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Las Vegas - Gonna take a look at Leicester City over Newcastle United over in the Premier League, and this is all about the Foxes. Lester is sitting in the third slot with 63 points and a win here would come close to getting them a ticket to the next UEFA Champions League party. And with their last three games coming up against Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham, this is the primo spot for a W. Why? Newcastle is floundering in 17th place and does not have much to stoke the internal fire. If you wanna talk goal differential, there's a FORTY TWO point gap between these two teams. Lester has scored 61 goals and allowed 39 for a +22 goal differential. Newcastle has scored only 36 goals and allowed 56 for a MINUS 20 differential. Playing the Foxes will be pricey, around -$240, so we understand if you wanna stay away. But here's a delicious prop bet. The Magpies have scored a league-low 33% of their goals in the first half of games this season, and they have only been ahead at halftime in four of the 34 games played. So, we pound Lester to win the 1st half at around -$120, and you can BOOK IT!

With a six game winning streak on the way to the NUMBER ONE seed in the East, we're not expecting the Sixers to put it on cruise control now. Joel Embiid and the kids covered five of the last six, and since they have the BEST HOME RECORD in the conference at 25-7, playing all the games at Wells Fargo to the Finals would be YUGE! There's also a little matter of revenge at play since the Pelicans beat the Sixers down in New Orleans back in April, 101-94. But, the 76ers were coming off a gigantic 106-96 win against the Celtics IN Boston, and obviously, there was a dramatic letdown. Zion went off for 37 points and 15 boards in that game, but that AIN'T gonna happen again. Also note that the Pels other superstar, Brandon Ingram, is OUT. Sixers for the MONEY!

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