Thread watched CNOTES 2023-2024 NBA TRENDS, NEWS, BEST BETS AND OPINIONS THRU THE PLAYOFFS !

[Udog]

J.B. Bickerstaff is 60-89 ATS (-37.9 Units) in the second half of the season (Coach of CLEVELAND)

DETROIT is 47-27 Under (17.3 Units) versus poor defensive teams - shooting pct defense of >=46% - 2nd half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

Nick Nurse is 15-36 ATS (-24.6 Units) in road games versus poor offensive teams - scoring <=108 points/game (All games)

ATLANTA is 13-40 ATS (-31 Units) in road games after having won 2 of their last 3 games in the last 3 seasons.




NBA

Saturday, April 6

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Cleveland @ LA Lakers
Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games on the road
LA Lakers
LA Lakers is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of LA Lakers's last 7 games at home

Detroit @ Brooklyn
Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Detroit's last 14 games on the road
Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 5 games when playing Detroit
Brooklyn is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Detroit

Philadelphia @ Memphis
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Memphis
Memphis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
Memphis is 4-0-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Atlanta @ Denver
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Atlanta's last 9 games when playing Denver
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing on the road against Denver
Denver
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Denver's last 9 games when playing Atlanta
Denver is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta


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NBA
Long Sheet

Saturday, April 6

 

[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Saturday, April 6

 

[Cnotes53]

SATURDAY, APRIL 6​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CLE at LAL	03:30 PM	LAL -4.5 O 229.0	+500 +500
DET at BK	07:00 PM	BK -9.0 O 214.5	+500 +500
PHI at MEM	08:00 PM	MEM +12.5 U 211.5	+500 +500
ATL at DEN	09:00 PM	DEN -12.0 O 221.0	+500 +500

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Sunday’s 6-pack:
Major league leaders in batting average:
.459— Will Smith, Dodgers
.448— Spencer Steer, Reds
.429— Michael Taylor, Pirates
.417— Logan O’Hoppe, Angels
.415— Mookie Betts, Dodgers
.406— Ryan McMahon, Rockies

Quote of the Day
“Everyone is going through their own struggles. Be kind.”
Anonymous

Sunday’s quiz
Before this year’s Marlins, what was the last major league team to start a season 0-9?

Saturday’s quiz
In the baseball movie The Natural, Wilford Brimley played the manager of the New York Knights.

Friday’s quiz
In the old TV show Las Vegas, Cheryl Ladd played James Caan’s wife.



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

— Purdue 63, NC State 50
Purdue never trailed, held NC State to 36.8% from the floor.
Purdue out-rebounded the Wolfpack, 41-28.
64 possessions; slow pace. Three Boilers played 38:00+.

— If I had a vote, I’d vote for Purdue coach Matt Painter as Coach of the Year in college basketball; his team lost in the first round as a #1-seed last year, only the second time that has ever happened, had to be a tough summer for him, but now they’re one win away from doing the same thing Virginia did, winning a national title the year after they got beat by a #16-seed.

— UConn 86, Alabama 72
Huskies outscored Alabama 42-32 in second half.
63-possession game, slowest-paced game Alabama played all season.
Last two years, UConn is 11-0 SU/ATS in NCAA Tourney games.

— Early line on Monday’s championship game:
UConn, -6.5 vs Purdue

— San Antonio 20, Memphis 19
Memphis led 16-0 after three quarters.
Brahmas scored two TD’s in the last 0:48 of game.
San Antonio QB Garbers threw for 287 yards, three TD’s.

— St Louis 27, Arlington 24
Battlehawks kicked a 22-yard FG at the gun for their first win.
St Louis led 14-11 at halftime.
Arlington was 6-11 on third down, St Louis 3-10.

— Famous birthdays for April 7th:
Janis Ian, 73
Tony Dorsett, 70
Jackie Chan, 70
Thurl Bailey, 63
Ronde/Tiki Barber, 49
Adrian Beltre, 45
Josh Hader, 30

— A’s 4, Detroit 0
Paul Blackburn is 2-0, 0.00 in 13 IP this season.
Rest of the A’s are 0-7, outscored 46-15.

— Dodgers 4, Cubs 1
Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s last two starts:
10 IP, seven baserunners, no runs allowed, with 13 strikeouts.

— Cardinals 3, Marlins 1
Marlins are first MLB team since 2016 to start a season 0-9.
Steven Matz threw five shutout IP.

— Pirates 5, Orioles 4 (11)
Don’t look now, but Pittsburgh is off to a 7-2 start.
Joey Bart had a HR/double in his first two AB’s for the Pirates.

— Braves 9, Diamondbacks 8
Arizona led 6-0 after the top of the first.
Austin Riley had the game-winning single in the 8th inning,

— Rays 8, Rockies 6
Colorado led 6-1 after six innings.
Yandy Diaz had the game-winning single for Tampa Bay.
Sometimes here in Las Vegas, the unpleasant aspects of gambling pop up; while I was watching the Tampa Bay-Colorado game, there was a guy sitting in front of me who bet on the Rays, and for the 2:45 of this 3:03 game, he did nothing but bitch and moan about every aspect of his bet, which was Tampa Bay and over.
If you bet the over on f-bombs this guy used, it probably went over the total in the third inning; Colorado led this game 6-1 after six innings. Dressed like an undercover cop, with long hair, a ski cap and sunglasses, his response when the Rays rallied late to take the lead was “It’s about time” When the Rays won, he got to the cashier, got his money and quietly bolted.

— Baseball injuries:
Cleveland P Shane Bieber (elbow) is out for the year.
Atlanta P Spencer Strider (UCL) is going on the IL.

— One of the best parts of casinos here are the good conversations you have with total strangers; had a few this week with a guy who is an options trader, but also has done some acting work in movies. He showed me a picture Saturday of himself with the late James Caan in a movie they were both in— that had to be pretty cool.

— Was watching the A’s play Friday morning here; there were only two other people watching the game in the sportsbook, and one of those guys was on the phone with his brother somewhere in the eastern time zone. Apparently the brother is having some personal problems.
The guy was loud; he said, at least five times to his brother:”This is just between the two of us” forgetting that I was five feet behind him, and the people selling betting tickets 30 feet away could hear him, too.
The brothers are in business together; the eastern brother’s marriage is falling apart, and there are rumors his personal assistant could be a reason why. Hopefully everything will turn out OK, but I wouldn’t count on the Las Vegas brother to keep things quiet.

— Modern college basketball: 11 of the 20 players who started in the Final Four Saturday transferred to their current team.

 

[Udog]

DALLAS are 10-0 Under (10 Units) in home games after covering 4 of their last 5 against the spread in the current season.

LA CLIPPERS are 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) off 2 or more consecutive home wins in the current season.

MIAMI is 14-3 Under (10.7 Units) in road games after having won 5 or 6 of their last 7 games in the current season.

CHICAGO is 12-2 Over (9.8 Units) in a road game where the total is 210 to 219.5 in the current season.

CHARLOTTE is 43-65 ATS (-28.5 Units) after having lost 5 or 6 of their last 7 games in the last 3 seasons.

PHOENIX is 14-3 ATS (10.7 Units) after scoring 100 points or less over the last 2 seasons.

TORONTO is 49-70 ATS (-28 Units) after 1 or more consecutive unders in the last 3 seasons.

BOSTON is 11-2 ATS (8.8 Units) in home games on Sunday games over the last 2 seasons.

SAN ANTONIO is 14-5 ATS (8.5 Units) in home games revenging a same season loss vs opponent in the current season.

NEW YORK is 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) in road games after scoring 100 points or less over the last 2 seasons.

BROOKLYN is 40-24 Over (13.6 Units) versus horrible foul drawing teams - attempting <=21 free throws/game in the last 3 seasons.

GOLDEN STATE is 18-6 ATS (11.4 Units) after having won 2 of their last 3 games in the current season.

MINNESOTA is 12-3 Over (8.7 Units) after allowing 105 points or less 2 straight games in the current season.

 

[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Sunday, April 7

 

[Udog]

NBA

Sunday, April 7

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Houston @ Dallas
Houston
Houston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games
Dallas
Dallas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Cleveland @ LA Clippers
Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers
Cleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing LA Clippers
LA Clippers
LA Clippers is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Cleveland
LA Clippers is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Cleveland

Miami @ Indiana
Miami
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Miami's last 8 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Indiana's last 8 games when playing at home against Miami
Indiana is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Portland @ Boston
Portland
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Portland's last 9 games when playing Boston
Portland is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Boston is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games

Washington @ Toronto
Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games when playing Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing at home against Washington

New Orleans @ Phoenix
New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Orleans's last 7 games when playing Phoenix
New Orleans is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Phoenix's last 11 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Phoenix's last 7 games when playing New Orleans

Oklahoma City @ Charlotte
Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oklahoma City's last 5 games when playing on the road against Charlotte
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Oklahoma City's last 7 games
Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 5 games when playing at home against Oklahoma City
Charlotte is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Oklahoma City

Chicago @ Orlando
Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 19 of Chicago's last 25 games when playing Orlando
Orlando
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando's last 5 games at home
Orlando is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Chicago

Philadelphia @ San Antonio
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Philadelphia is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Antonio's last 5 games

New York @ Milwaukee
New York
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New York's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New York's last 6 games on the road
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing New York
Milwaukee is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against New York

Sacramento @ Brooklyn
Sacramento
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Sacramento's last 7 games when playing on the road against Brooklyn
Sacramento is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Brooklyn
Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Brooklyn's last 7 games when playing at home against Sacramento
Brooklyn is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Sacramento

Utah @ Golden State
Utah
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Utah's last 7 games on the road
Golden State
Golden State is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Utah
Golden State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Utah

Minnesota @ LA Lakers
Minnesota
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
LA Lakers
LA Lakers is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
LA Lakers is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home


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[Udog]

NBA
Long Sheet

Sunday, April 7

 

[Cnotes53]

SUNDAY, APRIL 7​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CLE at LAC	03:30 PM	LAC -3.5 O 219.0	+500 +500
HOU at DAL	03:30 PM	DAL -8.5 O 226.0	+500 +500
MIA at IND	05:00 PM	IND -1.5 U 227.5	+500 +500
WAS at TOR	06:00 PM	TOR -4.5 U 233.0	+500 +500
OKC at CHA	06:00 PM	CHA +9.0 U 218.5	+500 +500
POR at BOS	06:00 PM	BOS -16.0 O 216.0	+500 +500
NO at PHO	06:00 PM	NO +6.0 O 222.0	+500 +500
CHI at ORL	06:00 PM	ORL -7.5 U 209.5	+500 +500
PHI at SA	07:00 PM	PHI -6.0 O 227.0	+500 +500
NY at MIL	07:00 PM	MIL -4.0 O 218.0	+500 +500
SAC at BK	07:30 PM	BK +8.0 U 216.0	+500 +500
UTA at GS	08:30 PM	GS -11.5 U 226.5	+500 +500
MIN at LAL	10:00 PM	MIN +2.0 O 218.5	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

Monday’s 6-pack:
Major league leaders in hits:
37— Mookie Betts, LA
29— Shohei Ohtani, LA
28— Jose Altuve, Hst
27— Teoscar Hernandez LA/Bobby Witt KC
26— Ketel Marte Az/Michael Conforto SF/Spencer Steer Cin
25— Marcell Ozuna Atl/Tyler O’Neill Bos

Quote of the Day
“I think he’s going to show people why he’s the best running back in the league…….being able to see Saquon (Barkley) up close and personal, being in the same locker room, on the same team, man, he’s a different guy when he’s on that field, honestly.”
Eagles’ WR Parris Campbell

Monday’s quiz
Who was the basketball coach at Kentucky before John Calipari?

Sunday’s quiz
Before this year’s Marlins, the 2016 Braves were the last major league team to start a season 0-9.

Saturday’s quiz
In the baseball movie The Natural, Wilford Brimley played the manager of the New York Knights.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Sunday…….​

— OK, so this came out of nowhere; John Calipari is bolting from Kentucky to Arkansas; if this had happened last Monday, would’ve assumed it was a (bad) April Fools Day joke.

Kentucky was 23-10 this year, 13-5 in a tough SEC, with the #317 continuity team in America, but in the three years since the pandemic, Kentucky is 1-3 in NCAA tournament games, which doesn’t fly with a very spoiled fanbase.
Calipari spent 15 years at Kentucky; he made the Elite 8 five of his first six years there, but lately, not so much. Overall, Kentucky was 32-11 overall in NCAA Tournament games under Calipari.

Calipari is a great coach; he got freakin’ UMass to the Final Four. Will he change his approach at Arkansas? Will he use the transfer portal more and recruit fewer freshmen? Will he bring his son Brad along with him? Brad Calipari was an assistant at Vanderbilt the last couple years.
Where Kentucky turns from here (Mick Cronin?) is a very interesting question. .

— One thing for sure; college sports if off its rocker; crazy stuff going on.

— Pirates 3, Orioles 2- Pittsburgh is 8-2 for first time since 2018; they’re already 5-0 in games where the winning run scored from the 7th inning on.

— Marlins 10, Cardinals 3- Miami gets its first win this year in its 10th game; Luis Arraez went 4-5 with three runs scored. Marlins scored six runs in the first inning.

— Cubs 8, Dodgers 1- Early part of this game was played in cruddy weather; there was nearly a 3-hour rain delay after the Cubs led 6-0.

— Rays 3, Rockies 2- Ryan Pepiot tossed six shutout innings, struck out 11 while allowing only three hits.

— Famous birthdays for April 8th:
Ricky Bell, 69
Terry Porter, 61
Robin Wright, 58
Carlos Santana, 38 (first baseman, not the singer)
Jeff McNeil, 32
Zach Eflin, 30
CeeDee Lamb, 25

Today would’ve been Hall of Fame pitcher Catfish Hunter’s 78th birthday.

— Astros 3, Rangers 1- Houston pitcher Ronel Blanco is the first pitcher in the last 50 years (50 years!!!) to start a season by throwing 13 no-hit innings.

— A’s 7, Tigers 1- A’s are 3-0 when they score in the first inning, 0-7 when they do not.

— Giants 3, Padres 2- San Francisco scored a total of six runs in this 3-game series, somehow won two of the three games.

— Red Sox 12, Angels 2- Boston starts the season with a 7-3 road trip; their home opener is Tuesday against the Orioles.

— Royals 5, White Sox 3- Chicago is off to a 1-8 start, 0-5 in games where the winning run scored from the 7th inning on.

— Birmingham 20, Michigan 13
Stallions outgained Michigan 302-205, held Panthers to 47 rushing yards.
Birmingham backup QB Martinez threw for 88 yards, ran for 65 more.

— DC Defenders 23, Houston 18
Defenders outscored Houston 11-0 in fourth quarter.
Houston converted 3-13 on third down against Gregg Williams’ defense.
Jordan Ta’amu threw a 17-yard TD pass with 6:04 left for the winning score.

 

[Udog]

No games today. Season resumes tomorrow.

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Tuesday’s 6-pack:
If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):

American League
— Division leaders: Bronx, Cleveland, Texas/Angels
— Wild Cards: Red Sox, then 2 of 3 out of Royals, Tigers, AL West #2

National League
— Division leaders: Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles

— Wild Cards: Brewers, Reds, Cubs

Quote of the Day
“Honestly, it was just weird. I’m facing big league hitters, I was aware of that. I was being more careful than I usually would. Usually, I would just throw it over the plate. Then I was really amped up too. I was really excited to pitch. Bad combination I guess.”
Giants’ P Blake Snell

Tuesday’s quiz
Fifty years ago this week, Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s record; who did he hit that home run against?

Monday’s quiz
Billy Gillispie was the basketball coach at Kentucky before John Calipari; he went 40-27 in his two years there, 20-12 in SEC games.

Sunday’s quiz
Before this year’s Marlins, the 2016 Braves were the last major league team to start a season 0-9.



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

— UConn 75, Purdue 60
UConn wins the national title for second year in a row.
Zach Edey scored 37 points, the other Boilermakers 23.
Last two years, Huskies are 12-0 SU/ATS in the NCAA Tournament.

— Purdue led 23-21 with 7:24 left in the first half, but trailed 36-30 at the half.

— UConn lost five of its top eight scorers from last year, and still won another national title. Really, a tremendous accomplishment.

— Saturday’s Final Four games were first time since 2018, and only 4th time since 2002 that both favorites covered in the national semi-finals.

— Last week’s Sweet 16 had five upsets in eight games, the most of any Sweet 16 since 2011.

— Big 14 still hasn’t won a national title in college basketball since Michigan State in 2000.

— I’m sitting in the Rampart Casino sportsbook yesterday for the first time; nice place. Friend of mine is talking to this older guy while we’re sitting there watching baseball. Eventually we get up to leave, I say good night to the older guy and he says to me, “You need a hair cut!!!”
Thanks, buddy.

— Famous birthdays for April 9th:
Rob Scribner, 73
Dennis Quaid, 70
Kyle Macy, 67
Kirk McCaskill, 63
Bo Kimble, 58
Zac Stacy, 33
Luis Arraez, 27

— Padres 9, Cubs 8
Chicago led this game 8-0 in the sixth inning,
Fernando Tatis had the game-winner, a 2-run homer in 8th inning,

— Nationals 8, Giants 1
Blake Snell had a rough debut with SF: 3 IP, 3 runs; 33 balls. 39 strikes.
Lane Thomas was 3-5 with three RBI for Washington.

— Marlins’ OF Bryan De La Cruz is off to a 14-48 (.292) start this season, but he hasn’t walked at all in his 48 at-bats. No walks, 11 strikeouts, one home run, one RBI.

— Pirates 7, Tigers 4
Bryan Reynolds hit his 100th career home run.
Pittsburgh is off to a 9-2 start.
Mitch Keller allowed two runs in 6 IP, with 9 strikeouts.

— Mets 8, Braves 7
Atlanta led 4-0 after three innings.
DJ Stewart hit the game-winning home in the 8th inning.

— Astros 10, Rangers 5
Texas scored five runs in bottom of 1st inning, but no more after that.
Yordan Alvarez was 3-5, with three runs scored, three RBI.

— Phillies 5, Cardinals 3 (10)
St Louis tied game with two runs in ninth inning.
Alec Bohm had the game-winning double in top of the 10th.

— Fifty years ago this week, Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s record.

 

[Udog]

PHILADELPHIA is 46-27 Over (16.3 Units) after 2+ road games in the last 3 seasons.

CHARLOTTE is 49-71 ATS (-29.1 Units) after having lost 4 or 5 of their last 6 games in the last 3 seasons.

TORONTO is 11-2 Over (8.8 Units) after scoring 130 points or more over the last 2 seasons.

Doc Rivers is 26-52 ATS (-31.2 Units) in home games revenging a close loss vs opponent of 3 points or less (All games)

ATLANTA is 1-11 ATS (-11.1 Units) in home games after allowing 130 points or more in the last 3 seasons.

CHICAGO is 11-2 ATS (8.8 Units) after a blowout loss by 15 points or more in the current season.

MINNESOTA is 114-79 Over (27.1 Units) against Southeast division opponents since 1996.

MEMPHIS are 25-11 ATS (12.9 Units) after 2 consecutive non-conference games in the last 3 seasons.

ORLANDO is 16-6 Over (9.4 Units) in road games after allowing 105 points or less over the last 2 seasons.

OKLAHOMA CITY is 7-0 Over (7 Units) in home games against Pacific division opponents in the current season.

DENVER is 1-10 ATS (-10 Units) after a game where they made 60% of their shots or better in the last 3 seasons.

LA CLIPPERS are 9-0 ATS (9 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games in the current season.

GOLDEN STATE is 14-1 ATS (12.9 Units) in road games after having won 2 of their last 3 games in the current season.

PORTLAND is 14-4 Over (9.6 Units) after successfully covering the spread in 3 or more consecutive games over the last 2 seasons.

 

[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Tuesday, April 9

 

[Udog]

NBA

Tuesday, April 9

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Trend Report
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Indiana @ Toronto
Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Indiana's last 5 games when playing Toronto
Indiana is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games
Toronto is 18-4 SU in its last 22 games when playing at home against Indiana

Detroit @ Philadelphia
Detroit
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Detroit's last 15 games on the road
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit

Dallas @ Charlotte
Dallas
Dallas is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games
Dallas is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games
Charlotte
Charlotte is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Charlotte's last 5 games at home

Miami @ Atlanta
Miami
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Miami's last 14 games when playing Atlanta
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Atlanta's last 14 games when playing Miami

Boston @ Milwaukee
Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Boston is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games when playing at home against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Milwaukee's last 12 games when playing at home against Boston

San Antonio @ Memphis
San Antonio
San Antonio is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
San Antonio is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Memphis
Memphis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Antonio
Memphis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Antonio

Sacramento @ Oklahoma City
Sacramento
Sacramento is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Sacramento's last 6 games on the road
Oklahoma City
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Oklahoma City's last 8 games
Oklahoma City is 19-3 SU in its last 22 games at home

New York @ Chicago
New York
The total has gone OVER in 7 of New York's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New York's last 7 games on the road
Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chicago's last 7 games when playing at home against New York
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chicago's last 7 games

Washington @ Minnesota
Washington
Washington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Washington is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Minnesota's last 12 games when playing Washington

Orlando @ Houston
Orlando
Orlando is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Houston
Orlando is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Houston's last 9 games at home

Denver @ Utah
Denver
Denver is 18-5 SU in its last 23 games
Denver is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Utah
Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Denver
Utah is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Denver

New Orleans @ Portland
New Orleans
New Orleans is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Portland
New Orleans is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Portland
Portland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Portland's last 5 games when playing at home against New Orleans
Portland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

LA Clippers @ Phoenix
LA Clippers
LA Clippers is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
LA Clippers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Phoenix's last 12 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 6 games when playing LA Clippers

Golden State @ LA Lakers
Golden State
Golden State is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Golden State is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
LA Lakers
LA Lakers is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Golden State
LA Lakers is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Golden State


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[Udog]

NBA
Long Sheet

Tuesday, April 9

 

[Cnotes53]

TUESDAY, APRIL 9​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
IND at TOR	07:00 PM	TOR +12.5 O 239.5	+500 +500
DAL at CHA	07:00 PM	CHA +13.0 O 223.0	+500 +500
DET at PHI	07:00 PM	DET +15.5 U 223.0	+500 +500
MIA at ATL	07:30 PM	MIA -4.0 O 220.5	+500 +500
BOS at MIL	07:30 PM	BOS -2.0 O 228.0	+500 +500
WAS at MIN	08:00 PM	WAS +16.5 O 224.0	+500 +500
SAC at OKC	08:00 PM	OKC -5.5 O 227.0	+500 +500
SA at MEM	08:00 PM	SA -4.5 U 216.5	+500 +500
ORL at HOU	08:00 PM	ORL -3.0 O 216.5	+500 +500
NY at CHI	08:00 PM	CHI +4.5 U 212.5	+500 +500
DEN at UTA	09:00 PM	UTA +15.0 O 225.0	+500 +500
LAC at PHO	10:00 PM	PHO -7.0 O 226.0	+500 +500
NO at POR	10:00 PM	NO -13.0 U 213.0	+500 +500
GS at LAL	10:00 PM	GS +2.5 O 235.0	+500 +500

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Bucks beat the Celtics 104-91 Tuesday:
— Boston is first team EVER not to take any foul shots in a game.
— Milwaukee was only 1-2 on the foul line in this game.
— Bucks led 63-43 at halftime.
— Giannis Antetokounmpo strained his left calf- bad news.
— Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis didn’t play for Boston.
— Previous record for fewest combined foul shots in a game was 11.

Quote of the Day
“He’s inspiring. He’s upbeat. No challenge is ever too much for him. There are very few guys who have impacted players that Ron Washington has, especially in a coaching role.”
Giants’ manager Bob Melvin, talking about the Angels’ manager

Wednesday’s quiz
What was the last team to beat UConn in the NCAA Tournament?

Tuesday’s quiz
Fifty years ago this week, Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s record; he hit that home run against the Dodgers.

Monday’s quiz
Billy Gillispie was the basketball coach at Kentucky before John Calipari; he went 40-27 in his two years there, 20-12 in SEC games.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….

— Two weeks in Las Vegas is always fun; hung out with friends, watched lot of games, even made a few bucks gambling, but after two weeks, it is good to be home.

Took me 13 hours Tuesday to get from my hotel room in Las Vegas to my living room in upstate New York; I’m not at my best being around a lot of people. Will be fun to chill here at home by myself the next couple of days.

— I’ll repeat myself: DuPar’s in the SunCoast casino has the best pancakes I’ve ever had.

— There are murmurs on the Interweb that a part of the reason that John Calipari left Kentucky for Arkansas is that he wanted to hire his son Brad as an assistant coach, and the powers-that-be weren’t real receptive to that.

Brad Calipari was director of on-court player development at Vanderbilt this past season; the Commodores went 9-23, and head coach Jerry Stackhouse and his staff was fired.

Will be interesting to see if Brad Calipari surfaces at Arkansas with his father.

— A’s 4, Rangers 3- Oakland C Shea Langeliers knocked in all four A’s runs with three homers, as the spunky A’s won their third consecutive game- they’re 3-1 on the road, 1-7 at home.

— White Sox 7, Guardians 5- Teams had been 0 for their last 41 with runners in scoring position against Cleveland, but they scored five runs in the first inning here, against Logan Allen, who I added to my fantasy team this week (then cut him when Chicago scored their 5th run in this game).

It is only April 10th and I’ve already cut two pitchers off my fantasy team, while they were still pitching in a game; I could never be a doctor, because I have no patience. (its a joke, kind of)

Cleveland tied the game, but Dominic Fletcher won it with a 2-run double in the top of the 8th inning for the Pale Hose.

— Tigers 5, Pirates 3- Pittsburgh was three outs from a 10-2 start, but Detroit scored four runs in the 9th inning, to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

— Rays 6, Angels 4- José Caballero went 3-4, with two runs scored, two RBI, as Tampa Bay evened its record at 6-6.

— Famous birthdays for April 10th:
Mel Blount, 76
Ken Griffey Sr., 74
Steve Tasker, 62
Scott Bentley, 50
Kenny Satterfield, 43
Robert Woods, 32
Jake Burger, 28

The late actor Chuck Connors was born on April 10, 1921; he was The Rifleman on TV, and also played in both pro basketball (53 games for Boston) and major league baseball (67 games from 1949-51, mostly for the Cubs)

The late actor Harry Morgan (Colonel Potter on M*A*S*H) was born on April 10, 1915

— Baseball injuries:
Houston P Framber Valdez (elbow)
Angels’ P Chase Silseth (elbow)
White Sox 3B Yoan Moncada (adductor)
Red Sox 2B Trevor Story (shoulder) is out for the year.

— In December 2019, Washington Nationals signed star P Stephen Strasburg to a 7-year, $245M contract that didn’t turn out so well. Having just won the World Series, Washington spent some cash on one of its stars, but Strasburg was 1-4, 6.89 in 31 innings after the contract was signed.

Strasburg retired this week; since he signed the contract, Washington is 221-335- they won 90+ games in three of his last four healthy seasons.

— Braves 6, Mets 5
Atlanta led 5-0 in 4th inning, hung on for dear life.
Ronald Acuna was 2-3, stole three bases, scored three runs.
Reynaldo López tossed six shutout IP, before the bullpen’s rough night.

— Royals 4, Astros 3 (10)
Royals are 7-4, Houston is 4-8.
Astros led 3-0 in 5th inning; throwing error by Bregman tied the game 3-3.
Salvador Perez had a walk-off single in the 10th inning,

— Dodgers 6, Twins 3
Tyler Glasnow had 14 strikeouts while throwing seven shutout innings; he threw only 88 pitches. Since 1988, that is the fewest number of pitches thrown by a hurler with 14+ strikeouts in a game.

— Blue Jays 5, Mariners 3
Chris Bassitt needed 115 pitches to get 20 outs, the most pitches thrown in a game this season.

Seattle is off to a disappointing 4-8 start.

— Baltimore Orioles are calling #1 prospect Jackson Holliday up from the minor leagues; the son of former big leaguer Matt Holliday, the 20-year old infielder hit .333 in ten AAA games this month.

— Favorites did unusually well in the NCAA Tournament:
Favorites went 39-28 ATS in all the games, best favorites have done since 2008.

In the seven games from the Elite 8 on, favorites were 6-1 ATS, best they’ve done since 1981.

Tournament favorites of 8+ points went 20-5 ATS, the best they’ve ever d0ne.

Top-3 seeds went 21-10 ATS against #4 or lower seeds, their best record since 2009.

 

[Udog]

MEMPHIS are 11-2 Under (8.8 Units) playing on back-to-back days in the current season.

CHARLOTTE is 19-39 ATS (-23.9 Units) in road games after having lost 4 or 5 of their last 6 games in the last 3 seasons.

TORONTO is 85-57 Under (22.3 Units) in road games in April games since 1996.

DALLAS are 7-0 ATS (7 Units) in road games playing on back-to-back days in the current season.

SAN ANTONIO is 9-1 Under (7.9 Units) after covering 4 of their last 5 against the spread in the current season.

MILWAUKEE is 9-1 Under (7.9 Units) after playing 4 consecutive home games over the last 2 seasons.

MINNESOTA is 10-2 Over (7.8 Units) playing on back-to-back days in the current season.

PHOENIX is 11-1 ATS (9.9 Units) in road games after scoring 100 points or less over the last 2 seasons.

 

[Udog]

NBA

Wednesday, April 10

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Trend Report
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Memphis @ Cleveland
Memphis
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Memphis's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Memphis's last 14 games on the road
Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Cleveland's last 9 games

Charlotte @ Atlanta
Charlotte
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Charlotte's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Charlotte's last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Atlanta's last 12 games

Toronto @ Brooklyn
Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Toronto's last 8 games when playing Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Brooklyn's last 8 games when playing Toronto

Dallas @ Miami
Dallas
Dallas is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games
Dallas is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games
Miami
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games
Miami is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

San Antonio @ Oklahoma City
San Antonio
San Antonio is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
San Antonio is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is 20-3 SU in its last 23 games at home
Oklahoma City is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing San Antonio

Orlando @ Milwaukee
Orlando
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Orlando's last 15 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Orlando's last 23 games
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Orlando
Milwaukee is 15-1 SU in its last 16 games when playing Orlando

Minnesota @ Denver
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Denver
Minnesota is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Denver
Denver is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Denver is 18-4 SU in its last 22 games at home

Phoenix @ LA Clippers
Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Phoenix's last 5 games
Phoenix is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers
LA Clippers
LA Clippers is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
LA Clippers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Phoenix


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