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Will the Timberwolves beat the Trail Blazers?
Timberwolves win chance
58%
Typical margin: Timberwolves by 2.5
Trail Blazers 42%Timberwolves 58%
Updated Nov 3, 4:55 AM ET
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In short
- Our ratings favor the Timberwolves by 6.3 points, home court included
- Injuries tilt it toward the Trail Blazers by 1.0 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+656%Playing at home is worth about 3.9 points to the Timberwolves.
- See how far every step moved our number.
- Our numberTimberwolves 58%
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Timberwolves win chance
58%
Trail Blazers 42%Timberwolves 58%
- Top scorerTrail Blazers
- Top scorerTimberwolves
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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 Nov 3.
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