Houston Rockets vs Minnesota Timberwolves — Win Probability
FINAL
Houston Rockets
12-6
117
VS
Minnesota Timberwolves
8-8
111
Model expected score: Houston Rockets 113.2 – Minnesota Timberwolves 110.5 (no market line posted for this game yet -- see Margin/Totals below)
Injury Report
Live ESPN injury status for both teams, polled fresh each run.
HOU
Oscar TshiebweDay-To-Day
Clint CapelaOut
Steven AdamsOut
MIN
Anthony EdwardsOut
Donte DiVincenzoOut
Prediction vs. Result
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PREGAME WIN PROBABILITY
Rockets 58%
ACTUAL RESULT
✓ Rockets won by 6
COMBINED SCORE
228
Margin of Victory — Minnesota Timberwolves (Home)
Pregame odds for every possible outcome, simulated before tipoff -- the highlighted bar is what actually happened.
Lost ← actual result
58%
Won by 1-3
8%
Won by 4-7
10%
Won by 8-14
13%
Won by 15-21
7%
Won by 21+
5%
Total Score — Over / Under
Combined score across 100,000 simulated versions of this game, against six fixed lines (no market total posted for this game yet -- the highlighted line is this model's own pick, not a sportsbook number). The real combined score was 228.
O/U LINE 210
76% over ✓24% under
O/U LINE 220 MODEL'S PICK
58% over ✓42% under
O/U LINE 230
37% over63% under ✓
O/U LINE 240
20% over80% under ✓
O/U LINE 250
8% over92% under ✓
O/U LINE 260
3% over97% under ✓
Starter Grades
Season-to-date Basketball-Reference stats for each team's starters, minimum 25% of that team's games started.
HOU
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).
Jalen GreenSG
21.0
Alperen ŞengünC
19.1
Amen ThompsonSF
14.1
Fred VanVleetPG
14.1
Dillon BrooksSF
14.0
MIN
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).