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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

11 players checked · 5 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, 0 of 11 players have 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.

Golden State Warriorsplaying CHI

Brandin Podziemski · minutes unknown
assists 3.5 → 7 actual
Draymond Green · minutes unknown
points 9.5 → 6 actual
Gary Payton II · minutes unknown
rebounds 2.5 → 2 actual
Jimmy Butler III · minutes unknown
rebounds 5.5 → 2 actual
Moses Moody · minutes unknown
3-pointers 2.5 → 0 actual
Stephen Curry · minutes unknown
assists 5.5 → 6 actual

Chicago Bullsplaying GSW

Buddy Hield · minutes unknown
rebounds 3.5 → 5 actual
Jalen Smith · minutes unknown
rebounds 5.5 → 3 actual
Josh Giddey · minutes unknown
points 13.5 → 11 actual
Matas Buzelis · minutes unknown
points 13.5 → 16 actual
Patrick Williams · minutes unknown
points 10.5 → 8 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 206 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 2 of 5 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
11 other players with a posted line
Brandin Podziemski · assists 3.5 → 7 · 3.5 above the line · played 29.1 min · no final price
Moses Moody · 3-pointers 2.5 → 0 · 2.5 below the line · played 21.7 min · no final price
Jimmy Butler III · rebounds 5.5 → 2 · 3.5 below the line · played 28.7 min · no final price
Jalen Smith · rebounds 5.5 → 3 · 2.5 below the line · played 19.1 min · no final price
Buddy Hield · rebounds 3.5 → 5 · 1.5 above the line · played 27.5 min · no final price
Draymond Green · points 9.5 → 6 · 3.5 below the line · played 32.3 min · no final price
Patrick Williams · points 10.5 → 8 · 2.5 below the line · played 19.7 min · no final price
Gary Payton II · rebounds 2.5 → 2 · 0.5 below the line · played 9.3 min · no final price
Josh Giddey · points 13.5 → 11 · 2.5 below the line · played 30.6 min · no final price
Matas Buzelis · points 13.5 → 16 · 2.5 above the line · played 29.1 min · no final price
Stephen Curry · assists 5.5 → 6 · 0.5 above the line · played 33.9 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

CHI vs GSW · last 13 games · GSW leads · CHI record 3–10 · average score 111.2–124.2 · CHI has lost by 13 on average

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

10 Mar · CHI 130 at GSW 124CHI won
What each defense gives up per game
GSW gives up115.2 points · 44.2 rebounds · 27.1 assists · 36.0% from three-point range
CHI gives up121.5 points · 45.7 rebounds · 28.8 assists · 36.8% 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.

GSW gives up 115.2 points a game · 15th of 30 · league average 115.3about league average
CHI gives up 121.5 points a game · 28th of 30 · league average 115.3+6.2 vs average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had GSW expected to win by 6, expected total 239.5 () 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

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.

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