CNOTES 2021-2022 NBA TRENDS, NEWS, BEST BETS AND OPINIONS THRU THE PLAYOFFS !

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NBA DECEMBER'S BEST BETS & OPINIONS

Date W-L-T % Units

12/13/2021..........4-5-1.........45.00%.............-7.50
12/12/2021..........6-4-0.........60.00%............+8.00
12/11/2021..........4-4-0.........50.00%.............-2.00
12/10/2021..........6-6-1.........50.00%.............-3.30
12/09/2021..........2-4-0.........33.33%............-12.00
12/08/2021..........8-6-0.........57.14%.............+7.00
12/07/2021..........3-2-1..........58.33%............+4.00
12/06/2021........8-12-0..........40.00%............-26.00
12/05/2021..........3-5-0..........37.50%............-12.50
12/04/2021..........4-7-0..........36.36%............-18.50
12/03/2021........5-11-0...........31.25%............-35.50
12/02/2021..........4-6-0...........40.00%............-13.00
12/01/2021..........7-3-0.......... 70.00%.......... +18.50

TOTALS:............64-73-3...........46.71%............-91.80


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BEST BETS:

12/13/2021.............3-6-1................33.33%...........-18.00
12/12/2021.............4-3-0................57.14%...........+3.50
12/11/2021.............4-3-0................57.14..............+3.50
12/10/2021.............4-5-0................44.44%...........- 7.50
12/09/2021.............1-4-0................20.00%...........-17.00
12/08/2021.............4-4-0................50.00%............- 2.00
12/07/2021.............2-3-0................40.00%............- 6.50
12/06/2021.............4-5-0................44.44%............- 7.50
12/05/2021.............1-6-0................14.28%............-28.00
12/04/2021.............4-7-0................36.36%............-18.50
12/03/2021...........1-10-0................00.09%............-50.00
12/02/2021.............3-3-0................50.00%.............- 1.50
12/01/2021.............4-1-0................80.00%...........+14.50

TOTALS:...............39-60-1................39.39%%..........-135.00


UPDATED 12/13/2021

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Tuesday?s 6-pack:
Week 15 NFL spreads:
? Packers -4.5 @ Baltimore
? Titans -2 @ Pittsburgh
? Texans @ Jacksonville -3
? Falcons @ San Francisco -8.5
? Bengals @ Denver 1.5
? Vikings -3.5 @ Chicago

Quote of the Day
?That?s not a part of my job to worry about that. I play football. Guys in this locker room have done a great job of staying focused. I hate to even say that when we played like that because it doesn?t look like it, but really we?ve got a great locker room and everyone?s stayed together and stayed focused. We?re all just doing whatever we can to go try to win some games.?
Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence

Tuesday?s quiz
Paul Giamatti is one of the stars of the Showtime series Billions; what was his late father very famous for?

Monday?s quiz
Urban Meyer was head coach at Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, Ohio State.

Sunday?s quiz
In the movie Casino, Don Rickles played one of Robert DeNiro?s henchmen.

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Tuesday?s Den: Nobody asked me, but??.

13) LA Rams 30, Arizona 23:
? Rams were missing five starters (COVID)
? Kupp caught 13 passes for 123 yards.
? Beckham caught six passes for 77 yards.
? Jefferson caught a 52-yard TD; his father is Arizona?s WR coach.
? Under McVay, LA is 7-3-1 ATS as a road underdog.

? Murray threw for 383 yards, ran for 61 more, but threw two INTs.
? Arizona had two empty trips to the red zone.
? Cardinals are 7-0 SU on road, only 3-3 at home.
? Rams won ten of last 11 series games.
? LA covered its last seven visits to Arizona.

12) Was watching Houston-Alabama college basketball game the other night; #13 on Houston was getting lot of rebounds (he wound up with 13), but the TV analyst said something I?ve never heard before on a broadcast.

During a break in play, one of the refs came over to the TV table and asked how many rebounds number 13 on Houston had. Is he supposed to be thinking about that?

The game had a controversial ending on a goaltending (non-) call; Alabama won by a point; the Houston coaches turned a trash can over on the way off the floor, and tossed some folding chairs, creating a mess in one corner of the arena.

On his way to the locker room, one of the Houston players picked up the chairs, put the trash back in the trash can, and made himself a star on social media. Good for him.

11) NFL trends:
? Last three games, Steelers were outscored 61-6 in first half.
? Last three games, Houston was outscored 44-0 in second half.

10) SEC has six basketball teams in the nation?s top 25; unusual for them. kenpom.com has the SEC as the #3 conference this season, their highest ranking since 2007.

9) Arizona Wildcats are off to a 9-0 start, a top 10 team under first-year head coach Tommy Lloyd; they have eight foreigners on their squad.

Do teams with lot of foreigners (Saint Mary?s fits into this category) play better on the road, since so many of their players are so far from home anyway? Just wondering.

8) FOX analyst Mark Schlereth was working an NFL game Sunday; he doesn?t like flea flickers- one teams ran three of them Sunday and Schlereth wasn?t having it. He was a lineman in his playing days, so he prefers smashmouth football to trickery.

7) Buffalo Bills have seven wins by 15+ points, but they?re 0-5 in games decided by 7 or less points.

6) Chargers? QB Justin Herbert is the first QB ever to have 30+ touchdown passes in his first two seasons in the NFL.

5) Have been hearing lot of rumbling about Chicago Bears? coach Matt Nagy, so I looked up some numbers:
? Bears under Nagy: 32-29, two playoff berths.
? Bears in the four years before Nagy: 19-45

This will the Chicago?s first losing season under Nagy; they?ve started a rookie QB in nine of their 13 games (2-7).

Too much change can be a bad thing. Bears dumped Lovie Smith; he went 29-19 in his last three years as head coach, then they missed the playoffs the next five years, until Nagy got them there.

That said, maybe the guy who drafted Mitch Trubisky instead of Patrick Mahomes should be nervous about his job? he is still the Bears? GM.

4) Chicago Bulls? next two games have been postponed; ten Bulls are on the COVID list.

3) College quarterbacks in the transfer portal:
? Oklahoma?s Spencer Rattler- transferred to South Carolina
? USC?s Kevon Slovis
? Auburn?s Bo Nix

2) Eddie George ran for 10,441 yards in NFL career, scoring 78 touchdowns; these days, he is the head coach at Tennessee State. His defensive coordinator at Tennessee State is Brandon Fisher, whose father Jeff was George?s coach with the Titans.

Tennessee State?s tight ends coach is Cody Harkey, who played tight end for the Rams for five years under Jeff Fisher.

1) I?m flipping channels the other day, and there is a chess tournament on; when I was in junior high, I loved chess, was halfway decent at it. Chess does not make for good TV, but it is a very interesting game.

By the way, there is a chess app on my phone now, and I pretty much suck at it. Apparently I was much smarter when I was 12.

 

[Udog]

GOLDEN STATE is 11-3 ATS (7.7 Units) versus poor offensive teams - scoring <=108 points/game in the current season.

TORONTO is 12-3 ATS (8.7 Units) in road games as a dog of 3.5 to 9.5 over the last 2 seasons.




NBA
Dunkel

Tuesday, December 14

NBA

Tuesday, December 14

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Trend Report
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Toronto @ Brooklyn
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games on the road
Toronto is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Brooklyn
Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 6 games
Brooklyn is 17-5 SU in its last 22 games

Golden State @ New York
Golden State
Golden State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against New York
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Golden State's last 10 games on the road
New York
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New York's last 7 games when playing Golden State
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New York's last 7 games

Phoenix @ Portland
Phoenix
Phoenix is 20-2 SU in its last 22 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Phoenix's last 7 games
Portland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Portland's last 5 games when playing Phoenix
Portland is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Phoenix


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[Udog]

The Warriors are 1-4 ATS across the last five games.
The Knicks are 1-5 ATS across the last six games.
The total has gone UNDER in eight of the last ten Warriors' games.
The total has gone OVER in five of the last seven Knicks' games.


The Blazers are 1-4 ATS across the last five games.
The Suns are 1-4 ATS across the last five games.
The total has gone UNDER in four of the last six Blazers' games.
The total has gone UNDER in four straight Suns' games.

 

[Udog]

Hoop Trends for Tuesday, December 14
Vince Akins

ATS Trend of the Day:
Matchup: Golden State at New York (TNT, 7:35 p.m. ET)

-- The Knicks are 0-10 ATS since January 10 as a home dog of more than 2 points.

OU Trend of the Day:
Matchup: Golden State at New York (TNT, 7:35 p.m. ET)

-- The Knicks are 0-7 OU since January 2020 when they are not 13+ point dogs and are coming off a home loss by at least 15 points. These have gone under by 23.9 ppg.

Choice Trend of the Day:
Matchup: Phoenix at Portland (TNT, 10:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Trail Blazers are 7-0 ATS since 2013-14 as a home dog of less than seven points when they scored more than 95 points last game and are facing an unrested team.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

 

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

TOR at BK 07:30 PM
BK -5.0
+500

GS at NY 07:30 PM
GS -5.0
U 211.5
+500 +500

PHO at POR 10:00 PM
PHO -1.5
U 219.5
+500 +500

 

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NBA DECEMBER'S BEST BETS & OPINIONS

Date W-L-T % Units

12/14/2021..........4-1-0.........80.00%..........+14.50
12/13/2021..........4-5-1.........45.00%.............-7.50
12/12/2021..........6-4-0.........60.00%............+8.00
12/11/2021..........4-4-0.........50.00%.............-2.00
12/10/2021..........6-6-1.........50.00%.............-3.30
12/09/2021..........2-4-0.........33.33%............-12.00
12/08/2021..........8-6-0.........57.14%.............+7.00
12/07/2021..........3-2-1..........58.33%............+4.00
12/06/2021........8-12-0..........40.00%............-26.00
12/05/2021..........3-5-0..........37.50%............-12.50
12/04/2021..........4-7-0..........36.36%............-18.50
12/03/2021........5-11-0...........31.25%............-35.50
12/02/2021..........4-6-0...........40.00%............-13.00
12/01/2021..........7-3-0.......... 70.00%.......... +18.50

TOTALS:............68-74-3...........47.88%............-77.30


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BEST BETS:

12/14/2021.............4-1-0................80.00%..........+14.50
12/13/2021.............3-6-1................33.33%...........-18.00
12/12/2021.............4-3-0................57.14%...........+3.50
12/11/2021.............4-3-0................57.14..............+3.50
12/10/2021.............4-5-0................44.44%...........- 7.50
12/09/2021.............1-4-0................20.00%...........-17.00
12/08/2021.............4-4-0................50.00%............- 2.00
12/07/2021.............2-3-0................40.00%............- 6.50
12/06/2021.............4-5-0................44.44%............- 7.50
12/05/2021.............1-6-0................14.28%............-28.00
12/04/2021.............4-7-0................36.36%............-18.50
12/03/2021...........1-10-0................00.09%............-50.00
12/02/2021.............3-3-0................50.00%.............- 1.50
12/01/2021.............4-1-0................80.00%...........+14.50

TOTALS:...............43-61-1................41.34%..........-120.50


UPDATED 12/14/2021

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Wednesday?s 6-pack:
College basketball?s fastest paced teams:
1) Charleston
2) Marshall
3) Arizona
4) New Mexico
5) Marquette
7) Cornell

Quote of the Day
?A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.?
Albert Einstein

Wednesday?s quiz
Stephen Curry?s dad Dell is a broadcaster for which NBA team?

Tuesday?s quiz
Paul Giamatti is one of the stars of the Showtime series Billions; his late father was Bart Giamatti, the baseball commissioner who banned Pete Rose for gambling.

Monday?s quiz
Urban Meyer was head coach at Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, Ohio State.

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Wednesday?s Den: Mid-week musings??..

13) I would recommend that NFL Films do a feature on scouts, maybe even a Hard Knocks-type series where they follow various scouts to obscure places around the country.

NFL Draft is a fascinating process; 32 teams, worth an average of $3B each- selecting players is obviously a huge part of who wins/who loses. Scouts do the dirty work in recommending which players should be taken.

? Cooper Kupp went to I-AA Eastern Washington
? Carson Wentz, Trey Lance both went to I-AA North Dakota State.
? Greg Zuerlein went to D-II Missouri Western.
? Ryan Fitzpatrick went to I-AA Harvard.
? Jerry Rice went to I-AA Mississippi Valley State

There are good ballplayers everywhere; great scouting helps teams win.

12) Las Vegas will not only host the NFL Draft in April, they?re hosting the Super Bowl two years from now. I?m guessing hotel room prices on the Strip will be very reasonable that week.

Or not.

11) So far this season in the NFL, there have been 17 overtime games in the NFL; home teams are 8-8-1 in those games (so are road teams).

As far as games that ended in regulation, road team has 96 wins, home teams 92.

10) NFL will have a playoff game on TV Monday night, January 17; I?m queasy about them putting that game in Lambeau Field, if Green Bay doesn?t get the NFC?s #1 seed. A playoff game should not be played at night in Green Bay, Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh.

9) Nevada football coach Jay Norvell bolted to league rival Colorado State, which is a kick in the teeth to the Nevada program; now QB Carson Strong has opted out of Wolf Pack?s bowl game with Western Michigan, so he doesn?t get hurt before the NFL Draft.

Tough end to an 8-4 season for Nevada.

8) Weird stat: Kyler Murray has thrown nine INT?s this season; five of them came on the first series of the second half. You wonder if that is a random happening, or are they making bad adjustments at halftime? Or not making adjustments at all.

7) Memphis 92, Alabama 78:
? Alabama wants to play fast, but Memphis likes the fast game.
? Alabama-Houston game late Saturday night may have taken some steam out of the Crimson Tide, but that is what the NCAA tournament is like, big games 48 hours apart.

Memphis has a freshman, Emoni Bates, who is 17 years old- he turns 18 next month. In a normal, non-basketball world, Bates would be a junior in high school. He is so young, he can?t go into the NBA Draft until 2023.

My question is this: Is it a good thing for the young man to go away to college at age 17? I?m not saying it is or it isn?t, but you wonder if he?ll wind up playing in the G-League before he makes his way to the NBA. Some things can?t be rushed.

6) Arizona State 58, Creighton 57:
? Sun Devils were down 8 early in second half.
? ASU wins third game in row, after a 2-6 start.

5) Kansas/Indiana will have a home/home basketball series, starting next year, Don?t see a lot of that; most of the elite matchups happen on neutral courts, but maybe this is a better way for the schools to make more $$$, with big-time games in campus arenas.

4) Last four games, Cleveland Browns have been outscored 57-7 in second half.

3) We live in a fickle society; people are with you win or tie, and they?re not that crazy about ties.

Rams went 0-3 in November, and the front office and QB Stafford were getting ripped on social media; they get a big win in Arizona Monday night, and there is a segment on SportsCenter about how great Stafford is.

17 football games is a long season; we need to let things play out before we make judgements.

2) Four weeks left in the NFL regular season, no bye weeks left.

1) Somewhere in this great land of ours, people will wager on the Texans-Jaguars game Sunday, two horrific division rivals facing off.

It is a bad idea to bet on bad teams, even if they?re playing another bad team. It is just a bad idea.

Speaking of the Texans, haven?t heard about Deshaun Watson lately; they have to trade him after this season, right? They can net a bonanza of draft picks by dealing him, and Lord knows the Texans need a roster overhaul.

Which gets me back to my NFL Films idea; when they follow the scouts around for TV; once the Texans trade Watson, they?ll be the focus of the 2023 Draft. Those are the scouts you follow, to see if Houston can replenish its roster and become a halfway decent team.

 

[Udog]

ATLANTA is 5-19 ATS (-15.9 Units) in road games after having lost 5 or 6 of their last 7 games in the last 3 seasons.

CLEVELAND is 11-1 ATS (9.9 Units) after covering 4 of their last 5 against the spread in the current season.

PHILADELPHIA is 34-20 ATS (12 Units) in home games versus good passing teams, averaging >=23 assists/game in the last 3 seasons.

LA LAKERS are 7-20 ATS (-15 Units) after allowing 95 points or less in the last 3 seasons.

NEW ORLEANS are 8-21 ATS (-15.1 Units) after a division game in the last 3 seasons.

MILWAUKEE is 401-464 ATS (-109.4 Units) in home games versus poor offensive teams - scoring <=108 points/game since 1996.

MINNESOTA is 13-32 ATS (-22.2 Units) when playing 6 or less games in 14 days in the last 3 seasons.

SACRAMENTO is 2-13 ATS (-12.3 Units) in home games after failing to cover 3 of their last 4 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

LA CLIPPERS are 18-4 ATS (13.6 Units) in road games when the total is 210-219.5 over the last 2 seasons.

PORTLAND is 6-17 ATS (-12.7 Units) in December games in the last 3 seasons.

 

[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, December 15

 

[Udog]

NBA

Wednesday, December 15

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Trend Report
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Houston @ Cleveland
Houston
Houston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games
Cleveland
Cleveland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Cleveland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games

Atlanta @ Orlando
Atlanta
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Orlando
Orlando is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Orlando's last 8 games at home

Miami @ Philadelphia
Miami
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games when playing Miami
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Miami

LA Lakers @ Dallas
LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Lakers's last 5 games on the road
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 5 games at home

Indiana @ Milwaukee
Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Indiana's last 10 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Indiana's last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Indiana

New Orleans @ Oklahoma City
New Orleans
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New Orleans's last 8 games when playing Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oklahoma City's last 5 games when playing at home against New Orleans
Oklahoma City is 16-5 SU in its last 21 games when playing at home against New Orleans

Charlotte @ San Antonio
Charlotte
Charlotte is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Charlotte's last 5 games on the road
San Antonio
San Antonio is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against Charlotte
San Antonio is 17-4 SU in its last 21 games when playing Charlotte

Minnesota @ Denver
Minnesota
Minnesota is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Denver
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games
Denver
Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota

Washington @ Sacramento
Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Washington's last 8 games when playing Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games
Sacramento
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Sacramento's last 8 games when playing Washington
Sacramento is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Washington

LA Clippers @ Utah
LA Clippers
LA Clippers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
LA Clippers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Utah
Utah
Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Utah is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against LA Clippers

Memphis @ Portland
Memphis
Memphis is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
Memphis is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Portland
Portland is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Memphis
Portland is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Memphis


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[Udog]

The Lakers are 4-2 ATS across the last six games.
The total has gone UNDER in seven straight Mavericks' games.
The Lakers are 9-3 SU and 8-4 ATS in their last 12 games against Dallas.
The total has gone UNDER in five of the last six Lakers' games.


The Clippers are 4-2 ATS across the last four games.
The Jazz are 5-2 ATS across the last seven games.
The total has gone UNDER in four of the last five games.
The total has gone OVER in nine of the last 12 Jazz' games.

 

[Cnotes53]

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

MIA at PHI 07:00 PM
PHI -7.0
U 204.5
+500 +500

HOU at CLE 07:00 PM
CLE -9.5
U 217.0
+500 +500

ATL at ORL 07:00 PM
ATL -8.5
O 223.5
+500 +500

LAL at DAL 07:30 PM
LAL -2.0
U 213.5
+500 +500

IND at MIL 08:00 PM
IND -2.5
U 216.0
+500 +500

NO at OKC 08:00 PM
NO -4.5
O 211.5
+500 +500

CHA at SA 08:30 PM
CHA +3.5
O 225.5
+500 +500

MIN at DEN 09:00 PM
MIN +4.0
+500

WAS at SAC 10:00 PM
SAC +2.5
O 226.5
+500 +500

LAC at UTA 10:00 PM
LAC +9.5
O 217.5
+500 +500

MEM at POR 10:00 PM
MEM -2.5
O 217.5
+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

NBA DECEMBER'S BEST BETS & OPINIONS

Date W-L-T % Units

12/15/2021........14-7-0.........66.66%..........+31.50
12/14/2021..........4-1-0.........80.00%..........+14.50
12/13/2021..........4-5-1.........45.00%.............-7.50
12/12/2021..........6-4-0.........60.00%............+8.00
12/11/2021..........4-4-0.........50.00%.............-2.00
12/10/2021..........6-6-1.........50.00%.............-3.30
12/09/2021..........2-4-0.........33.33%............-12.00
12/08/2021..........8-6-0.........57.14%.............+7.00
12/07/2021..........3-2-1..........58.33%............+4.00
12/06/2021........8-12-0..........40.00%............-26.00
12/05/2021..........3-5-0..........37.50%............-12.50
12/04/2021..........4-7-0..........36.36%............-18.50
12/03/2021........5-11-0...........31.25%............-35.50
12/02/2021..........4-6-0...........40.00%............-13.00
12/01/2021..........7-3-0.......... 70.00%.......... +18.50

TOTALS:............82-81-3...........50.30%............-45.80


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BEST BETS:

12/15/2021.............9-4-0................69.23%..........+23.00
12/14/2021.............4-1-0................80.00%..........+14.50
12/13/2021.............3-6-1................33.33%...........-18.00
12/12/2021.............4-3-0................57.14%...........+3.50
12/11/2021.............4-3-0................57.14..............+3.50
12/10/2021.............4-5-0................44.44%...........- 7.50
12/09/2021.............1-4-0................20.00%...........-17.00
12/08/2021.............4-4-0................50.00%............- 2.00
12/07/2021.............2-3-0................40.00%............- 6.50
12/06/2021.............4-5-0................44.44%............- 7.50
12/05/2021.............1-6-0................14.28%............-28.00
12/04/2021.............4-7-0................36.36%............-18.50
12/03/2021...........1-10-0................00.09%............-50.00
12/02/2021.............3-3-0................50.00%.............- 1.50
12/01/2021.............4-1-0................80.00%...........+14.50

TOTALS:...............52-65-1................44.44%............-97.50


UPDATED 12/15/2021

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Thursday?s 6-pack:
College basketball?s slowest paced teams:
358) Virginia
357) Texas
356) Chattanooga
355) North Texas
354) Southern Illinois
353) Villanova

Quote of the Day
?My door is always open to talk about playing time. If you want to talk about playing time, be prepared for the truth.?
Brad Stevens

Thursday?s quiz
Who was coach of the New Jersey Giants, last time they made the NFL playoffs?

Wednesday?s quiz
Stephen Curry?s dad Dell is a broadcaster for the Charlotte Hornets.

Tuesday?s quiz
Paul Giamatti is one of the stars of the Showtime series Billions; his late father was Bart Giamatti, the baseball commissioner who banned Pete Rose for gambling.

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Thursday?s Den: Studying up on college basketball??..

13) Southern Conference:
? Three teams in top 120, none in top 100.
? Chattanooga is highest-rated team so far.
? Furman has already played four OT games (3-1)

12) Conference USA:
? UAB, Louisiana Tech are the two top 100 teams right now.
? 7-4 Marshall plays #2 pace in country; they?re coached by Dan D?Antoni, Mike D?Antoni?s brother.
? North Texas had 79 wins in McCasland?s first four years as coach; they?re 6-3 this year, forcing turnovers 21.9% of time this year (#63)

11) Missouri Valley:
? 9-2 Loyola Chi is far and away the favorite in this league.
? #82 Drake has 70 wins the last three years; they?re 6-4 this year vs schedule #141.
? #69 Missouri State won its last three games, after a shaky 4-4 start.

10) Atlantic 14:
? St Bonaventure, Davidson, Richmond are three best teams.
? #92 Dayton won six of last seven games; they?re least experienced team in country.
? Last six years, Bonnies are 73-32 in A-14 games; how has some big $$$ school not come in and hired coach Mark Schmidt away???

9) Mountain West:
? #38 Colorado State is 10-0, with wins over Creighton, Saint Mary?s, Miss State. Rams are making 43.8% of their 3?s, best in country.
? San Diego State, Utah State, Boise State are next best teams in league.
? San Jose State is 5-4 under new coach Miles; they were 20-93 the last four years, so they?re a much-improved team.

8) West Coast:
? Gonzaga is obviously the king of this league (143-10 last eight years in WCC)
? San Francisco is 10-0, BYU 8-2, Saint Mary?s 10-2; the Zags have challengers.
? Santa Clara lost five of last seven games, after a 5-0 start.

7) American:
? #5 Houston is 9-2, with losses to Wisconsin/Alabama by 1-2 points.
? Central Florida, Wichita State, Cincinnati, SMU will challenge Houston.
? #33 Memphis (6-4) is loaded with talent, but has chemistry issues.

6) Pac-12:
? USC/UCLA are a combined 18-1; LA rivals are both very strong.
? Arizona has a new coach, 8 foreign players; they?re off to a 9-0 start.
? Oregon State was in Elite 8 LY, but the wheels have come off this year. Beavers have lost nine games in row, have five losses to teams outside top 100.

5) ACC:
? Right now, Duke is only ACC team ranked in top 25 by KenPom.
? North Carolina is 8-2 under new coach Davis; they play UCLA Saturday.
? Syracuse is 5-5, has #238 eFG% defense; they?ll be a bubble team.

4) Big East:
? League has only four teams ranked in top 50; little down this year?
? Villanova is 1-3 vs top 50 teams; they?re 114-27 in conference games since the league re-aligned eight years ago.
? UConn, Seton Hall, Xavier figure to be Villanova?s biggest challengers this year,

3) SEC:
? SEC is #3 league right now, their highest ranking since they were #2 in ?07.
? Lot of good teams; eight teams in top 41. Right now, Kentucky is ranked 5th in SEC
? Alabama coach Nate Oats was a high school coach in Michigan for 11 years.

2) Big 14:
? Minnesota is a surprising 9-1, with a totally re-tooled roster.
? Purdue, Ohio State have been best teams so far.
? Iowa lost last three games, giving up 79 ppg, after a 7-0 start.

1) Big X:
? Iowa State is 10-0, is still ranked 8th in a 10-team league.
? Defending national champ Baylor is 9-0; they whacked Villanova 56-37 Sunday.
? Kansas is quietly 8-1, with only loss by a point to Dayton.

 

[Udog]

INDIANA is 21-8 ATS (12.2 Units) vs. poor rebounding teams - outrebounded by opponents by 3+ per game in the last 3 seasons.

PHILADELPHIA is 20-34 ATS (-17.4 Units) in road games versus good shooting teams - making >=46% of their shots in the last 3 seasons.

HOUSTON is 7-24 ATS (-19.4 Units) in home games after a loss by 10 points or more in the last 3 seasons.

PHOENIX is 60-40 ATS (16 Units) vs. winning teams in the last 3 seasons.




NBA

Thursday, December 16

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Trend Report
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Detroit @ Indiana
Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing on the road against Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana's last 6 games when playing at home against Detroit

Philadelphia @ Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 7 games when playing Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Brooklyn is 18-6 SU in its last 24 games at home

New York @ Houston
New York
New York is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New York's last 6 games when playing on the road against Houston
Houston
Houston is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against New York
Houston is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home

Washington @ Phoenix
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games when playing Phoenix
Washington is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 5 games when playing Washington


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[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Thursday, December 16

 

[Udog]

Philadelphia is 1-5 ATS in its last six games overall.
Philadelphia is 10-4-1 to the Under in the last 15 games overall.
Brooklyn is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 games overall.
Brooklyn is 0-6 ATS in its last six home games.

 

[Cnotes53]

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

DET at IND 07:00 PM
IND -9.5
O 208.5
+500

PHI at BK 07:30 PM
BK +1.5
O 216.5
+500 +500

NY at HOU 08:00 PM
NY -5.0
U 215.0
+500 +500

WAS at PHO 09:00 PM
WAS +9.0
O 213.0
+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

NBA DECEMBER'S BEST BETS & OPINIONS

Date W-L-T % Units

12/16/2021..........5-3-0.........62.50%...........+8.50
12/15/2021........14-7-0.........66.66%..........+31.50
12/14/2021..........4-1-0.........80.00%..........+14.50
12/13/2021..........4-5-1.........45.00%.............-7.50
12/12/2021..........6-4-0.........60.00%............+8.00
12/11/2021..........4-4-0.........50.00%.............-2.00
12/10/2021..........6-6-1.........50.00%.............-3.30
12/09/2021..........2-4-0.........33.33%............-12.00
12/08/2021..........8-6-0.........57.14%.............+7.00
12/07/2021..........3-2-1..........58.33%............+4.00
12/06/2021........8-12-0..........40.00%............-26.00
12/05/2021..........3-5-0..........37.50%............-12.50
12/04/2021..........4-7-0..........36.36%............-18.50
12/03/2021........5-11-0...........31.25%............-35.50
12/02/2021..........4-6-0...........40.00%............-13.00
12/01/2021..........7-3-0.......... 70.00%.......... +18.50

TOTALS:............87-84-3...........50.87%............-37.30


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BEST BETS:

12/16/2021.............5-1-0................83.33%..........+19.50
12/15/2021.............9-4-0................69.23%..........+23.00
12/14/2021.............4-1-0................80.00%..........+14.50
12/13/2021.............3-6-1................33.33%...........-18.00
12/12/2021.............4-3-0................57.14%...........+3.50
12/11/2021.............4-3-0................57.14..............+3.50
12/10/2021.............4-5-0................44.44%...........- 7.50
12/09/2021.............1-4-0................20.00%...........-17.00
12/08/2021.............4-4-0................50.00%............- 2.00
12/07/2021.............2-3-0................40.00%............- 6.50
12/06/2021.............4-5-0................44.44%............- 7.50
12/05/2021.............1-6-0................14.28%............-28.00
12/04/2021.............4-7-0................36.36%............-18.50
12/03/2021...........1-10-0................00.09%............-50.00
12/02/2021.............3-3-0................50.00%.............- 1.50
12/01/2021.............4-1-0................80.00%...........+14.50

TOTALS:...............57-66-1................46.34%............-78.00


UPDATED 12/16/2021