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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

12 players checked · 9 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 12 players have performed clearly differently and 1 shows 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.

Portland Fireplaying WAS

Bridget Carleton · minutes unknown
points 12.5 → 16 actual
Carla Leite · minutes unknown
points 14.5 → 32 actual
Emily Engstler · minutes unknown
rebounds 5.5 → 11 actual
Megan DiLeo · minutes unknown
points 13.5 → 20 actual
Sarah Ashlee Barker · minutes unknown
points 10.5 → 25 actual

Washington Mysticsplaying POR

Cotie McMahon · minutes unknown
points 7.5 → 5 actual
Georgia Amoore · minutes unknown
points 7.5 → 2 actual
Kiki Iriafen · minutes unknown
points 15.5 → 27 actual
Lauren Betts · minutes unknown
points 4.5 → 4 actual
Michaela Onyenwere · minutes unknown
points 9.5 → 30 actual
Shakira Austin · minutes unknown
points 13.5 → 9 actual
Sonia Citron · minutes unknown
points 18.5 → 32 actual
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What could go wrong

updated
Who is out

Out Feagin · earlier listed as available (changed ) · 6, 1 and 3 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

POR had 11 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 11 of the 86 lines; the rest rely on other bookmakers.

Every pick is priced by at least 2 bookmakers.

Looking back

Flagged before the game: Feagin 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 9 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
Michaela Onyenwere · points 9.5 → 30 · 20.5 above the line · played 49.3 min · BetOnline.ag odds: Over 1.89, Under 1.87
Sarah Ashlee Barker · points 10.5 → 25 · 14.5 above the line · played 45.7 min · Caesars odds: Over 1.96, Under 1.78
Carla Leite · points 14.5 → 32 · 17.5 above the line · played 47.8 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.95, Under 1.79
Emily Engstler · rebounds 5.5 → 11 · 5.5 above the line · played 37.8 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 2.12, Under 1.67
Kiki Iriafen · points 15.5 → 27 · 11.5 above the line · played 47.8 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.91, Under 1.83
Georgia Amoore · points 7.5 → 2 · 5.5 below the line · played 11.5 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.87, Under 1.87
Sonia Citron · points 18.5 → 32 · 13.5 above the line · played 52.6 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.93, Under 1.81
Megan DiLeo · points 13.5 → 20 · 6.5 above the line · played 46.1 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 2.01, Under 1.75
Cotie McMahon · points 7.5 → 5 · 2.5 below the line · played 20.6 min · BetOnline.ag odds: Over 1.92, Under 1.84
Shakira Austin · points 13.5 → 9 · 4.5 below the line · played 47.1 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.81, Under 1.93
Bridget Carleton · points 12.5 → 16 · 3.5 above the line · played 50.7 min · Pinnacle odds: Over 1.92, Under 1.83
Lauren Betts · points 4.5 → 4 · 0.5 below the line · played 12.9 min · Caesars odds: Over 1.55, Under 2.35

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More context
Head to head

WAS vs POR · last 3 games · WAS leads · WAS record 2–1 · average score 95.0–99.3 · WAS has lost by 4.3 on average

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

23 Aug · WAS 105 at POR 100WAS won
16 Jul · POR 75 at WAS 56WAS lost
28 Jun · POR 123 at WAS 124WAS won
What each defense gives up per game
POR gives up91.0 points · 34.0 rebounds · 22.9 assists · 9.3 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 46.4% of shots · 35.0% from three-point range · 13.6 opponent turnovers
WAS gives up83.2 points · 30.0 rebounds · 19.8 assists · 8.4 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 43.1% of shots · 32.9% from three-point range · 11.9 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.

POR gives up 91.0 points a game · 13th of 15 · league average 87.2+3.8 vs average
WAS gives up 83.2 points a game · 2nd of 15 · league average 87.2−4.0 vs average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had WAS expected to win by 6.5, expected total 165.5 () and later WAS expected to win by 7.5, expected total 167.5 ().

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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