NBA · Regular season ·
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
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 Bucks.
- See how far every step moved our number.
- 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.
What if he's out?
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Bucks win chance
73%
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.