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Will the Knicks beat the Raptors?
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Knicks win chance
68%
Typical margin: Knicks by 8
Market 70%
Raptors 32%Knicks 68%
In short
- The market (Polymarket) has the Knicks at 70%, and it carries 85% of our number
- Our ratings favor the Knicks by 7.1 points, home court included
Why this number
PremiumEvery step from a coin flip to our number, in the order our model adds them.
- An even game50%Every game starts as a coin flip.
- Home court+151%Playing at home is worth about 3.9 points to the Knicks.
- See how far every step moved our number.
- Our numberKnicks 68%
Each step is that piece's share of the model, so the steps add up to the number we published.
The range
In 9 of 10 simulations, the result lands between Raptors by 20 and Knicks by 36.
What if he's out?
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Knicks win chance
68%
Raptors 32%Knicks 68%
- Top scorerRaptors
- Top scorerKnicks
In our model a star out costs his team 4.5 points, up to 9 for a whole roster, halved in preseason when starters sit.
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Our number over time
Up 9 from 59% to 68%
Oct 5Oct 8
Injury report
Raptors
- Trayce Jackson-DavisDay-To-Day
- Jamison BattleDay-To-Day
- Allen GravesDay-To-Day
- Kawhi LeonardDay-To-Day
- Nate BittleDay-To-Day
Knicks
- Kevin McCullar Jr.Day-To-Day
- Tony BradleyDay-To-Day
- Ochai AgbajiDay-To-Day
- Drew EubanksDay-To-Day
Our method
- We simulate the final margin 40,000 times from our team ratings (Elo, fitted walk-forward) and the ESPN injury report.
- The win chance is the share of those simulations each team wins.
- When the market has a price (Polymarket), it gets 85% of the say and our ratings the rest: over ten seasons the market was the most accurate single input, and that mix was as accurate as anything we tested.
- Preseason game: starters play about half the minutes, so we halve the expected margin and widen the range. It's graded like any other game and marked preseason.
- Model v1.2.0, updated Oct 9.