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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 · 4 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 3 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 CHI

Aliyah Boston · minutes unknown
points 15.5 → 14 actual
Kelsey Mitchell · minutes unknown
points 20.5 → 35 actual
Sophie Cunningham · minutes unknown
points 9.5 → 5 actual

Chicago Skyplaying IND

Elizabeth Williams · minutes unknown
points 9.5 → 9 actual
Kamilla Cardoso · minutes unknown
points 12.5 → 12 actual
Natasha Cloud · minutes unknown
rebounds 7.5 → no final stat available
Rachel Banham · minutes unknown
points 11.5 → 26 actual
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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 36 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.

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What happened

In 2 of 3 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
Rachel Banham · points 11.5 → 26 · 14.5 above the line · played 36 min · FanDuel odds: Over 1.94, Under 1.82
Kelsey Mitchell · points 20.5 → 35 · 14.5 above the line · played 29.8 min · BetMGM odds: Over 1.87, Under 1.87
Sophie Cunningham · points 9.5 → 5 · 4.5 below the line · played 30.8 min · BetMGM odds: Over 1.91, Under 1.83
Aliyah Boston · points 15.5 → 14 · 1.5 below the line · played 34.6 min · BetMGM odds: Over 1.91, Under 1.83
Elizabeth Williams · points 9.5 → 9 · 0.5 below the line · played 23.1 min · FanDuel odds: Over 1.77, Under 2.00
Kamilla Cardoso · points 12.5 → 12 · 0.5 below the line · played 33.5 min · FanDuel odds: Over 1.82, Under 1.94
Natasha Cloud · rebounds 7.5 → no final stat available · BetMGM odds: Over 2.05, Under 1.74

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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.

More context
Head to head

CHI vs IND · last 19 games · IND leads · CHI record 6–13 · average score 84.1–91.3 · CHI has lost by 7.2 on average

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

23 Aug · IND 113 at CHI 90CHI lost
8 Aug · IND 90 at CHI 86CHI lost
11 Jun · CHI 106 at IND 114CHI lost
5 Sep · CHI 77 at IND 97CHI 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
CHI gives up90.7 points · 37.1 rebounds · 20.7 assists · 8.2 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.9% of shots · 33.8% 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.

IND gives up 90.4 points a game · 11th of 15 · league average 87.0+3.4 vs average
CHI gives up 90.7 points a game · 12th of 15 · league average 87.0+3.6 vs average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had IND expected to win by 11, expected total 157 () 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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