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Will the Rockets beat the Bucks?
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Rockets win chance
64%
Typical margin: Rockets by 4.5
Rockets 64%Bucks 36%
In short
- Our ratings favor the Rockets by 4.7 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−1139%Playing at home is worth about 3.9 points to the Bucks.
- See how far every step moved our number.
- Our numberRockets 64%
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 Rockets by 27 and Bucks by 18.
What if he's out?
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Rockets win chance
64%
Rockets 64%Bucks 36%
- Top scorerRockets
- 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
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.