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THE DAWGHOUSE DAILY · WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER · 5 MIN READ
IN 60 SECONDS ⏱️
Cousins is back. Minnesota sent a 2027 third-round pick to Las Vegas for Kirk Cousins at the deadline, one of 18 in-season trades.
George 36, Celtics by 22. Paul George torched his old team in Philadelphia, and Boston now leads the East at 9-2.
Tonight: Cavaliers at Knicks, 7:00 PM ET on ESPN, four nights after New York won in Cleveland.
United decide. Manchester United's board meets today and is expected to ratify Michael Carrick's sacking, the Guardian reported.
HOW TO WATCH TONIGHT 📺
Donovan Mitchell and Jalen Brunson, April 2023. Photo: Erik Drost / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Cavaliers (5-6) at Knicks (6-4)
NBA on ESPN
7:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM CT
Madison Square Garden, NYC. Indoors.
TV: ESPN
Stream: ESPN app
Login: TV provider or ESPN Unlimited
No cable: YouTube TV, Sling, Fubo
Play by play: Mike Breen
Analysts: Richard Jefferson, Tim Legler
Sideline: Katie George
Out: Hart (NYK), Merrill (CLE)
Questionable: Tyson (CLE)
Status as of 6:05 AM ET Wed
Lightning at Sabres
7:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM CT
TV: TNT, truTV
Stream: HBO Max
Buffalo at Ball State (MACtion)
7:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM CT
TV: ESPN2
Stream: ESPN app
Lakers (10-2) at Bucks (1-10)
8:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM CT
Local TV: Spectrum SportsNet (LA area)
Out of market: NBA League Pass
Warriors (8-3) at Rockets (8-3)
9:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM CT
TV: ESPN
Stream: ESPN app
Out (GSW): Butler, Porzingis
Mammoth at Golden Knights
9:30 PM ET / 8:30 PM CT
TV: TNT, truTV
Stream: HBO Max
KEY STATS 📊
Rematch: the Knicks swept Cleveland in last season's East finals, then won 109-97 in Cleveland on Saturday despite 37 from Donovan Mitchell.
Form: New York has won four straight but is on the second night of a back-to-back. Cleveland lost 124-112 at Charlotte on Monday, its second loss in a row.
Bodies: Jarrett Allen returned Monday from a knee contusion, per Hoops Wire. Mitchell, Harden and Mobley are not on the NBA report.
Market (ESPN, 6:05 AM ET Wed): Knicks -4.5, total 221.5. Lines move.
THE BIG ONE 🗞️
Kirk Cousins is a Minnesota Viking again.
The Vikings sent a 2027 third-round pick to Las Vegas for the 38-year-old on Tuesday, hours before the 4:00 PM ET deadline. It came less than a day after Carson Wentz went 8 of 25 for 81 yards with three turnovers against Buffalo, the worst game by a Vikings quarterback since 2006 by ESPN's QBR.
Cousins has 20 touchdown passes this season, second in the NFL, against eight interceptions in nine starts. He knows Kevin O'Connell's offense, and he and Justin Jefferson connected for 5,348 yards from 2020 to 2023, per ESPN.
The Raiders now hand the job to No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza, starting Sunday against Seattle.
"We had to decide: Do we want to go forward here over the last eight games, or do we want to take what Minnesota is offering right now?" Raiders general manager John Spytek said.
Minnesota (6-2) visits Green Bay (6-3) on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
AROUND THE LEAGUES 🏟️
NFL. Bills: added S Amani Hooker, tied for the league lead with five interceptions, from Tennessee for a 2027 second. Chiefs and 49ers: took WRs Josh Downs and Keenan Allen from the Colts, who kept Jonathan Taylor.
NBA. Celtics 123, 76ers 101: George shot 14 of 22; Jaylen Brown fought foul trouble and scored 13. Trail Blazers 123, Thunder 103: Damian Lillard scored 25. Knicks 117, Bucks 85: Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 16 rebounds.
College. Michigan State 79, Duke 73: Jeremy Fears Jr. had 18 points and 11 assists. Kansas 89, Kentucky 69: Tre White scored a career-high 30.
NHL. Jets 4, Devils 2: Dawson Mercer scored twice against his old team while Winnipeg fans jeered Connor Hellebuyck. Wild 2, Canadiens 1 (OT): Kirill Kaprizov's league-best 17th won it 18 seconds into overtime.
Soccer. Manchester United: 18th in the Premier League. Mauricio Pochettino is the expected successor if Carrick goes, per the Guardian.
INJURY WATCH 🩹
Josh Hart (Knicks): out tonight, per ESPN's injury list (read 6:05 AM ET). The Knicks had not filed the league report by 6:00 AM ET.
Jaylon Tyson (Cavaliers): questionable, right ankle sprain, on the NBA report (6:00 AM ET). ESPN lists him out.
Jimmy Butler and Kristaps Porzingis (Warriors): out at Houston, per the NBA report (6:00 AM ET). Porzingis is listed as not with the team.
NUMBER OF THE DAY 🔢
108. The Kings had gone 108 straight games without being shut out until Juuse Saros made 30 saves in Nashville's 3-0 win in Los Angeles, per NHL.com.
Bankroll and units. A bankroll is money set aside for betting and nothing else. A unit is a fixed slice of it, often 1 to 2 percent. On a $500 bankroll, that is $5 to $10 a bet, every bet.
Tuesday showed why. ESPN listed Boston as a 1.5-point favorite in Philadelphia (6:06 AM ET Tue). The Sixers were 9-2. Boston won by 22. A tight line can still end in a blowout, and anyone who doubled up on a sure thing felt that swing twice. Fixed units keep one strange night from deciding your month. No pick here, just how the pros size their bets.
OUR TAKE 🐶
Minnesota made the right call. A 6-2 team with the NFL's stingiest scoring defense could not spend November hoping Wentz found it. Cousins knows the playbook and Jefferson, and a third-round pick is a small price. Age is the risk at 38. We would still take him over anything else on that roster.
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