Tuesday’s 6-pack:
— Bills 38, Steelers 17- Buffalo ran for 179 yards, 5.3 yards/carry.
— Bucs 32, Eagles 9- Philly ends its season on a 1-6 skid.
Odds on this weekend’s NFL games:
— Texans @ Baltimore (-9, 45.5)
— Packers @ San Francisco (-10, 50.5)
— Buccaneers @ Detroit (-6, 48.5)
— Chiefs @ Buffalo (-3, 45.5)
Quote of the Day
“Being historically great on offense is fun, but even dating a pretty girl gets boring after a while, if she can’t guard anybody.”
Indiana Pacers’ coach Rick Carlisle
Tuesday’s quiz
When the NFL/AFL merged after the 1969 season, which three NFL teams switched over and became AFC teams in the new set-up?
Monday’s quiz
Since 1987, Ben Roethlisberger threw the most passes in a playoff game, he threw 68 passes in a 48-37 loss to Cleveland three years ago.
Sunday’s quiz
In the movie
Tin Cup, Kevin Costner plays a driving range golf pro who tries to qualify for the US Open; Don Johnson played his golfing rival.
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NBA trends (thru Monday)
Hawks (16-23):
— split last eight games SU (1-7 ATS)
— 2-12 ATS as a home favorite
— under 4-1 last five games
— 1-6 ATS if they played night before.
Celtics (31-9):
— won five of last seven games SU (5-6 ATS last 11)
— 8-10-1 ATS as a road favorite.
— over 6-3 last nine road games.
Nets (16-23):
— lost eight of their last nine games.
— 8-2 ATS as home favorite.
— 0-8 ATS last eight road games.
— 2-4 ATS if they played night before.
Hornets (8-29):
— lost 15 of their last 16 games SU (7-9 ATS).
— 3-13 ATS last 16 games as road underdog.
— under 6-1 last seven games.
Bulls (19-23)
— 4-2 SU in their last six games (5-7 ATS last 12).
— 6-3 ATS last nine as a home favorite.
— over 4-1 last five games.
Cavaliers (23-15):
— won their last five games SU (4-1 ATS).
— 8-3 ATS last eleven home games.
— under 6-2 last eight games.
— 1-4 ATS if they played the night before.
Mavericks (24-17):
— won/covered five of their last seven games.
— 6-2 ATS as road favorites.
— under 7-3 last ten home games.
— 5-2 ATS if they played night before.
Nuggets (28-13):
— won 14 of last 18 games SU (2-4 ATS last six)
— 5-11 ATS as a road favorite
— over 4-1 last five games.
— 2-7 ATS if they played night before.
Pistons (4-36):
— 7-4 ATS in last eleven games.
— 7-10 ATS as a home underdog, 9-11 as a road dog.
— over 7-1 last eight road games
— 1-6 ATS on first night of a back/back.
Warriors (18-22):
— lost eight of last eleven games SU
— 4-14 ATS as a home favorite
— 9-2 ATS as a road underdog.
— over 7-2 last nine games
Rockets (19-20):
— lost four of last five games SU
— 7-3 ATS as a home favorite.
— over 4-1 last five games.
— 4-2 ATS if they played night before.
Pacers (23-17):
— split their last six games SU.
— under 7-0 last seven road games
— 5-1 ATS in last six road games.
— 1-5 ATS if they played night before.
Clippers (25-14):
— 8-2 SU in last 10 games SU (6-3 ATS in last nine)
— 1-6 ATS as an underdog.
— over 3-1 last four games.
Lakers (20-21):
— 6-12 SU since they won the in-season tournament.
— 9-18 ATS as a favorite.
— over 10-2 last dozen road games.
— 1-6 ATS if they played night before.
Grizzlies (15-25):
— won six of last eight games SU
— 6-13 ATS at home.
— over 6-2 last eight road games
Heat (24-16):
— won four of last five games SU.
— 8-7 ATS as home favorites, 0-4 as home underdogs.
— under 6-0 last six road games.
— 1-4 ATS if they played the night before.
Bucks (28-12):
— won last three games, scoring 135-124-143 points.
— 6-11-1 ATS as home favorites.
— over 3-1 last four games.
Timberwolves (28-11)
— 4-2 SU/5-1 ATS last six games.
— 9-7 ATS as a home favorite.
— under 7-3 last ten home games.
Pelicans (24-17):
— split their last six games SU
— 13-6 ATS as an underdog.
— over 3-1 last four games.
— 4-2 ATS if they played the night before
Knicks (23-17):
— won/covered six of their last seven games
— 13-5 ATS as a favorite, 7-9 as a road underdog
— under 7-0 last seven games
— 2-5 ATS if they played night before.
Thunder (24-12):
— won four of their last five games.
— 11-3 ATS as a home favorite, 7-2 as a road dog.
— over 9-2 last eleven home games
— 3-1 ATS if they played night before.
Magic (22-18):
— 1-3 SU/ATS last four games
— 12-5 ATS at home, 5-1 as a home dog.
— under 5-0 last five games.
76ers (25-13):
— 3-4 last seven games SU.
— 18-8 ATS as a favorite, 5-6 as an underdog.
— under 5-2 last seven games.
— 2-6 ATS if they played night before.
Suns (21-18):
— split their last six games SU.
— 10-19 ATS as a favorite.
— over 3-1 last four games
Trailblazers (10-29):
— 1-7 SU/2-6 ATS in last eight games.
— 5-2 ATS last seven home games
— under 5-2 last seven road games
— 5-2 ATS if they played night before.
Kings (21-14):
— split their last eight games SU.
— 9-2 ATS as an underdog.
— under 4-1 last five games
— 1-5 ATS if they played night before.
Spurs (7-32):
— covered six of their last seven games
— 7-10 ATS as a home underdog, 8-10 as a road dog.
— under 6-1-1 last eight games.
— 3-0 ATS as a favorite
Raptors (15-25):
— lost five of their last six games.
— 9-7 ATS as a favorite.
— over 5-1 last six games.
Jazz (21-20):
— won/covered their last six games.
— 16-4 ATS at home
— 7-12 ATS as a road underdog.
— over 3-2 last five home games
Wizards (7-32):
— 1-7 SU/3-5 ATS last eight games
— 6-9 ATS as a home underdog.
— under 6-1 last seven road games.
NBA has a scheduling thing now where sometimes, a team will go to a city for three nights and play the same team twice (to save travel costs), with a day off in between.
So far this season, it has happened 26 times, so 52 games; underdogs are 32-20 ATS in those games, over 30-22 (13-13 first night, 17-9 second night)
