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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

4 players checked · 3 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 4 players have performed clearly differently and 2 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 SEA

Allisha Gray · minutes unknown
points 18.5 → 15 actual
Angel Reese · minutes unknown
points 12.5 → 17 actual
Jordin Canada · minutes unknown
points 11.5 → 8 actual
Rhyne Howard · minutes unknown
points 17.5 → 27 actual

Seattle Stormplaying ATL

No player list for SEA.

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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

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 8 of the 56 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

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 2 of 3 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
4 other players with a posted line
Rhyne Howard · points 17.5 → 27 · 9.5 above the line · played 37.7 min · no final price
Angel Reese · points 12.5 → 17 · 4.5 above the line · played 31.8 min · no final price
Jordin Canada · points 11.5 → 8 · 3.5 below the line · played 35.6 min · no final price
Allisha Gray · points 18.5 → 15 · 3.5 below the line · played 35.5 min · no final price

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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

SEA vs ATL · last 16 games · SEA leads · SEA record 8–8 · average score 80.1–81.3 · SEA has lost by 1.1 on average

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

31 Jul · SEA 89 at ATL 98SEA lost
9 Jul · SEA 78 at ATL 89SEA lost
27 Jun · ATL 90 at SEA 105SEA won
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
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.

ATL gives up 84.1 points a game · 4th of 15 · league average 87.2−3.1 vs 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

No history of the game odds on file.

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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