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Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

FinalHOU 94 – LAL 101Page updated 07:51 UTC

Original picks and recorded results

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Saved picks

0Posted odds · decimal

Check minutes

No playing-time estimates are available.

We had no picks in this game.

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 minutes11 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 → 5 actual

Amen Thompson · minutes unknown

rebounds 7.5 → 5 actual

Clint Capela · minutes unknown

points 2.5 → 0 actual

Jabari Smith Jr. · minutes unknown

rebounds 6.5 → 6 actual

Kevin Durant · minutes unknown

assists 4.5 → 4 actual

Marcus Smart · minutes unknown

3-pointers 1.5 → 5 actual

Reed Sheppard · minutes unknown

points 11.5 → 0 actual

Tari Eason · minutes unknown

rebounds 5.5 → 8 actual

Los Angeles Lakers

Bronny James · minutes unknown

points 1.5 → 0 actual

Jake LaRavia · minutes unknown

points 6.5 → 0 actual

Jarred Vanderbilt · minutes unknown

points 3.5 → 0 actual

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Game odds

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What could go wrong

updated 07:51 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 281 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 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

Marcus Smart · 3-pointers 1.5 → 5 · 3.5 above the line · played 35.5 min · no final price

Clint Capela · points 2.5 → 0 · 2.5 below the line · played 4.7 min · no final price

Reed Sheppard · points 11.5 → 0 · 11.5 below the line · played 10.6 min · no final price

Bronny James · points 1.5 → 0 · 1.5 below the line · played 3.3 min · no final price

Jake LaRavia · points 6.5 → 0 · 6.5 below the line · played 15.8 min · no final price

Jarred Vanderbilt · points 3.5 → 0 · 3.5 below the line · played 13.7 min · no final price

Tari Eason · rebounds 5.5 → 8 · 2.5 above the line · played 27 min · no final price

Amen Thompson · rebounds 7.5 → 5 · 2.5 below the line · played 42.2 min · no final price

Kevin Durant · assists 4.5 → 4 · 0.5 below the line · played 41 min · no final price

Alperen Sengun · assists 5.5 → 5 · 0.5 below the line · played 35.2 min · no final price

Jabari Smith Jr. · rebounds 6.5 → 6 · 0.5 below the line · played 39.1 min · no final price

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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