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Friday May 5th
Playoffs
Boston Celtics (57-25) 2nd in the East Versus Philadelphia 76ers(54-28) 3rd in the East
Boston is a 2.5 point favorite and Vegas has the total at 214.5
Celtics’ Gallinari,knee, is out. 76ers Imbiid, knee, is a game time decision.
Vegas early action shows 67% leant toward Boston and 84% favor the over
Series is tied 1-1
Denver Nuggets (53-29)1st in the West versus Phoenix Suns (45-37) 4th in the West
Suns are a 4 point favorite and Vegas has the total at 224.5
Suns’ Paul,groin, is out.
Vegas early action shows 59% lean toward Nuggets and 54% favor the over.
Nuggets lead the series 2-0
SMOKEHOUSE MIKE Pick of the day:
DENVER SPREAD +4
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 ...