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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

10 players checked · 9 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 10 players has performed clearly differently and 3 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.

Toronto Raptorsplaying WAS

Immanuel Quickley · minutes unknown
assists 5.5 → 7 actual
Ja'Kobe Walter · minutes unknown
points 9.5 → no final stat available
Jakob Poeltl · minutes unknown
points + rebounds + assists 22.5 → 33 actual
Jamal Shead · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → 14 actual
Jamison Battle · minutes unknown
points 11.5 → 11 actual
Scottie Barnes · minutes unknown
points + rebounds + assists 34.5 → 31 actual

Washington Wizardsplaying TOR

Alex Sarr · minutes unknown
rebounds 7.5 → 5 actual
Justin Champagnie · minutes unknown
rebounds 5.5 → 5 actual
Khris Middleton · minutes unknown
points 10.5 → 9 actual
Kyshawn George · minutes unknown
points 11.5 → 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

TOR also played the day before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 0 of the 276 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.

05

What happened

In 4 of 8 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
10 other players with a posted line
Kyshawn George · points 11.5 → 0 · 11.5 below the line · played 1.9 min · no final price
Jamal Shead · points 8.5 → 14 · 5.5 above the line · played 19.9 min · no final price
Jakob Poeltl · points + rebounds + assists 22.5 → 33 · 10.5 above the line · played 25.8 min · no final price
Alex Sarr · rebounds 7.5 → 5 · 2.5 below the line · played 31.8 min · no final price
Immanuel Quickley · assists 5.5 → 7 · 1.5 above the line · played 25.7 min · no final price
Khris Middleton · points 10.5 → 9 · 1.5 below the line · played 21.7 min · no final price
Scottie Barnes · points + rebounds + assists 34.5 → 31 · 3.5 below the line · played 27.5 min · no final price
Justin Champagnie · rebounds 5.5 → 5 · 0.5 below the line · played 21 min · no final price
Jamison Battle · points 11.5 → 11 · 0.5 below the line · played 26.6 min · no final price
Ja'Kobe Walter · points 9.5 → no final stat available · 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

WAS vs TOR · last 23 games · TOR leads · WAS record 6–17 · average score 109.8–117.3 · WAS has lost by 7.6 on average

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

28 Feb · TOR 134 at WAS 125WAS lost
What each defense gives up per game
TOR gives up111.8 points · 43.0 rebounds · 24.2 assists · 34.9% from three-point range
WAS gives up124.9 points · 47.8 rebounds · 29.4 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.

TOR gives up 111.8 points a game · 9th of 30 · league average 115.3−3.5 vs average
WAS gives up 124.9 points a game · 29th of 30 · league average 115.3+9.5 vs average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had WAS expected to win by 2.5, expected total 227.5 () 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.

Data fetches · 49
sds analytics opponent_defense (away)ok 200 · 44 ms
sds defense/team (away)ok 200 · 45 ms
grading picks/nightlyok 200 · 49 ms
sds analytics opponent_defense (home)ok 200 · 60 ms
sds history (h2h)ok · 61 ms
sds defense/team (home)ok 200 · 62 ms
sds schedule/team (meetings)ok · 64 ms
sds games/{id}/boxscoreok 200 · 67 ms
grading verdict/boardok 200 · 90 ms
sds games/{id}ok 200 · 163 ms
sds rest/team (home)ok 200 · 186 ms
sds injuries/game/{id}ok 200 · 188 ms
sds lineups/{id}ok 200 · 189 ms
sds rest/team (away)ok 200 · 200 ms
sds players/team (away)ok 200 · 14 ms
sds players/team (home)ok 200 · 16 ms
grading clv/picksok 200 · 193 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 148 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (assists)ok 200 · 219 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (pra)ok 200 · 243 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (pra)ok 200 · 279 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (rebounds)ok 200 · 324 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 327 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 328 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 329 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (rebounds)ok 200 · 335 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 338 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 339 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 340 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 342 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 344 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 348 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 349 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 357 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 360 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 365 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 375 ms
odds game timelineok 200 · 585 ms
dh lineups/{id}/deltaok 200 · 616 ms
odds player timeline (pra)ok 200 · 656 ms
odds player timeline (rebounds)ok 200 · 777 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 782 ms
odds player timeline (assists)ok 200 · 786 ms
odds player timeline (rebounds)ok 200 · 795 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 815 ms
odds player timeline (pra)ok 200 · 869 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 993 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 999 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 1004 ms
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