Recent form
8-2
GS +10.5 vs NY +5.2 margin
GS brings the hotter last-ten margin into this matchup tonight with balance.

GS
27-11

NY
23-15
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
olden State Valkyries visit New York Liberty Thursday at 8/27 - 8:00 PM EDT. GS is rolling — 6-2 in their last 8. NY is 4-2 in their last 6.
Vegas opened NY as a 2.5-point favorite with the total at 162.5. NY's moneyline implies a 59% break-even, GS the inverse.
For bettors: the NY side carries the favorite-tax, the dog gets the points and a plus-money payout. The 162.5 total reads near the league average.
ByTheOnemodel/auto-generated · live odds + scouting data/refreshes with the page
Team stats
GS
Away
Stat
NY
Home
42
FG %
47
Season series
GS leads series 2-0
Model & market
Vegas line center
DraftKings via ESPN · 21+
Spread
NY -2.5
Between — and 5
Total
162.5
Standard · -2.5 vs avg
Moneyline
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
2.5
+1.0 since open
Total
162.5
0.0 since open
Scouting report
GS @ NY
Rest going in
1 day
last game Aug 26
—
Model edge vs market
Pass · split signalMarket
NY -2.5
Model
GS -9.6
Edge
split
Market
162.5
Model
On the roadmap
Edge
—
Market
NY -142
Model
GS
Edge
fading market
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
27-11
Record
23-15
#2
Conf rank
#3
+6.6
Pt diff
+3.1
W2
Streak
W1
8-2
Last 10
7-3
77.8
Power score
68.2
#2
Power rank
#4
58.8
Sched ahead
56.0
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
NY -2.5·O/U 162.5·GS +120/NY -142
Drill down
Sub-model tables · ensemble breakdown · last meeting · book shop · player props
Scouting report · pre-game
NY is 7-3 recently; GS is 8-2.
45.4%
model · NY win prob
Recent form
Situational
NY has 4 more rest days. NY has 0 straight road games; GS has 3.
Model angle
GS's edge is mostly model confidence plus head to head. Line steam is the main caution flag.
Players to watch
Breanna Stewart · 19.5 pts · last-10 19.1 vs season 20.
Sabrina Ionescu · 16.7 pts · last-10 17.6 vs season 15.4.
Jonquel Jones · 14.4 pts · last-10 14.5 vs season 14.4.
Head-to-head · 0-3 · last 3
NY is 0-3 in the recent head-to-head sample.
Line move
The market has moved 3.7pp toward the home 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.
50.1%
ensemble · NY favored
Elo Static
45.9%
P(NY win)
35%
weight
Elo Recent
48.4%
P(NY win)
32%
weight
Pace Efficiency
50.9%
P(NY win)
33%
weight
Disagreement
2.06 pp
weighted σ across sub-models
Confidence
86% · 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
GS's edge is mostly model confidence plus head to head. Line steam is the main caution flag.
+11.0
pp edge · GS
-3.74
CLV pp · steam
55.7%
±7.1pp band
4.7u large — +10.2pp edge, quarter Kelly.
Edge
+12.0pp
+1.0pp post-cal
Kelly
18.8%
4.7% sized
Decimal
2.20
+10.2pp vs price
Contributor breakdown · sums to 11.0pp · GS over NY
GS clears the model's lock threshold.
The market moved 3.7pp away from GS since open.
NY has the rest edge entering this game.
GS is carrying the heavier road load, so the edge gets a haircut.
GS has taken 3 of the last 3 meetings.
NY's venue form trims GS's edge by 7.1pp.
Open price
+102
Close price
+120
Open no-vig
47.4%
Close no-vig
43.7%
Market faded the model hard
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.
+11.0pp
best edge · GS · DraftKings
GS
★ bestedge +11.0pp · implied 43.7%
NY
no live price
| Book | GS | NY | Best edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| DraftKings | +120★ | -142 | +11.0 |
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.
135
projections · 95 high confidence
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Blocks
Steals
Projections recompute every 30 minutes · prop lines plug in once sportsbook ingest lands
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