NBA · Regular season ·
Will the Suns beat the Warriors?
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Suns win chance
84%
Typical margin: Suns by 13.5
Warriors 16%Suns 84%
In short
- Our ratings favor the Suns by 7.3 points, home court included
- Injuries tilt it toward the Suns by 4.1 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+1161%Playing at home is worth about 3.9 points to the Suns.
- See how far every step moved our number.
- Our numberSuns 84%
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 Warriors by 9 and Suns by 36.
What if he's out?
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Suns win chance
84%
Warriors 16%Suns 84%
- Top scorerWarriors
- Top scorerSuns
In our model a star out costs his team 4.5 points, up to 9 for a whole roster.
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Our number over time
Up 20 from 64% to 84%
Oct 3Oct 9
Injury report
Warriors
- Jimmy Butler IIIOut
- Moses MoodyOut
- Gui SantosDay-To-Day
- Brandin PodziemskiDay-To-Day
- Gary Payton IIDay-To-Day
- Georges NiangDay-To-Day
- De'Anthony MeltonDay-To-Day
- Yaxel LendeborgDay-To-Day
Suns
- Mark WilliamsOut
- Miles BridgesDay-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.
- Model v1.2.0, updated Oct 9.