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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

8 players checked · 6 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 8 players have performed clearly differently and 1 shows 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.

Miami Heatplaying POR

Andrew Wiggins · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 1 actual
Bam Adebayo · minutes unknown
assists 3.5 → 2 actual
Davion Mitchell · minutes unknown
assists 5.5 → no final stat available
Nikola Jović · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 1 actual
Pelle Larsson · minutes unknown
rebounds 3.5 → 3 actual
Simone Fontecchio · minutes unknown
rebounds 3.5 → 4 actual

Portland Trail Blazersplaying MIA

Deni Avdija · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 2 actual
Robert Williams III · minutes unknown
rebounds 5.5 → 10 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 166 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 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
8 other players with a posted line
Robert Williams III · rebounds 5.5 → 10 · 4.5 above the line · played 19.3 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.40, Under 1.54
Bam Adebayo · assists 3.5 → 2 · 1.5 below the line · played 37.2 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.10, Under 1.69
Andrew Wiggins · 3-pointers 1.5 → 1 · 0.5 below the line · played 31.2 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.90, Under 1.38
Nikola Jović · 3-pointers 1.5 → 1 · 0.5 below the line · played 17 min · BetMGM odds: Over 2.40, Under 1.53
Deni Avdija · 3-pointers 1.5 → 2 · 0.5 above the line · played 17.8 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.51, Under 2.43
Pelle Larsson · rebounds 3.5 → 3 · 0.5 below the line · played 28.9 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.55, Under 1.48
Simone Fontecchio · rebounds 3.5 → 4 · 0.5 above the line · played 24.7 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.25, Under 1.61
Davion Mitchell · assists 5.5 → no final stat available · Fanatics odds: Over 1.61, Under 2.20

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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

POR vs MIA · last 13 games · MIA leads · POR record 4–9 · average score 107.2–116.6 · POR has lost by 9.5 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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