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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 · 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, 0 of 11 players have performed clearly differently and 5 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.

Sacramento Kingsplaying SAS

Domantas Sabonis · minutes unknown
points 17.5 → 17 actual
Malik Monk · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 2 actual
Precious Achiuwa · minutes unknown
points 5.5 → 1 actual
Zach LaVine · minutes unknown
3-pointers 2.5 → 1 actual

San Antonio Spursplaying SAC

De'Aaron Fox · minutes unknown
3-pointers 2.5 → 4 actual
Devin Vassell · minutes unknown
3-pointers 2.5 → 0 actual
Harrison Barnes · minutes unknown
rebounds 3.5 → 2 actual
Julian Champagnie · minutes unknown
rebounds 3.5 → 2 actual
Keldon Johnson · minutes unknown
points 11.5 → 14 actual
Luke Kornet · minutes unknown
rebounds 8.5 → 11 actual
Stephon Castle · minutes unknown
points 21.5 → 4 actual
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What could go wrong

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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 284 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 4 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
11 other players with a posted line
Devin Vassell · 3-pointers 2.5 → 0 · 2.5 below the line · played 33.9 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.73, Under 2.04
Precious Achiuwa · points 5.5 → 1 · 4.5 below the line · played 4.6 min · FanDuel odds: Over 1.78, Under 2.00
Stephon Castle · points 21.5 → 4 · 17.5 below the line · played 15.6 min · BetRivers odds: Over 2.05, Under 1.72
Zach LaVine · 3-pointers 2.5 → 1 · 1.5 below the line · played 24.6 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.60, Under 2.25
De'Aaron Fox · 3-pointers 2.5 → 4 · 1.5 above the line · played 34.6 min · BetRivers odds: Over 2.30, Under 1.56
Harrison Barnes · rebounds 3.5 → 2 · 1.5 below the line · played 30.2 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.92, Under 1.83
Julian Champagnie · rebounds 3.5 → 2 · 1.5 below the line · played 26.2 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.68, Under 2.10
Malik Monk · 3-pointers 1.5 → 2 · 0.5 above the line · played 28.1 min · BetRivers odds: Over 2.04, Under 1.72
Luke Kornet · rebounds 8.5 → 11 · 2.5 above the line · played 27.6 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.76, Under 1.97
Keldon Johnson · points 11.5 → 14 · 2.5 above the line · played 22.8 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.80, Under 1.93
Domantas Sabonis · points 17.5 → 17 · 0.5 below the line · played 36.2 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.89, Under 1.83

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More context
Head to head

SAS vs SAC · last 21 games · SAC leads · SAS record 10–11 · average score 121.5–121.0 · SAS has won by 0.5 on average

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

17 Mar · SAS 132 at SAC 104SAS 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 SAS expected to win by 5.5, expected total 241.5 () 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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odds game timelineok 200 · 574 ms
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sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 297 ms
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sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 450 ms
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sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 456 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 569 ms
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odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 1018 ms
odds player timeline (rebounds)ok 200 · 1056 ms
odds player timeline (rebounds)ok 200 · 1056 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 1057 ms
odds player timeline (threes)ok 200 · 1059 ms
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