It’s the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks in the NBA Cup Finals. Both teams are healthy, both teams are looking for their first NBA Cup in franchise history, and both teams definitely care more than they would for any other regular season game.

Today’s newsletter is full of data for the NBA Cup Finals and a massive slate of games in the NHL. This is what you’ll find:

Only one game in the NBA, 10 games in the NHL, and in Thursday’s newsletter, we’ll dive into what should be a great Thursday Night Football game between the LA Rams and Seattle Seahawks. Now, let’s get into it.

Even though he’s still under a minute restriction, the top sorted trend on the Props.Cash App by Edge is Victor Wembanyama, 34.5 points + rebounds + assists.

Wemby only played 20.7 minutes in his return on Saturday, and still managed 33 PRA. Considering he’s likely to play more than the 20.7 tonight, and finished just one PRA shy in his return, it’s easy to understand why the model likes Wemby in this spot. Although he gets an F grade in his matchup against the Knicks, there are two things to note:

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Three things you need to know about Connor McDavid. 1: He’s absolutely on fire. It would almost be hard to believe how well he’s playing, but it’s McDavid, so it’s not hard at all.

And 2: He shows up every time he plays Crosby. In his last 6 head-to-head matchups, he has points in four games, and in all four of those games, he’s put together multi-point games.

It’s also worth noting that in his last 3 away games against Pittsburgh, he has 3 or more points every time. And 3: he’s facing Stuart Skinner tonight. Yes, the hockey gods love the fans this time around. In his first game since being traded from Edmonton, he gets to play Edmonton. We obviously don’t have a graph or any data to share with you for number three, but the image below explains the situation pretty clearly.

Our newest partner, @WheezerLocks, likes Trevor Zegras tonight.

And RChaseBets has some data on Flames d-man Rasmus Andersson.

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Check out this NHL shots on goal cheat sheet from @WallaBets, highlighting eight players to keep an eye on tonight.

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