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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 · 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, 0 of 11 players have 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.

Detroit Pistonsplaying MIL

Ausar Thompson · minutes unknown
points 10.5 → 10 actual
Cade Cunningham · minutes unknown
points 27.5 → 17 actual
Duncan Robinson · minutes unknown
points 12.5 → no final stat available
Jalen Duren · minutes unknown
rebounds 11.5 → 6 actual

Milwaukee Bucksplaying DET

AJ Green · minutes unknown
3-pointers 2.5 → 5 actual
Caris LeVert · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 1 actual
Gary Trent Jr. · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → 3 actual
Kevin Porter Jr. · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 3 actual
Kyle Kuzma · minutes unknown
rebounds 3.5 → 4 actual
Myles Turner · minutes unknown
3-pointers 2.5 → 1 actual
Ryan Rollins · minutes unknown
assists 4.5 → 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 263 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 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
11 other players with a posted line
AJ Green · 3-pointers 2.5 → 5 · 2.5 above the line · played 39.8 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.93, Under 1.81
Kevin Porter Jr. · 3-pointers 1.5 → 3 · 1.5 above the line · played 35.2 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.80, Under 1.93
Ryan Rollins · assists 4.5 → 8 · 3.5 above the line · played 38.8 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.76, Under 2.00
Gary Trent Jr. · points 8.5 → 3 · 5.5 below the line · played 22 min · BetMGM odds: Over 1.95, Under 1.80
Myles Turner · 3-pointers 2.5 → 1 · 1.5 below the line · played 19.7 min · BetRivers odds: Over 2.23, Under 1.61
Jalen Duren · rebounds 11.5 → 6 · 5.5 below the line · played 25.9 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.95, Under 1.79
Cade Cunningham · points 27.5 → 17 · 10.5 below the line · played 35.2 min · BetRivers odds: Over 2.18, Under 1.61
Caris LeVert · 3-pointers 1.5 → 1 · 0.5 below the line · played 23.1 min · FanDuel odds: Over 2.10, Under 1.71
Kyle Kuzma · rebounds 3.5 → 4 · 0.5 above the line · played 21.2 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.71, Under 2.06
Ausar Thompson · points 10.5 → 10 · 0.5 below the line · played 25.7 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.78, Under 1.96
Duncan Robinson · points 12.5 → no final stat available · FanDuel odds: Over 2.00, Under 1.76

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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

MIL vs DET · last 25 games · MIL leads · MIL record 21–4 · average score 122.6–113.2 · MIL has won by 9.5 on average

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

8 Apr · MIL 111 at DET 137MIL lost
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.

Data fetches · 52
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odds game timelineok 200 · 657 ms
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sds analytics player_vs_line (three_pointers_made)ok 200 · 278 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 283 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 291 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 295 ms
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sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 359 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (assists)ok 200 · 378 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 384 ms
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sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 402 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (rebounds)ok 200 · 407 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (three_pointers_made)ok 200 · 438 ms
odds player timeline (rebounds)ok 200 · 545 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 631 ms
odds player timeline (threes)ok 200 · 668 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 667 ms
odds player timeline (threes)ok 200 · 671 ms
odds player timeline (threes)ok 200 · 670 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 677 ms
odds player timeline (assists)ok 200 · 722 ms
odds player timeline (rebounds)ok 200 · 901 ms
odds player timeline (threes)ok 200 · 931 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 965 ms
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