NBA Alt Spread of the Day — San Antonio Spurs @ Minnesota Timberwolves San Antonio Spurs -1.5 — Won

Manny's Variety Picks published San Antonio Spurs -1.5 at -178 on 2026-05-08 in NBA. The selection was locked before the event started and graded against official results: it won, settling +0.70 units.

The record

Selection

San Antonio Spurs -1.5

Event

San Antonio Spurs @ Minnesota Timberwolves

Price published at

-178

Market open → close

-178 → -110

Closing line value

-11.6 percentage points

Result

won

Profit / loss

+0.70 units

Published

2026-05-08

Graded

2026-05-09

What the price required

At -178, this selection had to win 64.0% of the time simply to break even — that is what the price itself demanded, before any view about the event.

What the market did afterwards

This selection was taken at -178 and the market closed at -110, a closing line value of -11.6 percentage points. Closing line value measures whether the price beaten was better than the one the market settled on; it is the strongest available leading indicator that a model is pricing something the market had not yet.

How this report was produced

A sport-specific model simulates the event to a win probability, which is compared with the live market price; the selection is locked before the event starts and graded against official final data. Full method on the methodology page.

The full record

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