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February 29, 2024
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NBA PREVIEW Feb 29th
MIL travels to CHA as an 11.5 point favorite with a total 217.5
MIL’s Middleton is out. Jackson, Beauchamp and Giannis are game time decisions.
CHA”s Williams and Ball are out.
Early public action shows 56% lean toward MIL and 57% favor the over.
UT travels to ORL as a 6.5 point dog with a total of 225.5
UT’s Porter is out. Kessler is a game time decision.
ORL Isaac is out and Banchero is a game time decision.
Early public action shows 78% lean toward ORL and 67% favor the over.
ATL travels to BKN as a 1.5 point dog with a total of 222.5
ATL’s Young is out. BKN’s Thomas is out. Simmons is a game time decision.
Early public action shows 74% lean toward ATL and 89% favor the under.
GS travels to NY as a 4.5 point favorite with a total of 231.5
GS’s Wiggins and Santos are out. NY’s Washington and Bronson are GTD.
Anunoby, Robinson and Randle are out.
Early public action shows 87% lean toward GS and the over/under is a pick’em.
OKC travels to SA as an 11.5 point favorite with a total of 238.5
SA’s Morris is out.
Early public action shows 93% lean toward OKC and 61% favor the under.
HOU travels to PHX as an 8.5 point dog with a total of 235.5
HOU’s Green is a game time decision. Eason is out.
PHX’s Nurkic, Gordon and Beal are GTD. Little and Lee are out.
Early public action shows 71% lean toward PHX and 73% favor the over.
MIA travels to DEN as a 5.5 point dog with a total of 213.5
MIA’s Richardson, Love, Herro and Bryant are out. DEN’s Cancar is out.
Early public action shows 66% lean toward MIA and 73% favor the under.
WSH travels to LAL as a 9.5 point dog with a total of 243.5
WSH’s Coulibaly is out. LAL’s Wood,Vincent,Vanderbilt,and Castleton are out.
Early public action shows 84% lean toward WSH and 58% favor the under.
NCAAM TOP 25 PREVIEW Feb 29th
USC travels to #19 WSH ST as a 7.5 point dog with a total of 138.5
WSH ST’s Darling is a game time decision.
Early public action shows 62% lean toward USC and 69% favor the under.
#23 GONZ travels to SF as a 4.5 point favorite with a total of 154.5
SF’s Hawthorne is a game time decision.
Early public action shows 66% lean toward SF and 54% favor the under.
#17 ST Mary’s travels to PEP as a 15.5 point favorite with a total of 137.5
STM’s Wessels is a game time decisions. PEP’s Coulibaly is a game time decision.
Early public action shows 68% lean toward STM and the over/under is a pick’em
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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 ...
