WNBA · Finalupdated 21:54 UTC

Dallas Wings vs Las Vegas Aces

at Las Vegas Aces

LVA expected to win by about 5.5 · both teams together expected to score about 178.5 points · odds to win: DAL 2.96, LVA 1.43

Game odds from Pinnacle (the bookmaker we use as the reference), Fri 00:45 UTC

DAL 84 – LVA 99

Final

We had no picks in this game; every posted line is still scored below.

Getting a better price than most bookmakers offer for the same line is the only thing on this page that, measured over many past bets, made money; player rates are context, not tips.

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How to read this page

A pick is a player line, for example Under 13.5 points, that we published before the game together with the price we found for it. We do not take bets.
Odds are shown in the decimal format: 1.93 means you get back 1.93 for every 1 staked, so a higher number pays more. The American format (−108 means risk 108 to win 100; +111 means risk 100 to win 111) appears only in the Data log at the bottom of the page.
'Posted at' is the price we found when we published the pick; 'better' is a higher price for the same line at another bookmaker. Taking the better price is the one thing on this page that, measured over many past bets, made money.
'Market puts Under at 48.5%' is the chance implied by all bookmakers' prices together, with their built-in margin removed. Pinnacle is a bookmaker whose prices are widely treated as the most accurate reference, so it is the one we compare against.
A player's rate is how often that player has gone over the line this season, for example over in 41 of 78 games (52.6%), with a likely range such as 32–52%: fewer games means a wider range, and under 10 games we show no rate word at all.
'Past record stronger than the price' means the whole likely range sits above the chance the bookmakers' price implies; 'weaker' means below; 'agrees with the price' means the price sits inside the range, which is the usual case. None of these is a tip.
'Not measurable' is the usual honest answer: too few games to tell a real difference from chance.
'What could go wrong' lists the facts that can change a line: who is out, whether the starting lineup is confirmed, expected playing time (RotoWire's estimate, typically off by about 4 minutes), rest, and how many bookmakers price each line.
After the final, every pick is checked against the official stats and compared with the last price before the game started, the market's most informed price; getting a better price than that is the fairest test of a pick, whether or not it won. A tie means the player landed exactly on the line and the stake is returned; lines ending in .5 cannot tie.
Results are given for every 1 staked: 'would have returned +0.93' means a stake of 1 would have come back with 0.93 in profit. We do not stake anything; the record is what a stake of 1 on each pick would have done. Our record counts a smaller stake when the price advantage was small.
S beside a name marks an expected starter. Times are shown in your device's time zone; our data is recorded in US Eastern Time (ET). Team codes are the league's three-letter abbreviations.
'Your prediction' lets you pick Over or Under on any line before the game starts; we check your predictions the same way and keep your record, and one game of results proves nothing.
Team codes on this page: DAL = Dallas Wings, LVA = Las Vegas Aces.

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.

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, 1 of 11 players has 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.

Dallas Wingsplaying LVA

Arike Ogunbowale · minutes unknown

points 14.5 → 4 actual

Awak Kuier · minutes unknown

rebounds 4.5 → 2 actual

Azzi Fudd · minutes unknown

points 13.5 → 7 actual

Jessica Shepard · minutes unknown

points 12.5 → 22 actual

Paige Bueckers · minutes unknown

points 18.5 → 25 actual

Las Vegas Acesplaying DAL

A'ja Wilson · minutes unknown

points 25.5 → 32 actual

Chelsea Gray · minutes unknown

points 11.5 → 12 actual

Jackie Young · minutes unknown

points 16.5 → 20 actual

Jewell Loyd · minutes unknown

points 8.5 → 8 actual

NaLyssa Smith · minutes unknown

points 10.5 → 4 actual

Stephanie Talbot · minutes unknown

rebounds 3.5 → 0 actual

What could go wrong

updated 21:54 UTC

Who is out

Out Evans · earlier listed as available (changed Thu 19:30 UTC) · 15, 4 and 14 min in the last 3 games

Out A. Smith (DAL) · earlier listed as available (changed Wed 23:30 UTC) · 17, 24 and 22 min in the last 3 games

Sims · earlier listed as may not play, now available (changed Sat 16:00 UTC) · 11, 15 and 10 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

LVA also played the day before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 16 of the 111 lines; the rest rely on other bookmakers.

Every pick is priced by at least 2 bookmakers.

Looking back

Flagged before the game: Evans out (Thu 19:30 UTC) · played

Flagged before the game: A. Smith (DAL) out (Wed 23:30 UTC) · played

Flagged before the game: Sims out (Sat 16:00 UTC) · 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.

What happened

In 1 of 5 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

Stephanie Talbot · rebounds 3.5 → 0 · 3.5 below the line · played 16.3 min · Caesars odds: Over 2.17, Under 1.64

Jessica Shepard · points 12.5 → 22 · 9.5 above the line · played 34.8 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.75, Under 2.01

Arike Ogunbowale · points 14.5 → 4 · 10.5 below the line · played 28.5 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.89, Under 1.84

NaLyssa Smith · points 10.5 → 4 · 6.5 below the line · played 29.6 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.82, Under 1.92

Awak Kuier · rebounds 4.5 → 2 · 2.5 below the line · played 20.6 min · FanDuel odds: Over 2.12, Under 1.68

Azzi Fudd · points 13.5 → 7 · 6.5 below the line · played 32.3 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.78, Under 1.97

Paige Bueckers · points 18.5 → 25 · 6.5 above the line · played 36.7 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.75, Under 2.01

A'ja Wilson · points 25.5 → 32 · 6.5 above the line · played 31.8 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.71, Under 2.06

Jackie Young · points 16.5 → 20 · 3.5 above the line · played 31.7 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.69, Under 2.08

Jewell Loyd · points 8.5 → 8 · 0.5 below the line · played 26.3 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.79, Under 1.95

Chelsea Gray · points 11.5 → 12 · 0.5 above the line · played 33.2 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.83, Under 1.92

Each prediction is recorded as if you had staked 1 at the line you saw, and your record is shown here. One game tells you nothing yet.

More context

Head to head

LVA vs DAL · last 21 games · LVA leads · LVA record 16–5 · average score 91.0–84.0 · LVA has won by 7 on average

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

25 Jun · DAL 84 at LVA 99LVA won

15 Jun · LVA 66 at DAL 96LVA lost

28 May · LVA 87 at DAL 95LVA 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

LVA gives up86.2 points · 33.5 rebounds · 18.9 assists · 8.8 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.5% of shots · 34.7% from three-point range · 13.1 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.

DAL gives up 86.0 points a game · 5th of 15 · league average 87.2about league average

LVA gives up 86.2 points a game · 7th of 15 · league average 87.2about league average

How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had LVA expected to win by 5, expected total 176.5 (Thu 02:30 UTC) and later LVA expected to win by 5.5, expected total 178.5 (Fri 00:45 UTC).

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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