Forecast
Los Angeles Lakers: 50.2 projected wins in 2026-27
Simulation range: between 45 and 55 (measured coverage 51.4%, not an 80%) · roster of 12 players
50.2
wins
The question
How many games will Los Angeles Lakers win in 2026-27?
This answer is not published
- One of the data sources it depends on is not up to date, and this speaks in the present tense.
The evidence
Los Angeles Lakers: 50.2 projected wins in 2026-27
What has changed since the first version
The served range is the simulation's and covers less than an 80% promises: measured coverage 51.4%, no valid evaluation
Uncertainty
The model does not give a bare number, it gives an interval. The range in this snapshot is the simulation's (10th and 90th percentiles of 800 simulated seasons with fixed strength). Measured coverage: 51.4% (n=210): it is NOT an 80%. The evaluated interval, from previous seasons' errors, is published with the next re-issue.
worse
45
wins · simulation range
better
55
wins · simulation range
What moves this number
The players contributing the most projected impact to this roster. Impact is on its real scale, not a 0-99 score.
- Luka Doncic+8.0 projected impact
2293 min · 2025-26
- Austin Reaves+2.6 projected impact
1763 min · 2025-26
- Sandro Mamukelashvili+1.9 projected impact
1752 min · 2025-26
- Matisse Thybulle+1.5 projected impact
481 min · 2025-26
- Jake LaRavia-0.4 projected impact
2064 min · 2025-26
- Quentin Grimes-0.4 projected impact
2212 min · 2025-26
- Collin Sexton-0.6 projected impact
1613 min · 2025-26
- Ziaire Williams-1.4 projected impact
1280 min · 2025-26
What has changed since the first version
Every roster change triggers a recompute and the previous version is kept. This is the real history, not a summary.
- 2026-08-1450.0 wins
- 2026-08-2150.3 wins
+0.36 · trigger not stated
- 2026-08-2250.3 wins
0.00 · roster change
- 2026-08-2450.1 wins
-0.26 · roster change
- 2026-08-2550.1 wins
0.00 · roster change
- 2026-08-2650.0 wins
-0.06 · roster change
- 2026-08-2750.1 wins
+0.12 · roster change
- 2026-08-2849.4 wins
-0.76 · roster change
- 2026-08-2949.4 wins
0.00 · roster change
- 2026-08-3049.3 wins
-0.03 · roster change
- 2026-08-3150.1 wins
+0.75 · roster change
- 2026-09-0150.0 wins
-0.04 · roster change
- 2026-09-0250.0 wins
0.00 · roster change
- 2026-09-0350.0 wins
0.00 · roster change
- 2026-09-0450.0 wins
+0.01 · roster change
- 2026-09-0650.0 wins
0.00 · roster change
- 2026-09-0850.0 wins
-0.01 · roster change
- 2026-09-0950.0 wins
0.00 · roster change
- 2026-09-1050.0 wins
0.00 · roster change
- 2026-09-1150.0 wins
0.00 · roster change
- 2026-09-1250.0 wins
-0.01 · roster change
- 2026-09-1450.2 wins
+0.17 · roster change
- 2026-09-1550.2 wins
0.00 · roster change
- 2026-09-1650.2 wins
+0.01 · roster change
- 2026-09-1750.2 wins
0.00 · roster change
- 2026-09-1850.2 wins
0.00 · roster change
- 2026-09-1950.2 wins
+0.01 · roster change
- 2026-09-2050.2 wins
0.00 · roster change
The real outcome
It does not exist yet: the 2026-27 season has not started. When it ends, real wins will sit here next to the projected ones, with the forecast left untouched.
How this model has performed
Measured on seasons already played, not on this one. Every figure with its window and its status.
- How often the real result landed inside the served range (the simulation's)coverage 51.4 %
2019–2025 · n=210 · not validated · Quantiles of the simulation with fixed strength: only game-to-game variance, no strength uncertainty. It is not an 80% range. Evaluated with the rosters actually used (information known after the fact): it does not accredit the real coverage or error of a preseason prediction.
- Coverage recorded on 12 August for the residual intervalcoverage 81.30 %
2021-2025 · n=150 · belongs to another interval: not attributed to the served range · The registered coverage belongs to another interval (residuals): it is not attributed to the simulation.
- Average error in wins from the season simulationaverage error 7.30
2019-2025 · n=210 · validated · ex-post rosters (information known after the fact)
- Average error in conference seedingaverage error 2.64
2019-2025 · n=210 · validated · ex-post rosters (information known after the fact)
- Average error in wins from the earlier, coarser methodaverage error 6.93
2005-2025 · n=555 · experimental
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What this does NOT prove
- Quantiles of the simulation with fixed strength: only game-to-game variance, no strength uncertainty. It is not an 80% range. Evaluated with the rosters actually used (information known after the fact): it does not accredit the real coverage or error of a preseason prediction.
- This is not a betting line or a market probability: it is expected wins with a range.
- It rests on today's roster. A later trade is not inside it until the model is rerun.
- The win split does not break the schedule down game by game.
From here
Contract sheet
Source
2026-09-21
Model input
2026-09-20
Computation
2026-09-20
This answer
2026-09-22
Where this comes from