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Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx

FinalPHO 71 – MIN 95Page updated 17:56 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 for the same line is the only thing on this page that, measured over many past bets, made money; player rates are context, not tips.

Players and minutes5 players in the available roster

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

Phoenix Mercury

Kahleah Copper · minutes unknown

3-pointers 2.5 → 3 actual

Minnesota Lynx

Courtney Williams · minutes unknown

points 11.5 → 11 actual

Kayla McBride · minutes unknown

points 14.5 → 6 actual

Napheesa Collier · minutes unknown

points 22.5 → 14 actual

Natasha Howard · minutes unknown

points 11.5 → no final stat available

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Game odds

MIN expected to win by about 6.5 · both teams together expected to score about 165 points · odds to win: PHO 3.67, MIN 1.31

Game odds from Pinnacle (the bookmaker we use as the reference) · observed Sat 01:25 UTC

What could go wrong

updated 17:56 UTC

Who is out

Nobody is listed as injured on either team.

Lineups

Expected starting lineup, not yet confirmed

Playing time

No playing-time estimates are available.

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

Rest

PHO had 7 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 0 of the 44 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 1 of 2 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

5 other players with a posted line

Kayla McBride · points 14.5 → 6 · 8.5 below the line · played 21.8 min · no final price

Napheesa Collier · points 22.5 → 14 · 8.5 below the line · played 26.1 min · no final price

Kahleah Copper · 3-pointers 2.5 → 3 · 0.5 above the line · played 30.7 min · no final price

Courtney Williams · points 11.5 → 11 · 0.5 below the line · played 19.3 min · no final price

Natasha Howard · points 11.5 → no final stat available · 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

MIN vs PHO · last 26 games · MIN leads · MIN record 20–6 · average score 87.5–79.3 · MIN has won by 8.2 on average

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

13 Jul · PHO 100 at MIN 104MIN won

1 Jun · MIN 111 at PHO 77MIN won

12 May · MIN 88 at PHO 84MIN won

28 Sep · MIN 81 at PHO 86MIN lost

26 Sep · MIN 76 at PHO 84MIN lost

23 Sep · PHO 89 at MIN 83MIN lost

What each defense gives up per game

PHO gives up87.6 points · 34.0 rebounds · 21.5 assists · 9.7 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 46.4% of shots · 36.1% from three-point range · 12.9 opponent turnovers

MIN gives up83.9 points · 33.4 rebounds · 20.5 assists · 9.3 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 43.7% of shots · 33.3% from three-point range · 14.5 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.

PHO gives up 87.6 points a game · 8th of 15 · league average 87.2about league average

MIN gives up 83.9 points a game · 3rd of 15 · league average 87.2−3.3 vs average

How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had MIN expected to win by 6.5, expected total 165 (Sat 01:25 UTC) and had not changed it by Sat 01:25 UTC.

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

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

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