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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

9 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 9 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.

Chicago Skyplaying TOR

Azura Stevens · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → 18 actual
Jacy Sheldon · minutes unknown
points 6.5 → 10 actual
Kamilla Cardoso · minutes unknown
points 13.5 → 9 actual
Natasha Cloud · minutes unknown
points 9.5 → 6 actual
Rachel Banham · minutes unknown
3-pointers 1.5 → 1 actual
Skylar Diggins · minutes unknown
points 15.5 → 7 actual

Toronto Tempoplaying CHI

Brittney Sykes · minutes unknown
points 19.5 → 25 actual
Marina Mabrey · minutes unknown
points 18.5 → 9 actual
Nyara Sabally · minutes unknown
points 9.5 → 15 actual
04

What could go wrong

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Who is out

Out Fagbenle · earlier listed as may not play (changed ) · 20, 26 and 22 min in the last 3 games

Out Coulibaly · earlier listed as may not play (changed ) · 15, 15 and 13 min in the last 3 games

Westbeld · earlier listed as out, now available (changed ) · 13, 14 and 9 min in the last 3 games

Out Vandersloot · right knee (knee) · CHI

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

CHI had 8 days off before this game · TOR had 8 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 9 of the 116 lines; the rest rely on other bookmakers.

Every pick is priced by at least 2 bookmakers.

Looking back

Flagged before the game: Fagbenle out () · played

Flagged before the game: Coulibaly out () · played

Flagged before the game: Vandersloot out · played

Flagged before the game: Westbeld out () · played

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

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
9 other players with a posted line
Azura Stevens · points 8.5 → 18 · 9.5 above the line · played 23.7 min · BetRivers odds: Over 1.71, Under —
Nyara Sabally · points 9.5 → 15 · 5.5 above the line · played 25.1 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.71, Under 2.05
Skylar Diggins · points 15.5 → 7 · 8.5 below the line · played 26.7 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.79, Under 1.95
Jacy Sheldon · points 6.5 → 10 · 3.5 above the line · played 21.3 min · DraftKings odds: Over 1.86, Under 1.87
Marina Mabrey · points 18.5 → 9 · 9.5 below the line · played 30.4 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.83, Under 1.92
Natasha Cloud · points 9.5 → 6 · 3.5 below the line · played 26.7 min · DraftKings odds: Over 1.95, Under 1.77
Kamilla Cardoso · points 13.5 → 9 · 4.5 below the line · played 23.4 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.81, Under 1.93
Rachel Banham · 3-pointers 1.5 → 1 · 0.5 below the line · played 21.6 min · DraftKings odds: Over 2.50, Under 1.48
Brittney Sykes · points 19.5 → 25 · 5.5 above the line · played 30.5 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.94, Under 1.80

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More context
Head to head

TOR vs CHI · last 3 games · TOR leads · TOR record 2–1 · average score 93.7–89.7 · TOR has won by 4 on average

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

22 Sep · TOR 85 at CHI 97TOR lost
7 Jun · CHI 68 at TOR 85TOR won
27 May · TOR 111 at CHI 104TOR won
What each defense gives up per game
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
TOR gives up94.4 points · 34.5 rebounds · 22.6 assists · 9.8 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 47.8% of shots · 35.4% 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.

CHI gives up 90.7 points a game · 11th of 15 · league average 87.2+3.5 vs average
TOR gives up 94.4 points a game · 15th of 15 · league average 87.2+7.2 vs average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had TOR expected to win by 2.5, expected total 173.5 () and later TOR expected to win by 3.5, expected total 175.5 ().

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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