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Will the Bucks beat the Pacers?

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Bucks win chance

73%

Typical margin: Bucks by 8.5

Pacers 27%Bucks 73%

In short

  • Our ratings favor the Bucks by 4.9 points, home court included
  • Injuries tilt it toward the Bucks by 2.3 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 Bucks.
  3. See how far every step moved our number.
  4. Our numberBucks 73%

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 Pacers by 14 and Bucks by 31.

← Pacers winBucks win →

What if he's out?

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

Bucks win chance

73%

Everyone plays
Pacers 27%Bucks 73%
  • Top scorerPacers
  • Top scorerBucks

In our model a star out costs his team 4.5 points, up to 9 for a whole roster.

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Injury report

Pacers

  • Johnny FurphyOut
  • Larry Nance Jr.Day-To-Day
  • T.J. McConnellDay-To-Day

Bucks

  • Nate AmentDay-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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