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FORECAST · WNBA

TOR @ WSH

Toronto Tempo · Washington Mystics · Thursday, 20 August 2026 at 01:30

CorrectPreview saved before the gameAs of 19 Aug

What Forecast expects · Favourite

81%WSHchance to win
WSH · 81.1%18.9% · TOR
  • WSH starts with a 81.1% chance to win; TOR with 18.9%.
  • In games: out of 10 like this one, WSH would win 8 and TOR 2.

Confidence

medium
  • The model sees a clear favorite.
  • Research-stage model: shown as what it said before tip-off, not as an advantage.
  • The model does not know this game's injuries or starting five.

Why

  • The model looks at only two things: each team's accumulated season strength and home court.
  • This snapshot's components are not sealed: they are not rebuilt from later data, so there are no pillars or counterfactuals here.
  • This snapshot's components are not sealed: they are not rebuilt from later data, so there are no pillars or counterfactuals here.
  • The explanatory components are not verified for this version: the probability is shown, but not what breaks it down nor the scenarios.
  • The explanatory components are not verified for this version: the probability is shown, but not what breaks it down nor the scenarios.

Quantified explanation not available: the components are not verified for this version.

What could flip it

  • The model does not read the injury report and has no players inside it: an absence would change the game without changing this number. There is no calculation saying by how much.
  • What the model does not look at and this number does not capture: rest and travel, the day's injury report, the starting five and recent form.

Uncertainty

  • The model gives a number, not a band: its reliability is measured by comparing forecasts with results, not by drawing a margin.
  • It does not know injuries, rest, travel or the starting five: any of them can move this game without the number changing.
  • For reference, the pre-tip market consensus gave WSH 86.5%.

What changed since the last snapshot

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After the game

WSH 81%
Expected
WSH 93 – TOR 82
Actual
0.04
this game's error
  • Expected: WSH at 81.1%.
  • Actual: WSH 93 – TOR 82. WSH won.
  • The favorite delivered.
  • This game's error: 0.04 (0 = nailed it, 1 = worst possible; a 50% call would score 0.25).
  • The market consensus did get the side right (86.5% on the winner).

Is it calibrated?

49
games measured
76%
accuracy
0.172
error (Brier)
market 0.169
12 pp
average deviation (ECE)
  • Over 49 settled games with this model: it picked the right side 76% of the time and its average error (Brier) was 0.172. When it said X%, reality was on average 12 points away from that X%.
  • On those same games, the market consensus had less error (0.169 versus 0.172): the model does not beat it, and we say so.
  • 49 games is a small sample: these numbers still move a lot.

How it is measured and limits

Model

SportiveWorld's WNBA game model, research stage: it reads each team's accumulated season strength and home-court advantage. Shown as what it said before tip-off, not as an edge.

This is the preview saved before the game, not current data.

Sample · Measured against 49 settled games.

Injuries · No injury source before tip-off: the model did not know who was playing.

  • · What you see is the preview sealed before the game, not a later recalculation.
  • · 49 games is a small sample: these numbers still move a lot.
  • · The explanatory components are not verified for this version: the probability is shown, but not what breaks it down nor the scenarios.
  • · The explanatory components are not verified for this version: the probability is shown, but not what breaks it down nor the scenarios.

As of 19 Aug · SportiveWorld model

Warning · 11/12
  • expected competition and game
  • home and away
  • probability intact
  • favourite = higher probability
  • sealed and signed snapshot
  • registered model
  • sealed before tip-off
  • consistent official result
  • core verified by the server
  • verified components
  • freshness without contradiction
  • consistent track record

This is reading the data, not a bet: we work with no bookmakers and show no odds. And a game turns on an injury, a hot night or a bad call.