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December 13, 2023
Smokehouse Mike's NBA Preview
NBA PREVIEW December 13th
Lakers travel to San Antonio as a 3.5 point favorite with a total of 232.5
Lakers’ Davis,James, and Vanderbilt are game time decisions. Schifino and Vincent are out.
Early public action shows 59% lean toward Lakers and 77% favor the over.
Philly travels to Detroit as a 12.5 point favorite with a total of 233.5
Philadelphia’s Smith is a game time decision. Detroit’s Roden is a game time decision.
Morris, Durren,and Bagley are out.
Early public action shows 68% lean toward Philadelphia and 57% favor the over.
NO travels to Washington as a 6.5 point favorite with a total 240.5
NO’s Zion,Ryan,Nance are out. Seabron is a game time decision. Washington’s Wright,Shamet,Rollins, Omoruyi and Davis are out.
Early public action shows 76% lean toward NO and 51% favor the over.
Charlotte travels to Miami as an 8.5 point dog with a total of 221.5
Charlotte’s Ntilinika, Martin, Williams, and Ball are out. Miami’s Richardson, Highsmith, Herro, and BAM are out.
Early public action shows 51% lean toward Miami and 58% favor the over.
Atlanta travels to Toronto as a 2.5 point dog with a total of 240.5
Atlanta’s Johnson, Hunter,Gueye,Griffin and Bufkin are out. Toronto’s Koloko is out.
Early public action shows 65% lean toward Toronto and 51% favor the under.
Indiana travels to Milwaukee as a 6.5 point dog with a total of 257.5
Indiana’s Smith and Nembhard are out. Milwaukee’s Livingston,Crowder, Conaughton are out.
Early public action shows 73% lean toward Milwaukee and 67% favor the under.
Memphis travels to Houston as an 8.5 point dog with a total of 211.5
Memphis’s Smart, Morant, Kennard,Clark are out Bane is a game time decision.
Houston’s Thompson and Oladipo are out.
Ealy public action shows 84% lean toward Houston and 60% favor the under.
NY travels to UT as a 5.5 point favorite with a total of 230.5
NY’s Robinson is out. Quickly is a game time decision. UT’s Samanic, Collins and Clarkson are out. Markkanen, Klesser are game time decisions.
Early public action shows 56% lean toward NY and 52% favor the over.
Brooklyn travels to Phoenix as a 4.5 point dog with a total of 231.5
Brooklyn’s Walker, Smith and Simmons are out. Phoenix’s Okogie, Lee, and Allen are out. Little and Durant are game time decisions.
Early public action shows 52% lean toward Phoenix and 83 % favor the over.
Smokehouse Mike's pick of the day:
NBA IND and MIL to go under.
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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 ...
