WNBA · Finalupdated 05:35 UTC

Los Angeles Sparks vs Chicago Sky

at Chicago Sky

CHI expected to win by about 3 · both teams together expected to score about 187.5 points · odds to win: LAS 2.23, CHI 1.69

Game odds from Pinnacle (the bookmaker we use as the reference), Wed 23:38 UTC

LAS 88 – CHI 95

Final · 1 of 1 pick won

1 pick checked: 1 won, 0 lost.

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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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: LAS = Los Angeles Sparks, CHI = Chicago Sky.

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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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Saved legacy CORE rows, if available, have not been verified as pre-tip publications. They are not backfilled into the published record, and a missing row is not a pass.

No new predictions are being generated here after tip. Saved calls and captured research are not current offers or injury confirmations.

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Price comparison only: live snapshot enrichment and model inference were not requested by this game view. Source injuries, lineups and historical statistics are separate reads.

Evaluation coverage and timestamps

Status is slate-wide, observed only since the service started. It does not identify this game’s individual evaluation result.

Slate games processed: 0 / 0
Latest publication attempt: unknown
Status observed since: 29 Oct, 12:14 UTC

No verified attempt timestamp was returned. This is unknown—not a successful empty evaluation.

C. Brink · Over 5.5 reboundsWonPosted at 1.99 · last price before start 1.77Won +0.99 per 1 staked

Posted at 1.99 · 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: 1.35 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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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

7 players checked · 6 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 7 players has performed clearly differently and 0 show a slight hint

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 CHI

Ariel Atkins · 32 min expected

assists 3.5 → 3 actual

Erica Wheeler · 28 min expected

points + rebounds + assists 18.5 → 21 actual

Cameron Brink · 20 min expected

points + rebounds 15.5 → 17 actual

6 players have no line from any bookmaker: Burrell (31 expected minutes) · Hamby (30 min) · +4 more

Chicago Skyplaying LAS

Natasha Cloud · 31 min expected

points 12.5 → 15 actual

Courtney Vandersloot · 28 min expected

points 9.5 → 9 actual

Kamilla Cardoso · 28 min expected

points 15.5 → 15 actual

Sydney Taylor · 25 min expected

points 17.5 → did not play, so no result

6 players have no line from any bookmaker: Sheldon (25 expected minutes) · Carrington (23 min) · +4 more

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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.

Only original pre-tip captures are read. Nothing is newly forecast after tip; old availability assumptions are not current injury news.

Saved reads only · no new captures, current snapshots, odds requests or paid AI runs.

What could go wrong

updated 05:35 UTC

Who is out

Out Stevens · earlier listed as available (changed Fri 21:15 UTC) · 21, 20 and 25 min in the last 3 games

Westbeld · earlier listed as out, now available (changed Mon 22:00 UTC) · 13, 14 and 9 min in the last 3 games

Pili · earlier listed as out, now available (changed Sun 06:00 UTC) · 16, 6 and 2 min in the last 3 games

Martin · earlier listed as out, now available (changed Fri 21:15 UTC) · 9, 17 and 5 min in the last 3 games

Williams · did not play last game

Morgan · earlier listed as out, now available (changed Tue 01:00 UTC) · 21, 18 and 21 min in the last 3 games

Out Diggins · right knee · CHI

May not play Taylor · left groin · CHI

LAS has not published an injury report for this game

Lineups

Expected starting lineup, not yet confirmed

Playing time

3 players are expected to play at least 5 minutes more or fewer than in the last 5 games. For 4 players (Ogwumike, Hamby, Coulibaly, Williams) we have no real minutes estimate, only a default.

Atkins: expected to play 32 minutes, averaged 22.3 in the last 5 games, about 9.7 more than usual

Wheeler: expected to play 28 minutes, averaged 17.9 in the last 5 games, about 10.1 more than usual

Cloud: expected to play 31 minutes, averaged 23.3 in the last 5 games, about 7.7 more than usual

Our check: these minute estimates (RotoWire) are typically off by about 4 minutes.

Rest

LAS had 38 days off before this game · CHI had 38 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 12 of the 90 lines; the rest rely on other bookmakers.

Every pick is priced by at least 2 bookmakers.

Looking back

Flagged before the game: Stevens out (Fri 21:15 UTC) · did not play

Flagged before the game: Westbeld out (Mon 22:00 UTC) · did not play

Flagged before the game: Diggins out · did not play

Flagged before the game: Pili out (Sun 06:00 UTC) · did not play

Flagged before the game: Martin out (Fri 21:15 UTC) · did not play

Flagged before the game: Williams out · did not play

Flagged before the game: Morgan out (Tue 01:00 UTC) · did not play

1 expected player did not play

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 2 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.

Final · 1 of 1 pick won1 won, 0 lost · +0.99 if you had staked 1 on each · our prices on average 6.3% higher than the last before the start · checked Sat 01:52 UTC

7 other players with a posted line

Natasha Cloud · points 12.5 → 15 · 2.5 above the line · played 31.6 min (31 expected) · no final price

Ariel Atkins · assists 3.5 → 3 · 0.5 below the line · played 20.9 min (32 expected) · no final price

Erica Wheeler · points + rebounds + assists 18.5 → 21 · 2.5 above the line · played 24 min (28 expected) · no final price

Cameron Brink · points + rebounds 15.5 → 17 · 1.5 above the line · played 14.3 min (20 expected) · no final price

Courtney Vandersloot · points 9.5 → 9 · 0.5 below the line · played 27.5 min (28 expected) · no final price

Kamilla Cardoso · points 15.5 → 15 · 0.5 below the line · played 29.4 min (28 expected) · no final price

Sydney Taylor · points 17.5 → did not play, so no result · no final price

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

CHI vs LAS · last 16 games · CHI leads · CHI record 12–4 · average score 85.4–80.6 · CHI has won by 4.9 on average

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

5 Aug · LAS 88 at CHI 95CHI won

17 Jul · LAS 82 at CHI 96CHI won

10 Jul · CHI 87 at LAS 102CHI 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

CHI gives up90.7 points · 37.1 rebounds · 20.7 assists · 8.2 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.9% of shots · 33.8% from three-point range · 12.9 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.

LAS gives up 91.3 points a game · 14th of 15 · league average 87.0+4.3 vs average

CHI gives up 90.7 points a game · 11th of 15 · league average 87.0+3.6 vs average

How the game odds moved

Pinnacle first had CHI expected to win by 2.5, expected total 189 (Wed 03:16 UTC) and later CHI expected to win by 3, expected total 187.5 (Wed 23:38 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 · 1

Cameron Brink · O 5.5 rebounds−101value_edge_pct +5.42 · kelly 1.35u · price_check unchecked · rank 1

Checked results, raw (basketball-stats shorthand) · 1

Cameron Brink Over 5.5 REBWIN +0.99ubet −101 → close −130 · CLV +6.3¢ · bet_clv:247086 · consensus_devig · captured 2026-08-05T00:00:00Z · grade_v2 C · p_hit 53.0% · actual 6 · 14.3 min · bench

Data fetches · 40

sds rest/team (home)ok 200 · 14 ms

sds rest/team (away)ok 200 · 14 ms

sds history (h2h)ok · 17 ms

sds defense/team (away)ok 200 · 17 ms

sds defense/team (home)ok 200 · 18 ms

sds injuries/date/{date}ok 200 · 33 ms

sds analytics opponent_defense (away)ok 200 · 33 ms

sds analytics opponent_defense (home)ok 200 · 33 ms

sds schedule/team (meetings)ok · 34 ms

grading picks/nightlyok 200 · 36 ms

sds games/{id}ok 200 · 99 ms

sds lineups/{id}ok 200 · 101 ms

sds games/{id}/boxscoreok 200 · 122 ms

grading verdict/board (price-only)ok 200 · 167 ms

grading picks/published (saved-only)ok · 345 ms

dh lineups/{id}/deltaok 200 · 405 ms

sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 99 ms

odds player timeline (assists)failed 503 · 112 ms

odds player timeline (pra)failed 503 · 113 ms

odds player timeline (points)failed 503 · 114 ms

odds player timeline (rebounds)failed 503 · 117 ms

odds player timeline (points)failed 503 · 125 ms

odds player timeline (points)failed 503 · 126 ms

odds player timeline (pr)failed 503 · 126 ms

sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 128 ms

sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 132 ms

odds player timeline (points)failed 503 · 133 ms

sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 133 ms

sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 136 ms

sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 138 ms

sds analytics player_vs_line (pra)ok 200 · 145 ms

sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 145 ms

sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 149 ms

sds analytics player_vs_line (pr)ok 200 · 150 ms

grading clv/picksok 200 · 154 ms

sds analytics player_vs_line (points)ok 200 · 156 ms

sds analytics player_vs_line (assists)ok 200 · 166 ms

sds analytics player_vs_teamok 200 · 168 ms

odds game timelineok 200 · 1088 ms

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