diff --git a/app/routes/admin.sports-seasons.$id.events.$eventId.bracket.server.ts b/app/routes/admin.sports-seasons.$id.events.$eventId.bracket.server.ts
index a3d82d0..72242e0 100644
--- a/app/routes/admin.sports-seasons.$id.events.$eventId.bracket.server.ts
+++ b/app/routes/admin.sports-seasons.$id.events.$eventId.bracket.server.ts
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ export async function action({ request, params }: Route.ActionArgs) {
             round: match.round,
             winnerId,
             loserId,
-            isScoring: roundIsScoring.has(match.round) ? roundIsScoring.get(match.round)! : (match.isScoring ?? true),
+            isScoring: roundIsScoring.get(match.round) ?? (match.isScoring ?? true),
             sportsSeasonId: event.sportsSeasonId,
             bracketTemplateId: event.bracketTemplateId,
             eventName: event.name ?? undefined,
@@ -619,9 +619,7 @@ export async function action({ request, params }: Route.ActionArgs) {
         // defaults to true, so legacy play-in rows that predate the column are
         // incorrectly marked as scoring and would assign finalPosition=0 to losers
         // who still have a second game (e.g. NBA 7v8 play-in loser → Round 2).
-        const isScoring = templateRoundIsScoring.has(match.round)
-          ? templateRoundIsScoring.get(match.round)!
-          : (match.isScoring ?? true);
+        const isScoring = templateRoundIsScoring.get(match.round) ?? (match.isScoring ?? true);
         await processMatchResult(
           {
             round: match.round,