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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.

03

The players

7 players checked · 6 whose past record points the other way from the bookmakers' price · 0 out · 0 with too few games

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.

Against this opponent, 1 of 7 players has performed clearly differently and 1 shows 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.

Indiana Feverplaying LVA

Aliyah Boston · minutes unknown
rebounds 8.5 → 11 actual
Caitlin Clark · minutes unknown
points 16.5 → 13 actual
Kelsey Mitchell · minutes unknown
points 16.5 → 23 actual

Las Vegas Acesplaying IND

A'ja Wilson · minutes unknown
points 27.5 → 28 actual
Chelsea Gray · minutes unknown
points 12.5 → 4 actual
Jackie Young · minutes unknown
assists 4.5 → 10 actual
NaLyssa Smith · minutes unknown
points 12.5 → 5 actual
04

What could go wrong

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Who is out

Nobody is listed as injured on either team.

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

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 0 of the 45 lines; the rest rely on other bookmakers.

One team is expected to win by 10 or more. In past games like this, players went over their lines 65.9% of the time; this does not mean the opposite is a good bet.

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.

05

What happened

In 3 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
7 other players with a posted line
Jackie Young · assists 4.5 → 10 · 5.5 above the line · played 38.2 min · no final price
Chelsea Gray · points 12.5 → 4 · 8.5 below the line · played 19.9 min · no final price
NaLyssa Smith · points 12.5 → 5 · 7.5 below the line · played 26.3 min · no final price
Kelsey Mitchell · points 16.5 → 23 · 6.5 above the line · played 35.4 min · no final price
Aliyah Boston · rebounds 8.5 → 11 · 2.5 above the line · played 35.5 min · no final price
Caitlin Clark · points 16.5 → 13 · 3.5 below the line · played 37.8 min · no final price
A'ja Wilson · points 27.5 → 28 · 0.5 above the line · played 36.2 min · no final price

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More context
Head to head

LVA vs IND · last 21 games · LVA leads · LVA record 15–6 · average score 84.8–81.0 · LVA has won by 3.8 on average

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

6 Aug · LVA 86 at IND 84LVA won
12 Jul · IND 109 at LVA 75LVA lost
5 Jul · IND 84 at LVA 68LVA lost
What each defense gives up per game
IND gives up90.4 points · 31.9 rebounds · 20.9 assists · 8.0 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 46.0% of shots · 33.7% from three-point range · 12.7 opponent turnovers
LVA gives up86.0 points · 33.6 rebounds · 18.9 assists · 8.7 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.4% of shots · 34.7% from three-point range · 13.2 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.

IND gives up 90.4 points a game · 11th of 15 · league average 87.0+3.4 vs average
LVA gives up 86.0 points a game · 6th of 15 · league average 87.0about league average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had LVA expected to win by 13, expected total 179.5 () 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.

Data fetches · 40
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sds history (h2h)ok · 14 ms
sds analytics opponent_defense (home)ok 200 · 13 ms
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sds analytics opponent_defense (away)ok 200 · 16 ms
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sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 70 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 171 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 174 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 177 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (assists)ok 200 · 277 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 280 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 291 ms
odds game timelineok 200 · 550 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 310 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 313 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 350 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 362 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 375 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (rebounds)ok 200 · 397 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 405 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 513 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 625 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 635 ms
odds player timeline (assists)ok 200 · 644 ms
odds player timeline (rebounds)ok 200 · 903 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 904 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 908 ms
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