RECAP:
Indiana covered as a 3.5 point favorite against Cleveland winning 125 to113.
The over cashed in.
New Orleans covered as a 3.5 point favorite against NY winning 96 to 87
Washington covered as a .5 point favorite against Memphis winning 113 to 106.
The under cashed
Detroit covered as a 2.5 pt. Dog against Chicago winning 118 to 102.
The over cashed.
Philly covered as a 4.5 point favorite against Toronto winning 114 to 107
The Over cashed in.
Minnesota covered as an 8.5 point favorite against Miami winning 106 to 90.
The under cashed in.
Phoenix covered as a 5.5 point favorite against Utah winning 126 to 104.
The over cashed in.
PREVIEW:
Denver travels to OKC as a 3.5 point favorite with a total of 229.5
Denver’s Huff and Cancar are out. OKC’s J. Williams and K. Williams are out.
Early Public Action shows 73% lean toward Denver and 55% favor the under.
Atlanta travels to Millwaukee as a 6.5 point dog with a total of 237.5
Atlanta’s Mathews is out. Milwaukee’s Middleton is out.
Early Public Action shows 59% lean toward Atlanta and 78% favor the under.
Golden State travels to Houston as a 5.5 point favorite with a total of 225.5
GS Kuminga, Green and Curry are Game time decisions. Houston’s Eason, Landale and Oladipo are out. Hinton is a game time decision.
Early Public Action shows 66% lean toward GS and 80% favor the over.
Portland travels to Philadelphia as a 9.5 point dog with a total of 217.5
Portland’s Wainright and Simmons are out. Philadelphia’s Harden is out.
Early Public Action shows 71% lean toward Portland and 74% favor the over.
La Lakers travel to Sacramento as a 2.5 point dog with a total of 235.5
LA’s Vanderbilt, Schifino and Lyles are out. Reddish is a game time decision.
Early Public Action shows 76% lean toward SAC and 52% favor the over.
San Antonio travels to Clippers as a 9.5 point favorite with a total of 228.5.
LA’s Primo, Morris, Mann and Boston are out.
Early Public Action shows 72% lean toward San Antonio and 56% favor the under.
UFC OKC Sherdog prelim picks
https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/1/Preview-UFC-Oklahoma-City-prelims-201915
World Cup Semi Finals England vs Argentina - My Picks
0.5% Over 2.5 goals at 39c (good to 44c)
0.5% Both teams to score at 52c (good to 56c)
(Optional) 0.5% Game to go to penalties at 19c (good to 22c)
The second semi final will begin shortly between England and Argentina. This will be a fiery semi final as the two countries have a historical football rivalry going back to the 1980s when Diego Maradona scored his infamous "Hand of God" goal before going an mazy run to score one of the all time World Cup goals. It was a tense matchup even back then due to the military conflict between England and Argentina. This conflict may go back to before many fans were born but there is certainly no love lost between these teams when it comes to football.
England made it to the semi final with an athletic, transition based system under Thomas Tuchel. This has been effective against opponents who play more openly, such as Croatia and Mexico while struggling more against opponents who are able to ...
First, four factors dictate whether there is major turnover in the Senate in a midterm election independent of the favorability of the Senate map (due to only one-third of seats being up in any given midterm). Often, as was the case in both 2018 and 2022, is that incumbents are not destined to lose seats, outside of realigning elections in unfavorable maps. This cycle's map favors the GOP, which is why the prediction markets and most forecasters expect a GOP majority in the 2027 Senate. The four factors that prove dangerous to the incumbent party are: first, a recession or cost of living crisis; second, a war; third, a major scandal; and fourth, a sense of betrayal in the voter group that backed the incumbent amongst some portion of their prior electoral coalition. Five midterms feature some combingation of those factors in some significant degree: 1930, 1946, 1958, 1974 and 2006.
Without those factors present in multiple forms, the incumbent party can expect to hold on to seats in states it previously won outside the national margin. When those factors are present, the landscape shifts dramatically. Examining those White House incumbent seats that showed a state-wide election decided by single digits in the prior decade produces the following probabilities: the incumbent White House party lost at least 67% of its incumbent held seats, as much as 85% of its incumbent held seats, and an average of 75% of its incumbent hold seats, rarely upsetting the opposition party in any seat and often losing a surprise or two in seats considered completely safe.