Cleveland Cavaliers vs Atlanta Hawks — Win Probability
FINAL
Cleveland Cavaliers
17-2
101
VS
Atlanta Hawks
8-11
117
Model expected score: Cleveland Cavaliers 123.3 – Atlanta Hawks 115.6 (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.
CLE
Sam MerrillDay-To-Day
Jaylon TysonOut
ATL
Asa NewellOut
Keshon GilbertOut
Mouhamed GueyeOut
Henri VeesaarOut
Prediction vs. Result
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PREGAME WIN PROBABILITY
Cavaliers 78%
ACTUAL RESULT
✕ Hawks won by 16
COMBINED SCORE
218
Margin of Victory — Atlanta Hawks (Home)
Pregame odds for every possible outcome, simulated before tipoff -- the highlighted bar is what actually happened.
Lost
71%
Won by 1-3
7%
Won by 4-7
8%
Won by 8-14
9%
Won by 15-21 ← actual result
4%
Won by 21+
2%
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 218.
O/U LINE 210
93% over ✓7% under
O/U LINE 220
84% over16% under ✓
O/U LINE 230
68% over32% under ✓
O/U LINE 240 MODEL'S PICK
48% over52% under ✓
O/U LINE 250
28% over72% under ✓
O/U LINE 260
13% over87% under ✓
Starter Grades
Season-to-date Basketball-Reference stats for each team's starters, minimum 25% of that team's games started.
CLE
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).
Donovan MitchellSG
24.0
Darius GarlandPG
20.6
Evan MobleyPF
18.5
Jarrett AllenC
13.5
Max StrusSF
9.4
ATL
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).