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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

12 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 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.

Golden State Warriorsplaying IND

Al Horford · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 0 actual
Brandin Podziemski · minutes unknown
assists 2.5 → 3 actual
Draymond Green · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 2 actual
Jimmy Butler III · minutes unknown
rebounds 5.5 → 6 actual
Moses Moody · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 1 actual
Stephen Curry · minutes unknown
assists 5.5 → 2 actual

Indiana Pacersplaying GSW

Aaron Nesmith · minutes unknown
3-pointers 2.5 → 5 actual
Ben Sheppard · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 0 actual
Jarace Walker · minutes unknown
assists 3.5 → 5 actual
Jay Huff · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 0 actual
Pascal Siakam · minutes unknown
assists 5.5 → 3 actual
Quenton Jackson · minutes unknown
assists 3.5 → 10 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

IND also played the day before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 0 of the 259 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 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
12 other players with a posted line
Quenton Jackson · assists 3.5 → 10 · 6.5 above the line · played 31.2 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.25, Under 1.61
Al Horford · 3-pointers 1.5 → 0 · 1.5 below the line · played 15.2 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.60, Under 1.47
Aaron Nesmith · 3-pointers 2.5 → 5 · 2.5 above the line · played 35.1 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.05, Under 1.74
Ben Sheppard · 3-pointers 1.5 → 0 · 1.5 below the line · played 12.9 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.25, Under 1.61
Jay Huff · 3-pointers 1.5 → 0 · 1.5 below the line · played 3.3 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.45, Under 1.53
Stephen Curry · assists 5.5 → 2 · 3.5 below the line · played 29.1 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.15, Under 1.67
Pascal Siakam · assists 5.5 → 3 · 2.5 below the line · played 38 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.15, Under 1.67
Jarace Walker · assists 3.5 → 5 · 1.5 above the line · played 30 min · FanDuel odds: Over 2.18, Under 1.67
Draymond Green · 3-pointers 1.5 → 2 · 0.5 above the line · played 29.7 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.50, Under 1.50
Moses Moody · 3-pointers 1.5 → 1 · 0.5 below the line · played 16.1 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.20, Under 1.63
Brandin Podziemski · assists 2.5 → 3 · 0.5 above the line · played 35.3 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.35, Under 1.56
Jimmy Butler III · rebounds 5.5 → 6 · 0.5 above the line · played 34.4 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.35, Under 1.56

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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

IND vs GSW · last 12 games · IND leads · IND record 8–4 · average score 109.8–109.5 · IND has won by 0.3 on average

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

No finished games between these teams on file.

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

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

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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odds player timeline (assists)ok 200 · 648 ms
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odds player timeline (rebounds)ok 200 · 997 ms
odds player timeline (assists)ok 200 · 999 ms
odds player timeline (assists)ok 200 · 1005 ms
odds player timeline (assists)ok 200 · 1113 ms
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