NBA · Regular season ·
Will the Bulls beat the Wizards?
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Bulls win chance
83%
Typical margin: Bulls by 13
Wizards 17%Bulls 83%
In short
- Our ratings favor the Bulls by 8.8 points, home court included
- Injuries tilt it toward the Bulls 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+1161%Playing at home is worth about 3.9 points to the Bulls.
- See how far every step moved our number.
- Our numberBulls 83%
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 9 and Bulls by 35.
What if he's out?
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Bulls win chance
83%
Wizards 17%Bulls 83%
- Top scorerWizards
- Top scorerBulls
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 76% to 83%
Oct 3Oct 9
Injury report
Wizards
- Tristan VukcevicOut
- Jamir WatkinsOut
- Alex SarrDay-To-Day
- Khris MiddletonDay-To-Day
Bulls
- Zach CollinsDay-To-Day
- Jaylin SellersDay-To-Day
- Tre JonesDay-To-Day
- Nic ClaxtonDay-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.