WNBA · Finalupdated 02:42 UTC

Indiana Fever vs Chicago Sky

at Chicago Sky

IND expected to win by about 6 · both teams together expected to score about 191.5 points · odds to win: IND 1.44, CHI 2.92

Game odds from Pinnacle (the bookmaker we use as the reference), Sat 18:24 UTC

IND 90 – CHI 86

Final

No verified saved picks were returned; missing records do not prove no picks qualified.

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: IND = Indiana Fever, CHI = Chicago Sky.

Saved player research

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.

This game’s current price coverage could not be verified. An empty price panel does not mean bookmakers have no lines.

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.

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 · 8 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, 2 of 11 players have performed clearly differently and 4 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.

Indiana Feverplaying CHI

Caitlin Clark · 33 min expected

points 21.5 → 26 actual

Kelsey Mitchell · 33 min expected

points 24.5 → 27 actual

Aliyah Boston · 31 min expected

points 16.5 → 13 actual

Sophie Cunningham · 26 min expected

points 8.5 → 3 actual

Monique Billings · 24 min expected

points 8.5 → 4 actual

Lexie Hull · 16 min expected

points 4.5 → 5 actual

4 players have no line from any bookmaker: Timpson (24 expected minutes) · Harris (11 min) · +2 more

Chicago Skyplaying IND

Natasha Cloud · 31 min expected

points 12.5 → 17 actual

Courtney Vandersloot · 28 min expected

points 10.5 → 4 actual

Jacy Sheldon · 28 min expected

points 8.5 → 9 actual

Kamilla Cardoso · 27 min expected

points 15.5 → 14 actual

Azura Stevens · 26 min expected

rebounds 7.5 → 5 actual

4 players have no line from any bookmaker: Carrington (18 expected minutes) · Williams (18 min) · +2 more

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.

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 02:42 UTC

Who is out

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

Taylor · earlier listed as may not play, now available (changed Thu 22:15 UTC) · 24, 25 and 23 min in the last 3 games

Hall · earlier listed as out, now available (changed Fri 21:00 UTC) · 14, 2 and 1 min in the last 3 games

Dantas · earlier listed as out, now available (changed Mon 22:00 UTC) · 8, 2 and 22 min in the last 3 games

VanSlooten · earlier listed as may not play, now available (changed Tue 22:00 UTC) · 2, 10 and 2 min in the last 3 games

Onyiah · earlier listed as out, now available (changed Fri 21:00 UTC) · 12 and 1 min in the last 2 games

Boston · likely to play · right leg · IND

Clark · likely to play · back · IND

Out Diggins · right knee · CHI

Lineups

Expected starting lineup, not yet confirmed

Playing time

4 players are expected to play at least 5 minutes more or fewer than in the last 5 games. For 4 players (Hines-Allen, Johnson, Williams, Carrington) we have no real minutes estimate, only a default.

Boston: expected to play 31 minutes, averaged 25.8 in the last 5 games, about 5.2 more than usual

Billings: expected to play 24 minutes, averaged 12.2 in the last 5 games, about 11.8 more than usual

Sheldon: expected to play 28 minutes, averaged 19.7 in the last 5 games, about 8.3 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

IND had 31 days off before this game · CHI had 38 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 23 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: Westbeld out (Mon 22:00 UTC) · did not play

Flagged before the game: Diggins out · did not play

Flagged before the game: Taylor out (Thu 22:15 UTC) · did not play

Flagged before the game: Hall out (Fri 21:00 UTC) · did not play

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

Flagged before the game: VanSlooten out (Tue 22:00 UTC) · did not play

Flagged before the game: Onyiah out (Fri 21:00 UTC) · 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 4 of 8 cases where a player's past record disagreed with the bookmakers' price, the past record was right in this game. One game proves nothing.

FinalNo verified saved CORE picks were returned; missing records do not prove no picks qualified. · checked Mon 19:52 UTC

11 other players with a posted line

Sophie Cunningham · points 8.5 → 3 · 5.5 below the line · played 17 min (26 expected) · no final price

Courtney Vandersloot · points 10.5 → 4 · 6.5 below the line · played 24.9 min (28 expected) · no final price

Monique Billings · points 8.5 → 4 · 4.5 below the line · played 11.6 min (24 expected) · no final price

Natasha Cloud · points 12.5 → 17 · 4.5 above the line · played 26.7 min (31 expected) · no final price

Azura Stevens · rebounds 7.5 → 5 · 2.5 below the line · played 20.2 min (26 expected) · no final price

Aliyah Boston · points 16.5 → 13 · 3.5 below the line · played 28.9 min (31 expected) · no final price

Caitlin Clark · points 21.5 → 26 · 4.5 above the line · played 35.5 min (33 expected) · no final price

Lexie Hull · points 4.5 → 5 · 0.5 above the line · played 19.4 min (16 expected) · no final price

Kelsey Mitchell · points 24.5 → 27 · 2.5 above the line · played 36.1 min (33 expected) · no final price

Kamilla Cardoso · points 15.5 → 14 · 1.5 below the line · played 26.2 min (27 expected) · no final price

Jacy Sheldon · points 8.5 → 9 · 0.5 above the line · played 23.6 min (28 expected) · 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 IND · last 19 games · IND leads · CHI record 6–13 · average score 84.1–91.3 · CHI has lost by 7.2 on average

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

23 Aug · IND 113 at CHI 90CHI lost

8 Aug · IND 90 at CHI 86CHI lost

11 Jun · CHI 106 at IND 114CHI lost

5 Sep · CHI 77 at IND 97CHI lost

What each defense gives up per game

IND gives up90.7 points · 31.9 rebounds · 20.8 assists · 8.1 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 46.2% of shots · 34.0% from three-point range · 12.6 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.

IND gives up 90.7 points a game · 12th of 15 · league average 87.0+3.7 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 IND expected to win by 5.5, expected total 191.5 (Sat 01:43 UTC) and later IND expected to win by 6, expected total 191.5 (Sat 18:24 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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