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Will the Hawks beat the Rockets?

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Hawks win chance

55%

Typical margin: Hawks by 1.5

Rockets 45%Hawks 55%

In short

  • Our ratings favor the Hawks by 2.5 points, home court included
  • Injuries tilt it toward the Rockets by 1.0 points

Why this number

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Every step from a coin flip to our number, in the order our model adds them.

  1. An even game50%Every game starts as a coin flip.
  2. Home court+1161%Playing at home is worth about 3.9 points to the Hawks.
  3. See how far every step moved our number.
  4. Our numberHawks 55%

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 Rockets by 21 and Hawks by 24.

← Rockets winHawks win →

What if he's out?

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Switch a player off and we rerun the game without him.

Hawks win chance

55%

Everyone plays
Rockets 45%Hawks 55%
  • Top scorerRockets
  • Top scorerHawks

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 7 from 48% to 55%

Oct 3Oct 9
Injury report

Hawks

  • Henri VeesaarOut
  • Keshon GilbertDay-To-Day
  • Luguentz DortDay-To-Day
  • Jalen JohnsonDay-To-Day
  • Mouhamed GueyeDay-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.
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