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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

11 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 11 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.

Atlanta Dreamplaying CHI

Allisha Gray · minutes unknown
points 19.5 → 14 actual
Angel Reese · minutes unknown
points 13.5 → 17 actual
Jordin Canada · minutes unknown
points 11.5 → 14 actual
Naz Hillmon · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → 16 actual
Rhyne Howard · minutes unknown
points 17.5 → 17 actual

Chicago Skyplaying ATL

Azura Stevens · minutes unknown
points 10.5 → 8 actual
Gabriela Jaquez · minutes unknown
points 7.5 → 3 actual
Jacy Sheldon · minutes unknown
points 6.5 → 6 actual
Kamilla Cardoso · minutes unknown
points 12.5 → 13 actual
Natasha Cloud · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → 18 actual
Skylar Diggins · minutes unknown
points 15.5 → 17 actual
04

What could go wrong

updated
Who is out

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 Jones · earlier listed as available (changed ) · 5, 20 and 22 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.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 14 of the 141 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.

Looking back

Flagged before the game: Coulibaly out () · played

Flagged before the game: Vandersloot out · played

Flagged before the game: Westbeld out () · played

Flagged before the game: Jones 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 4 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
11 other players with a posted line
Natasha Cloud · points 8.5 → 18 · 9.5 above the line · played 30.1 min · FanDuel odds: Over 2.00, Under 1.77
Naz Hillmon · points 8.5 → 16 · 7.5 above the line · played 37.7 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.73, Under 2.03
Gabriela Jaquez · points 7.5 → 3 · 4.5 below the line · played 18.7 min · FanDuel odds: Over 1.80, Under 1.96
Allisha Gray · points 19.5 → 14 · 5.5 below the line · played 35.2 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 2.06, Under 1.71
Angel Reese · points 13.5 → 17 · 3.5 above the line · played 34.9 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.69, Under 2.09
Azura Stevens · points 10.5 → 8 · 2.5 below the line · played 22.9 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.85, Under 1.88
Jordin Canada · points 11.5 → 14 · 2.5 above the line · played 32.7 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.89, Under 1.85
Skylar Diggins · points 15.5 → 17 · 1.5 above the line · played 31.9 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 2.17, Under 1.64
Jacy Sheldon · points 6.5 → 6 · 0.5 below the line · played 24.6 min · DraftKings odds: Over 1.88, Under 1.85
Kamilla Cardoso · points 12.5 → 13 · 0.5 above the line · played 34.5 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.85, Under 1.88
Rhyne Howard · points 17.5 → 17 · 0.5 below the line · played 36.3 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.88, Under 1.86

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More context
Head to head

CHI vs ATL · last 18 games · ATL leads · CHI record 5–13 · average score 76.1–84.8 · CHI has lost by 8.7 on average

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

19 Sep · CHI 81 at ATL 106CHI lost
19 Jul · CHI 91 at ATL 93CHI lost
9 Jun · ATL 82 at CHI 75CHI lost
What each defense gives up per game
ATL gives up84.1 points · 31.6 rebounds · 18.9 assists · 8.0 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 46.6% of shots · 34.7% from three-point range · 15.6 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.

ATL gives up 84.1 points a game · 4th of 15 · league average 87.2−3.1 vs average
CHI gives up 90.7 points a game · 11th of 15 · league average 87.2+3.5 vs average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had ATL expected to win by 7, expected total 163.5 () and later ATL expected to win by 11.5, expected total 163.5 ().

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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