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Picks and prices

Odds of at least 1.70 only · highest odds first · results checked

A line is the number a bookmaker sets, e.g. 13.5 points; Over means more than it, Under fewer. Odds 1.93 pay 1.93 for every 1 staked. 'Posted at' is the price we found when we published the pick; after the game it is compared with the last price before the start.

Picks for this game are not posted yet. The players below are up to date.

Why the better price matters

In our past tests, simply taking the highest price offered for a line earned more than any of our own forecasts did.

In that test (25 Aug 2026), taking the best price returned about 2.8 more for every 100 staked than the price we posted did.

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The players

No player lines yet · 0 players listed

Rate: the share of this season's games in which the player finished above tonight's line. S beside a name marks an expected starter.

No starting lineup yet; showing every player with a line

Context only A player's rate describes the past; it is not a tip and has not been tested as one. Expected minutes come from RotoWire, a lineup news service.

Sign in to see each player's rate The numbers below (for example 15.5 points) are the lines the bookmakers actually posted.

Utah Jazzplaying GSW

No player list for UTA.

Golden State Warriorsplaying UTA

No player list for GSW.

04

What could go wrong

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Who is out

Nobody is listed as injured on either team.

Lineup changes unavailable right now.

Lineups

Expected starting lineup, not yet confirmed

Playing time

No playing-time estimates yet.

Our check: these minute estimates (RotoWire) are typically off by about 4 minutes.

Rest

UTA had 167 days off before this game · GSW had 167 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

No player lines posted for this game.

When a player is out, that player's lines are removed: in our past results this helped. Guessing which teammates benefit was also tested and lost money, so nothing else on this page is adjusted for it.

05

What happened

One game proves nothing.
FinalWe had no picks in this game · every posted line is still scored below

No player lines were posted in this game.

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Each prediction is recorded as if you had staked 1 at the line you saw, and your record is shown here. One game tells you nothing yet.

More context
Head to head

GSW vs UTA · last 25 games · GSW leads · GSW record 16–9 · average score 117.8–115.2 · GSW has won by 2.7 on average

Team results are background only; they say nothing about any single player's line.

9 Mar · GSW 116 at UTA 119GSW lost
28 Jan · GSW 140 at UTA 124GSW won
What each defense gives up per game
UTA gives up126.0 points · 45.7 rebounds · 30.7 assists · 37.2% from three-point range
GSW gives up115.2 points · 44.2 rebounds · 27.1 assists · 36.0% from three-point range
Defense by position
How much this is worth

Defense-by-position numbers are mostly random from season to season; shown for context only. We tested it: a team's defense-by-position numbers from one half of the season do not predict the other half, so treat them as noise.

UTA gives up 126.0 points a game · 30th of 30 · league average 115.3+10.7 vs average
GSW gives up 115.2 points a game · 15th of 30 · league average 115.3about league average
How the game odds moved

No history of the game odds on file.

Data log (technical)

Technical detail for auditing; the plain version is above. Internal ids and formula names print here only.

Line-shopping measurement: project_conditional_minutes_refuted

Defense-by-position measurement: split-half reliability r = -0.033 across 12 cells (7 of 12 negative) against a shuffle null of 0.000; a placebo using the wrong position family reproduced the effect to within 0.12pp · project_dvp_blowout_gate_refuted · 2026-08-26

Our picks, raw · 0

No raw pick rows for this game.

Checked results, raw (basketball-stats shorthand) · 0

No graded rows for this game.

Data fetches · 19
grading picks/nightlyok 200 · 18 ms
sds rest/team (away)ok 200 · 19 ms
sds rest/team (home)ok 200 · 19 ms
sds defense/team (home)ok 200 · 20 ms
sds defense/team (away)ok 200 · 21 ms
sds schedule/team (meetings)ok · 22 ms
sds analytics opponent_defense (away)ok 200 · 21 ms
grading verdict/boardok 200 · 23 ms
sds analytics opponent_defense (home)ok 200 · 23 ms
sds history (h2h)ok · 25 ms
sds games/{id}ok 200 · 115 ms
sds games/{id}/boxscoreok 200 · 117 ms
sds lineups/{id}ok 200 · 120 ms
sds injuries/game/{id}ok 200 · 122 ms
sds players/team (away)ok 200 · 41 ms
sds players/team (home)ok 200 · 42 ms
grading clv/picksok 200 · 145 ms
dh lineups/{id}/deltafailed 502 · 182 ms
odds game timelineok 200 · 529 ms
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