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2026-01-18

Model Predictions

Model Washington Wizards Denver Nuggets Spread Result
Elo 1.7% 98.3% - ✓
Bradley-Terry 12.1% 87.9% - ✓
Margin 3.7% 96.3% +18.0 ✓ (12.0 off)
Pythagorean 20.7% 79.3% - ✓
Efficiency 8.5% 91.5% - ✓
Adjusted Efficiency 14.5% 85.5% - ✓
Log Adjusted 14.4% 85.6% - ✓
Points Off/Def 19.8% 80.2% - ✓

Actual: Denver Nuggets +6 (121-115). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Washington Wizards

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Bub Carrington * 38 5-14 3-8 0-0 4 3 1 0 4 13 3 -
Kyshawn George * 31 10-20 5-8 4-5 5 7 1 3 1 29 24 -
Tre Johnson * 30 1-10 0-4 2-4 2 1 1 0 0 4 -2 -
Alex Sarr * 28 7-12 0-0 2-7 8 1 0 0 2 16 11 -
Khris Middleton * 27 6-13 2-2 2-2 7 4 0 0 1 16 13 -
Justin Champagnie 26 6-11 0-3 1-1 9 1 3 0 2 13 13 -
Jamir Watkins 20 1-2 1-2 0-0 5 1 1 0 0 3 8 -
Marvin Bagley III 19 5-6 0-0 4-9 6 2 1 1 1 14 17 -
Will Riley 16 3-8 0-3 1-1 2 0 1 0 0 7 2 -

Denver Nuggets

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Jamal Murray * 39 15-24 5-8 7-8 3 6 2 2 5 42 26 -
Peyton Watson * 35 8-14 1-2 4-8 5 2 1 1 2 21 14 -
Aaron Gordon * 32 3-8 1-3 1-2 10 11 1 0 1 8 21 -
Spencer Jones * 29 3-4 1-2 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 7 7 -
Jalen Pickett * 22 2-7 1-6 0-0 5 6 1 0 0 5 10 -
Tim Hardaway Jr. 35 10-18 5-11 5-5 2 0 0 0 2 30 12 -
Bruce Brown 24 2-5 0-1 0-0 3 4 0 0 2 4 4 -
Zeke Nnaji 16 2-4 0-2 0-0 6 2 0 1 0 4 9 -
Julian Strawther 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 -

* = starter