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Las Vegas - Start out with a little afternoon baseball down in Houston where we're locking down the Astros with Justin Verlander over the Mariners. Verlander missed the ENTIRE 2021 season and pitched just once in 2020. Expectations for 2022 were somewhere between maybe and hopeful. Well, Justin just BLEW maybe and hopeful away, and is on the road to, ARE YOU KIDDING ME! He has started four games, won two, has a ridiculous 1.73 ERA, with 28 Ks in just 26 innings. Gimme JV for the money!

If you're PHX head coach Monty Williams, do you let Luka have his 40+ points and hold the rest of the starting five to ONLY 39 points again? And still win by seven? Oh YEA. The Suns were smart, balanced and got a YUGE boost from the electric home crowd. It's one of the reasons that they were THE BEST home team in the NBA with a gorgeous 31-9 record. Coach Monty is probably gonna remind his kids that they won the first game of the series at home against the Pelicans, then had a terrible letdown and lost game two. No letdown tonight, which is why we're expecting the final margin to be somewhere around a dozen.

Close out the card in Canada where we'll buy the Oilers as they look to avoid an 0-2 hole at home. Connor McDavid and his crew figured that if they just laced up their skates at home, it would be an automatic win. And why not. They came roaring into the playoffs with a SICK 14-1 record at Rogers Place since the middle of March. But the underdogs have a way of barking real loud in the playoffs, so Edmonton needs to figure out how to muzzle the Kings. Buying a big fat barrel full of OIL!

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