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Las Vegas Aces at Phoenix Mercury

FinalLVA 97 – PHO 79Page updated 05:03 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 minutes6 players in the available roster

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

Las Vegas Aces

A'ja Wilson · minutes unknown

points 26.5 → 41 actual

Chelsea Gray · minutes unknown

assists 4.5 → 5 actual

Jackie Young · minutes unknown

assists 4.5 → 14 actual

Phoenix Mercury

Kahleah Copper · minutes unknown

rebounds 4.5 → 6 actual

Kelsey Plum · minutes unknown

assists 4.5 → 5 actual

Natasha Mack · minutes unknown

points 11.5 → 2 actual

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Game odds

LVA expected to win by about 5.5 · both teams together expected to score about 170 points · odds to win: LVA 1.43, PHO 3.00

Game odds from Pinnacle (the bookmaker we use as the reference) · observed Sun 19:55 UTC

What could go wrong

updated 05:03 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

LVA had 33 days off before this game · PHO had 48 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 0 of the 68 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 3 of 5 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

6 other players with a posted line

Jackie Young · assists 4.5 → 14 · 9.5 above the line · played 33.3 min · no final price

Natasha Mack · points 11.5 → 2 · 9.5 below the line · played 11.4 min · no final price

A'ja Wilson · points 26.5 → 41 · 14.5 above the line · played 34 min · no final price

Kahleah Copper · rebounds 4.5 → 6 · 1.5 above the line · played 31 min · no final price

Chelsea Gray · assists 4.5 → 5 · 0.5 above the line · played 11.3 min · no final price

Kelsey Plum · assists 4.5 → 5 · 0.5 above the line · played 31.4 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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Head to head

PHO vs LVA · last 25 games · LVA leads · PHO record 3–22 · average score 80.2–92.2 · PHO has lost by 12 on average

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

24 Sep · LVA 100 at PHO 82PHO lost

11 Jul · PHO 58 at LVA 106PHO lost

17 Jun · LVA 86 at PHO 76PHO lost

9 May · PHO 99 at LVA 66PHO won

10 Oct · LVA 97 at PHO 86PHO lost

8 Oct · LVA 90 at PHO 88PHO lost

5 Oct · PHO 78 at LVA 91PHO lost

3 Oct · PHO 86 at LVA 89PHO lost

What each defense gives up per game

LVA gives up85.8 points · 34.0 rebounds · 18.6 assists · 8.8 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.2% of shots · 34.5% from three-point range · 13.0 opponent turnovers

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

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.

LVA gives up 85.8 points a game · 6th of 15 · league average 87.0about league average

PHO gives up 87.6 points a game · 8th of 15 · league average 87.0about league 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

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

No graded rows for this game.

Data fetches · 37

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sds analytics opponent_defense (home)ok 200 · 15 ms

sds schedule/team (meetings)ok · 16 ms

grading verdict/boardok 200 · 25 ms

sds history (h2h)ok · 92 ms

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odds player timeline (assists)failed 503 · 176 ms

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odds player timeline (rebounds)failed 503 · 178 ms

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sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 188 ms

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sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 216 ms

sds analytics player_vs_line (assists)ok 200 · 226 ms

sds analytics player_vs_line (assists)ok 200 · 230 ms

sds analytics player_vs_line (rebounds)ok 200 · 233 ms

odds player timeline (assists)ok 200 · 662 ms

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