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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.

Publication timing not verified

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.

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Latest publication attempt
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Status observed since

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.

03

The players

5 players checked · 3 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 5 players has performed clearly differently and 1 shows 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.

Seattle Stormplaying LVA

SFlau'jae Johnson · 30 min expected
points 13.5 → 29 actual
SNatisha Hiedeman · 25 min expected
points 13.5 → 4 actual
SAwa Fam · 20 min expected
points 9.5 → 6 actual
SDominique Malonga · 20 min expected
points 16.5 → 25 actual
Jade Melbourne · 26 min expected
points 9.5 → 1 actual

6 players have no line from any bookmaker: Thierry (25 expected minutes) · Horston (18 min) · +4 more

Las Vegas Acesplaying SEA

13 players have no line from any bookmaker: Wilson (31 expected minutes) · Young (31 min) · +11 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.

Sign in to view saved research →Coverage has not been checked in this session. Missing access is not missing data.

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

04

What could go wrong

updated
Who is out

Pissott · did not play last game

Out Mair · earlier listed as available (changed ) · 5, 2 and 7 min in the last 3 games

Out Magbegor · right knee · SEA

Out Samuelson · left knee · SEA

Out Cooke · right knee · SEA

Lineups

Starting lineup confirmed () · RotoWire, a lineup news service, as of game start

Playing time

1 player is expected to play at least 5 minutes more or fewer than in the last 5 games. For 4 players (Fam, Malonga, Brown, Bell) we have no real minutes estimate, only a default.

Hiedeman: expected to play 25 minutes, averaged 31.8 in the last 5 games, about 6.8 fewer than usual

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

Rest

SEA had 39 days off before this game · LVA had 23 days off before this game.

Bookmakers

The reference bookmaker, Pinnacle, offers 5 of the 46 lines; the rest rely on other bookmakers.

Every pick is priced by at least 2 bookmakers.

Looking back

Flagged before the game: Pissott out · did not play

Flagged before the game: Mair out () · 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.

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What happened

In 2 of 3 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
5 other players with a posted line
Flau'jae Johnson · points 13.5 → 29 · 15.5 above the line · played 32.1 min (30 expected) · no final price
Jade Melbourne · points 9.5 → 1 · 8.5 below the line · played 19.1 min (26 expected) · no final price
Natisha Hiedeman · points 13.5 → 4 · 9.5 below the line · played 31.4 min (25 expected) · no final price
Dominique Malonga · points 16.5 → 25 · 8.5 above the line · played 24.4 min (20 expected) · no final price
Awa Fam · points 9.5 → 6 · 3.5 below the line · played 23.2 min (20 expected) · no final price

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More context
Head to head

LVA vs SEA · last 28 games · LVA leads · LVA record 22–6 · average score 89.0–79.8 · LVA has won by 9.3 on average

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

20 Sep · SEA 77 at LVA 98LVA won
17 Sep · LVA 114 at SEA 77LVA won
8 Jun · SEA 91 at LVA 101LVA won
What each defense gives up per game
SEA gives up88.9 points · 36.3 rebounds · 21.1 assists · 8.8 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.0% of shots · 32.7% from three-point range · 12.8 opponent turnovers
LVA gives up85.8 points · 34.0 rebounds · 18.6 assists · 8.8 three-pointers scored against them · opponents make 44.2% of shots · 34.5% from three-point range · 13.0 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.

SEA gives up 88.9 points a game · 10th of 15 · league average 87.0+1.9 vs average
LVA gives up 85.8 points a game · 6th of 15 · league average 87.0about league average
How the game odds moved

No history of the game odds on file.

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.

Data fetches · 33
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odds player timeline (points)failed 503 · 139 ms
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