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WNBA · Final · Fri, Sep 18

Indiana Fever at Toronto Tempo: projection vs. actual, September 18, 2026

Saved Courtside pregame forecasts beside the verified final result. Each forecast below was captured before this game tipped off.

Indiana Fever103–Toronto Tempo85

How the saved forecasts compared

10 comparable players

Across the players with both a saved pregame forecast and a final result, the average absolute miss was 3.5 minutes and 4.0 points. These are descriptive results for this game, not a model accuracy guarantee.

Largest minutes difference

Makayla Timpson played 13.9 minutes against 28.5 projected, a 14.6-minute gap in this sample.

Closest points forecast

Lexie Hull scored 5 points against 4.9 projected, a 0.1-point gap.

Courtside saved pregame minutes and points compared with official final results
PlayerMinutes
Proj / Actual
DifferencePoints
Proj / Actual
Difference
Aliyah BostonIndiana Fever · StarterForecast saved Sep 18, 7:05 PM EDT · Model gameplay-rotation-observer.v129.6 / 27.9-1.718.2 / 8-10.2
Caitlin ClarkIndiana Fever · StarterForecast saved Sep 18, 7:05 PM EDT · Model gameplay-rotation-observer.v133.9 / 33.8-0.125.6 / 28+2.4
Kelsey MitchellIndiana Fever · StarterForecast saved Sep 18, 7:05 PM EDT · Model gameplay-rotation-observer.v131.7 / 33.5+1.827.7 / 33+5.3
Lexie HullIndiana Fever · StarterForecast saved Sep 18, 7:05 PM EDT · Model gameplay-rotation-observer.v120.3 / 13.3-7.04.9 / 5+0.1
Makayla TimpsonIndiana Fever · StarterForecast saved Sep 18, 7:05 PM EDT · Model gameplay-rotation-observer.v128.5 / 13.9-14.69.6 / 4-5.6
Sophie CunninghamIndiana Fever · BenchForecast saved Sep 18, 7:05 PM EDT · Model gameplay-rotation-observer.v119.2 / 19.8+0.65.2 / 5-0.2
Isabelle HarrisonToronto Tempo · StarterForecast saved Sep 18, 7:05 PM EDT · Model gameplay-rotation-observer.v127.9 / 31.8+3.914.5 / 16+1.5
Julie AllemandToronto Tempo · StarterForecast saved Sep 18, 7:05 PM EDT · Model gameplay-rotation-observer.v125.8 / 28.7+2.95.4 / 5-0.4
Kiki RiceToronto Tempo · StarterForecast saved Sep 18, 7:05 PM EDT · Model gameplay-rotation-observer.v129.8 / 28.9-0.914.2 / 18+3.8
Laura JuskaiteToronto Tempo · StarterForecast saved Sep 18, 7:05 PM EDT · Model gameplay-rotation-observer.v128.7 / 30.1+1.411.7 / 22+10.3
Method

The clock matters.

We use each player's saved pre-tip forecast and compare it with a validated final box score. The table includes only players for whom both records are available. “Difference” is actual minus projected. Average absolute miss measures the size of those differences without cancellations.

Missing forecasts are not filled in after the game. The recap does not claim that the displayed sample represents every player or every Courtside prediction.

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