WNBA · FINAL · THU, AUG 27, 10:00 PM

WAS @ PHO

Washington Mystics at Phoenix Mercury

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-1.5

Spread (home)

166.5

Total

-154 / +118

Moneyline

Snapshot market context · game-quote observation time and source book unavailable · snapshot assembled Aug 31, 5:23 PM EDT

GAME BRIEF · START HERE

Start with what happened, then judge the process.

Washington Mystics at Phoenix Mercury is a completed-game review. Any call below is record-only.

REVIEW

Open the 2-minute projection guide

01 · PROP DECISIONS

What the evidence says

1 of 1 prop card has eligible recent or player-opponent history. Each card explains whether that context supports, opposes, or is too thin.

02 · AVAILABILITY

What could break it

2 hard availability flags returned (Kelsey Plum, Marta Suarez). Player-level observation times are unavailable, so verify the source report.

03 · MARKET MOVEMENT

What changed

43 unusual market lines: 20 above and 23 below players' typical closes. 1 signal withheld by availability or data-quality checks. Market movement is context, not an Over/Under pick.

MODEL UPDATES

HISTORY TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE

We could not load the saved forecast history right now. This does not mean the model never changed or made no call.

DECISION TIMELINE · REVISION FLOW

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HISTORICAL FORMULA FEED · AUDIT ONLY

Results & Recorded Calls · 1 qualified

Start with the verified result and flat-1u CORE benchmark P&L. Then compare the recorded call with the evidence that can be reconstructed without using this game's outcome.

FINAL RESULT · CORE BENCHMARK

WIN

Actual: 0 vs 2.5
Flat-1u P&L: +0.80u
CLV: +0.0¢
Minutes: 16.5

SERVER RECORD · CORE FORMULA · REBOUNDS

Michaela Onyenwere U 2.5 REB −125

Persisted decision price · 1.6u model stake · bet_clv:425742

RECORD ONLY

Current meaning: This is a settled, record-only decision. It is historical evidence, not a current wager.

PROP BRIEF · START HERE

Review the recorded result—not a current play.

What the evidence saysContext leans with the UNDER

Recent games · Last 5 supports; Against this opponent supports; Similar players vs opponent mixed. This is supporting context, not extra model votes.

Main riskWhat could break the read

Decision time is unavailable; the capture bucket must not be read as decision time.

Next stepReview the process

Compare the result, minutes, closing line, and receipt limits below.

Verified receipt & source timing

Canonical decision receipt · Receipt bet_clv:425742 · formula consensus_devig v1.0.0 · capture bucket Aug 26, 8:00 PM EDT (not decision time) · decision time unavailable · point-in-time unverified

WHY IT WAS SURFACED · FEED PRICE

58.3% model chance vs 55.6% needed at −125 · +2.7pp probability edge · +0.1% expected profit / 1u

Model stake1.6u

PREGAME CHECKS · AUDIT

What the receipt can—and cannot—prove

Decision receiptRecord only

−125 · sportsbook unavailable · quote observation unavailable · bet_clv:425742

Pregame availabilityNot timestamped

No immutable pre-tip player-status receipt is connected.

Pregame roleNot verified

Pick-time minutes, lineup, and role inputs are not verified by the canonical receipt.

SUPPORTING CONTEXT · NOT EXTRA VOTES

Recent, H2H, and similar players

Read each row on its stated basis

Recent games · Last 5Supports

4 of 5 would have hit

Against today's UNDER 2.5 · 1.2 average · 22.1 average minutes

Against this opponentSupports

3 of 5 would have hit

Vs PHO at today's UNDER 2.5 · 2.2 average

Similar players vs opponentMixed

2 below · 2 above market

5 comparable wings, each judged against that player's own closing line

BOTTOM LINE

Context leans with the UNDER

Recent games · Last 5 supports; Against this opponent supports; Similar players vs opponent mixed. This is supporting context, not extra model votes.

WHAT THE ARCHIVE IS MISSING

Decision time is unavailable; the capture bucket must not be read as decision time.
The source sportsbook or quote observation timestamp was not preserved.
The pre-tip availability observation was not stored immutably.

See game-by-game evidenceL3 / L5 / L10 · opponent games · comparable players

L3: 2/3
L5: 4/5
L10: 5/8

Player vs opponentFinished below 2.5 in 3/5 prior player meetings vs PHO

Position/team matchupNo stat-matched position/team factor is connected; direct defender assignments are unavailable

Reconstructed from a snapshot assembled Aug 31, 5:23 PM EDT. The target game and all same/future dates are excluded. L3 is contained inside L5, which is contained inside L10; they are one sample, not three confirmations.

DEFENSE CHECK · EACH PLAYER'S OWN CLOSE

How comparable wings fared vs PHO

Descriptive · not another model vote

5 games · mixedClosest 5 peers · median finish even with market

All Rebounds props vs PHO: 81/158 below
Same position family: 19/32 below

These are market-relative results, not raw points allowed: every peer is judged against the line offered for that peer's own game. The 5 shown are selected by position family and usual line; the opponent result is not used to rank them.

See the 5 comparable players

One latest eligible meeting per peer, strictly before Aug 27. “Usual” is that player's trailing median closing line, not the result against PHO.
Player	Why comparable	Date	Own close	Actual	Finish	Minutes
Diamond Miller SF	usual 2.5 over 10 games · Δ 0.0 · 21.8 min	Aug 7	2.5	4.0	1.5 above market	23.6
Gabby Williams SF	usual 2.5 over 10 games · Δ 0.0 · 20.8 min	Jun 9	4.0	4.0	even with market	29.9
Lexie Hull SF	usual 2.5 over 10 games · Δ 0.0 · 15.8 min	Jul 9	4.5	0.0	4.5 below market	17.8
Rae Burrell SF	usual 2.5 over 10 games · Δ 0.0 · 31.4 min	Aug 11	2.5	3.0	0.5 above market	34.9
Rebecca Allen SF	usual 2.5 over 8 games · Δ 0.0 · 22.9 min	Aug 1	2.5	2.0	0.5 below market	20.7

Open evidence game log

HISTORICAL MARKET CHECK

Against each game's own verified close

Normal exposure only

Checking verified pre-tip closing lines…

CURRENT-LINE WHAT-IF

Prior results against this card's 2.5 line

A retrospective comparison with this formula line—not the market line offered in each old game.
Date	Opponent	Actual	Minutes	UNDER 2.5
Aug 25	@ PHO	3.0	19.3	Miss
Aug 23	@ POR	1.0	23.7	Hit
Aug 21	vs MIN	0.0	25.7	Hit
Aug 19	vs TOR	1.0	26.6	Hit
Aug 15	vs LAS	1.0	15.4	Hit
Aug 13	@ LVA	5.0	22.9	Miss
Aug 11	@ LVA	3.0	25.0	Miss
Aug 9	vs PHO	2.0	25.5	Hit

Player history vs PHO

Latest 5 of 12 eligible meetings · finished below 2.5 in 3/5 · average 2.2. Context only; roles and schemes change.

Date	Actual	Minutes	UNDER 2.5
Aug 25	3.0	19.3	Miss
Aug 9	2.0	25.5	Hit
Aug 28	1.0	15.4	Hit
Aug 3	3.0	23.6	Miss
Jun 21	2.0	23.9	Hit

See methodology & source audit6 pillars · 49 checks

The six items are pillars, not six yes/no questions. Each check below is evidence—not a gamified score. One hard failure can outweigh many verified inputs.

1 · Price & market value

Caution

What exact side, line, odds, and book are offered?

Michaela Onyenwere UNDER 2.5 −125 · sportsbook unavailable

Source · canonical grading decision receipt

Caution

When was the formula price captured?

Capture bucket Aug 26, 8:00 PM EDT (storage bucket, not decision time) · decision time unavailable · quote observation unavailable

Source · bet_clv:425742

Verified

What hit rate does the price require?

55.6%

Source · derived from formula-feed American odds

Verified

What is the calibrated probability at this line?

58.3%

Source · canonical decision model.calibrated_hit_probability

Verified

What is the probability-point edge?

+2.7pp

Source · p_hit minus formula-price break-even

Verified

What is expected profit per unit?

+0.1%

Source · canonical decision model.claimed_ev_pct (when persisted)

N/A

Does the exact line appear in the connected snapshot?

Mutable latest-market rows are intentionally excluded from historical pre-tip proof

Unavailable

What price or line turns this into a pass?

Server-authoritative playable boundaries are not published yet

N/A

Does the broader market agree?

Mutable latest-market rows are not used to reconstruct historical consensus

Unavailable

Is the market liquid enough?

Limits and liquidity are not connected

2 · Projection quality & uncertainty

Unavailable

What is the projected median?

Unavailable

What does the outcome distribution look like?

Distribution unavailable

Unavailable

How sensitive is the pick to minutes, usage, or pace?

Sensitivity model unavailable

Caution

What do L3, L5, and L10 show at this exact line?

L3 2/3 · L5 4/5 · L10 5/8 at the formula UNDER 2.5 line

Source · reconstructed hydrator game history; target/same/future dates excluded

Caution

Is the model calibrated for this league, prop, and bucket?

The pick carries calibrated p_hit; bucket-level proof is not exposed here

Unavailable

Was calibration measured out of sample?

Out-of-sample calibration evidence is not exposed per pick

Caution

How large is the comparable historical sample?

8 eligible prior games in L10 · 0 under 10 minutes · nested descriptive sample, not 8 independent confirmations

Unavailable

When did the model run and were inputs complete?

Research run timestamp unavailable

Source · Gameplay Intelligence

3 · Availability & role

Unavailable

Is the player active, questionable, limited, or returning?

No hard game-report flag; individual status is not fully resolved

Source · player-state service

Caution

When was status last verified?

Snapshot assembled Aug 31, 5:23 PM EDT; injury-source observation time is not mapped

Source · data-hydrator snapshot assembly

Unavailable

What is the expected minutes range?

Minutes projection unavailable

Unavailable

Is the player starting or restricted?

Starter and restriction status unavailable

Unavailable

Has opportunity changed?

Opportunity feed unavailable

Unavailable

Which teammate absences change the role?

No confirmed teammate-absence attribution returned

Unavailable

Were injury-shortened games identified?

The joined outcome does not include a verified abnormal-exposure flag

Unavailable

What rotation change could invalidate the projection?

No material role change returned

4 · Game environment & matchup

Unavailable

How many possessions are expected?

A game-level pace projection is not exposed on this card

Caution

What do spread and total imply?

Spread (home) -1.5 · Total 166.5 · Moneyline -154 / +118 · archive context only; not an immutable pre-tip market receipt · snapshot assembled Aug 31, 5:23 PM EDT

Source · data-hydrator assembled game-market snapshot

Unavailable

Does opponent scheme affect this stat?

No stat-matched position/team factor is connected; direct defender assignments are unavailable

Caution

What has this player done against this opponent?

Finished below 2.5 in 3/5 prior player meetings vs PHO

Source · reconstructed player-vs-team game history; target date excluded

Unavailable

Which defender or lineup matters?

Defender attribution is not exposed

Unavailable

Is rest, travel, or schedule a disadvantage?

Rest and travel context are not connected

Caution

What foul, blowout, or game-script path creates downside?

Spread is visible; player-level foul and game-script risk are not quantified

5 · Execution & portfolio risk

N/A

Is the number still inside its playable boundary?

Not applicable after tip; mutable current offers are excluded from historical execution proof

Verified

How was stake size derived?

1.6u model-sized stake

Source · canonical decision model.kelly_stake_units

Unavailable

How much correlated exposure already exists?

Player, game, and injury-thesis exposure are not connected

Unavailable

Are exposure limits respected?

Daily, league, player, and prop limits are not exposed

Caution

What event withdraws or expires the pick?

Game start and hard availability conflicts are enforced; price boundaries remain a backend gap

Caution

Is this pregame, live, or halftime analysis?

Schedule status: final · formula-feed archive context

Caution

Is there a no-chase rule?

The UI expires the card after tip and requires exact-line verification; explicit price-bound enforcement is pending

6 · Outcome evidence & accountability

Caution

Did the pick beat the comparable close?

+0.0¢ closing-line value (price CLV)

Source · joined grading settlement

Verified

Was the formula line stored immutably?

UNDER 2.5 · decision key pd_cea6df7801aa413d538ec7d2 · receipt bet_clv:425742 · formula consensus_devig v1.0.0

Source · prop-decision-envelope.v1

N/A

Was a miss variance, injury, foul trouble, or blowout?

Winning settlement; miss-cause attribution is not applicable.

Verified

What are flat-1u and actual-staked ROI?

This pick's flat-1u CORE result is +0.80u. Personal staking remains separate.

Source · joined grading ledger

Unavailable

What are sample size and uncertainty interval?

Per-cohort confidence interval is not exposed on the card

Unavailable

Are probabilities calibrated by Brier or log loss?

Per-cohort calibration metrics are not exposed

Unavailable

Where is performance weakening?

League/prop/price/book/time-to-tip drift is not joined here

Unavailable

What are drawdown and losing-streak behavior?

Portfolio drawdown belongs to the ledger and is not connected to this pick

Unavailable

Is the edge persisting in new data?

Model-versioned out-of-sample persistence is not exposed per pick

DECISION LAB · MODEL RECORD + YOUR READ

Challenge what the system knew.

The original records stay frozen. Your thesis is checked against the captured evidence, then any explicit numerical assumption is tested separately—never silently fed into CORE or Gameplay.

HISTORICAL

SELECTED PROP

Michaela Onyenwere

UNDER 2.5 · Rebounds

NO GAMEPLAY CAPTUREThe exact CORE record has no matching immutable Gameplay player capture to compare.

RECORDED CORE LANE

What the formula record actually says

DECISION RECEIPT

FORMULA FEATURE INPUTSNOT STORED IN THIS RECEIPTThe receipt preserves pricing outputs and the action—not the lineup, minutes, usage, or matchup contribution path.

Stored pricing outputs

CAPTURED PRICE-125book not stored · time not stored

CALIBRATED SIDE58.3%break-even 55.6% · EV +0.1%

STORED ACTIONrecord onlyUNDER 2.5 · stake 1.55u

Formula: consensus_devig
Version: v1.0.0
Decision time: time not stored
Input status: unverified
Point-in-time: unverified
Receipt quality: partial

Receipt integrity flagssource sportsbook unavailable · quote observed at unavailable · decision at unavailable · capture receipt unavailable

game settled

NO GAMEPLAY CAPTUREEvidence beside the call is not automatically evidence inside the call.

IMMUTABLE GAMEPLAY CAPTURE

What the research system captured

CAPTURE BUILDING

Gameplay evidence is capture building.

The CORE row remains visible, but there is no immutable research projection from which to build a numeric human scenario.

REPLAY LAB · HINDSIGHT CHALLENGE

Tell us what the model may have missed

Write your basketball thesis normally. We'll turn it into checkable claims, compare each one with the frozen Gameplay capture, and show whether a quantified counterfactual changes the make.

UNSAVED REPLAY

HINDSIGHT MODEYou can test assumptions, but this page cannot save or alter a pregame read after the authoritative tip time. Browser timestamps are a convenience, not independent proof of publication.

PRIMARY WORKFLOW

Challenge the call

FROZEN CAPTURE · DETERMINISTIC CHECK

What is your basketball read?

Your prose supplies hypotheses, never evidence. This check only recognizes explicit starter, minutes, availability, usage, matchup, pace, and rotation claims.

CORE RECORDUNDER 2.558.3% side probability

GAMEPLAY MAKE—— model minutes

GAMEPLAY LEANNO SAME-LINE CAPTUREno capture at 2.5

MY MAKE—scenario unavailable

Advanced manual scenarioDirectly edit minutes, opportunity, matchup, and pace

ISOLATED-PLAYER SENSITIVITYMoving one player's minutes here does not conserve the team's 200 regulation minutes. Name whose minutes or role you think changes so the assumption stays basketball-real.

Starting-role beliefRecorded label: unknown. This label does not secretly add minutes.Expected minutes —Model: — · regulation maximum 40Opportunity / usage change +0%Use for role, touches, shot volume, rebound chances, or potential assists.Matchup adjustment +0.0Direct rebounds added to or removed from the make.Pace / game-script adjustment +0.0Direct rebounds added to or removed from the make for pace, blowout, overtime tail, or foul-risk beliefs.

My decision

Confidence in my readLineup / availability beliefWhose minutes / role moves?This note is required for a rotation-aware interpretation; the calculator itself remains player-only.

TRANSPARENT SCENARIO MATH

Gameplay baseline—
After your minutes—
After opportunity—
After matchup + pace—

WHAT FLIPS THE LINE?Unavailable

Under your current opportunity, matchup, and pace assumptions, this is the minutes threshold where the personal make equals 2.5.

A numeric personal make needs both a stored Gameplay projection and model minutes. You can still record a stance and thesis.

How this personal make is calculated

Gameplay mean × (your minutes ÷ model minutes) × (1 + your opportunity change) + your matchup adjustment + your pace/game-script adjustment. It is a sensitivity tool, not a retrained probability, and it does not claim the CORE formula uses these inputs.

DECISION LAB

Loading the immutable evidence map…

AVAILABILITY SNAPSHOT · AUDIT CONTEXT

Availability & Injuries

2 hard availability snapshot flags appear. Player-level observation time is unavailable, so this does not prove the status existed before tip; formula rows remain record-only.

PHOKelsey Plum · Injury/Illness-LeftLowerLeg;-OUT

PHOMarta Suarez · Injury/Illness--;ConcussionProtocol (Concussion)OUT

GAMEPLAY INTELLIGENCE · IMMUTABLE PRE-TIP CAPTURE

Model Outlook

BUILDING

The first frozen read has not posted for this game yet. We publish a checkpointed snapshot before tip instead of inventing a live answer from incomplete inputs.

GAMEPLAY INTELLIGENCE · IMMUTABLE PRE-TIP CAPTURE

Model Outlook

Checking the latest captured lineup, rotation, matchup and market state…

MARKET CONTEXT · NOT A PICK · THIS GAME · T−1H

Prop Watchlist

A shortlist of unusual market lines. Compare this game's checkpoint with a player's typical close, then see whether recent results against their own lines agree. Only the Formula-Qualified Recommendations section contains CORE candidate wagers.

Showing 2 of 42 all props market observations

47props checked

2top observations shown now

0Out / Doubtful / Inactive watches hidden

T−1Hlatest locked check

How these market observations are calculated

Typical market close is the median closing line across all earlier verified games this season—not a scoring average or a fixed 30-game window. Recent results use up to five actual-backed games that were final at least six hours before this checkpoint, so a just-finished game may be intentionally excluded. These are descriptive observations, not win probabilities or automatic picks.

Market expectation up

Upward descriptive pattern—not an Over pick

Expectation upAST · market observation—not a pick

Sonia Citron

WAS · G · vs PHO

5.5Line at T−1H

Typical market close: 3.5
Market vs typical: +2.0
Last 5 vs own closing lines: +1.5
Checkpoint move: 0.0

Market + recent results align

This game's AST line is 5.5 at T−1H. The typical market close was 3.5 across 32 earlier verified games. Recent results finished a median 1.5 above their own closing lines across 5 included games.

Use this to investigate this game's number—not as an automatic Over/Under.

LATEST INCLUDED · Aug 25 · 9.0 actual vs 4.5 line (+4.5)

Possible context: Shakira Austin — Available (reported Aug 23, 6:30 PM EDT). Timestamped association only; not proof it caused the move.

Market expectation down

Downward descriptive pattern—not an Under pick

Expectation downPTS · market observation—not a pick

Betnijah Laney-Hamilton

WAS · Guard-Forward · vs PHO

4.5Line at T−1H

Typical market close: 10.5
Market vs typical: −6.0
Last 3 vs own closing lines: −2.5
Checkpoint move: 0.0

Market + recent results align

This game's PTS line is 4.5 at T−1H. The typical market close was 10.5 across 3 earlier verified games. Recent results finished a median 2.5 below their own closing lines across 3 included games.

Use this to investigate this game's number—not as an automatic Over/Under.

LATEST INCLUDED · May 14 · 8.0 actual vs 10.5 line (−2.5)

Possible context: Shakira Austin — Available (reported Aug 23, 6:30 PM EDT). Timestamped association only; not proof it caused the move.

Showing the clearest market observations for available players—not additional bets.Open the season tape →

The Read

Wednesday's Mystics-Mercury matchup arrives with an incomplete analytical board: the home-team and matchup-agent feeds came back empty, and only one player prop cleared the confidence filter. The usable data points to a deliberate, low-possession game. Washington plays at 80.93 possessions per game with a 102.46 offensive rating, while allowing only 83.16 points per game — second-best in the league — and a league-low 30.13 rebounds per game. If that profile holds, the game should be cramped on the glass and below the market's 167.0 total pace.

The key individual angle is Phoenix guard Valeriane Ayayi. She has settled into roughly a 16-20 minute bench role, averaging 16.6 minutes and 2.8 rebounds per game. Her recent rebounding has drifted to 2.4 per game over the last 10 and 2.2 over the last 5, with four unders in her last five games. The head-to-head sample is small but aligned: in two meetings with Washington she averaged 2.0 rebounds in 16.0 minutes and never reached 3.5.

Washington's defense is the reason the under is the side. The Mystics surrender just 8.0 rebounds per game to opposing guards — the second-fewest in the league — and the overall 30.13 rebounds allowed is the best mark in the WNBA. With Phoenix at 81.7 possessions and Washington at 80.9, neither team is likely to create bonus rebounding chances. The 2.5-point spread points to a competitive game rather than a blowout, which protects Ayayi's minutes but does not raise her rebounding ceiling.

Because the home-team and matchup-agent data were not provided, the score prediction is low confidence. The only actionable number is Ayayi's under 3.5 rebounds at 65% confidence, flagged by the model as a mispriced under. Watch whether Washington's league-best rebounding suppression keeps Phoenix's guards off the glass; that is the night's clearest edge.

SUPPORTING RESEARCH · NOT A BETTING RECOMMENDATION

Matchup Outlook

N/A

Projected winner

—

Model spread

U 167.0

Model total

40%

Outlook confidence · MODERATE

Team Series History

PHO vs WAS · last 16 meetings · PHO leads

Team results are game-environment context—not validation for an individual player prop. Player-specific opponent history lives inside each recommendation card.

8–8

PHO record

79.3–82.6

Avg score (home)

-3.2

Avg margin

31.4

Avg reb

RECENT MEETINGS

08/25WAS 94 @ PHO 84LPHO

08/09PHO 75 @ WAS 95LPHO