Recent form
7-3
IND +9.6 vs CHI +0.5 margin
IND brings the hotter last-ten margin into this matchup tonight with balance.

IND
19-12

CHI
12-19
Verdict
Pass · no edge tonight.
The model doesn't see daylight against the posted line on this game. We don't surface negative-EV picks; check the drill-down for sub-model context.
Why this matchup
3 signals · model + marketPreview · WNBA
ndiana Fever visit Chicago Sky Saturday at 8/8 - 3:30 PM EDT. IND is 4-2 in their last 6. CHI is 3-3 in their last 6.
Vegas opened IND as a 5.5-point favorite with the total at 192.5. CHI's moneyline implies a 35% break-even, IND the inverse.
For bettors: the IND side carries the favorite-tax, the dog gets the points and a plus-money payout. The 192.5 total reads high-scoring vs the league average.
ByTheOnemodel/auto-generated · live odds + scouting data/refreshes with the page
Team stats
IND
Away
Stat
CHI
Home
48
FG %
45
Season series
IND leads series 1-0
Model & market
Vegas line center
DraftKings via ESPN · 21+
Spread
IND -5.5
Half-pt above key 5
Total
192.5
High-scoring · +27.5 vs avg
Moneyline
5· 6.4h
Implied probabilities back-computed from American odds — break-even win % a moneyline bet needs to be +EV.
Line movement · 200 snapshots
ESPN-tracked · 21+
Spread
5.5
-1.0 since open
Total
192.5
-2.0 since open
Scouting report
IND @ CHI
Rest going in
CHI +1 day
1 day
last game Aug 6
2 days
last game Aug 5
Model edge vs market
Strong edgeMarket
IND -5.5
Model
IND -24.0
Edge
+18.5 pts
Market
192.5
Model
On the roadmap
Edge
—
Market
IND -225
Model
IND
Edge
aligned
Model spread derived from 21-day power-rank delta · not a true point-spread model. Total + ML model wires roadmap. Bet responsibly · 21+
Tale of the tape
19-12
Record
12-19
#1
Conf rank
#5
+5.6
Pt diff
-1.6
L2
Streak
W1
7-3
Last 10
5-5
75.3
Power score
51.3
#4
Power rank
#9
53.1
Sched ahead
72.2
Composite signals from ESPN standings + 21-day power rolling. NBA pace / ORtg / DRtg from ESPN core team-stats; NFL yards-per-game from nflverse aggregation. Park factors, weather, KenPom-class metrics still on the roadmap.
Betting line
IND -5.5·O/U 192.5·IND -225/CHI +185
Drill down
Sub-model tables · ensemble breakdown · last meeting · book shop · player props
Scouting report · pre-game
CHI is 5-5 recently; IND is 7-3.
23.2%
model · CHI win prob
Recent form
Situational
CHI has 1 more rest day. CHI has 0 straight road games; IND has 0.
Model angle
IND's edge is mostly model confidence plus head to head. Rest advantage is the main caution flag.
Players to watch
Kelsey Mitchell · 26.2 pts · last-10 28 vs season 23.5.
Caitlin Clark · 21.9 pts · last-10 22.8 vs season 20.5.
Sydney Taylor · 17.5 pts · last-10 19.3 vs season 14.7.
Head-to-head · 0-5 · last 5
CHI is 0-5 in the recent head-to-head sample.
Line move
The market has moved 0.6pp toward the away side.
Aggregated from r107 anatomy · r109 CLV history · r112 calibration · r118 line moves · r124 player projections · refreshes every 5 minutes
Model ensemble · how the prediction is built
Each sub-model uses a different rating substrate. Bayesian model averaging weights them by rolling Brier score so the ensemble inherits each model's strengths. Disagreement flags games where the sub-models don't see eye-to-eye — lower confidence, wider band.
24.3%
ensemble · IND favored
Elo Static
32.7%
P(CHI win)
34%
weight
Elo Recent
33.2%
P(CHI win)
33%
weight
Pace Efficiency
36.2%
P(CHI win)
33%
weight
Disagreement
1.54 pp
weighted σ across sub-models
Confidence
90% · high
maps from disagreement
Substrate count
3 / 3 active
ones with full inputs tonight
Weights recalibrated nightly on a 90-day rolling window with strict point-in-time correctness — no model gets credit for a game it hasn't seen. Headline % is Platt-scaled per league; sub-model rows show raw BMA inputs.
The receipts
IND's edge is mostly model confidence plus head to head. Rest advantage is the main caution flag.
+10.5
pp edge · IND
+0.62
CLV pp
84.8%
±9.0pp band
5u large — +15.6pp edge, quarter Kelly capped.
Edge
+18.4pp
+7.9pp post-cal
Kelly
50.6%
5.0% sized
Decimal
1.44
+15.6pp vs price
Contributor breakdown · sums to 10.5pp · IND over CHI
IND clears the model's lock threshold.
IND has taken 3 of the last 3 meetings.
CHI has the rest edge entering this game.
Open price
-218
Close price
-225
Open no-vig
65.7%
Close no-vig
66.4%
Market came to the model
How we read this game
Line shopping · 1 book
Same model, different prices. The same moneyline can vary 25¢ across books — taking the worst price wipes out a real edge instantly. Star marks the best-paying book per side.
+10.5pp
best edge · IND · DraftKings
IND
★ bestedge +10.5pp · implied 66.4%
CHI
no live price
| Book | IND | CHI | Best edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| DraftKings | -225★ | +185 | +10.5 |
Edges shown are model probability minus no-vig implied probability for that side at that book. Stars mark the highest-paying cell per side. Lines refresh every 60 seconds.
Player projections
Per-player stat projections built from a recency-weighted blend of the last ten games, season average, and matchup context. Confidence reflects sample size and stability — the top of each list is who to watch.
120
projections · 100 high confidence
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Blocks
Steals
Projections recompute every 30 minutes · prop lines plug in once sportsbook ingest lands
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