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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 · 5 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 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.

Dallas Wingsplaying SEA

Arike Ogunbowale · minutes unknown
points 14.5 → 4 actual
Awak Kuier · minutes unknown
rebounds 4.5 → 4 actual
Azzi Fudd · minutes unknown
points 12.5 → 26 actual
Jessica Shepard · minutes unknown
points 13.5 → 14 actual
Maddy Siegrist · minutes unknown
points 5.5 → 7 actual
Paige Bueckers · minutes unknown
points 18.5 → 27 actual

Seattle Stormplaying DAL

Awa Fam · minutes unknown
points 10.5 → 18 actual
Dominique Malonga · minutes unknown
points 16.5 → 37 actual
Flau'jae Johnson · minutes unknown
points 10.5 → 11 actual
Jade Melbourne · minutes unknown
assists 3.5 → no final stat available
Natisha Hiedeman · minutes unknown
points 15.5 → 21 actual
04

What could go wrong

updated
Who is out

Horston · earlier listed as out, now available (changed ) · 21, 19 and 13 min in the last 3 games

Out Smith · earlier listed as available (changed ) · 17, 24 and 22 min in the last 3 games

Sims · earlier listed as may not play, now available (changed ) · 11, 15 and 10 min in the last 3 games

May not play Clark · left leg · DAL

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

SEA had 9 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 15 of the 150 lines; the rest rely on other bookmakers.

Every pick is priced by at least 2 bookmakers.

Looking back

Flagged before the game: Horston out () · played

Flagged before the game: Smith out () · played

Flagged before the game: Sims 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 1 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
11 other players with a posted line
Dominique Malonga · points 16.5 → 37 · 20.5 above the line · played 37.5 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.86, Under 1.88
Azzi Fudd · points 12.5 → 26 · 13.5 above the line · played 42.3 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.81, Under 1.93
Arike Ogunbowale · points 14.5 → 4 · 10.5 below the line · played 20 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.78, Under 1.96
Awa Fam · points 10.5 → 18 · 7.5 above the line · played 38.8 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.88, Under 1.86
Paige Bueckers · points 18.5 → 27 · 8.5 above the line · played 38 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.93, Under 1.82
Natisha Hiedeman · points 15.5 → 21 · 5.5 above the line · played 36.7 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 2.26, Under 1.60
Maddy Siegrist · points 5.5 → 7 · 1.5 above the line · played 13.1 min · FanDuel odds: Over 1.93, Under 1.83
Awak Kuier · rebounds 4.5 → 4 · 0.5 below the line · played 22 min · DraftKings odds: Over 1.61, Under 2.20
Flau'jae Johnson · points 10.5 → 11 · 0.5 above the line · played 39.6 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.62, Under 2.21
Jessica Shepard · points 13.5 → 14 · 0.5 above the line · played 36.4 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.94, Under 1.80
Jade Melbourne · assists 3.5 → no final stat available · BetOnline.ag odds: Over 2.02, Under 1.76

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More context
Head to head

SEA vs DAL · last 20 games · SEA leads · SEA record 11–9 · average score 83.9–84.1 · SEA has lost by 0.2 on average

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

23 Sep · DAL 103 at SEA 91SEA lost
23 Aug · SEA 70 at DAL 92SEA lost
22 Jun · DAL 112 at SEA 110SEA lost
1 Jun · SEA 56 at DAL 79SEA lost
What each defense gives up per game
DAL gives up86.0 points · 33.2 rebounds · 20.0 assists · 8.3 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.9% of shots · 33.9% from three-point range · 11.8 opponent turnovers
SEA gives up88.9 points · 36.3 rebounds · 21.1 assists · 8.8 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.0% of shots · 32.7% from three-point range · 12.8 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.

DAL gives up 86.0 points a game · 5th of 15 · league average 87.2about league average
SEA gives up 88.9 points a game · 10th of 15 · league average 87.2+1.8 vs average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had DAL expected to win by 9, expected total 166.5 () and later DAL expected to win by 9, expected total 173 ().

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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