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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

4 players checked · 4 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 4 players has performed clearly differently and 0 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.

Philadelphia 76ersplaying NYK

Adem Bona · minutes unknown
points 9.5 → 9 actual
Justin Edwards · minutes unknown
points 14.5 → 6 actual

New York Knicksplaying PHI

Landry Shamet · minutes unknown
points + rebounds 11.5 → 22 actual
Tyler Kolek · minutes unknown
points + assists 10.5 → 14 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 126 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 4 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
4 other players with a posted line
Landry Shamet · points + rebounds 11.5 → 22 · 10.5 above the line · played 33.9 min · no final price
Justin Edwards · points 14.5 → 6 · 8.5 below the line · played 31.4 min · no final price
Tyler Kolek · points + assists 10.5 → 14 · 3.5 above the line · played 20.3 min · no final price
Adem Bona · points 9.5 → 9 · 0.5 below the line · played 31.7 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

NYK vs PHI · last 36 games · NYK leads · NYK record 21–15 · average score 109.1–104.2 · NYK has won by 4.9 on average

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

10 May · NYK 144 at PHI 114NYK won
8 May · NYK 108 at PHI 94NYK won
6 May · PHI 102 at NYK 108NYK won
4 May · PHI 98 at NYK 137NYK won
What each defense gives up per game
PHI gives up115.7 points · 45.3 rebounds · 27.3 assists · 35.5% from three-point range
NYK gives up108.3 points · 40.0 rebounds · 24.3 assists · 35.4% 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.

PHI gives up 115.7 points a game · 17th of 30 · league average 115.3about league average
NYK gives up 108.3 points a game · 3rd of 30 · league average 115.3−7.1 vs 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 · 31
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sds analytics opponent_defense (away)ok 200 · 81 ms
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sds analytics player_vs_line (pa)ok 200 · 121 ms
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odds player timeline (pr)failed · 6002 ms
odds player timeline (points)failed · 6002 ms
odds player timeline (pa)failed · 6002 ms
odds player timeline (points)failed · 6002 ms
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