Washington Wizards 115 @ 121 Brooklyn Nets

April 05, 2026 | Barclays Center | Final

Grade: B Prediction Recap
Winner: Correct

Picked the right winner. Score was a bit off, but that's what matters.

WAS BKN Total
Predicted 105 112 217
Actual 115 121 236
Diff -10 -9 -19
Nailed It PTS within 3, REB/AST within 2
Chaney Johnson Pred: 10/4/3 | Actual: 9/5/1
Drake Powell Pred: 10/3/2 | Actual: 13/1/2
Missed By a Mile PTS off by 10+
E.J. Liddell Pred: 2pts | Actual: 15pts (off by 12)
Will Riley Pred: 18pts | Actual: 30pts (off by 11)
Jalen Wilson Pred: 8pts | Actual: 19pts (off by 11)

Washington Wizards

Player Pos MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% +/-
Jamir Watkins SF 43:44 20 8 2 0 2 4 4 7-11 63.6 2-5 40.0 4-6 66.7 -5.0
Bub Carrington PG 17:13 13 3 3 0 0 4 1 6-8 75.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 6.0
Anthony Gill PF 40:57 17 5 3 0 1 0 3 8-10 80.0 0-1 0.0 1-1 100.0 -5.0
Justin Champagnie DNP - Coach's Decision
Sharife Cooper 3:23 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1.0
Bilal Coulibaly DNP - Coach's Decision
Anthony Davis DNP - Inactive
Kyshawn George DNP - Inactive
Jaden Hardy 13:37 8 0 3 0 0 2 2 2-8 25.0 1-4 25.0 3-4 75.0 3.0
Tre Johnson DNP - Coach's Decision
Will Riley 35:06 30 4 6 0 0 4 4 9-16 56.2 3-7 42.9 9-12 75.0 -7.0
D'Angelo Russell DNP - Inactive
Alex Sarr DNP - Inactive
Tristan Vukcevic DNP - Coach's Decision
Cam Whitmore DNP - Inactive
Trae Young DNP - Inactive

Brooklyn Nets

Player Pos MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% +/-
Drake Powell SG 29:26 13 1 2 3 0 0 2 5-10 50.0 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 13.0
Jalen Wilson SF 25:41 19 5 4 1 0 1 4 6-9 66.7 2-4 50.0 5-6 83.3 10.0
Nolan Traore PG 28:13 23 2 7 0 0 3 0 7-18 38.9 5-11 45.5 4-4 100.0 6.0
E.J. Liddell PF 29:42 15 5 2 0 2 3 4 5-7 71.4 2-2 100.0 3-4 75.0 8.0
Chaney Johnson C 21:18 9 5 1 1 2 1 1 3-5 60.0 1-1 100.0 2-2 100.0 7.0
Ochai Agbaji 18:18 12 4 2 1 0 0 1 5-11 45.5 2-4 50.0 0-0 0.0 -2.0
Nic Claxton DNP - Inactive
Noah Clowney DNP - Inactive
Egor DΓ«min DNP - Inactive
Tyson Etienne 19:47 9 0 4 1 0 1 3 3-6 50.0 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 0.0
Terance Mann DNP - Inactive
Josh Minott 18:18 15 1 1 2 3 1 1 6-11 54.5 1-5 20.0 2-3 66.7 -2.0
Michael Porter Jr. DNP - Inactive
Ben Saraf DNP - Coach's Decision
Day'Ron Sharpe DNP - Inactive
Ziaire Williams DNP - Coach's Decision
Danny Wolf DNP - Inactive
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General Post-Game Review: WAS @ BKN
Apr 06, 2026 at 11:11 AM
**Grade: B** β€” Right winner, scores a bit off. **Result:** WAS 115 - BKN 121 (Winner: BKN βœ“) **Prediction:** WAS 105 - BKN 112 Score error: 10/9 | Total: pred 217, actual 236 (+19) **Standout Players:** Jalen Wilson (BKN): 19p actual vs 7.7p pred (-11.3) E.J. Liddell (BKN): 15p actual vs 2.4p pred (-12.6) Jamir Watkins (WAS): 20p actual vs 9.1p pred (-10.9) Nolan Traore (BKN): 23p actual vs 11.8p pred (-11.2) Will Riley (WAS): 30p actual vs 18.3p pred (-11.7) **Value Bet Results:** βœ— TOTAL UNDER 230.5 β€” LOST βœ“ MONEYLINE BKN -162 β€” WON βœ— TOTAL UNDER 230.5 β€” LOST βœ“ MONEYLINE BKN -170 β€” WON βœ“ SPREAD BKN -3.5 β€” WON βœ“ SPREAD BKN -3.5 β€” WON
General Slate Analysis: WAS @ BKN
Apr 05, 2026 at 10:32 AM
**Prediction:** WAS 105 - BKN 112 (BKN by 6, total 217) **Confidence:** 91% **WAS** 17-55 (#13) | Net: -10.7 | Off: 108.3 | Def: 119.0 | Rest: B2B **BKN** 17-56 (#14) | Net: -9.4 | Off: 106.2 | Def: 115.5 | Rest: 1d rest Projected pace: 101.7 **Injuries:** WAS: Anthony Davis (Out), Kyshawn George (Out), D'Angelo Russell (Day-To-Day), Alex Sarr (Out), Tristan Vukcevic (Day-To-Day), Cam Whitmore (Out), Trae Young (Out) (impact: -10.0 pts) BKN: Nic Claxton (Out), Noah Clowney (Day-To-Day), Egor DΓ«min (Out), Terance Mann (Day-To-Day), Michael Porter Jr. (Out), Ben Saraf (Day-To-Day), Day'Ron Sharpe (Out), Ziaire Williams (Out), Danny Wolf (Out) (impact: -9.7 pts) **Key Players:** WAS: Will Riley 18.3p/3.2r/2.4a | Justin Champagnie 13.3p/5.2r/1.4a | Jaden Hardy 11.7p/1.5r/1.1a BKN: Noah Clowney 12.6p/4.5r/1.3a | Nolan Traore 11.8p/2.7r/5.6a | Josh Minott 11.0p/3.8r/1.0a **Value Bets:** TOTAL UNDER 230.5 (strong, EV $0.489/dollar) MONEYLINE BKN -162 (strong, EV $0.478/dollar) TOTAL UNDER 230.5 (strong, EV $0.458/dollar) **Applicable Insights:** - [model] PROP TRAP: Season-avg-based unders on role players from depleted/tanking teams are unreliable. When star players are out - [model] PROP CALIBRATION: 'Strong edge' plays (biggest gap between season avg and book line) are the WORST tier, not the best. M - [model] PROP SIGNAL NOISE: EDGE, REGRESSION, and FADE signal types show extreme day-to-day variance and should not be relied on - [model] USAGE BOOST OVERCORRECTION (Mar 6): First night with usage adjustment. Props 25/64 (39%). Big-boost (>25%) plays 11/28 ( - [model] BLOWOUT MINUTES KILL PROPS: NYK@DEN 142-103 β€” Murray played 17:36 (adj avg 33.9, actual 12p). Brunson 33:48 but only 9p - [model] GAME MARGIN vs PROP CORRELATION (Mar 6): POR@HOU 7pt game: 7/12 props (58%). LAC@SAS 4pt: 3/9 (33%). IND@LAL 11pt: 3/6 ( - [model] GAME PREDICTIONS STRONG (Mar 6): 6/7 winners (86%), value bets 22/32 (69%). NYK ML best bet hit massively (142-103). Mod - [model] Mar 6 calibration changes validated: props improved from 39% (Mar 6) to 54.8% (Mar 7) after reducing PROP_USAGE_CONFIDEN - [model] Close game prop thesis confirmed 2 nights running: LAC@MEM (pred margin 3, actual margin 3) went 6/8 (75%) on props. Com - [model] Big usage boost (>25%) still underperforms at 36% (4/11) on Mar 7. Keyonte George had +60% boost (adj avg 38.5, scored 2 - [model] REGRESSION_OVER signal hit only 38% (3/8) on Mar 7 vs SEASON_EDGE at 61% (14/23). Two nights of data now show regression - [model] Mar 7 game predictions 4/6 (67%). Two F grades: ORL@MIN predicted MIN by 9, ORL won by 27 (36pt error). BKN@DET predicte - [model] Blowout discount working correctly: BKN@DET (pred margin 18) had 0 prop plays filtered out entirely. Mar 6 NYK@DEN (pred