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Will the Pelicans beat the Wizards?
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Pelicans win chance
66%
Typical margin: Pelicans by 7
Wizards 34%Pelicans 66%
In short
- Our ratings favor the Pelicans by 10 points, home court included
- Injuries tilt it toward the Pelicans by 4.3 points
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+959%Playing at home is worth about 3.9 points to the Pelicans.
- See how far every step moved our number.
- Our numberPelicans 66%
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 Wizards by 21 and Pelicans by 35.
What if he's out?
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Pelicans win chance
66%
Wizards 34%Pelicans 66%
- Top scorerWizards
- Top scorerPelicans
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 3 from 63% to 66%
Oct 5Oct 9
Injury report
Wizards
- Tristan VukcevicOut
- Jamir WatkinsOut
- Alex SarrDay-To-Day
- Khris MiddletonDay-To-Day
Pelicans
- Dejounte MurrayDay-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.
- 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.