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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

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, 0 of 7 players have performed clearly differently and 0 show 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 GSV

Aliyah Boston · minutes unknown
rebounds 7.5 → 12 actual
Caitlin Clark · minutes unknown
rebounds 5.5 → 7 actual
Kelsey Mitchell · minutes unknown
points 17.5 → 16 actual
Lexie Hull · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → 3 actual
Monique Billings · minutes unknown
points 11.5 → 8 actual

Golden State Valkyriesplaying IND

Kayla Thornton · minutes unknown
rebounds 7.5 → 6 actual
Veronica Burton · minutes unknown
points 10.5 → 11 actual

Original forecast · corrected actuals

What did we expect, and what happened?

This reads the saved pre-tip model. Today’s rosters, injuries and model changes do not rewrite it.

Reading the immutable pre-tip record…

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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

IND had 41 days off before this game · GSV had 11 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 0 of the 48 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 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
Lexie Hull · points 8.5 → 3 · 5.5 below the line · played 32.8 min · no final price
Aliyah Boston · rebounds 7.5 → 12 · 4.5 above the line · played 29.8 min · no final price
Monique Billings · points 11.5 → 8 · 3.5 below the line · played 18.9 min · no final price
Caitlin Clark · rebounds 5.5 → 7 · 1.5 above the line · played 34.4 min · no final price
Kayla Thornton · rebounds 7.5 → 6 · 1.5 below the line · played 19.9 min · no final price
Kelsey Mitchell · points 17.5 → 16 · 1.5 below the line · played 33 min · BetRivers odds: Over 2.12, Under —
Veronica Burton · points 10.5 → 11 · 0.5 above the line · played 31.5 min · no final price

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More context
Head to head

GSV vs IND · last 6 games · GSV leads · GSV record 5–1 · average score 83.8–75.7 · GSV has won by 8.2 on average

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

15 Jul · GSV 88 at IND 75GSV won
What each defense gives up per game
IND gives up90.7 points · 31.9 rebounds · 20.8 assists · 8.1 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 46.2% of shots · 34.0% from three-point range · 12.6 opponent turnovers
GSV gives up75.3 points · 32.8 rebounds · 17.8 assists · 7.8 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 41.0% of shots · 32.4% from three-point range · 13.3 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 90.7 points a game · 12th of 15 · league average 87.0+3.7 vs average
GSV gives up 75.3 points a game · 1st of 15 · league average 87.0−11.7 vs average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had IND expected to win by 11, expected total 164.5 () 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.

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