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Picks and prices

Odds of at least 1.70 only · highest odds first

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.

Legacy signals · publication timing unverified

This game has no durable publication receipt. Legacy CORE signals, if returned, are not backfilled into the published record; missing signals are not a pass.

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Evaluation coverage and timestamps

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Status observed since

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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

12 players checked · 8 whose past record points the other way from the bookmakers' price · 0 out · 1 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 12 players have performed clearly differently and 2 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.

Utah Jazzplaying SAS

Ace Bailey · minutes unknown
points 12.5
Darryn Peterson · minutes unknown
assists 2.5
Isaiah Collier · minutes unknown
points 7.5
Jaxson Hayes · minutes unknown
points 7.5
Keyonte George · minutes unknown
rebounds 3.5
Lauri Markkanen · minutes unknown
assists 1.5

San Antonio Spursplaying UTA

De'Aaron Fox · minutes unknown
assists 5.5
Devin Vassell · minutes unknown
assists 2.5
Dylan Harper · minutes unknown
assists 4.5
Julian Champagnie · minutes unknown
assists 1.5
Keldon Johnson · minutes unknown
points 9.5
Stephon Castle · minutes unknown
assists 5.5
Victor Wembanyama · minutes unknown
rebounds 11.5

Saved gameplay research · not CORE picks

What did the models record?

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A saved expected lineup or availability assumption is not an official injury confirmation.

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What could go wrong

updated
Who is out

Out Ingram · two-way · UTA

Out Jr. · right mcltear · UTA

Out Nurkić · right2nd plantar plate tear · UTA

Out Bufkin · two-way · UTA

Out Alexander · two-way · UTA

Out Quaintance · right knee surgery (knee) · SAS

Out Harris · left calf strain (calf) · SAS

Lineup changes unavailable right now.

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 173 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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Your prediction

closes at game start,
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More context
Head to head

SAS vs UTA · last 23 games · SAS leads · SAS record 13–10 · average score 114.2–115.4 · SAS has lost by 1.3 on average

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

28 Oct · SAS 117 at UTA 111SAS won
12 Oct · SAS 109 at UTA 119SAS lost
What each defense gives up per game
UTA gives up118.8 points · 43.8 rebounds · 22.0 assists · 37.6% from three-point range
SAS gives up109.4 points · 43.6 rebounds · 25.4 assists · 36.9% from three-point range
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.

UTA gives up 118.8 points a game · 23rd of 29 · league average 113.7+5.1 vs average
SAS gives up 109.4 points a game · 11th of 29 · league average 113.7−4.3 vs average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had SAS expected to win by 16, expected total 231 () 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

Defense-by-position measurement: split-half reliability r = -0.033 across 12 cells (7 of 12 negative) against a shuffle null of 0.000; a placebo using the wrong position family reproduced the effect to within 0.12pp · project_dvp_blowout_gate_refuted · 2026-08-26

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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