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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.

We had no picks in this game.

Why the better price matters

A higher price for the same line pays more whenever the pick wins; that is arithmetic, not a forecast.

What taking the best price is worth has been measured only on WNBA lines (25 Aug 2026); NBA has not been measured yet.

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The players

8 players checked · 7 whose past record points the other way from the bookmakers' price · 0 out · 0 with too few games

Rate: the share of every game we hold for the player since the 2019-20 season (not only this season) in which the player finished above tonight's line. S beside a name marks an expected starter.

Against this opponent, 1 of 8 players has performed clearly differently and 2 show a slight hint · 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.

Indiana Pacersplaying TOR

Aaron Nesmith · minutes unknown
points 13.5 → 8 actual
Andrew Nembhard · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → 8 actual
Ben Sheppard · minutes unknown
3-pointers 0.5 → 3 actual
Obi Toppin · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → 23 actual
Pascal Siakam · minutes unknown
assists 3.5 → 3 actual
T.J. McConnell · minutes unknown
points 12.5 → 17 actual
Tyrese Haliburton · minutes unknown
points 18.5 → 30 actual

Toronto Raptorsplaying IND

RJ Barrett · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 0 actual
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What could go wrong

updated
Who is out

Injury report not checked yet: none has reached us for this game, so an empty list here does not mean everyone plays.

Lineups

Expected starting lineup, not yet confirmed

Playing time

No playing-time estimates yet.

Rest

Both teams had at least two days between their last game and this one.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 0 of the 211 lines; the rest rely on other bookmakers.

Every pick is priced by at least 2 bookmakers.

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.

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What happened

In 1 of 7 cases where a player's past record disagreed with the bookmakers' price, the past record was right in this game. One game proves nothing.
FinalWe had no picks in this game · every posted line is still scored below
8 other players with a posted line
Ben Sheppard · 3-pointers 0.5 → 3 · 2.5 above the line · played 27.4 min · no final price
Obi Toppin · points 8.5 → 23 · 14.5 above the line · played 21.8 min · no final price
RJ Barrett · 3-pointers 1.5 → 0 · 1.5 below the line · played 32.8 min · no final price
Tyrese Haliburton · points 18.5 → 30 · 11.5 above the line · played 31.1 min · no final price
Aaron Nesmith · points 13.5 → 8 · 5.5 below the line · played 26 min · no final price
T.J. McConnell · points 12.5 → 17 · 4.5 above the line · played 20.9 min · no final price
Pascal Siakam · assists 3.5 → 3 · 0.5 below the line · played 26.6 min · no final price
Andrew Nembhard · points 8.5 → 8 · 0.5 below the line · played 27.5 min · no final price

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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

TOR vs IND · last 23 games · TOR leads · TOR record 13–10 · average score 116.0–112.4 · TOR has won by 3.5 on average

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

8 Feb · IND 104 at TOR 122TOR won
What each defense gives up per game

Team defense unavailable right now.

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.

Defense by position unavailable right now.

How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had IND expected to win by 14, expected total 240.5 () and had not changed it by .

The odds at the top of the page are the latest we have, from every bookmaker on file; this is one bookmaker's own history.

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

Our picks, raw · 0

No raw pick rows for this game.

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

No graded rows for this game.

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