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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

5 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, 0 of 5 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.

Dallas Wingsplaying NYL

Arike Ogunbowale · minutes unknown
points 15.5 → 14 actual
Paige Bueckers · minutes unknown
assists 5.5 → 4 actual

New York Libertyplaying DAL

Jonquel Jones · minutes unknown
points 16.5 → 15 actual
Leonie Fiebich · minutes unknown
rebounds 4.5 → 1 actual
Sabrina Ionescu · minutes unknown
rebounds 5.5 → 5 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 53 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 1 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
5 other players with a posted line
Leonie Fiebich · rebounds 4.5 → 1 · 3.5 below the line · played 29.4 min · BetMGM odds: Over 2.20, Under 1.65
Paige Bueckers · assists 5.5 → 4 · 1.5 below the line · played 30.9 min · BetMGM odds: Over 2.15, Under 1.67
Arike Ogunbowale · points 15.5 → 14 · 1.5 below the line · played 34.8 min · BetMGM odds: Over 2.05, Under 1.71
Jonquel Jones · points 16.5 → 15 · 1.5 below the line · played 21.5 min · BetMGM odds: Over 1.95, Under 1.80
Sabrina Ionescu · rebounds 5.5 → 5 · 0.5 below the line · played 30.1 min · BetMGM odds: Over 2.10, Under 1.69

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More context
Head to head

NYL vs DAL · last 16 games · NYL leads · NYL record 10–6 · average score 87.9–84.3 · NYL has won by 3.6 on average

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

20 Jul · NYL 99 at DAL 98NYL won
7 Jul · DAL 88 at NYL 77NYL lost
24 May · DAL 91 at NYL 76NYL lost
What each defense gives up per game
DAL gives up85.3 points · 33.3 rebounds · 19.9 assists · 8.1 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.8% of shots · 33.1% from three-point range · 11.9 opponent turnovers
NYL gives up86.6 points · 31.5 rebounds · 21.4 assists · 9.0 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.9% of shots · 34.3% from three-point range · 10.8 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 85.3 points a game · 5th of 15 · league average 87.0−1.8 vs average
NYL gives up 86.6 points a game · 7th of 15 · league average 87.0about league average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had NYL expected to win by 11, expected total 176.5 () 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 · 34
sds rest/team (away)ok 200 · 98 ms
sds rest/team (home)ok 200 · 100 ms
grading picks/nightlyok 200 · 109 ms
sds schedule/team (meetings)ok · 141 ms
sds defense/team (away)ok 200 · 146 ms
sds defense/team (home)ok 200 · 149 ms
sds analytics opponent_defense (away)ok 200 · 151 ms
sds analytics opponent_defense (home)ok 200 · 166 ms
sds games/{id}ok 200 · 315 ms
sds lineups/{id}ok 200 · 339 ms
sds injuries/date/{date}ok 200 · 345 ms
sds players/team (home)ok 200 · 12 ms
sds players/team (away)ok 200 · 13 ms
sds history (h2h)ok · 357 ms
sds games/{id}/boxscoreok 200 · 365 ms
grading clv/picksok 200 · 293 ms
dh lineups/{id}/deltaok 200 · 413 ms
grading verdict/boardok 200 · 713 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 25 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 33 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 36 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (rebounds)ok 200 · 40 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 40 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 42 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (rebounds)ok 200 · 204 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 221 ms
odds game timelineok 200 · 941 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (assists)ok 200 · 281 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 290 ms
odds player timeline (rebounds)ok 200 · 599 ms
odds player timeline (rebounds)ok 200 · 599 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 602 ms
odds player timeline (assists)ok 200 · 686 ms
odds player timeline (points)ok 200 · 687 ms
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