Easy Money

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    "status_id_is_3": false,
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    "pg_has_basketball_final_ms": false,
    "pg_bfm_suppressed_in_progress": false,
    "scores_past_date_fired": false,
    "scores_status3_sameday_fired": false,
    "scores_status3_no_tip_fired": false,
    "playoff_games_status_final_fired": false,
    "playoff_games_has_final_ms_fired": false,
    "midnight_et_start_detected": true,
    "midnight_et_start_corrected": false
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    "after_window": 0,
    "uncategorized": 0
  },
  "referee_trace": {
    "query": "game_referee_assignments JOIN referees",
    "assignments_found": 0,
    "referees_found": 0,
    "error": null,
    "note": "No rows in game_referee_assignments for this game_id"
  },
  "lineup_trace": {
    "query": "lineup_state WHERE game_id = ?",
    "row_found": false,
    "is_confirmed": null,
    "telegram_first_detected_at": null,
    "first_confirmed_at": null,
    "chosen_field": null,
    "error": null,
    "note": "No row in lineup_state for this game_id"
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  "pbp_last_events": [],
  "games_write_paths": [
    {
      "id": "fetch_and_store_games",
      "file": "app/services/games.py",
      "function": "fetch_and_store_games(game_date)",
      "when": "Homepage load (today/yesterday), scheduler daily, startup warmup_games_db()",
      "source_api": "ScoreboardV3 (nba_api)",
      "writes_game_time_utc": true,
      "game_time_utc_strategy": "COALESCE(existing, new) \u2014 fills if null, never overwrites non-null",
      "can_create_null_gtu": "Only if ScoreboardV3 returns gameTimeUTC=null (rare)",
      "covers_old_games": false,
      "note": "Warmup covers today+yesterday only. Games \u22652 days old are never re-fetched by this path."
    },
    {
      "id": "sync_playoff_games",
      "file": "app/services/games.py",
      "function": "sync_playoff_games(season)",
      "when": "Rate-limited: called by playoff_analytics._sync_playoff_games_if_due() on bracket page fetch",
      "source_api": "LeagueGameFinder (nba_api)",
      "writes_game_time_utc": false,
      "game_time_utc_strategy": "NOT in INSERT column list; NOT in ON CONFLICT SET \u2014 always NULL for new rows",
      "can_create_null_gtu": true,
      "covers_old_games": true,
      "note": "LeagueGameFinder has no gameTimeUTC field. Creates complete rows (date, teams, final score) but leaves game_time_utc=NULL."
    },
    {
      "id": "fetch_and_store_historical_game",
      "file": "app/services/historical.py",
      "function": "fetch_and_store_historical_game(game_id)",
      "when": "On-demand: /games/{game_id} visited and game not yet in DB",
      "source_api": "BoxScoreSummaryV3 (nba_api) / playoff_history_db",
      "writes_game_time_utc": false,
      "game_time_utc_strategy": "NOT in INSERT column list; NOT in ON CONFLICT SET",
      "can_create_null_gtu": true,
      "covers_old_games": true,
      "note": "Bypassed if game already exists (sync_playoff_games may have created it). Does not populate game_time_utc."
    },
    {
      "id": "copy_game_to_nba_db",
      "file": "app/services/playoff_history_db.py",
      "function": "copy_game_to_nba_db(game_id)",
      "when": "Called first inside fetch_and_store_historical_game",
      "source_api": "Local playoff_history.db SQLite file",
      "writes_game_time_utc": false,
      "game_time_utc_strategy": "NOT in INSERT column list; NOT in ON CONFLICT SET",
      "can_create_null_gtu": true,
      "covers_old_games": true,
      "note": "Short-circuits the nba_api call if game is in the local history DB."
    },
    {
      "id": "boxscores_live_update",
      "file": "app/services/boxscores.py",
      "function": "fetch_and_store_live_boxscore() / store_live_period_scores()",
      "when": "During live game polling (~every 5 s while game is live)",
      "source_api": "data.nba.com live BoxScore",
      "writes_game_time_utc": false,
      "game_time_utc_strategy": "UPDATE only: game_status_id, status_text, home_pts, visitor_pts",
      "can_create_null_gtu": false,
      "covers_old_games": false,
      "note": "Never creates rows. Cannot set game_time_utc to NULL."
    },
    {
      "id": "playoff_resolve_update",
      "file": "app/main.py",
      "function": "_resolve_playoff_placeholders()",
      "when": "Homepage load when visitor/home team is still TBD",
      "source_api": "postseason_state / standings (DB-only)",
      "writes_game_time_utc": false,
      "game_time_utc_strategy": "UPDATE only: visitor/home team abbr, name, team_id",
      "can_create_null_gtu": false,
      "covers_old_games": false,
      "note": "Only sets team identification fields. Cannot affect game_time_utc."
    }
  ],
  "likely_games_write_source": {
    "source": "fetch_and_store_games",
    "reason": "game_time_utc is populated. This field is ONLY written by fetch_and_store_games() (ScoreboardV3). All other write paths omit it from their INSERT/UPDATE.",
    "confidence": "High",
    "writes_game_time_utc": true
  },
  "field_write_coverage": {
    "game_time_utc": {
      "written_by": [
        "fetch_and_store_games"
      ],
      "not_written_by": [
        "sync_playoff_games",
        "fetch_and_store_historical_game",
        "copy_game_to_nba_db",
        "boxscores_live_update",
        "playoff_resolve_update"
      ],
      "strategy": "COALESCE \u2014 set once on first non-null insert; never overwritten after that",
      "null_risk": "High: only fetch_and_store_games writes it, and it only runs for today/yesterday"
    },
    "game_status_id": {
      "written_by": [
        "fetch_and_store_games",
        "sync_playoff_games",
        "fetch_and_store_historical_game",
        "copy_game_to_nba_db",
        "boxscores_live_update"
      ],
      "not_written_by": [
        "playoff_resolve_update"
      ],
      "strategy": "MAX(existing, new) in fetch_and_store_games; direct set in sync/historical/live",
      "null_risk": "Low: all major paths write it"
    },
    "home_pts / visitor_pts": {
      "written_by": [
        "fetch_and_store_games",
        "sync_playoff_games",
        "fetch_and_store_historical_game",
        "copy_game_to_nba_db",
        "boxscores_live_update"
      ],
      "not_written_by": [
        "playoff_resolve_update"
      ],
      "strategy": "Varies: MAX for final (sync), COALESCE for live, direct for historical",
      "null_risk": "Low: most paths populate scores"
    },
    "game_date": {
      "written_by": [
        "fetch_and_store_games",
        "sync_playoff_games",
        "fetch_and_store_historical_game",
        "copy_game_to_nba_db"
      ],
      "not_written_by": [
        "boxscores_live_update",
        "playoff_resolve_update"
      ],
      "strategy": "Set on INSERT; ON CONFLICT generally does not update it",
      "null_risk": "Low: all INSERT paths include game_date"
    }
  }
}