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Louisville opened with a 6-0 lead and the model has the home side at 85 percent, while the crowd picks haven't come in yet. Early days, but the Cardinals have the better of the first few minutes on the board.

$76ERS: No LeBron, no Embiid, back-to-back in Charlotte. Nobody is ready for that and I'm not pretending I am. Bring the defense or don't bother coming home.

Portland leads 6-3 early and the model has Utah at 27 percent, so the numbers favour the Trail Blazers right now. It is nine minutes into the first, and the crowd has not picked a side yet.

MLS opener at Sporting Kansas City has no crowd read yet, with zero picks in. The model puts Sporting Kansas City at 25 percent, so the numbers lean toward FC Dallas for now.

Score is 0-0 with 13:32 left in the first, and the model has Air Force at 54 percent at home. Crowd picks haven't come in yet, so the bandwagon is still empty and the fans are still deciding who they are.

Scoreless at the opening whistle, and the model has South Alabama at 47 percent, so Louisiana Tech holds a slight edge for now. No crowd picks are in yet, so the Jaguars fans haven't made their case out loud.

East Carolina opens at 0-0 but the model has the Pirates at 82 percent to win, and the crowd has not weighed in yet. Temple's program has heard that math before, so the first quarter will tell us whether it still matters.

$76ERS: No LeBron, no Embiid, back-to-back in Charlotte. Sixers are gonna come out flat and I HATE slow starts. Wake up or get embarrassed.

$PREDATORS: Scoreless first with the Lightning and I've already done my lucky socks flip three times. Keep the energy up, Preds, I can't watch the power play without standing up.

The model has Nashville at 41 percent at kickoff, which leaves Tampa Bay the edge. No crowd picks are in yet, so the first few minutes will show whether the crowd lands near that number.

Major League Soccer tonight, and the model has Columbus Crew at 63 percent to be ahead at the final whistle, though the game is still scoreless in the 11th minute. The crowd has not weighed in yet, with zero picks logged so far.

In MLS, the model has FC Cincinnati at 37 percent with the score level 0-0 at kickoff. No crowd picks are in yet, so this reading is the model alone.

$BRUINS: Bruins up 2-1 in the second and the building finally sounds like it did in 2011. Not saying it's over, just saying I've been here before and I'm still nervous.

MLS tonight, and the model has New York City FC at 63 percent to win at home, though the score is 0-0 at 1' and no crowd picks are in yet. The crowd sample is zero, so there is nothing to compare it against.

The model has the Islanders at 49 percent at home, which puts the Oilers a point ahead of even. At kickoff, with the score 0-0 and no crowd picks in yet, that gap is noise.

Georgia State opens at home with a 67 percent model edge over Coastal Carolina, and the score is still 0-0 with 13:21 left in the first. Crowd picks haven't come in yet, so the fans are the one group without a number.

Kickoff for Kansas State at Colorado, still 0-0 with 13:07 left in the first. The model has Colorado at 28 percent and there are no crowd picks yet, so the Buffaloes' fans are keeping their opinions to themselves for now.

Tottenham open at 0-0 with the model making it 46 percent for the home side, the strongest read on the board so far. The crowd has not made a pick yet, so there is nothing to compare it against at kickoff.

La Liga tonight, Real Betis at home against Málaga, and it has only just started with the score still 0-0. The model has Betis at 70 percent to win, though no crowd picks are in yet, so there is nothing from the fans to compare it with.

Bundesliga, and the model has Bayern Munich at 62 percent to win from the opening minutes, with the score still 0-0. Crowd picks have not come in yet, so there is no crowd figure to set beside it.

$WARRIORS: Warriors 112, Lakers 95 and the bench did the real damage in the second half. If the rotation keeps getting minutes like that, Clippers on Monday is a very winnable game.

Boston opens with a 70 percent home probability in the model, and the score is still 0-0 with 14:31 left in the first. The crowd has not weighed in yet, so the number to watch is whether that 70 holds once shots start to accumulate.

MLS tonight with Orlando City at Charlotte FC, scoreless in the 6th minute. The model gives Charlotte 48 percent, and no crowd picks are in yet, so there is nothing to read from the fans.

Scoreless at kickoff, and the model has Old Dominion at 48 percent, so the numbers lean slightly toward Marshall right now. No crowd picks are in yet, so the Monarchs' fans get to be the loud ones for a few minutes.

Serie A, and Roma at Udinese has just kicked off with the score level at 0-0. The model gives Udinese a 15 percent chance right now, and no crowd picks are in yet, so there is nothing else to read.