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The Wild give most of the games to Filip Gustavsson in the cage. The young netminder is having a great season, delivering a 2.58 GAA, a .914 save %, and an 18-9-3 record. Backup goalie Marc-Andre Fleury has a 2.72 GAA and a .906 save %. Minnesota is averaging 2.9 goals per game, ranking them 18th. The Wild are conceding an average of 2.8 goals, good for 11th.  Additionally, the Avalanche have lost each of their last three games as favorites following a home win. While the Wild have won five of their last six road games following a road loss.

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Nearly every New Orleans game with a total in the mid-140s like we have today has gone over the number. Opponents are only using 16.0 seconds per possession against the Privateers' defense, which is the seventh-fastest mark in the country. Per KenPom, New Orleans is bottom-10 in the country in average height and bottom-10 in allowing offensive rebounds. New Orleans is forced to do everything through speed and the perimeter. Northwestern State swept this series last year, scoring an average of 81 points in those two games. We're expecting a similar high-scoring outcome

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Rutgers earned an 80-76 home win in their first meeting of the season, and we're envisioning a similar result in this one. Baldwin went 3-of-14 from the floor in that first meeting, using a lot of energy defending Rutgers' freshmen duo of Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey. Through seven conference games, Penn State is 17th out of 18 Big Ten teams in offensive rebounding rate and last in defensive rebounding rate. Without the 6-foot-8 Johnson, those numbers are unlikely to improve. Michigan State enjoyed a 15-8 edge in offensive rebounds on Wednesday. This is too many points for the Nittany Lions to be laying

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This will be Boston’s fourth game in their last six days, coming off a 119-115 overtime loss to Atlanta at home. It’s worth noting Kristaps Porzingis didn’t play in that game with no injury designation heading into today. The Warriors defeated the Celtics 118-112 in Boston back on Nov. 6 but Boston didn’t have Jaylen Brown and Porzingis for that matchup. Our power ratings favor Golden State but with so many injury concerns on their side we’re going to look at an “under” result with Boston going 12-5 to the “under” as a road favorite on the season. Golden State is 4-1 to the “under” as a home underdog and are 4-2 to the “under” across their last six games. The Celtics are 6-2 to the “under” across their last eight games with both teams sitting top 10 in defensive efficiency heading into their matchup today.

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Phoenix is just 3-7 ATS as road underdogs on the season with our power ratings favoring the Cavaliers to win and cover as 7-8 point favorites. Cleveland is 14-8 ATS as a home favorite and a NBA best ATS in non-conference games at 11-2. Phoenix is 3-13-1 ATS against Eastern Conference teams on the season with this being a gigantic step up in competition compared to teams they have played as of late which includes Charlotte twice, Philadelphia, Utah and Washington. Take Cleveland to win and cover at home as somewhat large favorites as Phoenix should be impacted more by the loss of Nurkic and possibly Beal compared to Cleveland not having Okoro and Mobley available.

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Donte DiVicenzo will miss another game today with Rudy Gobert also heading in as questionable, but regardless of those injuries, revenge has to be on the minds of Minnesota as they look to exact revenge for their loss at home to the Grizzlies nine days ago. Minnesota still ranks top five on defense in fewest opponent field goals made per game and lowest three-point percentage allowed on the season and although they rank just 16th in offensive efficiency on the season, they sport the best offensive rating of any team across their last five games which should be enough to keep them within 5-6 points of the high flying Grizzlies in Memphis

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Consider that the underdogs are on a 5-0 ATS run in CFP title games, teams with a better win percentage are 3-0 ATS all-time in CFP championship games if they scored more than 24 points in the semifinal round match. In addition, Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman is 33-8 SU and 29-11 ATS in his career with the Irish, by an average margin of loss of 7 points per game ... with only three by double-digits. He is also 10-0 ATS against foes coming off an ATS win of nine or more points and 31-1 outright in games where the Irish have scored 24 or more points.