Resolution criteria on PolyGram: In the upcoming NBA game, scheduled for May 17 at 12:00AM ET: If the Cavaliers win, the market will resolve to "Cavaliers". If the Pistons win, the market will resolve to "Pistons". If the game is postponed, this market will remain open until the game has been completed. If the game is canceled entirely, with no make-up game, this market will resolve 50-50. The result will be determined based on the final score including any overtime periods.
PolyGram is an on-chain prediction market where you trade YES or NO outcome shares with real USDC on Polygon. For this market, buy YES if you believe the event will happen, or NO if you think it won't. Your maximum loss is your stake — winning shares pay $1.00 each at resolution. Unlike sportsbooks, there is no house edge: prices are set by supply and demand from other traders and reflect the crowd's real-time probability.
Market outcomes
| Cavaliers vs. Pistons | 41% YES | 59% NO |
| Team to Score First | 50% YES | 50% NO |
| Odd/Even Score | 50% YES | 50% NO |
The Cleveland Cavaliers face the Detroit Pistons in an NBA matchup scheduled for 17 May at 12:00 AM ET. The current order book on Polymarket reflects a 46% implied probability for a Cavaliers victory, suggesting the market views this as a competitive fixture with slight favour toward Detroit. This probability emerges from real-time trading activity across the platform's liquidity pools, where traders continuously adjust positions based on available information and their assessments of team strength.
Contextualising the 46% probability requires examining both teams' recent form and historical matchup patterns. The Cavaliers have established themselves as a stronger franchise in recent seasons, whilst the Pistons remain in a rebuilding phase. However, the relatively tight probability spread indicates traders are pricing in genuine uncertainty—perhaps reflecting roster availability, home-court advantage, or specific matchup dynamics that narrow the gap between the sides. Historical head-to-head records and current season performance metrics would typically anchor such assessments.
Traders monitoring this market should track roster announcements through to settlement, particularly injury reports affecting key players on either side. The timing of the fixture—scheduled for the early hours of 17 May—falls outside standard NBA scheduling windows, warranting confirmation that the game proceeds as scheduled rather than facing postponement. Any official league communications regarding fixture changes or player availability shifts would materially affect the probability distribution across the order book in the hours before tip-off.
This market settles from the official outcome published at https://www.nba.com/. A proposer submits the final result to the UMA optimistic oracle on Polygon; the two-hour dispute window closes and payouts clear in USDC.
The mechanics for trading "Cavaliers vs. Pistons" are the same as any other PolyGram sporting event contract. Each YES share resolves to $1 if the event happens, or $0 if it doesn't. The current price between 0¢ and 100¢ is the market's probability estimate, set live by the order book.
$101 in lifetime turnover and $1K of resting liquidity puts this market in the below the median by volume for sports contracts on PolyGram. Order-book depth is thin — large orders may need to be split across the book or executed as limit orders.
Last 24 hours alone saw $101 in turnover, well above the lifetime daily-average for this market — a clear sign of news catalysing trader activity right now.
The market has been open for under a month — fresh enough that information asymmetry remains a real factor.
Higher-volume markets tend to have tighter spreads and faster price discovery — meaning the displayed YES/NO percentages are more likely to reflect the true crowd-implied probability rather than a single trader's directional view.
Resolution is sourced from https://www.nba.com/. Settlement is executed by the UMA optimistic oracle on Polygon, with a 2-hour dispute window before payouts clear.
This prediction market is scheduled to close on 17 May 2026. After the resolving event occurs, settlement typically clears within 24 hours once the UMA optimistic oracle confirms the outcome. All payouts are in USDC on the Polygon network.
To trade on this prediction market, create a free PolyGram account at polygram.ink, deposit USDC via Polygon, and place a YES or NO order on the outcome you believe in. You can learn more on our how-it-works page. Your maximum loss is limited to your stake — there is no leverage or margin.
When the outcome is determined, winning YES shares pay out $1.00 each in USDC, while losing shares pay $0. Settlement is handled by the UMA optimistic oracle on Polygon — a proposer submits the result, a two-hour dispute window opens, and if uncontested, payouts are distributed automatically. You can withdraw your winnings to any Polygon wallet.
Prediction-market positions can lose 100% of staked capital. Outcomes are uncertain by definition — historical accuracy of crowd-implied probabilities is high in aggregate but not for any single market. PolyGram does not provide investment advice. Trade only with capital you can afford to lose.
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