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Prediction performance

Locked picks · Final scores · What it got right and wrong.

Winner picks
67%
2 of 3 correct
Totals vs book
100%
3 of 3 on the right side
Avg margin miss
10.9 pts
projected vs actual
9 locked picks · 3 final
MINMIN at ORLORL
2026-10-23
Picked ORL by 5 · awaiting final
NYNY at BOSBOS
2026-10-23
Picked BOS by 11 · awaiting final
ATLATL at CHACHA
2026-10-23
Picked CHA by 9 · awaiting final
TORTOR at WSHWSH
2026-10-23
Picked TOR by 6 · awaiting final
DALDAL at INDIND
2026-10-23
Picked IND by 5 · awaiting final
CHICHI at MILMIL
2026-10-23
Picked MIL by 10 · awaiting final
DENDEN at OKCOKC
2026-10-22
Final 84–96 · NIPE had OKC by 7 (114–121)
Saved external comparison

DraftKings total 235.5 · Projected score total 235 · Model leaned under · actual 180 — correct.

Score recap: Winner pick was correct. Total was over-projected by 54.5 pts — scoring ran colder than the model expected. Disagreed with the book on the spread and the book was right.

CLECLE at PHIPHI
2026-10-22
Final 106–114 · NIPE had CLE by 3 (118–115)
Saved external comparison

DraftKings total 235.5 · Projected score total 233 · Model leaned under · actual 220 — correct.

Score recap: Winner pick missed — projected margin was 2.9 pts, actual was 8. Total was over-projected by 13.6 pts — scoring ran colder than the model expected. Disagreed with the book on the spread and the book was right.

SACSAC at LACLAC
2026-10-21
Final 96–121 · NIPE had LAC by 9 (107–116)
Saved external comparison

DraftKings total 226.5 · Projected score total 223 · Model leaned under · actual 217 — correct.

Score recap: Winner pick was correct. Margin was off by 16.4 pts — review the box score for pace, shooting and rotation differences. The spread read against the book held up.

Late baselines

Picks made after tip-off. Tracked separately, never counted in the accuracy above.

GS at LAL · picked LAL
Final 105–127 · Correct
DAL at HOU · picked HOU
Final 110–128 · Correct
IND at NO · picked NO
Final 123–120 · Wrong
UTAH at MEM · picked MEM
Final 103–123 · Correct