Wednesday’s 6-pack:
— Marquette 76, Purdue 58- Kam Jones had 17 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists.
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Belmont 90, Oral Roberts 80- Bruins trailed by 17 early in second half.
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Michigan State 83, Samford 75- Samford is #7 in country in tempo.
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Celtics 120, Cavaliers 117- First loss for Cleveland, in their 16th game.
— Nets 116, Hornets 115- Brooklyn starters were +52, subs minus-47.
— Mavericks 132, Pelicans 91- New Orleans is 1-6 SU/0-7 ATS on road.
Quote of the Day
“Those eight years taught me a lot because I really focused on trying to be the assistant or the bench coach that I would want and I wasn’t great at it…….I get bored with some of the nonsense that anybody can do, so I want to be around people, I want to help people, and Counsell was so great at kind of letting me know where I was having an effect. But yeah, I’m way more natural, I think, doing this.”
Brewers’ manager Pat Murphy, NL Manager of the Year
Wednesday’s quiz
Other than UConn (won last two titles), what was the last team to win a college basketball national championship?
Tuesday’s quiz
Barry Switzer was the Dallas Cowboys’ coach the last time they won a Super Bowl.
Monday’s quiz
In the TV show
Las Vegas, Cheryl Ladd played James Caan’s wife.
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NBA trends (thru Monday, November 18)
Hawks (7-8):
— 3-1 SU in their last four games.
— 3-1 ATS as a road underdog.
— Over 11-4
Celtics (11-3):
— 7-2 SU last nine games.
— 5-3 ATS as a road favorite, 2-4 as home favorite.
— over 3-0 last three games.
Nets (5-9):
— lost five of their last six games SU.
— 2-1 ATS as a favorite
— 7-3 ATS as an underdog.
— over 3-1 last four games
Hornets (5-8):
— lost six of last nine games SU.
— 4-2 ATS as a home underdog.
— under 6-2 last eight games.
Bulls (6-9)
— 3-7 SU in last ten games.
— 5-4 ATS as a road underdog.
— over 6-2-1 on road
Cavaliers (15-0):
— 15-0 SU (4-2 ATS last six games).
— 6-2 ATS as a home favorite, 3-0 as an underdog.
— over 8-3 last eleven games.
Mavericks (7-7):
— won last two games, after an 0-4 skid.
— 0-2 ATS as a road favorite.
— under 6-2 at home.
Nuggets (7-5):
— lost last two games, scoring 94-90 points (check Jokic’s status).
— 0-3 ATS as a road favorite.
— over 8-2 last ten games.
Pistons (7-9):
— 6-4 last ten games SU.
— 7-3 ATS as underdogs.
— under 7-1 on road
Warriors (10-3):
— won 8 of last 10 games SU.
— 6-2 ATS on the road.
— 4-1 ATS as an underdog.
— over 7-1 last eight games
Rockets (10-5):
— won five of last six games SU
— 5-2 ATS as a home favorite, 3-1 as an underdog.
— under 5-2 on road
Pacers (6-8):
— 1-3 SU in their last four games.
— 4-2 ATS as an underdog.
— over 10-2 last 12 games.
Clippers (8-7):
— won six of last nine games SU
— 4-2 ATS as a road underdog.
— under 5-2-1 last eight games.
Lakers (9-4):
— 5-0 SU/3-2 ATS last five games
— 5-1 ATS at home, 2-5 ATS on road.
— over 7-5 last 12 games.
Grizzlies (8-6):
— 6-3 SU last nine games.
— 4-2 ATS as a home favorite.
— over 4-2 last six games
Heat (6-7):
— 3-5 SU last eight games.
— 5-3 ATS on the road
— over 5-2 last seven games.
Famous birthdays, November 20th:
Veronica Hamel, 81
Louie Dampier, 80
Rick Monday, 79
Richard Masur, 76
Bo Derek, 68
Callie Thorne, 55
Joey Galloway, 53
JD Drew, 49
Tarik Skubal, 28
Bucks (5-9):
— won three of last four games.
— 2-5 ATS on the road.
— under 9-3 last 12 games.
Timberwolves (8-6)
— 5-3 SU last eight games.
— 2-5 ATS as a home favorite.
— over 8-3 last eleven games.
Pelicans (4-10):
— lost 10 of last 12 games SU
— 1-5 SU/0-6 ATS on the road.
— under 4-1 last five games.
Knicks (8-6):
— won last three games, scoring 124 ppg.
— 5-2 ATS as a home favorite.
— over 3-1 last four games.
Thunder (11-3):
— 4-3 SU last seven games, after a 7-0 start.
— 4-1 ATS on road.
— over 5-2 last seven games
Magic (9-6):
— won/covered their last six games.
— 6-1 ATS as home favorite, 1-5 as road underdog.
— under 8-1 last nine games.
76ers (2-11):
— lost last four game SU; 1-6 ATS last seven
— 0-4 ATS as favorite, 2-4 as road underdogs.
— under 6-1 last seven
Suns (9-6):
— lost four of last six games SU
— 0-4 ATS as a home favorite.
— over 6-3 last nine games
Trailblazers (6-8):
— won/covered last three games.
— 5-3 ATS as a home underdog.
— under 3-1 last four games
Kings (8-7):
— 3-4 SU/2-5 in last seven games.
— 3-6 ATS at home.
— over 3-1 last four games
Spurs (6-8):
— 3-5 SU in last eight games
— 1-4 ATS as a road underdog.
— over 6-3 last nine games
Raptors (3-12):
— 1-7 SU in last eight games.
— 10-5 ATS, all as an underdog.
— under 5-2 last seven games
Jazz (3-10):
— 3-4 SU in seven games SU, after an 0-6 start
— 2-4 ATS as home underdog, 4-3 as road dog.
— under 8-4 last 12 games.
Wizards (2-11):
— 0-9 SU/1-8 ATS last nine games
— 3-10 ATS, all as an underdog.
— over 3-1 last four games.
