Morning Coffee: Diamondbacks force Game 7 in NLCS

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If you bet on big NFL favourites in survivor pools or on money line parlays at FanDuel in Week 7, there is a good chance that you got burned.

Five of the seven most popular survivor pool selections lost.

That list of teams includes two of the three biggest money line favourites of the week at FanDuel in the Buffalo Bills and the San Francisco 49ers.

I was on the wrong side of both of those upset losses.

I also had Bijan Robinson in my starting lineup in my fantasy football league.

Fortunately for all of us who bet on sports or play in fantasy leagues, we have plenty to distract us tonight as we look to turn the page.

The 2023-24 NBA regular season is set to tip off with a doubleheader.

First up, Nikola Jokic and the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets will raise the first championship banner in franchise history before they host LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers.

After that, a pair of top-six choices to win the title will go head-to-head when Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors host Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns. 

While basketball fans have been counting down to opening night, hockey fans have other plans tonight with all 32 NHL teams in action as part of the league’s loaded “Frozen Frenzy” slate.

As if that wasn’t enough to track, the MLB postseason continues with the second Game 7 in as many nights as the Philadelphia Phillies and Arizona Diamondbacks are set to meet in a winner-take-all to determine which team will face the Texas Rangers in the World Series.

The Diamondbacks forced a Game 7 with a 5-1 win over the Phillies as a +160 ML underdog at FanDuel last night.

Arizona will be the underdog once again tonight with the opportunity to shock the world and complete the improbable