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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

4 players checked · 2 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 4 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.

Dallas Wingsplaying ATL

Alanna Smith · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → no final stat available
Arike Ogunbowale · minutes unknown
3-pointers 2.5 → 0 actual
Maddy Siegrist · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → 12 actual
Paige Bueckers · minutes unknown
points 14.5 → 11 actual

Atlanta Dreamplaying DAL

No player list for ATL.

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What could go wrong

updated
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 22 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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What happened

In 0 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
4 other players with a posted line
Arike Ogunbowale · 3-pointers 2.5 → 0 · 2.5 below the line · played 33.1 min · Bovada odds: Over 2.05, Under 1.74
Maddy Siegrist · points 8.5 → 12 · 3.5 above the line · played 21.7 min · BetOnline.ag odds: Over 1.89, Under 1.87
Paige Bueckers · points 14.5 → 11 · 3.5 below the line · played 28.5 min · Bovada odds: Over 1.91, Under 1.83
Alanna Smith · points 8.5 → no final stat available · BetOnline.ag odds: Over 1.94, Under 1.82

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More context
Head to head

ATL vs DAL · last 18 games · ATL leads · ATL record 10–8 · average score 80.1–81.2 · ATL has lost by 1.1 on average

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

29 Jul · ATL 82 at DAL 81ATL won
22 May · DAL 69 at ATL 86ATL won
12 May · ATL 77 at DAL 72ATL won
What each defense gives up per game
DAL gives up85.7 points · 33.3 rebounds · 20.0 assists · 8.3 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.9% of shots · 33.7% from three-point range · 11.8 opponent turnovers
ATL gives up84.3 points · 31.4 rebounds · 19.0 assists · 8.0 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 46.7% of shots · 34.8% from three-point range · 15.5 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.

DAL gives up 85.7 points a game · 5th of 15 · league average 87.1about league average
ATL gives up 84.3 points a game · 4th of 15 · league average 87.1−2.8 vs average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had ATL expected to win by 7.5, expected total 169.5 () 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 · 31
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sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 123 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 125 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 126 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (three_pointers_made)ok 200 · 129 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 132 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 584 ms
odds player timeline (threes)ok 200 · 585 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 611 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 667 ms
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