Golden State Warriors vs New Orleans Pelicans — Win Probability
FINAL
Golden State Warriors
41-30
111
VS
New Orleans Pelicans
20-53
95
Model expected score: Golden State Warriors 115.7 – New Orleans Pelicans 112.3 (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.
GS
Gary Payton IIDay-To-Day
Brandon WilliamsDay-To-Day
Will RichardOut
Kristaps PorzingisOut
Moses MoodyOut
Jimmy Butler IIIOut
NO
Trendon WatfordDay-To-Day
Trey Murphy IIIDay-To-Day
Zion WilliamsonDay-To-Day
Yves MissiOut
Prediction vs. Result
We keep every prediction permanently so we can always show our work.
PREGAME WIN PROBABILITY
Warriors 63%
ACTUAL RESULT
✓ Warriors won by 16
COMBINED SCORE
206
Margin of Victory — New Orleans Pelicans (Home)
Pregame odds for every possible outcome, simulated before tipoff -- the highlighted bar is what actually happened.
Lost ← actual result
59%
Won by 1-3
8%
Won by 4-7
9%
Won by 8-14
12%
Won by 15-21
7%
Won by 21+
4%
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 206.
O/U LINE 210
83% over17% under ✓
O/U LINE 220
66% over34% under ✓
O/U LINE 230 MODEL'S PICK
46% over54% under ✓
O/U LINE 240
26% over74% under ✓
O/U LINE 250
12% over88% under ✓
O/U LINE 260
5% over95% under ✓
Starter Grades
Season-to-date Basketball-Reference stats for each team's starters, minimum 25% of that team's games started.
GS
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).
Stephen CurryPG
24.5
Jimmy ButlerSF
17.9
Andrew WigginsSF
17.6
Brandin PodziemskiSG
11.7
Buddy HieldSG
11.1
NO
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).