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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.

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A. Atkins · Over 2.5 reboundsLostPosted at 1.82 · last price before start 1.63Lost −1.00 per 1 staked

Posted at 1.82 · Our price was 6.3% higher than the last price before the start (good: a higher price pays more per 1 staked).

Pinnacle, the reference bookmaker, does not offer this line

No price history for this line.

Re-checked 1 h before the start not re-checked

Legacy CORE signal · publication timing not verified. Recorded model stake: 1.4 units. The broader CORE flat-1u benchmark is separate; it is not a recommended1u wager or the exact published cohort’s ROI.

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A. Atkins · Over 2.5 assistsWonPosted at 1.76 · last price before start 1.76Won +0.76 per 1 staked

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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

6 players checked · 4 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 6 players has 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.

Los Angeles Sparksplaying DAL

Ariel Atkins · minutes unknown
assists 2.5 → 3 actual
Cameron Brink · minutes unknown
points 8.5 → 10 actual
Dearica Hamby · minutes unknown
points 15.5 → 16 actual
Erica Wheeler · minutes unknown
points 10.5 → 9 actual
Nneka Ogwumike · minutes unknown
points 17.5 → 17 actual
Rae Burrell · minutes unknown
points 15.5 → 9 actual

Dallas Wingsplaying LAS

No player list for DAL.

Saved gameplay research · not CORE picks

What did the models record?

Read frozen projections, minutes and lineup assumptions for this exact game. These are uncalibrated research—not official recommendations or evidence that the CORE selector ran.

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04

What could go wrong

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Who is out

Verona · earlier listed as out, now available (changed ) · 6 min in the last game

Jones · earlier listed as out, now available (changed ) · 6, 7 and 5 min in the last 3 games

Unlikely to play Smith · right 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

LAS had 38 days off before this game · DAL had 30 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 9 of the 64 lines; the rest rely on other bookmakers.

One team is expected to win by 10 or more. In past games like this, players went over their lines 65.9% of the time; this does not mean the opposite is a good bet.

Looking back

Flagged before the game: Verona out () · played

Flagged before the game: Jones 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 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.
Final · 1 of 2 picks won1 won, 1 lost · −0.24 if you had staked 1 on each · our prices on average 3.1% higher than the last before the start
Ariel Atkins · assists 2.5 → 3 · 0.5 above the line · played 31.5 min
Pick: Over 2.5 at 1.76 → Won +0.76 per 1 staked
5 other players with a posted line
Rae Burrell · points 15.5 → 9 · 6.5 below the line · played 28.2 min · no final price
Cameron Brink · points 8.5 → 10 · 1.5 above the line · played 20.6 min · no final price
Erica Wheeler · points 10.5 → 9 · 1.5 below the line · played 35.2 min · no final price
Dearica Hamby · points 15.5 → 16 · 0.5 above the line · played 25.2 min · no final price
Nneka Ogwumike · points 17.5 → 17 · 0.5 below the line · played 32.7 min · no final price

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More context
Head to head

DAL vs LAS · last 19 games · LAS leads · DAL record 8–11 · average score 88.3–87.9 · DAL has won by 0.4 on average

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

17 Sep · LAS 77 at DAL 97DAL won
19 Jul · LAS 82 at DAL 90DAL won
5 Jun · DAL 104 at LAS 96DAL won
7 Sep · DAL 77 at LAS 91DAL lost
What each defense gives up per game
LAS gives up91.3 points · 35.5 rebounds · 22.2 assists · 8.9 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 47.2% of shots · 33.6% from three-point range · 13.9 opponent turnovers
DAL gives up85.8 points · 33.4 rebounds · 19.9 assists · 8.4 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.7% of shots · 33.9% from three-point range · 11.6 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.

LAS gives up 91.3 points a game · 14th of 15 · league average 87.0+4.3 vs average
DAL gives up 85.8 points a game · 5th of 15 · league average 87.0about league average
How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had DAL expected to win by 10.5, expected total 181.5 () and later DAL expected to win by 10, expected total 183 ().

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 · 2
Ariel Atkins · O 2.5 rebounds−122value_edge_pct +4.65 · kelly 1.40u · price_check unchecked · rank 2
Ariel Atkins · O 2.5 assists−132value_edge_pct +4.08 · kelly 1.35u · price_check unchecked · rank 3
Checked results, raw (basketball-stats shorthand) · 2
Ariel Atkins Over 2.5 REBLOSS −1.00ubet −122 → close −158 · CLV +6.3¢ · bet_clv:149879 · consensus_devig · captured 2026-07-19T00:00:00Z · grade_v2 B · p_hit 57.5% · conversion_unlucky · actual 2 · 31.5 min · started
Ariel Atkins Over 2.5 ASTWIN +0.76ubet −132 → close −132 · CLV +0.0¢ · bet_clv:149878 · consensus_devig · captured 2026-07-19T00:00:00Z · grade_v2 B · p_hit 59.2% · actual 3 · 31.5 min · started
Data fetches · 39
sds history (h2h)ok · 7 ms
sds rest/team (home)ok 200 · 8 ms
sds defense/team (home)ok 200 · 10 ms
sds rest/team (away)ok 200 · 12 ms
sds defense/team (away)ok 200 · 12 ms
sds analytics opponent_defense (home)ok 200 · 13 ms
sds analytics opponent_defense (away)ok 200 · 14 ms
grading picks/nightlyok 200 · 16 ms
sds schedule/team (meetings)ok · 15 ms
grading picks/published (saved-only)ok · 91 ms
sds lineups/{id}ok 200 · 95 ms
sds players/team (away)ok 200 · 5 ms
sds games/{id}/boxscoreok 200 · 101 ms
sds injuries/date/{date}ok 200 · 103 ms
sds games/{id}ok 200 · 113 ms
sds players/team (home)ok 200 · 35 ms
odds player timeline (rebounds)failed 503 · 85 ms
grading verdict/board (price-only)ok 200 · 180 ms
odds player timeline (assists)failed 503 · 98 ms
grading clv/picksok 200 · 110 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 34 ms
odds player timeline (points)failed 503 · 97 ms
odds player timeline (points)failed 503 · 97 ms
odds player timeline (points)failed 503 · 100 ms
odds player timeline (points)failed 503 · 99 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 105 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (assists)ok 200 · 112 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 113 ms
dh lineups/{id}/deltaok 200 · 296 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 125 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 133 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 138 ms
odds player timeline (points)failed 503 · 138 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 139 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 140 ms
sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 145 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 161 ms
sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 168 ms
odds game timelineok 200 · 820 ms
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