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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

11 players checked · 4 whose past record points the other way from the bookmakers' price · 1 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, 1 of 12 players has performed clearly differently and 6 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.

Chicago Skyplaying IND

Azura Stevens · minutes unknown
points 10.5 → 10 actual
Gabriela Jaquez · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → 6 actual
Kamilla Cardoso · minutes unknown
points 11.5 → 10 actual
Natasha Cloud · minutes unknown
points 9.5 → 6 actual
Skylar Diggins · minutes unknown
points 14.5 → 21 actual

Indiana Feverplaying CHI

Aliyah Boston · minutes unknown
points 14.5 → 34 actual
Caitlin Clark · minutes unknown
points 19.5 → 32 actual
Kelsey Mitchell · minutes unknown
points 18.5 → 19 actual
Lexie Hull · minutes unknown
points 5.5 → 11 actual
Monique Billings · minutes unknown
points 5.5 → 0 actual
Myisha Hines-Allen · minutes unknown
points 4.5 → 5 actual
Sophie Cunningham · Out · right elbow (elbow)
3-pointers 1.5 → no final stat available
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What could go wrong

updated
Who is out

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

Out Vandersloot · right knee (knee) · CHI

Out Jackson · left knee (knee) · CHI

Out Cunningham · right elbow (elbow) · IND

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 7 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 14 of the 107 lines; the rest rely on other bookmakers.

Every pick is priced by at least 2 bookmakers.

Looking back

Flagged before the game: Cunningham out · played

Flagged before the game: Vandersloot out · played

Flagged before the game: Westbeld out () · played

Flagged before the game: Jackson 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 4 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
12 other players with a posted line
Aliyah Boston · points 14.5 → 34 · 19.5 above the line · played 32.1 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.84, Under 1.90
Lexie Hull · points 5.5 → 11 · 5.5 above the line · played 32.3 min · Caesars odds: Over 1.90, Under 1.82
Monique Billings · points 5.5 → 0 · 5.5 below the line · played 9.6 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.72, Under 2.05
Caitlin Clark · points 19.5 → 32 · 12.5 above the line · played 40.1 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.91, Under 1.83
Skylar Diggins · points 14.5 → 21 · 6.5 above the line · played 31.7 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 2.01, Under 1.75
Natasha Cloud · points 9.5 → 6 · 3.5 below the line · played 33.7 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.92, Under 1.83
Gabriela Jaquez · points 8.5 → 6 · 2.5 below the line · played 21.6 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.82, Under 1.93
Kamilla Cardoso · points 11.5 → 10 · 1.5 below the line · played 20.8 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.73, Under 2.04
Myisha Hines-Allen · points 4.5 → 5 · 0.5 above the line · played 23.5 min · Caesars odds: Over 1.79, Under 1.94
Azura Stevens · points 10.5 → 10 · 0.5 below the line · played 26.2 min · Caesars odds: Over 1.87, Under 1.87
Kelsey Mitchell · points 18.5 → 19 · 0.5 above the line · played 38.9 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.88, Under 1.86
Sophie Cunningham · 3-pointers 1.5 → no final stat available · FanDuel odds: Over 2.38, Under 1.54

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More context
Head to head

IND vs CHI · last 19 games · IND leads · IND record 13–6 · average score 91.3–84.1 · IND has won 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 90IND won
8 Aug · IND 90 at CHI 86IND won
11 Jun · CHI 106 at IND 114IND 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
IND gives up90.7 points · 31.9 rebounds · 20.9 assists · 8.1 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 46.2% of shots · 33.9% from three-point range · 12.7 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 · 12th of 15 · league average 87.2+3.5 vs average
IND 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 IND expected to win by 9.5, expected total 171 () and later IND expected to win by 9, expected total 172 ().

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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