 136–125 ✓correct +7
Apr 2 at DEN 37% 112–117 L 110–112 ✓correct +3
Mar 31 vs SAS 87% 123–105 W 130–115 ✓correct −3
Mar 28 vs NOP 60% 118–114 W 120–109 ✓correct +7
Mar 26 vs MIN 60% 122–118 L 96–99 ✗missed −7
Mar 24 vs PHI 40% 116–120 W 120–112 ✗missed +12
Mar 22 at DAL 47% 117–118 W 127–125 ✗missed +3
Mar 20 at HOU 68% 120–113 W 121–108 ✓correct +6
Mar 18 at MEM 45% 113–115 L 119–133 ✓correct −12
Mar 17 at ATL 47% 119–120 L 119–127 ✓correct −7
Mar 15 at LAC 45% 115–117 L 126–134 ✓correct −6
Mar 13 vs PHX 60% 117–113 W 123–112 ✓correct +7
Mar 11 vs MIL 55% 114–112 W 125–116 ✓correct +7
Mar 9 at MEM 40% 112–116 L 110–131 ✓correct −17
Mar 7 at OKC 42% 113–116 L 128–137 ✓correct −6
Mar 5 at LAL 55% 113–111 L 105–113 ✗missed −10
Mar 3 vs NOP 60% 116–112 W 108–99 ✓correct +5
Mar 2 vs LAC 58% 119–116 W 115–91 ✓correct +21
Feb 28 vs POR 63% 121–116 W 123–105 ✓correct +13
Feb 26 vs MIN 53% 118–117 W 109–104 ✓correct +4
Feb 24 vs HOU 78% 122–110 W 116–101 ✓correct +3
Feb 23 at LAL 55% 122–120 L 111–124 ✗missed −15
Feb 14 at LAC 26% 115–125 L 124–134 ✓correct ±0
Feb 13 vs WAS 68% 122–115 W 135–126 ✓correct +2
Feb 11 vs LAL 65% 119–113 L 103–109 ✗missed −12
Feb 8 at POR 55% 121–119 L 122–125 ✗missed −5
Feb 6 vs OKC 63% 118–113 W 141–114 ✓correct +22
Feb 4 vs DAL 65% 119–113 W 119–113 ✓correct ±0
Feb 2 at DEN 30% 110–118 L 117–134 ✓correct −9
Feb 1 at MIN 60% 118–114 L 114–119 ✗missed −9
Jan 30 at OKC 42% 115–118 W 128–120 ✗missed +11
Jan 27 vs TOR 63% 121–116 W 129–117 ✓correct +7
Jan 25 vs MEM 37% 113–118 W 122–120 ✗missed +7
Jan 22 vs BKN 53% 113–112 L 116–120 ✗missed −5
Jan 20 at CLE 30% 111–119 W 120–114 ✗missed +14
Jan 19 at BOS 40% 115–119 L 118–121 ✓correct +1
Jan 16 at WAS 47% 113–114 W 127–118 ✗missed +10
Jan 15 at CHI 55% 116–114 L 118–132 ✗missed −16
Jan 13 at SAS 60% 120–116 W 144–113 ✓correct +27
Jan 10 vs PHX 53% 113–112 L 113–125 ✗missed −13
Jan 7 vs ORL 60% 116–112 L 101–115 ✗missed −18
Jan 4 vs DET 70% 118–110 L 119–122 ✗missed −11
Jan 2 vs ATL 40% 116–120 W 143–141 ✗missed +6
Dec 30 vs POR 60% 118–114 W 118–112 ✓correct +2
Dec 28 vs UTA 42% 115–118 W 112–107 ✗missed +8
Dec 27 vs CHA 65% 118–112 W 110–105 ✓correct −1
Dec 25 vs MEM 37% 108–113 W 123–109 ✗missed +19
Dec 21 at BKN 32% 115–122 L 113–143 ✓correct −23
Dec 20 at NYK 30% 108–116 L 94–132 ✓correct −30
Dec 18 at TOR 47% 113–114 W 126–110 ✗missed +17
Dec 16 at PHI 35% 111–117 L 106–118 ✓correct −6
Dec 14 at IND 65% 119–113 L 119–125 ✗missed −12
Dec 13 at MIL 35% 110–116 L 111–128 ✓correct −11
Dec 10 vs BOS 53% 116–115 W 123–107 ✓correct +15
Dec 7 at UTA 37% 116–121 L 123–124 ✓correct +4
Dec 5 vs IND 60% 115–111 L 104–112 ✗missed −12
Dec 3 vs HOU 74% 119–109 W 120–101 ✓correct +9
Dec 2 vs CHI 58% 115–112 W 119–111 ✓correct +5
Nov 29 at DAL 60% 114–110 L 113–116 ✗missed −7
Nov 27 at MIN 53% 113–112 W 137–114 ✓correct +22
Nov 25 vs UTA 53% 115–114 W 129–118 ✓correct +10
Nov 23 vs LAC 60% 114–110 W 124–107 ✓correct +13
Nov 21 at NOP 40% 113–117 L 83–128 ✓correct −41
Nov 20 at HOU 70% 119–111 W 127–120 ✓correct −1
Nov 18 vs NYK 65% 117–111 W 111–101 ✓correct +4
Nov 16 at PHX 42% 109–112 L 119–130 ✓correct −8
Nov 14 vs SAS 60% 113–109 W 132–95 ✓correct +33
Nov 13 at SAC 63% 119–114 L 115–122 ✗missed −12
Nov 11 vs CLE 53% 114–113 W 106–101 ✓correct +4
Nov 7 vs SAC 58% 114–111 W 116–113 ✓correct ±0
Nov 4 at NOP 37% 113–118 L 105–114 ✓correct −4
Nov 3 at ORL 72% 117–108 L 129–130 ✗missed −10
Nov 1 at MIA 58% 111–108 L 109–116 ✗missed −10
Oct 30 at DET 70% 119–111 L 114–128 ✗missed −22
Oct 29 at CHA 45% 113–115 L 113–120 ✓correct −5
Oct 27 vs MIA 55% 109–107 W 123–110 ✓correct +11
Oct 25 at PHX 55% 107–105 L 105–134 ✗missed −31
Oct 23 vs SAC 72% 115–106 W 130–125 ✓correct −4
Oct 21 vs DEN 63% 114–109 L 123–128 ✗missed −10
Oct 18 vs LAL 65% 116–110 W 123–109 ✓correct +8

Surprise games

All GSW surprises

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

Most unexpected GSW wins

  1. 24%GSW beat DEN134–114Oct 26, 2026-27 · forecast DEN119–109 · missed margin by 30
  2. 25%GSW beat OKC127–116Nov 10, 2024-25 · forecast OKC120–110 · missed margin by 21
  3. 29%GSW beat OKC116–109Jan 29, 2024-25 · forecast OKC117–108 · missed margin by 16
  4. 30%GSW beat ORL101–93Mar 27, 2023-24 · forecast ORL115–107 · missed margin by 16
  5. 30%GSW beat CLE120–114Jan 20, 2022-23 · forecast CLE119–111 · missed margin by 14

Most unexpected GSW losses

  1. 18%SAS beat GSW114–111Apr 9, 2024-25 · forecast GSW123–109 · missed margin by 17
  2. 21%BKN beat GSW128–120Nov 25, 2024-25 · forecast GSW118–106 · missed margin by 20
  3. 24%PHI beat GSW113–94Feb 3, 2025-26 · forecast GSW122–112 · missed margin by 29
  4. 26%LAL beat GSW117–112May 2, 2022-23 · playoffs · forecast GSW120–110 · missed margin by 15
  5. 26%POR beat GSW127–123Nov 21, 2025-26 · forecast GSW123–114 · missed margin by 13

Largest margin misses

  1. 62%MEM beat GSW144–93Dec 19, 2024-25 · forecast MEM119–115 · missed margin by 47
  2. 72%GSW beat POR157–101Apr 9, 2022-23 · forecast GSW127–118 · missed margin by 47
  3. 70%BOS beat GSW140–88Mar 3, 2023-24 · forecast BOS118–110 · missed margin by 44
  4. 51%GSW beat SAS148–106Mar 30, 2024-25 · forecast GSW116–115 · missed margin by 41
  5. 60%NOP beat GSW128–83Nov 21, 2022-23 · forecast NOP117–113 · missed margin by 41

Recent results the forecast got wrong

  1. 47%GSW beat LAC124–112Nov 1, 2026-27 · forecast LAC113–112 · missed margin by 13
  2. 44%GSW beat LAL112–95Oct 30, 2026-27 · forecast LAL116–114 · missed margin by 19
  3. 31%GSW beat MIN119–114Oct 28, 2026-27 · forecast MIN118–111 · missed margin by 12
  4. 24%GSW beat DEN134–114Oct 26, 2026-27 · forecast DEN119–109 · missed margin by 30
  5. 39%MEM beat GSW111–108Oct 23, 2026-27 · forecast GSW121–117 · missed margin by 7

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.