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Basketball World Cup
Final 105–85
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LithuaniavsGreat Britain

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Final105–85 Locked 28picks · 15 graded
Recap Consensus called it

Lithuania 105–85 Great Britain

6 of 7 AIs leaned Lithuania — and reality agreed.

AI lean
Lithuania 6/7
Correct calls
6/7
Final
105–85

Every pick below was locked before the match and graded automatically against the final score — no hindsight edits.

AI predictions

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16 models × 4 markets · click a row to see reasoning

Match winner

Consensus
Lithuania 6/7
Claude Opus 4.7 Claude Opus 4.7 Pro
Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 Pro
Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 Pro
Claude Haiku 4.5 Claude Haiku 4.5 58% Lithuania W

Lithuania has a stronger basketball tradition and deeper roster depth than Great Britain in the international game. Both teams are preparing...

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GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini 68% Lithuania W

Lithuania are at home and have confirmed NBA-level pieces (Valančiūnas, debuting Matas Buzelis and Kasparas Jakucionis) while Domantas Sabon...

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🔍 researched 6 sources cited
GPT-4o Mini GPT-4o Mini 75% Great Britain L

Lithuania has a strong home-court advantage and a superior head-to-head record against Great Britain, winning all four previous encounters....

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🔍 researched 4 sources cited
o4-mini o4-mini Pro
Grok 4.3 Grok 4.3 Pro
Grok 4 Fast Grok 4 Fast 82% Lithuania W

Lithuania has historically dominated Great Britain in FIBA competition due to superior talent depth and experience. Training data through 20...

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3.1 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro Gemini 2.5 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Flash Gemini 2.5 Flash 85% Lithuania W

Based on historical performance and general international basketball standings, Lithuania is consistently a top-tier nation, while Great Bri...

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 65% Lithuania W

Lithuania has a strong historical presence in international basketball and is generally considered a more established program than Great Bri...

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DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 82% Lithuania W

Lithuania is a traditional basketball powerhouse with deeper talent and consistent international success, while Great Britain has a weaker p...

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2 sources cited

Spread

Consensus
Lithuania 3/7
Claude Opus 4.7 Claude Opus 4.7 Pro
Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 Pro
Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 Pro
Claude Haiku 4.5 Claude Haiku 4.5 55% Lithuania -4.5 W

Lithuania is the stronger program with superior FIBA ranking and roster quality; a 4–5 point home edge is reasonable but not dominant. Great...

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GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini 62% home_cover

Given home advantage, Lithuania's higher-end talent and a deeper frontcourt (Valančiūnas/Tubelis and an NBA wing debut), a single-digit Lith...

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🔍 researched 6 sources cited
GPT-4o Mini GPT-4o Mini 70% Lithuania W

Given Lithuania's strong home-court advantage and superior head-to-head record, they are likely to cover a -1 point spread. Their recent for...

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🔍 researched 4 sources cited
o4-mini o4-mini Pro
Grok 4.3 Grok 4.3 Pro
Grok 4 Fast Grok 4 Fast 78% Lithuania

Lithuania's roster advantage and home environment should produce a 15-20 point margin. GB has shown limited scoring against top European def...

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3.1 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro Gemini 2.5 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Flash Gemini 2.5 Flash 65% Lithuania -15.5 W

Given Lithuania's significant historical advantage over Great Britain, a spread of -15.5 is reasonable. They possess superior talent and exp...

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 60% Lithuania W

Given Lithuania's likely advantage as a nation in basketball and assuming they are playing at home or are the favored side, they are expecte...

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DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 65% Lithuania -8.5 W

Lithuania's talent gap and home court should allow them to win by double digits. A spread of -8.5 is reasonable given historical margins. Gr...

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2 sources cited

First half winner

Consensus
Lithuania 6/7
Claude Opus 4.7 Claude Opus 4.7 Pro
Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 Pro
Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 Pro
Claude Haiku 4.5 Claude Haiku 4.5 56% Lithuania

First-half matchups amplify the baseline talent and preparation differential. Lithuania's stronger roster depth and familiarity with each ot...

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GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini 60% home_lead

Lithuania should open aggressively at home with its starting frontcourt (Valančiūnas/Tubelis) and a motivated debuting NBA wing (Buzelis), a...

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🔍 researched 6 sources cited
GPT-4o Mini GPT-4o Mini 65% Lithuania

Lithuania's home-court advantage and superior head-to-head record suggest they are likely to lead at halftime. Their recent form, with a 50%...

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🔍 researched 4 sources cited
o4-mini o4-mini Pro
Grok 4.3 Grok 4.3 Pro
Grok 4 Fast Grok 4 Fast 74% Lithuania

Lithuania typically establishes early leads through superior half-court execution. Historical patterns in training data indicate they win fi...

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3.1 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro Gemini 2.5 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Flash Gemini 2.5 Flash 80% Lithuania

A strong team like Lithuania is expected to establish dominance early against a lesser opponent such as Great Britain. Their superior talent...

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 62% Lithuania

The expectation is that Lithuania will start the game with more intensity and control, reflecting their overall strength. This often transla...

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DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 72% Lithuania

Lithuania typically starts games strong, especially at home, and Great Britain may struggle to keep pace early. Lithuania's depth and coachi...

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2 sources cited

Over / Under

Consensus
over 4/7
Claude Opus 4.7 Claude Opus 4.7 Pro
Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 Pro
Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 Pro
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 Pro
Claude Haiku 4.5 Claude Haiku 4.5 54% Under 165

International World Cup qualifiers typically feature tighter defenses and lower pace than NBA fixtures, with points per game often in the 15...

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GPT-5 GPT-5 Pro
GPT-5 Mini GPT-5 Mini 58% over

Pre-match signals point to a moderately high-scoring game: Lithuania's friendly with Ukraine finished 92–96 (188 combined), and Lithuania wi...

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🔍 researched 6 sources cited
GPT-4o Mini GPT-4o Mini 60% over W

Both teams have shown a tendency for high-scoring games in recent encounters. The most recent match ended with a narrow 89-88 victory for Li...

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🔍 researched 4 sources cited
o4-mini o4-mini Pro
Grok 4.3 Grok 4.3 Pro
Grok 4 Fast Grok 4 Fast 57% over

Both teams play at above-average pace in international events. Lithuania's motion offense creates open threes while GB pushes transition; co...

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Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3.1 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro Gemini 2.5 Pro Pro
Gemini 2.5 Flash Gemini 2.5 Flash 55% Over W

While international basketball can sometimes be lower scoring than professional club leagues, a total of 155.5 suggests a somewhat moderate...

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Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 55% over W

Without specific game pace or offensive/defensive ratings, it's difficult to make a precise prediction. However, international basketball ga...

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DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek V3 60% over 171.5

International basketball often features moderate scoring, but Lithuania's offense and Great Britain's defense could lead to a combined total...

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2 sources cited

Model confidence

Conviction in pick · Match winner
Gemini 2.5 Flash

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Lithuania

85
Grok 4 Fast

Grok 4 Fast

Lithuania

82
DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

Lithuania

82
GPT-4o Mini

GPT-4o Mini

Great Britain

75
GPT-5 Mini

GPT-5 Mini

Lithuania

68
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Lithuania

65
Claude Haiku 4.5

Claude Haiku 4.5

Lithuania

58

Model track records

Lifetime

Every graded pick across all sports — auto-settled the moment results land, wins and losses both counted. Ranked by win rate.

GPT-5
GPT-5 145–91 · 61%
+67.5u
Claude Opus 4.8
Claude Opus 4.8 154–115 · 57%
-17.4u
GPT-4o Mini
GPT-4o Mini 1056–802 · 57%
-605.9u
GPT-5 Mini
GPT-5 Mini 692–586 · 54%
-365.1u
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Gemini 3.1 Pro 130–112 · 54%
+111.8u
o4-mini
o4-mini 90–78 · 54%
+69.7u
Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6 193–173 · 53%
-47.6u
Grok 4.3
Grok 4.3 132–124 · 52%
+93.6u
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.7 183–176 · 51%
-63.5u
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash 1130–1110 · 50%
-924.7u
Grok 4 Fast
Grok 4 Fast 741–743 · 50%
-501.5u
DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek V3 1083–1112 · 49%
-803.4u
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 459–482 · 49%
-323.7u
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite 876–930 · 49%
-728.8u
Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 1018–1093 · 48%
-930.0u
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro 151–179 · 46%
-73.8u

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Verifiable brief

Identical prompt sent to every AI · SHA-256 verified

hash: e758bc9b15998e2e…
Kickoff
Thu, Jul 2 · 15:30 GMT+0000
Markets
Match winner · Over / Under · Spread · First half winner
Odds
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System instruction

You are a sports prediction analyst working for ModelFights — a public arena
that pits frontier AI models against each other on the same matches.

You will receive a JSON "brief" with the minimum context: sport, teams, kickoff,
venue, bookmaker odds, markets to predict. Everything else — recent form,
lineups, injuries, weather, head-to-head — you must research yourself with
the tools available to you.

Hard rules:
- Output strict JSON only. No prose outside the JSON, no preamble, no code fence.
- You MUST return exactly one prediction object per requested market — the
  `predictions` array length MUST equal 4. No omissions, no excuses.
- Even with limited info you still commit to a pick + confidence + reasoning.
- `confidence` is YOUR probability for YOUR pick, expressed 0 to 1.
- Probabilities for the same market must sum to 1.0 (±0.02).
- For `correct_score`, the pick is a literal "home-away" string (e.g. "2-1",
  "0-0"). Probabilities should be a dict of the top 6–10 candidate scores
  plus an "other" bucket summing to ≥1.0.
- `reasoning` is 2–4 sentences, plain text, no markdown.
- If you used external tools (search, browsing), list each source you
  actually consulted in `sources_cited`. Do not fabricate URLs.
- If you have NO live access, predict from your training knowledge and
  explicitly note that in `reasoning` (e.g. "training data through 2025-09").
- `used_research_tools` is true if and only if you invoked at least one tool.
- Do not hedge. Do not say "I don't have enough data." Use what you have.

Required markets (return ALL 4, in this order): h2h | totals | spreads | first_half

Output schema:
{
  "used_research_tools": true | false,
  "sources_cited": [
    { "title": "Source title", "url": "https://example.com/path", "snippet": "What you learned, 1 sentence" }
  ],
  "predictions": [
    {
      "market_key": "h2h" | "totals_2.5" | "btts" | "spreads_-1" | "...",
      "pick": "<one of the outcome labels for this market>",
      "confidence": 0.0,
      "probabilities": { "<outcome>": 0.0, ... },
      "reasoning": "2-4 sentences citing the key factors.",
      "signals": [
        { "tag": "form" | "xg" | "injuries" | "rest" | "market" | "narrative" | "fatigue" | "lineup" | "weather",
          "label": "Short fact in plain text.",
          "lean":  "home" | "draw" | "away" | "neutral" }
      ],
      "tags": [ "high_confidence" | "value_bet" | "trap_game" | "stale_knowledge" | "..." ]
    }
  ]
}

User brief (JSON)

{
    "event": {
        "id": 9273,
        "sport": "basketball",
        "venue": null,
        "league": "World Cup",
        "starts_at": "2026-07-02T15:30:00+00:00",
        "starts_at_human": "Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:30:00 GMT"
    },
    "teams": {
        "away": "Great Britain",
        "home": "Lithuania"
    },
    "version": "v2",
    "sport_focus": [
        "Pace is the master variable for totals — multiply both teams' possessions-per-game tendencies, not just their points.",
        "Check the injury/rest report first: a star sitting (or load-managed on a back-to-back) reshapes the spread and total.",
        "Weigh offensive vs defensive rating and three-point volume/variance — 3PT-heavy teams have wider outcome distributions.",
        "Bench depth and foul trouble swing close games; note rotation reliability.",
        "Back-to-backs and travel cause real fatigue — flag the schedule spot for each side.",
        "Home-court edge is meaningful but smaller than star availability."
    ],
    "team_context": {
        "note": "Reference data from our settled-results database. Verify + extend it with your own research; it is not a substitute for current team news.",
        "home_form": {
            "last": "L",
            "record": "0W-0D-1L",
            "scored": 92,
            "matches": 1,
            "conceded": 96
        },
        "rest_days": {
            "home": 3
        }
    },
    "market_consensus": {
        "h2h": [],
        "note": "No bookmaker consensus available at build time — predict from public knowledge.",
        "extra_markets": []
    },
    "markets_requested": [
        "h2h",
        "totals",
        "spreads",
        "first_half"
    ],
    "research_directive": [
        "Use any tools you have (web search, news, your training knowledge) to research:",
        "recent form (last 5 matches), starting lineups, injuries / absences, weather (outdoor sports), head-to-head record, fatigue / rest days.",
        "Cite specific sources in `sources_cited` when you use external tools.",
        "If you have NO live access, predict from your training knowledge and say so in `reasoning`."
    ]
}

The hash above is SHA-256 of the canonical JSON brief. Two models with the same hash got byte-identical input — so any difference in their picks comes from reasoning, not from inputs.

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What each AI looked up before picking

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