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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.

Picks for this game are not posted yet. The players below are up to date.

Why the better price matters

In our past tests, simply taking the highest price offered for a line earned more than any of our own forecasts did.

In that test (25 Aug 2026), taking the best price returned about 2.8 more for every 100 staked than the price we posted did.

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The players

No player lines yet · 0 players listed

Rate: the share of this season's games in which the player finished above tonight's line. S beside a name marks an expected starter.

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.

Los Angeles Sparksplaying DAL

No player list for LAS.

Dallas Wingsplaying LAS

No player list for DAL.

04

What could go wrong

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Who is out

Nobody is listed as injured on either team.

Lineup changes unavailable right now.

Lineups

Expected starting lineup, not yet confirmed

Playing time

No playing-time estimates yet.

Our check: these minute estimates (RotoWire) are typically off by about 4 minutes.

Rest

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

Bookmakers

No player lines posted for this game.

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

One game proves nothing.
FinalWe had no picks in this game · every posted line is still scored below

Final stats not available yet.

No player lines were posted in this game.

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More context
Head to head

DAL vs LAS · last 19 games · LAS leads · DAL record 8–11 · average score 88.3–87.9 · DAL has won by 0.4 on average

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

17 Sep · LAS 77 at DAL 97DAL won
19 Jul · LAS 82 at DAL 90DAL won
5 Jun · DAL 104 at LAS 96DAL won
7 Sep · DAL 77 at LAS 91DAL lost
What each defense gives up per game
LAS gives up91.3 points · 35.5 rebounds · 22.2 assists · 8.9 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 47.2% of shots · 33.6% from three-point range · 13.9 opponent turnovers
DAL gives up85.3 points · 33.3 rebounds · 19.9 assists · 8.1 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.8% of shots · 33.1% from three-point range · 11.9 opponent turnovers
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.

LAS gives up 91.3 points a game · 14th of 15 · league average 87.0+4.3 vs average
DAL gives up 85.3 points a game · 5th of 15 · league average 87.0−1.8 vs average
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

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.

Data fetches · 19
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sds analytics opponent_defense (home)ok 200 · 67 ms
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sds history (h2h)ok · 193 ms
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sds players/team (home)ok 200 · 8 ms
grading clv/picksok 200 · 153 ms
sds games/{id}/boxscoreok 200 · 200 ms
dh lineups/{id}/deltafailed 404 · 215 ms
grading verdict/boardok 200 · 263 ms
odds game timelineok 200 · 548 ms
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