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Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

FinalHOU 98 – LAL 107Page updated 09:48 UTC

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How to read the prices

Over means more than the posted line; Under means fewer. Decimal odds show the total return per unit staked, including the stake. Row order follows lineup status and available prices, not a confidence ranking.

Getting a better price than most bookmakers offer is the only thing that made money in our past tests, measured on WNBA bets; NBA has not been measured yet. Player rates are context, not tips.

Players and minutes9 players in the available roster

Minutes are source estimates, not guaranteed playing time. Historical hit rates describe past games; they are not a forecast.

Houston Rockets

Alperen Sengun · minutes unknown

assists 5.5 → 6 actual

Amen Thompson · minutes unknown

points 18.5 → 17 actual

Jabari Smith Jr. · minutes unknown

3-pointers 2.5 → 3 actual

Kevin Durant · minutes unknown

rebounds 5.5 → no final stat available

Marcus Smart · minutes unknown

assists 3.5 → 8 actual

Reed Sheppard · minutes unknown

assists 3.5 → 8 actual

Tari Eason · minutes unknown

3-pointers 1.5 → 2 actual

Los Angeles Lakers

Jake LaRavia · minutes unknown

rebounds 3.5 → 2 actual

Jarred Vanderbilt · minutes unknown

points 3.5 → 3 actual

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Game odds

HOU expected to win by about 5.5 · both teams together expected to score about 207.5 points · odds to win: HOU 1.45, LAL 2.85

Game odds from 9 bookmakers · observed Tue 04:57 UTC

What could go wrong

updated 09:48 UTC

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 are available.

Rest

Both teams had at least two days between their last game and this one.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 0 of the 362 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.

Your reads and game resultsPredictions closed at game start

What happened

In 2 of 6 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

9 other players with a posted line

Marcus Smart · assists 3.5 → 8 · 4.5 above the line · played 33.6 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.50, Under 1.50

Reed Sheppard · assists 3.5 → 8 · 4.5 above the line · played 35.9 min · DraftKings odds: Over 1.63, Under 2.20

Jake LaRavia · rebounds 3.5 → 2 · 1.5 below the line · played 18.1 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.55, Under 1.48

Tari Eason · 3-pointers 1.5 → 2 · 0.5 above the line · played 23.9 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.10, Under 1.69

Jabari Smith Jr. · 3-pointers 2.5 → 3 · 0.5 above the line · played 43 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.15, Under 1.67

Jarred Vanderbilt · points 3.5 → 3 · 0.5 below the line · played 18.5 min · Bovada odds: Over 3.00, Under 1.36

Alperen Sengun · assists 5.5 → 6 · 0.5 above the line · played 36 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.25, Under 1.61

Amen Thompson · points 18.5 → 17 · 1.5 below the line · played 43.1 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.75, Under 1.42

Kevin Durant · rebounds 5.5 → no final stat available · BetMGM odds: Over 1.91, Under 1.83

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.

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More context

Head to head

LAL vs HOU · last 33 games · LAL leads · LAL record 23–10 · average score 109.9–106.8 · LAL has won by 3 on average

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

1 May · LAL 98 at HOU 78LAL won

29 Apr · HOU 99 at LAL 93LAL lost

26 Apr · LAL 96 at HOU 115LAL lost

24 Apr · LAL 112 at HOU 108LAL won

21 Apr · HOU 94 at LAL 101LAL won

18 Apr · HOU 98 at LAL 107LAL won

18 Mar · LAL 124 at HOU 116LAL won

16 Mar · LAL 100 at HOU 92LAL won

What each defense gives up per game

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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.

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How the game odds moved

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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

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Checked results, raw (basketball-stats shorthand) · 0

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