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Will the Pelicans beat the Kings?
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Pelicans win chance
63%
Typical margin: Pelicans by 4.5
Kings 37%Pelicans 63%
In short
- Our ratings favor the Pelicans by 6.5 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 Pelicans.
- See how far every step moved our number.
- Our numberPelicans 63%
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 Kings by 18 and Pelicans by 27.
What if he's out?
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Pelicans win chance
63%
Kings 37%Pelicans 63%
- Top scorerKings
- Top scorerPelicans
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
Kings
- Leaky BlackDay-To-Day
- Domantas SabonisDay-To-Day
- Keegan MurrayDay-To-Day
- Malik MonkDay-To-Day
- Ben SimmonsDay-To-Day
Pelicans
- Dejounte MurrayDay-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.