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How Ball is Life simulates games
Ball is Life is an NBA what-if simulator that separates math from story. The TypeScript engine estimates a favorite from historical per-game averages. Claude writes entertainment narrative around that result.
- Win probability comes from a TypeScript simulation on our servers, not from the language model.
- Each published answer page uses 2,500 iterations and a fixed seed so the number on the page stays stable.
- Inputs are historical per-game averages from cached season packs (balldontlie ingest). Recent seasons are excluded on purpose.
- There is no pace or rule-era adjustment on these pages. A 1995-96 line is compared as published, not translated into 2026 basketball.
- These pages report a single-matchup favorite, not a seven-game series result. We do not invent series scores.
- Claude may write narrative around a live run. That story is entertainment. Basketball-Reference links are for public season context, not our raw feed.
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The What-If of the Week
One public sim and a short narrative excerpt, emailed when Jackie sends it. No account required. This is not a trial and does not change plan limits.