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Will the Celtics beat the Bulls?
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Celtics win chance
89%
Typical margin: Celtics by 16.5
Bulls 11%Celtics 89%
In short
- Our ratings favor the Celtics by 16 points, home court included
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 Celtics.
- See how far every step moved our number.
- Our numberCeltics 89%
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 Bulls by 6 and Celtics by 39.
What if he's out?
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Celtics win chance
89%
Bulls 11%Celtics 89%
- Top scorerBulls
- Top scorerCeltics
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 3 from 92% to 89%
Oct 4Oct 9
Injury report
Bulls
- Zach CollinsDay-To-Day
- Jaylin SellersDay-To-Day
- Tre JonesDay-To-Day
- Nic ClaxtonDay-To-Day
Celtics
- Sam HauserDay-To-Day
- Ron Harper Jr.Day-To-Day
- Payton PritchardDay-To-Day
- Mitchell RobinsonDay-To-Day
- Neemias QuetaDay-To-Day
- Paul GeorgeDay-To-Day
- Jayson TatumDay-To-Day
- Derrick WhiteDay-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.