NBA · Regular season ·
Will the Lakers beat the Jazz?
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Lakers win chance
76%
Typical margin: Lakers by 9.5
Lakers 76%Jazz 24%
In short
- Our ratings favor the Lakers by 6.4 points, home court included
- Injuries tilt it toward the Lakers by 3.3 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−1139%Playing at home is worth about 3.9 points to the Jazz.
- See how far every step moved our number.
- Our numberLakers 76%
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 Lakers by 32 and Jazz by 13.
What if he's out?
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Lakers win chance
76%
Lakers 76%Jazz 24%
- Top scorerLakers
- Top scorerJazz
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
Down 1 from 77% to 76%
Oct 3Oct 9
Injury report
Lakers
- Dalton KnechtDay-To-Day
- Walker KesslerDay-To-Day
- Collin SextonDay-To-Day
- Arthur KalumaDay-To-Day
- Ziaire WilliamsDay-To-Day
- Cameron CarrDay-To-Day
Jazz
- Jusuf NurkicOut
- Lauri MarkkanenDay-To-Day
- Brice SensabaughDay-To-Day
- Kyle FilipowskiDay-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.