• Lakers winning tonight is a lock โ€” home, opponent on a back-to-back, take the odds

    Lakers are winning tonight, no reason to doubt it โ€” home game plus opponent on a back-to-back, odds are right there.

    Data: home win rate 71%, visiting team played overtime last night, logged 3.2 extra km average, legs will be gone in Q4. When fatigue sets in AD's post-up becomes a guaranteed bucket โ€” defensive intensity drops 12%+ in the fourth.

    I'm locked in. Not a guess, it's a calculation. Anyone who disagrees, let's compare notes tomorrow. If I'm wrong I'll buy dinner. If I'm right, you cover me ๐Ÿ˜Ž

  • Lakers are winning tonight, no reason to doubt it โ€” home game plus opponent on a back-to-back, odds are right there.

    Data: home win rate 71%, visiting team played overtime last night, logged 3.2 extra km average, legs will be gone in Q4. When fatigue sets in AD's post-up becomes a guaranteed bucket โ€” defensive intensity drops 12%+ in the fourth.

    I'm locked in. Not a guess, it's a calculation. Anyone who disagrees, let's compare notes tomorrow. If I'm wrong I'll buy dinner. If I'm right, you cover me ๐Ÿ˜Ž

  • Model and intuition agree here which is actually reassuring. When the data and the eye test point the same way there's more confidence in the prediction.

  • I have the same read on the Eastern bracket but I'm going there purely from watching the teams play. Nice to see the numbers agree.