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APRIL'S NHL BEST BETS !

04/14/2023....................1 - 0 - 1.........................100.00%................. ................+ 5.00
04/13/2023.....................8 - 3 -2..........................72.72%................. ................+ 24.25
04/12/2023..........................2 - 2..........................50.00%................. .................- 0.50
04/11/2023..........................2 - 4..........................33.33%................. ...............- 11.50
04/10/2023.....................1 - 4 -1..........................20.00%................. ...............- 16.00
04/09/2023..........................1 - 0........................100.00%.................. .............+ 5.00
04/08/2023..........................4 - 6...........................40.00%................ ..............- 12.00
06/06/2023..........................3 - 4..........................42.85%................. ..............- 2.25
04/05/2023..........................1 - 1..........................50.00%................. ..............- 0.50
04/04/2023..........................2 - 1..........................66.66%................. .............+ 4.50
04/03/2023..........................2 - 2 .........................50.00%................... ..........+ 00.00
04/02/2023..........................6 - 2.........................75.00%.................. ............+ 27.50
04/01/2023..........................2 - 5.........................14.00%.................. . ..........- 16.00

TOTALS....................35- 34 - 4.........................50.72%%................. ..............+ 7.50
 
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Saturday’s 6-pack
Updated odds to win the Stanley Cup:
5-2— Boston Bruins
5-1— Vegas Golden Knights, Edmonton Oilers
6-1— Colorado Avalanche
10-1— Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars, New York Rangers
12-1— LA Kings, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers
18-1— Minnesota Wild, Tampa Bay Lightning

Quote of the Day
“Kind of relief. It really seemed like a load was lifted because everybody was on pins and needles for the last couple of months. You kind of wondered what was going to happen.”
Commanders’ coach Ron Rivera, talking about the team being sold this week

Saturday’s quiz
Peyton Manning was the #1 pick of the 1998 NFL Draft; which Pac-12 quarterback was the #2 pick in that draft, selected by the Chargers?

Friday’s quiz
Hakeem Olajuwon was the #1 pick in the 1984 NBA Draft; Michael Jordan was the #3 pick. Sam Bowie was the #2 pick; he played 511 games over 10 injury-plagued seasons.

Thursday’s quiz
In the movie Blue Chips, Hall of Famer Bob Cousy plays the athletic director at fictional Western U, where Nick Nolte’s character is the coach.



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Saturday’s Den: XFL trends, and wrapping up a busy Friday

— Heat 102, Bulls 91— Heat outscored Chicago 35-23 in last quarter; they advance to play the Bucks in the first round of the playoffs. Max Strus scored 31 points, making 7-12 on the arc.

— Timberwolves 120, Thunder 95— Minnesota outscored OKC 58-30 in the paint; they face #1-seed Denver in a best-of-seven series starting Sunday night. Rudy Gobert returned from his one-game suspension, had 21 points, 10 rebounds.

— Blue Jays 6, Rays 3— Tampa Bay won’t go unbeaten this year; they also lost P Jeffrey Springs (elbow) for at least two months. Not the best day for the Rays, but they’re still 13-1.

— Brewers 11, Padres 2— San Diego has a huge payroll; right now they’re 7-8 and look lethargic. Maybe I’m bitter because I traded for Juan Soto in my fantasy league and he looks awful, hitting .189 thru 15 games.

— Boston Red Sox are only team in the major leagues that haven’t had a starting pitcher throw a pitch in the sixth inning so far this season. Short starts puts a strain on a team’s bullpen. Red Sox are 6-8, in last place in the AL East.

— Guardians 4, Nationals 3— Cleveland is 6-2 on road, 2-4 at home. 8 of their 14 games (5-3) were decided by one run.

— Marlins 5, Arizona 1— Small sample size obviously, but Miami is 7-7, an improvement. They won four of their last five games.

— Braves 10, Royals 3— Atlanta scored seven runs in first two innings, hitting three homers. Austin Riley hit his 100th career home run.

— Cubs 8, Dodgers 2— Justin Steele is 2-0, 1.42 in his first three starts; Cubs led this game 3-2 after seven innings, then broke game open late. Dodgers are 7-7, have lost five of their last seven games.

— Orioles 6, White Sox 3— Chicago led 3-0 after six innings, then their bullpen imploded; Adley Rutschman knocked in three runs, also walked three times. Orioles are 8-6; are they good enough to contend for a Wild Card spot?

— NBA fined the Dallas Mavericks $750,000 for “conduct detrimental to the league” in an elimination game against the Chicago Bulls on April 7- they sat a lot of their best players, so they would lose and miss the playoffs, while keeping a draft pick they would’ve lost had they made it to the playoffs.

— Top five seeds in the NBA’s Western Conference playoffs have won a combined one NBA title, and that was when the Rochester Royals (now the Sacramento Kings) won a championship, way back in 1951.

— Teams that have won the NBA play-in games to advance into the playoffs are 0-9 in those playoff series.

— 2B Edouard Julien of the Minnesota Twins is the first MLB player in the modern era to have his first two career hits come in the 1st inning of the same game- he did that Thursday, when the Twins scored nine runs in the first inning in the Bronx.

Jhony Brito started that game for New York. His season so far:
First two starts: 10 IP, 8 baserunners, 1 run allowed, 2 wins.
Third start: 0.2 IP, 7 baserunners, 7 runs allowed, one loss.

— San Francisco Giants/P Logan Webb agreed to a 5-year, $90M contract extension.

— Red Sox have now lost 13 games in a row at Tampa Bay.

— Rory McIlroy skipped the RBC Heritage tournament this week; because of that, the PGA Tour will reportedly dock McIlroy $3M of the $12M he earned from his finish in the Player Impact Program last year.

This year, the 23 golfers who cashed in from the PIP are required to play all but one designated event in 2023 to receive their winnings. McIlroy missed the Tournament of Champions in January, so he was docked 25% of his winnings from the PIP, when he missed his second event of the season.

— TJ Bamba transferred from Washington State to Villanova; Bamba averaged 15.8 ppg for the Coogs last year. There are over 1,400 names in the college basketball transfer portal.

Baker Dunleavy quit as basketball coach at Quinnipiac, to become the general manager of Villanova’s basketball program. I’m thinking that he is overseeing the transfer portal, which is how Bamba winds up bolting from Wazzu to the Wildcats.

— This is Zion Williamson’s 4th year in the NBA; he’s played in 37% of the Pelicans’ games, for which he’s been paid $44,261,137. The last two years, he played in 29 of a possible 164 games.

Good work, if you can get it.

— Washington Commanders were sold for $6B this week; that’s Billion, with a B; last NFL team that was sold was the Denver Broncos last year- they sold for $4.65B. Carolina Panthers were sold for $2.28B in 2018.

Guy that bought the Commanders also owns the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, NHL’s New Jersey Devils. Oh, and the guy who owns the Cleveland Browns just bought the Milwaukee Bucks.

Must be nice to be rich.

— Three teams that have never had the #1 pick in the NFL Draft:
Ravens, Broncos, Seahawks

— They had 26 inches of rain in one day in Fort Lauderdale this week, an enormous amount of rain, event for south Florida. Two feet of rain!!!

“It was an unprecedented event.” said one Florida meteorologist. Scary stuff.

— Here are trends for all eight XFL teams, eight weeks into their 10-game regular season.

Arlington Renegades (4-4)
Their four wins were all by 1 or 2 points.
Losses were all by 6+ points.
Six of their last seven games stayed under the total.
Last seven games, scored 12.7 ppg.
2-6 ATS this season, 0-3 ATS as a favorite.

DC Defenders (7-1)
Won/covered seven of first eight games.
Seven of their eight games went over the total.
Last six games, Defenders scored 33.5 ppg.
Last three weeks, they allowed 26-37-33 points.
3-0 ATS as an underdog.

Houston Renegades (5-3)
Lost three of last four games, after a 4-0 start.
Scored 30.5 ppg in first four games, 18.3 ppg in last four.
3-1 SU/ATS at home, 1-3 on the road.
4-0 ATS first four games, 0-4 last four games.
Under is 5-2 in their last seven games.

Las Vegas Vipers (2-6)
Split last four games, after an 0-4 start.
Vipers are 2-5 ATS in their last seven games.
Last Las Vegas games stayed under the total.
1-3 in games decided by 4 or less points.
Vipers are 0-5 when they score less than 26 points.

Orlando Guardians (1-7)
Orlando beat spread in four of last six games.
Their only win was against 7-1 Defenders.
Six of their eight games went over total.
Guardians covered three of last four games.

St Louis Battlehawks (6-2)
Both their losses are to 7-1 Defenders (34-28/28-20)
St Louis allowed 18 or less points in its wins.
Battlehawks are 3-0 in games decided by 4 or less points.
St Louis is 3-2 ATS as an underdog.
Four of their last five games stayed under the total.

San Antonio Brahmas (2-6)
Brahmas were held to 15 or less points in seven of eight games.
Seven of their eight games stayed under the total.
Average total in their last four games: 27.0.
Brahmas are 0-5 if they allow more than 12 points.
Their last three games are all at home.

Seattle Sea Dragons (5-3)
Seattle won five of its last six games, after an 0-2 start.
Sea Dragons covered four of their last six games.
Six of their eight games went over the total.
Their four road games all went over the total.
Seattle’s losses were by 1-2-4 points.

USFL starts this weekend; we’ll get into that league once the XFL is over.
 
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Sunday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in OPS:
1.290— Matt Chapman, Tor
1.268— Luis Arraez, Miami
1.199— Sean Murphy, Atl
1.190— Brandon Lowe, TB
1.141— Jarred Kelenic, Sea
1.075— Adley Rutschman, Balt

Quote of the Day
“You don’t know what pressure is until you’ve played for $5 a hole with $2 in your pocket.”
Lee Trevino

Sunday’s quiz
Pete Rose won Rookie of the Year in 1963; what position did he play that year?

Saturday’s quiz
Peyton Manning was the #1 pick of the 1998 NFL Draft; Ryan Leaf was the #2 pick in that draft, selected by the Chargers.

Friday’s quiz
Hakeem Olajuwon was the #1 pick in the 1984 NBA Draft; Michael Jordan was the #3 pick. Sam Bowie was the #2 pick; he played 511 games over 10 injury-plagued seasons.



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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday……..

— Former big league pitcher Ryan Dempster is running in his first Boston Marathon Monday morning; so is Justin Turner’s wife. I admire their stamina to run 26 miles, all at once.

Me? I get tired driving 26 miles, I start looking for a Wendy’s or a Dunkin’ Donuts. While I admire someone who runs that far, part of me says it just ain’t that healthy a thing to do.

First person that ever ran a marathon, as in ever, was a guy named Pheidippides who dropped dead after he ran 26 miles to deliver a message about the Athenians defeating the Persians in a military battle. This result was a big upset, but Pheidippides should have sent a text, or posted the result on Twitter, or whatever they did in 490 BC, when this supposedly happened.

2,513 years later, people still run marathons, and I’m not sure why. Sitting on the couch is a lot more fun.

— Kings 126, Warriors 123— Sacramento’s first playoff game in 18 years was a big success; De’Aaron Fox scored 38 points, the four Kings’ subs were a combined +31.

Golden State shot 27-40 inside the arc (67.5%), 16-50 on the arc. Steph Curry scored 30 points; Warriors were minus-14 in the 11:00 he was off the floor.

— Knicks 101, Cavaliers 97— First time the Knicks won Game 1 of a series on the road since 1999 against Indiana. Four New York subs were a combined +44; Josh Hart scored 17 points, grabbed 10 rebounds.

— Celtics 112, Hawks 99— Boston led 74-44 at halftime, coasted home from there; Hawks were 5-29 on the arc. Hopefully Game 2 will be more entertaining.

Atlanta’s Trae Young is now 8 for his last 49 on the arc in playoff games. No bueno.

— 76ers 121, Nets 101— Philly was 21-43 on the arc, most 3’s they’ve ever made in a playoff game. Harden scored 23 points, dished out 13 assists.

— Utah Jazz/All-Star forward Lauri Markkanen is going to fulfill his mandatory service in the Finnish military this offseason; military service is mandatory for male citizens of Finland and must be finished by age 30. Markkanen is 25.

— Virginia/Memphis scheduled a home/home college basketball series for the next two years, an interesting contrast in styles.

— Fernando Tatis Jr will be back with the San Diego Padres Thursday, when his 20-game suspension ends. He is expected to bat leadoff for the Friars.

— Los Angeles Angels called up SS prospect Zach Neto from the AA Southern League, even though he’s only played in 37 games at the AA level. He was the Angels’ first round pick in last summer’s draft. Nets went 0-4 in his big league debut Saturday, at Fenway Park.

— Tigers 7, Giants 6 (11)— San Francisco led 6-1 after four innings; Miguel Cabrera’s walk-off, pinch-hit single was his 16th walk-off hit, his 3,095th career hit.

— White Sox 7, Orioles 6 (10)— Grandal tied game with a 10th inning double, Colas walked it off with a single.

It turns out that Orioles’ catcher Adley Rutschman was briefly a left-footed kicker in college at Oregon State; there is film of him tackling Christian McCaffrey during an OSU-Stanford game.

— Pirates 6, Cardinals 3 (10)— Pittsburgh is off to a surprising 9-6 start; Rodolfo Castro was 3-5, knocked in two runs in this game. Cardinals have stumbled out of the gate with a 6-9 record.

— Dodgers 2, Cubs 1— Chicago led 1-0 in ninth inning; David Peralta’s 2-run single sent the Dodger fans home happy.

— In an act of extreme arrogance, the Mets won’t start Max Scherzer in Oakland today; he’s going to start against the Dodgers Wednesday instead. The party line was that Scherzer has some injury that will miraculously heal by Wednesday.

Instead, some minor leaguer who gave up 7 runs in four innings in his only major league start last year will start for the Mets against the 3-12 A’s, who are a terrible team, a team that should still lose, even to a minor league pitcher.
 
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Monday’s 6-pack
First six picks in this month’s NFL Draft:
1) Panthers (from Chicago)
2) Texans
3) Cardinals
4) Colts
5) Seahawks (from Denver)
6) Lions (from LA Rams)

Quote of the Day
“We didn’t execute the priorities of the game plan. Get back. Execute half-court defense and get rebounds.”
Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins, after Sunday’s 128-112 loss

Monday’s quiz
Stan Kroenke owns the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams; which NBA team does he also own?

Sunday’s quiz
Pete Rose won Rookie of the Year in 1963; he played second base that year.

Saturday’s quiz
Peyton Manning was the #1 pick of the 1998 NFL Draft; Ryan Leaf was the #2 pick in that draft, selected by the Chargers.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend……..

— Clippers 115, Suns 110— Kawhi Leonard scored 38 points; Russell Westbrook added 8 assists, 11 rebounds (he was 3-19 shooting), but the story of the game was the Clipper bench. LA’s four subs that played were a combined +53. Suns’ subs were a combined minus-54,

— Heat 130, Bucks 117— Jimmy Butler scored 35 points, had 11 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo hurt his back, played only 11:00; Bucks made only 11 of 45 3-point shots. Miami made 15-25 3-point shots. Heat G Tyler Herro broke his right (shooting) hand.

— Lakers 128, Grizzlies 112— Memphis was 35-6 at home this year, but LA outscored Grizzlies 69-47 in second half. Ja Morant aggravated a right hand injury; his status for Game 2 in unclear. Rui Hachimura scored 29 points for the Lakers.

— Nuggets 109, Minnesota 80— Denver was only home team to win Sunday; they outscored Minnesota 32-14 in third quarter. Timberwolves looked little tired after their play-in games during the week.

— Oakland A’s are 3-13 this year, their owner is a cheap bastard who turned a $29M profit last year, even though he fielded a minor league team against a major league schedule, but for a little while Sunday, none of that mattered.

A’s honored their 1973 World Championship team Sunday, too bad only 17,645 fans showed up. Reggie Jackson was even there; he has very rarely showed up in Oakland for any events to honor the past. Wore his number 9 jersey too, spoke to the crowd. It was excellent.

A’s players/coaches are trying really hard, competing, they’re simply not good enough.

— Trevor Bauer made his debut in Japanese baseball over the weekend; he pitched for the Yokohama BayStars’ minor league team, giving up four hits and no runs while striking out six in four innings before 2,600 fans. Bauer hasn’t pitched competitively since 2021; he is expected to get one more minor league start, before he makes his debut with the BayStars.

— Doug Pederson coaches the Jacksonville Jaguars; he obviously won a Super Bowl with the Eagles. Pederson was in Memphis for a USFL game Sunday; his son Josh is a tight end with the Houston Gamblers. He caught two passes for 23 yards in Houston’s first game, a 29-13 loss.

— Seattle 1, Colorado 0— Jarred Kelenic drove in the only run and made a great catch in the 8th inning that prevented the tying run from scoring.

More good news for Seattle: Luis Castillo threw 7 shutout innings.
Bad news for Seattle: Mariners’ DH’s are 5 for 56 so far this season.

— Arizona 5, Miami 0— Zac Gallen allowed only two hits in 6.2 IP against the team that traded him, outdueling Sandy Alcantara.

July 31, 2019, Marlins traded Gallen to Arizona for Jazz Chisholm, an interesting trade. Since then, Gallen has gone 23-20, 3.13 in 78 starts for the Diamondbacks. I’m thinking Arizona got the best of this deal; pitching is kind of important in baseball.

— Phillies 14, Reds 3— Philadelphia scored nine runs in the top of the first; they had five players with 3+ hits in this game.

— Brewers 1, Padres 0— San Diego just seems lethargic; getting blanked by Wade Miley isn’t a good thing. Fernando Tatis Jr is expected to bat leadoff when he returns from his suspension Thursday; we’ll see if that helps any.

— Rangers 9, Astros 1— If you bet under 8 in this game, skip ahead to the next item; this game was scoreless after six innings, yet still got over the total. This is the latest the Rangers have been in first place since the last time they made the playoffs, in 2016.

— I misspoke here couple of weeks ago, when we were talking about Florida Atlantic moving up to the AAC next year. I said FAU-Houston basketball matchups would be interesting in the AAC, but the Cougars have bolted to the Big 12, meaning that FAU will be one of the best hoop teams in the AAC next fall, if not the best team.

— West Virginia had a rough couple years in basketball, going 11-25 in conference games the last two years, but Bob Huggins ain’t messing around this spring. He’s already added a point guard from Arizona (Kerr Kriisa), two of Manhattan’s best players and a big guy (Jesse Edwards) who averaged a double/double for Syracuse this past season.

MLB teams’ records in series, so far this season:

Arizona 2-1-2
Atlanta 4-1
Cubs 3-1-1
Cincinnati 1-2-2
Colorado 0-3-2
Dodgers 2-2-1
Miami 3-2
Milwaukee 4-1
Mets 4-1
Philadelphia 1-3-1
Pittsburgh 2-2-1
St Louis 2-2-1
San Diego 1-2-2
San Francisco 2-3
Washington 0-4-1

Baltimore 3-2
Boston 3-2
White Sox 0-4-1
Cleveland 3-2
Detroit 2-3
Houston 1-3-1
Kansas City 1-4
Angels 3-2
Minnesota 3-1-1
New York 4-0-1
Oakland 0-5
Seattle 2-3
Tampa Bay 4-1
Texas 3-2
Toronto 4-1

If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Arizona. Wild Cards: Mets-Cubs-Pirates
AL: Rays, Twins, Rangers. Wild Cards: Guardians-Blue Jays-New York
 
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NY ISLANDERS are 30-48 ATS (-22.8 Units) on the road when the total is 5.5 in the last 3 seasons.

BOSTON is 35-20 Over (13 Units) revenging a same season loss vs opponent in the last 3 seasons.

MINNESOTA is 13-20 ATS (-9 Units) after a road game where both teams score 3 or more goals in the last 3 seasons.

EDMONTON is 13-1 ATS (11.9 Units) in home games off a home blowout win by 3 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.




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NY Islanders @ Carolina
NY Islanders
⦁ NY Islanders is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
⦁ NY Islanders is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Carolina
Carolina
⦁ Carolina is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games when playing NY Islanders
⦁ The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games at home

Florida @ Boston
Florida
⦁ Florida is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
⦁ Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Boston
⦁ Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
⦁ The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Boston's last 10 games at home

Minnesota @ Dallas
Minnesota
⦁ The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing Dallas
⦁ The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Minnesota's last 10 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas
⦁ Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
⦁ Dallas is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Minnesota

Los Angeles @ Edmonton
Los Angeles
⦁ The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 6 games when playing Edmonton
⦁ The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 5 games when playing on the road against Edmonton
Edmonton
⦁ Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
⦁ Edmonton is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home


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MONDAY, APRIL 17
NYI at CAR07:00 PMCAR -170
U 5.5		+500 +500
FLA at BOS07:30 PMBOS -225
O 6.0		+500 +500
MIN at DAL09:30 PMMIN +120
O 5.5		+500 +500
LA at EDM10:00 PMEDM -192
U 6.5		+500 +500
 
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NHL PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

04/17/2023..............................1 - 4......................20.00%..................... .....- 20.10

TOTALS..................................1 - 4.......................20.00%.................... .....- 20.10
 
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Tuesday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in total bases:
45— Matt Chapman, Tor
44— Pete Alonso NYM/Bo Bichette Tor
43— Rafael Devers, Bos
42— Ronald Acuna Atl/Matt Olson Atl
41— Wander Franco TB/Bryan Reynolds Pitt/Patrick Wisdom Cubs
40— Xander Bogaerts, SD

Quote of the Day
“The issue I have: I don’t think he plays hard every snap.”
Former NFL GM Rick Spielman, talking about Georgia DT Jalen Carter, who will be a first round pick in the NFL Draft

Tuesday’s quiz
Since 2020, which NFL team has started the most quarterbacks?

Monday’s quiz
Stan Kroenke owns the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams; he also owns the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche.

Sunday’s quiz
Pete Rose won Rookie of the Year in 1963; he played second base that year.



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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..

— I’m sitting here at 1:45am watching NHL playoff games that are live on TV— Kings just won on a power play goal in Edmonton, Dallas-Minnesota is in a second overtime. You don’t see many penalties called in overtime, but both of these games had one.

When I was in grade school/high school, long time ago, I was a huge hockey fan, used to listen to a ton of games on this portable radio my parents had that could get stations as far away as St Louis or Chicago. I was a big Boston Bruins fan, listened to all their games, with Fred Cusick, Johnny Pierson and later on, Bob Wilson on the call.

Great thrill for me was meeting Bobby Orr at a minor league baseball game after he retired; he was playing in a charity softball game. Very nice man; still have the picture from that night here in my living room.

When I got to college, I got involved in college basketball, and ESPN started up, which really made college basketball the huge thing it has become, and hockey kind of drifted off into the background for me, but I do remember how freakin’ exciting overtime games are once you get into the playoffs.

Was fun watching these games; Minnesota just scored to win their game. Weird that they’re playing Dallas; the Dallas Stars used to be the Minnesota North Stars and when they bolted to Dallas, that’s how the Minnesota Wild came to be, way back in 2000.

NHL playoffs are way better than the NBA’s version; just a lot more dramatic, more upsets.

— NBA teams keep 75% of their playoff ticket revenue, a higher share than NHL (65%), MLB (55%), and NFL (0%) teams.

According to Lev Akabas, Golden State’s run of 12 home playoff games last year grossed their franchise roughly $100M, so they kept $75M of that, give or take.

— Speaking of Golden State, before this series with Sacramento, the last time the Warriors started a playoff series on the road was in 2014, against the Clippers.

— Sacramento 114, Golden State 106— Last time the Warriors were down 2-0 in a series was 2007, when Steph Curry was still at Davidson. Sacramento scored 17 points in the 1st quarter, 41 points in the 2nd quarter. Kings’ subs were a combined +15 in this game.

— Quiz of the Day, part 2: Which three NBA players have won the most playoff games together?
(Answer below)

— Philadelphia Eagles’ QB Jalen Hurts signed a 5-year, $255M contract Monday, with $179.3M of that money guaranteed. Eagles are 25-13 with Hurts as their QB, 2-2 in playoff games.

— According to football expert Warren Sharp, these NFL teams have the easiest schedules for the coming season (before we see who plays who on which dates)
32) Saints
31) Falcons
30) Panthers
29) Colts
28) Bears

NFL teams have the hardest schedules for the coming season
1) New England
2) Buffalo
3) Kansas City
4) Las Vegas
5) Miami

— The last three seasons, only two NFL teams started the same quarterback for all their games: Buffalo (Josh Allen), Tampa Bay (Tom Brady).

— Utah State G Steven Ashworth transfered to Creighton Monday, a big get for the Bluejays. Ashworth scored 16.2 ppg this past year, dished out 4.5 assists/game, shooting 43.4% from 3-point range.

— Answer to Quiz of the Day, part 2:
Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker won 126 playoff games with the Spurs.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Michael Cooper won 110 with the Lakers.

— Only NBA players to score 30+ ppg, shoot 50% from floor, 90%+ from foul line in a season:
2015-16— Steph Curry 30.1 ppg, 50.4% from floor, 90.8% on line

2022-23— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 31.4 ppg, 51% from floor, 90.5% from line

— Arkansas has added five transfers already this spring; those five players averaged a combined 64.8 ppg this past season.

— Jaren Jackson Jr of the Memphis Grizzlies is the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year.

— Arizona 6, St Louis 3— Diamondbacks (10-7) are only NL West team over .500; they lead the Dodgers by two games, San Diego by 2.5 games.

— Pirates 14, Rockies 3— Games like this get managers fired; it is only April, so Colorado won’t be firing Bud Black anytime soon, but the Rockies looked like a high school team in this game, and a bad high school team. Pirates ran the bases at will, made Colorado look terrible.

— Angels 5, Red Sox 4— Rainy Patriots’ Day in Boston; both starting pitchers came out after a third inning rain delay. One thing about the new, balanced schedule; when the last game of a non-divisional series gets rained out, making it up will be a logistical nightmare, since teams only visit the same city once a year.

— Rangers 4, Royals 0—Jacob deGrom threw four no-hit innings, then left with a wrist injury after throwing 58 pitches. Texas is 10-6 and leads the AL West, but they’ll need deGrom to be healthy for them to get to the playoffs.

— Astros 9, Blue Jays 1— Houston scored seven runs in the bottom of the first inning, coasted from there.

— Reds 8, Rays 1— Tampa Bay lost three of last four games, after a 13-0 start; this was the Rays’ 17th game, only their fourth game outdoors, the first one since April 5.
 
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NY RANGERS are 7-0 Over (7 Units) in the first round of the playoffs over the last 2 seasons.

TORONTO is 10-3 Over (6.7 Units) on Tuesday nights in the current season.

WINNIPEG is 6-1 ATS (4.9 Units) in road games off a loss by 2 goals or more to a division rival over the last 2 seasons.

SEATTLE is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) in road games after a division game in the current season.




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Tuesday, April 18

WINNIPEG (46-33-0-3, 95 pts.) at VEGAS (51-22-0-9, 111 pts.) - 4/18/2023, 9:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VEGAS is 22-15 ATS (-0.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
VEGAS is 13-8 ATS (+4.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
WINNIPEG is 108-110 ATS (+243.9 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 since 1996.
WINNIPEG is 26-16 ATS (+45.3 Units) in road games in April games since 1996.
WINNIPEG is 35-24 ATS (+60.6 Units) in road games after a division game over the last 3 seasons.
WINNIPEG is 21-11 ATS (+32.6 Units) in road games after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
WINNIPEG is 68-61 ATS (+141.2 Units) in road games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 3-3-0 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.7 Units)


TAMPA BAY (45-30-1-6, 97 pts.) at TORONTO (50-21-1-10, 111 pts.) - 4/18/2023, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 45-36 ATS (-18.9 Units) in all games this season.
TAMPA BAY is 18-21 ATS (-12.4 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more this season.
TAMPA BAY is 23-24 ATS (-20.6 Units) second half of the season this season.
TAMPA BAY is 12-14 ATS (-12.3 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
TAMPA BAY is 10-14 ATS (-12.3 Units) after a division game this season.
TAMPA BAY is 3-9 ATS (-9.5 Units) revenging a home loss versus opponent this season.
TAMPA BAY is 12-19 ATS (-16.4 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
TORONTO is 24-13 ATS (-1.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
TORONTO is 14-6 ATS (+6.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
TAMPA BAY is 151-156 ATS (+337.7 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season since 1996.
TORONTO is 309-282 ATS (-131.3 Units) in home games second half of the season since 1996.
TORONTO is 105-139 ATS (-74.2 Units) after a 3 game unbeaten streak since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 7-7-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
10 of 14 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+5.8 Units)


NY RANGERS (46-23-2-11, 105 pts.) at NEW JERSEY (51-22-2-7, 111 pts.) - 4/18/2023, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NY RANGERS are 53-42 ATS (+97.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
NEW JERSEY is 5-15 ATS (-13.3 Units) in home games in April games over the last 3 seasons.
NEW JERSEY is 20-30 ATS (+55.3 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
NEW JERSEY is 15-24 ATS (-9.6 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY RANGERS is 10-6 (+2.4 Units) against the spread versus NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
NY RANGERS is 10-6-0 straight up against NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
11 of 16 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+5.6 Units)


SEATTLE (46-28-0-8, 100 pts.) at COLORADO (51-24-1-6, 109 pts.) - 4/18/2023, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SEATTLE is 4-16 ATS (+22.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
SEATTLE is 25-13 ATS (+38.1 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more this season.
SEATTLE is 17-9 ATS (+6.6 Units) in road games second half of the season this season.
SEATTLE is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) in road games after a division game this season.
COLORADO is 19-17 ATS (-10.8 Units) in a home game where the total is 6 or more this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
SEATTLE is 3-3 (+2.8 Units) against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
COLORADO is 3-3-0 straight up against SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.0 Units)




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NY Rangers @ New Jersey
NY Rangers
⦁ NY Rangers is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
⦁ The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Rangers's last 5 games
New Jersey
⦁ New Jersey is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
⦁ New Jersey is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Tampa Bay @ Toronto
Tampa Bay
⦁ The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games
⦁ Tampa Bay is 12-3 ATS in its last 15 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto
⦁ Toronto is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
⦁ Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games

Winnipeg @ Vegas
Winnipeg
⦁ The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Winnipeg's last 7 games on the road
⦁ Winnipeg is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Vegas
Vegas
⦁ Vegas is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
⦁ Vegas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Seattle @ Colorado
Seattle
⦁ The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games
⦁ Seattle is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Colorado
Colorado
⦁ Colorado is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
⦁ Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home













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TUESDAY, APRIL 18
NYR at NJ07:00 PMNJ -130
U 5.5		+500 +500
TB at TOR07:30 PMTB +140
O 6.0		+500 +500
WIN at VEG09:30 PMVEG -145
O 5.5		+500 +500
SEA at COL10:00 PMCOL -200
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NHL PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

04/18/2023..............................4 - 2......................66.66%..................... .....+ 5.50
04/17/2023..............................1 - 4......................20.00%..................... .....- 20.10

TOTALS..................................5 - 6.......................45.45%.................... .....- 14.60
 
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Wednesday’s 6-pack
QB’s who have started for the Washington Commanders from 2020-22:
24 games— Taylor Heinicke
7— Carson Wentz
6— Dwayne Haskins, Alex Smith
4— Kyle Allen
1— Ryan Fitzpatrick
1— Garrett Gilbert
1— Sam Howell

Quote of the Day
“That’s the All-Star we know, and it was good to see. He came out with a purpose. There was just a different look in his eye.”
Donovan Mitchell, talking about Cavaliers’ teammate Darius Garland

Wednesday’s quiz
Who was the Pittsburgh Pirates’ manager, the last time they made the playoffs?

Tuesday’s quiz
Since 2020, Washington Commanders started eight quarterbacks, the most of any team.

Monday’s quiz
Stan Kroenke owns the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams; he also owns the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..

— Winnipeg 5, Vegas 1— Winnipeg Jets F Morgan Barron took a skate to his face in this game, requiring more than 75 stitches, but he returned to the ice less than a period later.

Hockey players are very tough people; the guy got 75 stitches, and was back on the ice playing about an hour later.

— Four NHL playoff series started Tuesday; the road team won all four.

— Cavaliers 107, Knicks 90 (series 1-1)
Cleveland outscored Knicks 34-17 in second quarter.
LeVert scored 24 points in 40:00, was +23; he didn’t start.

— Suns 123, Clippers 109 (series 1-1)
Game was tied at half; Phoenix outscored Clippers 64-50 in 2nd half.
Booker scored 38 points, dished out nine assists.

— Celtics 119, Hawks 106 (Boston leads 2-0)
Celtics shot 55% inside the arc.
Boston led 61-49 at halftime.
Atlanta’s four subs were a combined minus-54 in 77:00

— Dodgers 5, Mets 0
Clayton Kershaw gets his 200th major league win.
In his career, Kershaw is 11-0, 2.03 in 17 starts against the Mets.

— Tigers 4-1, Guardians 3-0— Detroit sweeps a doubleheader, allowing three runs; Carpenter hit a walk-off homer in the opener, Detroit’s third straight walk-off win. Last time the Tigers had three consecutive walk-off wins was 2004.

— Braves 8, Padres 1— San Diego has sold out 9 of its 12 home games, but the Padres stink right now- they’ve scored 3 or fewer runs in six of their last seven games, had a 25-inning scoreless streak that ended in this game.

Fernando Tatis returns from his suspension Thursday; they’re asking an awful lot of him to think his presence will revive an offense that is floundering badly.

— Brewers 6, Mariners 5 (11)— Seattle is 8-10 this year, 2-5 in one-run games; the last couple of years, Mariners were 67-41 in one-run games. Milwaukee is 13-5, two games ahead of the Cubs, Pirates, who are both off to surprisingly good starts.

— Rangers 12, Royals 2— Bruce Bochy won three World Series with the Giants; in his first month managing Texas, his team is 11-6 and leads the AL West by two games.

— White Sox 4-3, Phillies 7-0— Lucas Giolito threw six no-hit innings in the nightcap; he threw 102 pitches in those six innings.

— Hayden Wesneski has started three games for the Cubs, who won all three games, mostly because they scored 36 runs in those games.

— Golden State’s Draymond Green is suspended for Game 3 of the Warriors-Kings series; NBA said the suspension was “based in part on Green’s history of unsportsmanlike acts.” Green stepped on the chest of the Kings’ Domantas Sabonis during Monday’s Game 2 in Sacramento.

— Rams traded WR Allen Robinson to Pittsburgh; teams also flip 7th round draft picks, and the Rams get some salary cap relief, which they really need.

— Chiefs are signing QB Blaine Gabbert to back up Patrick Mahomes; the 33-year old Gabbert has started 48 games in his 11-year career, but his last start was in 2018.
 
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NY ISLANDERS are 9-20 ATS (-13 Units) in road games after allowing 2 goals or less in 2 straight games in the last 3 seasons.

FLORIDA is 8-2 Over (5.8 Units) in road games off a road loss in the current season.

MINNESOTA is 70-49 Over (16.1 Units) vs. division opponents in the last 3 seasons.

EDMONTON is 11-1 Over (9.9 Units) off a close home loss by 1 goal in the current season.




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Wednesday, April 19

LOS ANGELES (47-25-1-10, 105 pts.) at EDMONTON (50-24-0-9, 109 pts.) - 4/19/2023, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
EDMONTON is 48-17 ATS (+21.5 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 94-77 ATS (+172.1 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 59-41 ATS (+101.8 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
EDMONTON is 23-19 ATS (-10.2 Units) in a home game where the total is 6 or more this season.
EDMONTON is 17-18 ATS (-11.3 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 7-9 (+1.3 Units) against the spread versus EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
EDMONTON is 9-7-0 straight up against LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
7 of 15 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-1.3 Units, Under=-0.2 Units)


FLORIDA (42-34-0-7, 91 pts.) at BOSTON (66-13-0-4, 136 pts.) - 4/19/2023, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
FLORIDA is 42-41 ATS (-24.6 Units) in all games this season.
FLORIDA is 19-23 ATS (-12.9 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more this season.
FLORIDA is 15-23 ATS (-20.4 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
FLORIDA is 19-28 ATS (-16.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
FLORIDA is 21-27 ATS (-16.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 66-17 ATS (+47.5 Units) in all games this season.
BOSTON is 33-6 ATS (+20.4 Units) in a home game where the total is 6 or more this season.
BOSTON is 38-9 ATS (+18.5 Units) second half of the season this season.
BOSTON is 13-1 ATS (+10.5 Units) in home games vs. division opponents this season.
BOSTON is 14-1 ATS (+11.7 Units) in home games after a division game this season.
BOSTON is 30-7 ATS (+15.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
BOSTON is 15-4 ATS (+8.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
FLORIDA is 134-134 ATS (+296.6 Units) in road games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
FLORIDA is 132-124 ATS (+268.4 Units) after 3 or more consecutive losses since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 5-3 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 5-3-0 straight up against FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.7 Units, Under=-0.5 Units)


NY ISLANDERS (42-33-1-7, 92 pts.) at CAROLINA (52-21-3-7, 114 pts.) - 4/19/2023, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NY ISLANDERS are 79-86 ATS (-24.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 5-14 ATS (+20.1 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 29-52 ATS (+88.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 8-0 ATS (+8.0 Units) in home games in the first round of the playoffs over the last 3 seasons.
CAROLINA is 25-5 ATS (+17.3 Units) in home games after a 3 game unbeaten streak over the last 2 seasons.
NY ISLANDERS are 176-195 ATS (+423.4 Units) in road games vs. division opponents since 1996.
NY ISLANDERS are 5-0 ATS (+5.0 Units) when trailing in a playoff series over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CAROLINA is 6-2 (+2.5 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
CAROLINA is 6-2-0 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.0 Units)


MINNESOTA (47-26-1-9, 104 pts.) at DALLAS (46-22-1-14, 107 pts.) - 4/19/2023, 9:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 23-21 ATS (-14.4 Units) second half of the season this season.
DALLAS is 5-12 ATS (-13.3 Units) in home games revenging a loss versus opponent this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 5-4 (+0.7 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 5-4-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.4 Units)




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NY Islanders @ Carolina
NY Islanders
⦁ NY Islanders is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Carolina
⦁ NY Islanders is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Carolina
⦁ The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Carolina's last 5 games at home
⦁ Carolina is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games when playing NY Islanders

Florida @ Boston
Florida
⦁ Florida is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
⦁ Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Boston
⦁ Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Florida
⦁ Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Minnesota @ Dallas
Minnesota
⦁ The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing Dallas
⦁ Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Dallas
⦁ Dallas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
⦁ The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Dallas's last 7 games at home

Los Angeles @ Edmonton
Los Angeles
⦁ Los Angeles is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
⦁ Los Angeles is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Edmonton
⦁ Edmonton is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
⦁ Edmonton is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home


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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19
NYI at CAR07:00 PMCAR -170
U 5.5		+500 +500
FLA at BOS07:30 PMBOS -220
O 6.0		+500 +500
MIN at DAL09:30 PMDAL -160
U 5.5		+500 +500
LA at EDM10:00 PMEDM -245
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NHL PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

04/19/2023..............................4 - 2......................66.66%..................... .....+ 9.00
04/18/2023..............................4 - 2......................66.66%..................... .....+ 5.50
04/17/2023..............................1 - 4......................20.00%..................... .....- 20.10

TOTALS..................................9 - 8.......................52.94%.................... ......- 5.10
 
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