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Las Vegas - IMPOSSIBLE to make a pick on the Sixers tonight until we have clarity on Joel Embiid's knee injury. Seeing the 76ers at -6 early, but for now, it's a pass. If you need some hoops, would like to throw out another winning two team 6-point teaser. Take Utah down from -9 to -3 over the Grizzlies and then drop the Clippers from -7 to -1 against the Mavericks.

Skating on to the ice up in Winnipeg, which is in Manitoba, which is one of the prairie provinces up in Canada. The other two prairies are Saskatchewan and Alberta. And if you're in Grand Forks, North Dakota, it's only 144 miles to Winnipeg and will take about two and a half hours. However, you'll need to leave some extra time at the border crossing at Pembina, North Dakota before you enter Emerson, Manitoba. Make sure you have your passport. You'll take I-29 from Grand Forks, stop at customs, then continue on MB-75, which is also known as the Lord Selkirk Highway, on up to Winnipeg. Okay, geography lesson over. Time to make some cash and we're on the Jets over the Canadiens. Winnipeg looked awful at the end of April into early May, losing nine of 10 before someone turned the switch to PERFECT. Starting with a win against Vancouver on May 11, the Jets have NOT lost a game, 6-0, which included a four game broom of the talented Edmonton Oilers. Winnipeg and Montreal played nine regular season games, with the Jets posting a 6-3 record, 3-1 at home. Winnipeg has not played in nine days, while Montreal is coming off an amazing, emotional, grueling seven game series against the Maple Leafs. Taking REST over rust, flying with the Jets, and you can BOOK IT!!!

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