Los Angeles Lakers vs LA Clippers — Win Probability
FINAL
Los Angeles Lakers
22-17
102
VS
LA Clippers
23-17
116
Model expected score: Los Angeles Lakers 107.8 – LA Clippers 116.3 (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.
LAL
Austin ReavesDay-To-Day
Quentin GrimesDay-To-Day
LAC
Yanic Konan NiederhauserOut
Brandon IngramOut
Cam ChristieDay-To-Day
Bradley BealOut
Jordan MillerOut
Prediction vs. Result
We keep every prediction permanently so we can always show our work.
PREGAME WIN PROBABILITY
Clippers 76%
ACTUAL RESULT
✓ Clippers won by 14
COMBINED SCORE
218
Margin of Victory — LA Clippers (Home)
Pregame odds for every possible outcome, simulated before tipoff -- the highlighted bar is what actually happened.
Lost
28%
Won by 1-3
7%
Won by 4-7
11%
Won by 8-14 ← actual result
19%
Won by 15-21
16%
Won by 21+
19%
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
77% over ✓23% under
O/U LINE 220 MODEL'S PICK
59% over41% under ✓
O/U LINE 230
38% over62% under ✓
O/U LINE 240
20% over80% under ✓
O/U LINE 250
9% over91% 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.
LAL
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).
Luka DončićPG
28.2
Anthony DavisC
25.7
LeBron JamesSF
24.4
Austin ReavesSG
20.2
Rui HachimuraPF
13.1
LAC
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).