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**Udog** · 05-23-2015, 09:22 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

Seven players still playing in NBA playoffs who used to be Knicks........

-- JR Smith-- Shooters are really useful on most teams.

-- Timofey Mozgov-- Throw-in when they traded for Carmelo Anthony.

-- Iman Shumpert-- No truth to rumor Knicks are drafting Salami from The White Shadow with the #4 pick next month.

-- Pablo Prigioni-- Mike Woodson deserves credit for improving his game LY.

-- Corey Brewer-- Played 46 games for Knicks two years ago.

-- David Lee-- This is good place to mention that Phil Jackson makes $12M/year.

-- Trevor Ariza-- Who wouldn't want this guy on their team?

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind........

13) Orioles 8, Marlins 5-- Showalter vs Jennings is one of worst managerial mismatches in major league history.

12) Miami also has four starting pitchers on the DL; they've lost eight games in a row and the nitwit owner will probably try to sell all the players before August 1. But hey, they've got a neat sculpture behind the centerfield fence.

11) As far as reducing the baseball schedule from 162 to 154 games a year, how will owners explain the loss of a week's worth of TV ad revenue? Will players take a pay reduction to match the 8-game reduction? Didn't think so.

10) ESPN's Pedro Gomez has a son who pitches at U of Arizona.

9) Dodgers 2, Padres 1- San Diego has scored a total of five runs in Andrew Cashner's last six starts.

8) Not only does he get no offensive support, but Cashner (12) and Jonathan Niese (8) lead MLB in unearned runs allowed this season, so his defense has been poor behind him too- one of these years he's going to have a great year.

7) Cubs are now 14-6 when Dexter Fowler gets on base 2+ times, 9-12 when he does not.

6) Judge Judy makes $47M a year? Seriously?

5) Who is Jennifer Garner's agent? She is on a lot of commercials lately.

4) If Kobe Bryant plays after next season, sounds like it won't be for the Lakers, who have to start to re-build from the ground up.

3) Read somewhere that Houston Texans are favored to be featured on HBO's Hard Knocks this summer; would rather see the Redskins, since Daniel Snyder is such a beloved figure- would enjoy seeing him in action.

2) For selfish reasons, I hope Jeff Van Gundy doesn't take the Pelicans' job, since I enjoy his work on TV so much.

1) Arizona 5, Cubs 4 (13)-- D'backs got walk-off hit at 2:07am as they won for fifth game in row. Goldschmidt tied game with 10th inning homer.

**Udog** · 05-23-2015, 09:30 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Saturday, May 23

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ANAHEIM (61-24-0-9, 131 pts.) at CHICAGO (57-32-0-6, 120 pts.) - 5/23/2015, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CHICAGO is 34-17 ATS (+6.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
ANAHEIM is 61-33 ATS (+13.4 Units) in all games this season.
ANAHEIM is 10-4 ATS (+14.0 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5 or less this season.
ANAHEIM is 37-18 ATS (+10.6 Units) second half of the season this season.
ANAHEIM is 21-6 ATS (+14.2 Units) on Saturday games over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 35-19 ATS (+10.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
ANAHEIM is 226-207 ATS (+448.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season since 1996.
CHICAGO is 61-56 ATS (-47.2 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 7-5 (+3.3 Units) against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 7-5-0 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
8 of 10 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+6.0 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, May 23

Anaheim is 10-2 in playoffs this spring, winning four of five on road- over is 5-3-2 in last ten games, 1-0-2 in this series. Chicago won five of last eight games with Anaheim, but lost four of last five played here- road team won eight of last ten series games- under is 9-2-2 in last 13 series tilts. Over is 7-3-3 in last 13 Chicago games. Ducks outhit Chicago 116-72 in last two games- they're 1-7 on power play in this series, but scored on only chance in Game 3. Chicago is 2-13 on power play in series- they haven't scored a third period goal yet in series.

2015 NHL playoffs
Tampa Bay vs NY Rangers
NYR 2-1, -$143, U5
TB 6-2, +$128, O5
TB 6-5, -$130, O5
NYR 5-1, +$129, O5

Chicago vs Anaheim
Ana 4-1, -$135, N5
Chi 3-2, 3OT, +$113, N5
Ana 2-1, +$145, U5

NHL

Saturday, May 23

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
ANAHEIM vs. CHICAGO
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Anaheim's last 11 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Anaheim is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Chicago is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Chicago's last 20 games when playing Anaheim

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**Udog** · 05-23-2015, 10:26 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Saturday, May 23

Anaheim @ Chicago

Game 65-66
May 23, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Anaheim
13.258
Chicago
11.068
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Anaheim
by 2
5 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
-160
5
Dunkel Pick:
Anaheim
(+140); Over

**Udog** · 05-23-2015, 02:08 PM

NHL

Saturday, May 23

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What bettors need to know: Ducks at Blackhawks
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Anaheim Ducks at Chicago Blackhawks (-151, 5)

Ducks lead series 2-1

After bouncing back from a triple-overtime loss to hand Chicago its first home defeat of the postseason, the Anaheim Ducks look to move within one victory of a spot in the Stanley Cup final when they visit the Blackhawks for Game 4 of the Western Conference final on Saturday. Anaheim fell to 6-1 at Honda Center in the playoffs on Tuesday as Marcus Kruger scored at 16:12 of the third extra session to give Chicago a 3-2 triumph and even the series at one win apiece.

The Ducks returned the favor two nights later, when defenseman Simon Despres tallied in the final minute of the second period to snap a tie and hand the Blackhawks a 2-1 setback. Despres' goal was the first of his playoff career while Patrick Maroon netted his fifth this postseason as Anaheim improved to 10-2 - with both losses occurring after regulation. Patrick Kane was kept off the scoresheet in the first two games of the matchup but broke through Thursday with the lone tally for Chicago, which fell to 5-1 at United Center. A loss in Game 4 would make it the third straight postseason in which the Blackhawks fell into a 1-3 series deficit, which they overcame to defeat Detroit in the 2013 conference semfinals and from which they rallied to even last year's conference final before losing to Los Angeles in Game 7.

TV: 8 p.m. ET, NBC, CBC, TVA

LINE HISTORY: The Blackhawks opened at -147 before being bet up to -151. The opening total of 5 has not moved.

INJURY REPORT: Ducks - D Sheldon Souray (Out-Wrist) Blackhawks - D Michal Rosival (Out-Ankle)

ABOUT THE DUCKS: Ryan Getzlaf helped set up both of his team's goals in Game 3, raising his playoff total to a league-leading 14 assists. The captain has netted only two tallies on 34 shots, an amount that ranked him 24th among all players entering Friday and has coach Bruce Boudreau scratching his head. "We all want him to shoot more," Boudreau said. "You have to honor the fact that if he does shoot, it's a great shot. ... Believe me, as coaches, there's times during the course of the year we could wring his neck because he doesn't shoot."

ABOUT THE BLACKHAWKS: As if being pushed to the brink of elimination wouldn't be bad enough with a loss on Saturday, Chicago would have to begin - as well as finish - its comeback in Anaheim if it was to advance to the Cup final. Given the Ducks' success at home, that task would be extremely difficult to complete. "This game coming up is huge," forward Bradon Saad said. "It's pretty much a must-win for us. ... We don't want to get in a position where we have to fight and crawl out of a hole."

TRENDS:

*Road team is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings.
*Blackhawks are 5-0 in their last 5 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.
*Under is 10-1 in the last 11 meetings in Chicago.
*Over is 6-1-2 in Blackhawks last 9 Conference Finals games.

CONSENSUS: 65.64 percent of users are on the Blackhawks with 57.8 percent on the over.

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