Methodology: Taking a look at teams' home and away defense and offense efficiencies (based off of dean oliver's possession calculation) and coming up with a projection based on prior efficiencies.
For example:
Boston at Cleveland.
Take average of Boston away dEFF and Cleveland home oEFF for Cleveland score (taking into account average of Boston away possessions and Cleveland home possessions).
Same thing for Boston score.
Caveats:
It's still early on in the seasons, so sample size is incredibly small
If a player gets hurt, the system does not take into account lost productivity on both the offensive and defensive end.
There is nothing in the model yet that deals with current trends (I'd like to try and bake this in once the season progresses).
With that in mind, I'll list the games where my estimate is very far off from Vegas' line, in order to see how some of these odd picks play out. I'll put the threshold of an estimate at a difference of +/-10 from vegas.
I will not be putting money down on most of these bets for now, since the season is young and more data is needed. This is for informational purposes only, and possibly board entertainment
Odds were taken from wagertracker.com, and data was culled from basketballreference.com
11/14
OKC, SAS - 184.5
Projection - OKC - 96, SAS - 103 - Total - 199: OVER 14.5
Model's thinking -Spurs haven't been playing good defense either on the road or at home, but they've played very well offensively at home. Those numbers are really pulling the forecast up, regardless of OKC's below average road offense and above average road defense.
DET, WAS - 186
Projection: DET - 98, WAS -100 Total - 198: OVER 12
This one boils down to Detroit's below average defense on the road so far. It seems like they play MUCH better defense at home. The away games against Orlando and Toronto are pulling this one up.
BOL.
For example:
Boston at Cleveland.
Take average of Boston away dEFF and Cleveland home oEFF for Cleveland score (taking into account average of Boston away possessions and Cleveland home possessions).
Same thing for Boston score.
Caveats:
It's still early on in the seasons, so sample size is incredibly small
If a player gets hurt, the system does not take into account lost productivity on both the offensive and defensive end.
There is nothing in the model yet that deals with current trends (I'd like to try and bake this in once the season progresses).
With that in mind, I'll list the games where my estimate is very far off from Vegas' line, in order to see how some of these odd picks play out. I'll put the threshold of an estimate at a difference of +/-10 from vegas.
I will not be putting money down on most of these bets for now, since the season is young and more data is needed. This is for informational purposes only, and possibly board entertainment
Odds were taken from wagertracker.com, and data was culled from basketballreference.com
11/14
OKC, SAS - 184.5
Projection - OKC - 96, SAS - 103 - Total - 199: OVER 14.5
Model's thinking -Spurs haven't been playing good defense either on the road or at home, but they've played very well offensively at home. Those numbers are really pulling the forecast up, regardless of OKC's below average road offense and above average road defense.
DET, WAS - 186
Projection: DET - 98, WAS -100 Total - 198: OVER 12
This one boils down to Detroit's below average defense on the road so far. It seems like they play MUCH better defense at home. The away games against Orlando and Toronto are pulling this one up.
BOL.