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Coming up in 15 minutes, more games getting dropped for the NFL schedule.

And I like how these books are posting numbers immediately with them.

It'll give you an idea of where they're sitting, Pauley, with power ratings leading into the season, as we're only now coming, you know, in mid-May, pretty much. They think a lot of the lions as, yeah, they do. The lions are three and a half on Thanksgiving against the Bears. Oh, that seems like a big number. And the lions are two and a half against the Patriots in one of the international games. I saw one and a half on them. Okay, this is that, I'm at Caesars, November 15th, 6.30 a.m.

Yeah. against the Patriots in one of the international games. I saw one and a half on them. Okay, this is that.

I'm at Caesars, November 15th, 6.30 a.m. Yeah, they should be three minimum against the Patriots on a neutral. Oh, come on. Yeah, no doubt. I get these new toys for May with Dobbs, and I'm going to get A.J. Brown. That can only help. Okay, so we'll expand on that coming up in about 15 minutes.

The Cavs are playing the Pistons tonight, Pivotal Game 5. Huge. Yeah, it really is. Would you think that the winner of this game takes the series? Yes. Okay. Yes, I do. And I wouldn't be surprised if the home team wins all seven. Neither would I. It kind of has that feel to it. And I wouldn't be surprised if the cavaliers are out of it right away in this game tonight. And this first quarter system really makes a lot of sense. I've been mentioning going around the world with the pistons a couple of times today on the show. That means first quarter, first half and for the game. But teams have a straight up loss when they're favored in the next game in the first quarter,

they are 19 and 6 straight up and 18, 6 and 1 ATS.

That money line is around between minus 130 and 140 in the game tonight for Detroit.

And also when teams lost game 4 by seven points or more, this is from Steve Mackin at vson.com. In game five, they are 19 and 7

ATS. That's 73 percent the last 26. And when teams are coming off of a loss in the second round

and playing at home like they are tonight and like the spurs were last night, those teams are 38 and 21

since 2021.

I think this is where you can put some stock into the zigzag theory.

Now, it's not every other game.

It's home and away kind of splits and how this series has gone so far.

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