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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

10 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 10 players have performed clearly differently and 4 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 CON

Aliyah Boston · minutes unknown
points 15.5 → 13 actual
Caitlin Clark · minutes unknown
points 19.5 → 25 actual
Kelsey Mitchell · minutes unknown
points 18.5 → 19 actual
Lexie Hull · minutes unknown
points 7.5 → 2 actual
Sophie Cunningham · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → 11 actual

Connecticut Sunplaying IND

Aaliyah Edwards · minutes unknown
points 10.5 → 7 actual
Brittney Griner · minutes unknown
points 13.5 → 10 actual
Diamond Miller · minutes unknown
points 9.5 → 4 actual
Leila Lacan · minutes unknown
points 12.5 → 11 actual
Saniya Rivers · minutes unknown
points 9.5 → 9 actual
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What could go wrong

updated
Who is out

Hall · earlier listed as out, now available (changed ) · 14, 2 and 1 min in the last 3 games

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

IND also played the day before this game · CON had 8 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 16 of the 100 lines; the rest rely on other bookmakers.

Every pick is priced by at least 2 bookmakers.

Looking back

Flagged before the game: Hall 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.

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What happened

In 6 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
10 other players with a posted line
Lexie Hull · points 7.5 → 2 · 5.5 below the line · played 22.3 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.90, Under 1.84
Diamond Miller · points 9.5 → 4 · 5.5 below the line · played 16.7 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 2.00, Under 1.75
Aaliyah Edwards · points 10.5 → 7 · 3.5 below the line · played 14.1 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 2.09, Under 1.69
Sophie Cunningham · points 8.5 → 11 · 2.5 above the line · played 17.7 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.97, Under 1.78
Caitlin Clark · points 19.5 → 25 · 5.5 above the line · played 36.1 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.82, Under 1.93
Brittney Griner · points 13.5 → 10 · 3.5 below the line · played 22.3 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 2.01, Under 1.75
Aliyah Boston · points 15.5 → 13 · 2.5 below the line · played 32.2 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.85, Under 1.88
Leila Lacan · points 12.5 → 11 · 1.5 below the line · played 30.4 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 2.00, Under 1.76
Saniya Rivers · points 9.5 → 9 · 0.5 below the line · played 26.9 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.90, Under 1.84
Kelsey Mitchell · points 18.5 → 19 · 0.5 above the line · played 36.7 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.76, Under 2.00

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More context
Head to head

CON vs IND · last 22 games · CON leads · CON record 15–7 · average score 85.1–81.4 · CON has won by 3.8 on average

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

28 Aug · CON 91 at IND 111CON lost
22 Jul · CON 88 at IND 123CON lost
13 Jun · IND 85 at CON 75CON lost
What each defense gives up per game
IND gives up90.7 points · 31.9 rebounds · 20.8 assists · 8.1 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 46.2% of shots · 34.0% from three-point range · 12.6 opponent turnovers
CON gives up87.7 points · 33.9 rebounds · 19.9 assists · 8.0 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 46.3% of shots · 34.9% from three-point range · 13.5 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 90.7 points a game · 12th of 15 · league average 87.2+3.5 vs average
CON gives up 87.7 points a game · 9th of 15 · league average 87.2about league average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had IND expected to win by 10, expected total 170.5 () and later IND expected to win by 8.5, expected total 171 ().

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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