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**Udog** · 05-10-2016, 07:38 AM

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

-- Miami 94, Toronto 87 OT-- Good night for Commissioner Silver's league.

-- Golden State 132, Portland 125 OT-- A great, great basketball game.

-- Steph Curry is listed at 6-3, 190. You can become a great basketball player by working your butt off. Curry is one of the two best basketball players on the planet and he is 6-3, 190.

-- Curry scored 40 points, wth 9 rebounds, 8 assists; he didn't start. He was +21 in an overtime playoff game. On the road. He played 36:34 after missing four games.

-- Put it this way: Charles Barkley was lost for words on the postgame show.

-- Curry: Davidson, Lillard: Weber State, McCollum: Lehigh, Thompson: Wash St. Lot of great college basketball played all over the country.

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Armadillo: Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but......

13) Would the Angels trade Mike Trout?

Halos are in deep trouble, with three starting pitchers and SS Simmons now on the shelf for an extended time. LA's farm system hasn't been very productive (other than Trout) and Anaheim is in deep trouble. How do they get better?

They're stuck with Albert Pujols' contract and they're paying Josh Hamilton to sit on the DL in Texas-- trading Trout would net a significant return, but it would also put up a white flag and turn off people who pay to come to the ballpark in Anaheim.

12) A high school in McKinney, TX is spending $62.5M to build a 12,000-seat HS football stadium. $62.5M.....for a high school football stadium.

11) Mike Krzyzewski had hernia surgery last week, his 2nd surgery since Duke's season ended. Coach K will turn 70 during the season next winter. I don't envy the guy who takes his place at Duke-- the bar has been set impossibly high.

10) College basketball transfers......
-- Canyon Barry (Rick's son) from Charleston to Florida.
-- LG Gill from Duquesne to Maryland
-- Miles Reynolds from Saint Louis to Pacific
-- Lew Evans from Utah State to Tennessee.

9) Interesting doubleheader at Barclay's Center in Brooklyn on Dec 11: Hofstra will play Kentucky, St John's will play LIU. Curious to see how much better Johnnies will be in Chris Mullin's second year as coach.

8) Krispy Kreme donuts sold the company for $1.35B yesterday; smaller donuts than what they sell at Dunkin' Donuts, but I guess lot of people like them. Myself, I'm for bigger donuts, but to each their own.

7) Sean McDonough was named to replace Mike Tirico on Monday Night Football. Tirico is off to NBC, as lot of people are jumping (or being pushed) off ESPN's boat.

6) Trent Dilfer, Ray Lewis, Cris Carter are off ESPN's NFL coverage; appears that Matt Hasselbeck, Randy Moss, Charles Woodson are in.

5) Sounds like MLB will throw the book at Jose Reyes; a suspension of 60-80 games, depending who you listen to. My question is this; an 80-game suspension goes past the July 31 trade deadline-- can you trade a player while he is suspended?

4) 2003/2004 Philadelphia Eagles are last team to repeat as NFC East champs, bad news for the Redskins, who won the division LY.

3) Yoenis Cespedes has 28 homers in 94 games with the Mets. A's are 104-146 since they traded Cespedes for Jonny Gomes and two months of Jon Lester. Then they got almost nothing in return from Toronto for Josh Donaldson. Been a bad couple of years for the Ivy League geniuses in the Oakland front office.

2) Former Bowling Green head coach Chris Jans was named special assistant to Gregg Marshall at Wichita State- he was a consultant in Wichita last winter. Bowling Green was 21-12 in Jans' only season at BG, one of their two winning seasons sinxe '05, but he got fired after an off-court incident where he was drunk, hit on a woman and the incident was recorded on someone's phone.

1) Heat 94, Raptors 87 OT-- Third OT game out of four in series, which is now 2-2.

**Udog** · 05-10-2016, 07:41 AM

NHL

Tuesday, May 10

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Tuesday's NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs betting preview: Capitals at Penguins
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Marc-Andre Fleury is ready to return between the pipes for the Penguins, but they will continue to ride the red-hot Matt Murray in Game 6.

Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins (A: +115, H: -135, O/U: 5)

Penguins lead series 3-2

The visiting Washington Capitals look to continue to turn the tables on the Pittsburgh Penguins and extend their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Tuesday when the Metropolitan Division rivals play Game 6 at Consol Energy Center. The Presidents' Trophy-winning Capitals, who staved off elimination on Saturday with a 3-1 victory, are hoping to avenge last season's playoff failure as they were unable to hold a 3-1 series lead against the New York Rangers.

"Now we're ... feeling pretty good about ourselves and maybe (the Penguins are) not feeling as good about themselves," Washington forward Jason Chimera told reporters Monday. "We have a better feeling going into the game now for sure." Pittsburgh is no stranger to seeing a 3-1 series advantage go by the boards, having lost the last three games of a set in both 2011 (versus Tampa Bay) and 2014 (against the Rangers). "You have to leave that behind you," Pittsburgh forward Patric Hornqvist said of Saturday's disappointing showing. "It's a new day (Tuesday) and a new game, a new opportunity. We have to take that one."

TV: 8 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, CBC, TVAS

PROBABLE GOALIES:

Capitals - Braden Holtby (W/L: 6-5, GAA: 1.53, SAVE %: .926)

Penguins - Matt Murray (W/L: 6-2, GAA: 1.96, SAVE %: .932)

INJURY REPORT:

Capitals - No injuries to report.

Penguins - RW B. Bennett (Questionable Tuesday, shoulder), D O. Maatta (Questionable Tuesday, head).

ABOUT THE CAPITALS (62-22-9, 35-30 O/U): Veteran defenseman Brooks Orpik told reporters on Monday that he is ready to move forward after serving a three-game suspension for a hit on Pittsburgh blue-liner Olli Maatta on April 30. "Nothing I can do about it," the former Penguin said. "Just watch. They were three games that could have gone either way. We're not in the position that we foresaw, but we have a good opportunity (Tuesday)." Captain Alex Ovechkin recorded a goal and an assist for the second time in three outings on Saturday, raising his series point total to five and playoff point tally to 10 (five goals, five assists).

ABOUT THE PENGUINS (55-28-9, 40-35 O/U): Coach Mike Sullivan isn't interested in making a switch as rookie goaltender Matt Murray is expected to get the nod over franchise netminder Marc-Andre Fleury. Murray yielded three goals on 19 shots Saturday to drop to 6-2 with a 1.96 goals-against average and .937 save percentage in eight consecutive starts in the playoffs. "The reality is, Marc is a terrific goalie. We know that," Sullivan told reporters of Fleury, who suffered a concussion on March 31. "Unfortunately he suffered an injury late in the season that kept him out for an extended period of time. That's a difficult circumstance. It's nobody's fault. It is what it is."

TRENDS:

* Capitals are 0-4 in their last 4 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
* Penguins are 21-6 in their last 27 home games.
* Under is 3-0-1 in Capitals last 4 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
* Under is 2-0-2 in Penguins last 4 overall.
* Home team is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

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**Udog** · 05-10-2016, 07:44 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Tuesday, May 10

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WASHINGTON (62-22-0-9, 133 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (55-28-0-9, 119 pts.) - 5/10/2016, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PITTSBURGH is 55-37 ATS (+7.6 Units) in all games this season.
PITTSBURGH is 22-9 ATS (+10.1 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5 or less this season.
PITTSBURGH is 37-18 ATS (+8.0 Units) second half of the season this season.
PITTSBURGH is 26-14 ATS (+7.6 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
PITTSBURGH is 14-5 ATS (+7.4 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game this season.
WASHINGTON is 62-31 ATS (+12.8 Units) in all games this season.
WASHINGTON is 59-45 ATS (+105.1 Units) in road games on Tuesday nights since 1996.
WASHINGTON is 14-5 ATS (+7.7 Units) in road games after a division game this season.
PITTSBURGH is 14-18 ATS (-17.1 Units) in home games when leading in a playoff series since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 11-7 (+3.5 Units) against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 11-7-0 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
10 of 15 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.7 Units)

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NHL
Short Sheet

Tuesday, May 10

Washington at Pittsburgh, 8:05 PM ET
Washington: 4-6 SU after 3 consecutive division games
Pittsburgh: 5-1 SU off a loss by 2 goals or more to a division rival

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, May 10

Pittsburgh-Washington (P 3-2)
Washington staved off elimination with its Game 5 win; they get D Orpik back here; he is their most physical defenseman, and a solid penalty killer. Home team is 4-1 in this series, with Caps losing 3-2 in both games here. Washington was outshot 31-19 in Game 5, but shut Pens out for the last 52:52 to stay alive. Penguins won four of last five home games, but are 1-16 on power play in series, Caps are 3-17. Pens won 11 of last 15 games; over is 7-4-3 in their last 14 games. Capitals lost five of last eight games- under is 7-2-3 in Washington's last 12 games.

Playoffs tally: 1st round-- Home: 23-24, Over: 16-17-14
2nd round-- Home: 14-8, Over: 9-5-8

NHL

Tuesday, May 10

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
WASHINGTON vs. PITTSBURGH
Washington is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing Pittsburgh
Washington is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Washington
Pittsburgh is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Washington

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**Udog** · 05-10-2016, 09:23 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, May 10

Washington @ Pittsburgh

Game 75-76
May 10, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
10.682
Pittsburgh
12.034
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Pittsburgh
by 1 1/2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-135
5
Dunkel Pick:
Pittsburgh
(-135); Over

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