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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

6 players checked · 1 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 6 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 WAS

Aliyah Boston · minutes unknown
points 14.5 → 12 actual
Kelsey Mitchell · minutes unknown
3-pointers 2.5 → 0 actual
Lexie Hull · minutes unknown
points 9.5 → 7 actual

Washington Mysticsplaying IND

Kiki Iriafen · minutes unknown
rebounds 8.5 → 5 actual
Shakira Austin · minutes unknown
rebounds 6.5 → 7 actual
Sonia Citron · minutes unknown
points 13.5 → 17 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.

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 1 of 1 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
6 other players with a posted line
Kelsey Mitchell · 3-pointers 2.5 → 0 · 2.5 below the line · played 24.7 min · BetMGM odds: Over 2.05, Under 1.74
Kiki Iriafen · rebounds 8.5 → 5 · 3.5 below the line · played 22.1 min · BetMGM odds: Over 1.77, Under 2.00
Lexie Hull · points 9.5 → 7 · 2.5 below the line · played 20.2 min · BetMGM odds: Over 2.25, Under 1.63
Sonia Citron · points 13.5 → 17 · 3.5 above the line · played 31.9 min · BetMGM odds: Over 1.91, Under 1.83
Aliyah Boston · points 14.5 → 12 · 2.5 below the line · played 31.9 min · BetMGM odds: Over 1.91, Under 1.83
Shakira Austin · rebounds 6.5 → 7 · 0.5 above the line · played 25.3 min · BetMGM odds: Over 2.05, Under 1.74

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More context
Head to head

WAS vs IND · last 19 games · WAS leads · WAS record 12–7 · average score 84.2–83.1 · WAS has won by 1.1 on average

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

20 Sep · WAS 93 at IND 77WAS won
8 Jun · IND 78 at WAS 76WAS lost
15 May · WAS 104 at IND 102WAS won
7 Sep · IND 94 at WAS 65WAS 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
WAS gives up82.7 points · 30.1 rebounds · 19.8 assists · 8.4 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 43.1% of shots · 32.8% from three-point range · 12.1 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
WAS gives up 82.7 points a game · 2nd of 15 · league average 87.0−4.3 vs average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had IND expected to win by 6.5, expected total 162.5 () 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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