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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 · 0 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 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.

Golden State Valkyriesplaying IND

Kayla Thornton · minutes unknown
points 14.5 → 18 actual
Tiffany Hayes · minutes unknown
points 14.5 → 6 actual
Veronica Burton · minutes unknown
assists 5.5 → 6 actual

Indiana Feverplaying GSV

Aliyah Boston · minutes unknown
points 14.5 → 6 actual
Caitlin Clark · minutes unknown
assists 8.5 → 6 actual
Kelsey Mitchell · minutes unknown
points 17.5 → 12 actual
Monique Billings · minutes unknown
rebounds 5.5 → 2 actual
04

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 45 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.

05

What happened

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
Monique Billings · rebounds 5.5 → 2 · 3.5 below the line · played 11.5 min · no final price
Tiffany Hayes · points 14.5 → 6 · 8.5 below the line · played 28 min · no final price
Aliyah Boston · points 14.5 → 6 · 8.5 below the line · played 26.7 min · no final price
Kelsey Mitchell · points 17.5 → 12 · 5.5 below the line · played 30 min · no final price
Caitlin Clark · assists 8.5 → 6 · 2.5 below the line · played 24.8 min · no final price
Kayla Thornton · points 14.5 → 18 · 3.5 above the line · played 27.3 min · no final price
Veronica Burton · assists 5.5 → 6 · 0.5 above the line · played 33.9 min · no final price

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More context
Head to head

IND vs GSV · last 6 games · GSV leads · IND record 1–5 · average score 75.7–83.8 · IND has lost 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 75IND lost
28 May · IND 88 at GSV 90IND lost
22 May · GSV 82 at IND 90IND won
What each defense gives up per game
GSV gives up75.1 points · 32.7 rebounds · 18.2 assists · 8.0 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 41.4% of shots · 32.6% from three-point range · 13.7 opponent turnovers
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
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.

GSV gives up 75.1 points a game · 1st of 15 · league average 87.0−11.9 vs average
IND gives up 90.4 points a game · 11th of 15 · league average 87.0+3.4 vs 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

No raw pick rows for this game.

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

No graded rows for this game.

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odds player timeline (assists)ok 200 · 538 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 551 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 738 ms
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