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Tuesday, May 2nd
Playoffs 2nd round
Miami Heat (44-38)8th in the East versus NY Knicks (47-35)5th in the East
The Knicks are a 6.5 point favorite and the total is 206.5.
Heat’s Butler,ankle, is a game time decision;Highsmith,knee, is a game time decision,
Herro,hand, is out.Knicks Randal,ankle, is a game time decision;Bronson,ankle,is a game time decision.
Heat leads the series 1-0
Vegas early action shows 76% lean toward the Knicks and 60% favor the over
LA Lakers (43-39)7th in the West versus GS Warriors (48-38)6th in the West.
GS is a 4.5 point favorite and the total is 227.5.
Laker’s James, foot, is a game time decision; Davis, foot, is a game time decision; Bamba,ankle, is a game time decision. Warriors’ Iguodala,wrist, is out; Baldwin, toe, is a game time decision
Series 0-0
Vegas early action shows 52% lean towards Golden State and 56% favor the over.
New York Mayor Democratic Primary Update
Well, things are getting interesting.
Most of the polls up until now have shown Andrew Cuomo with a clear lead but today Emerson dropped a poll with Cuomo narrowly leading Mamdani on a first pass but after all the rounds of ranked choice voting had Mamdani ahead of Cuomo by 4. When this poll came out Cuomo's price took a plunge from mid 60s to mid 30. Later in the day a poll from HarrisX / Fix The City came out with Cuomo winning comfortable. Many are skeptical of the poll because of its crosstabs. Nonetheless, Cuomo rebounded and now both candidates are close to 50c each with the election day being tomorrow.
This has been a difficult race to read. Mamdani's momentum seems to be everywhere now, almost to an absurdly astroturfed extent. At the same time, his momentum seems to be primarily among affluent whites who are very vocal online whereas Cuomo hasn't really had a ground game but has been blitzing the TV networks. Cuomo is also polling better ...