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**Udog** · 11-02-2016, 10:06 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

— Cubs 9, Indians 3– Game 7 is tonight in Cleveland.

— November 21 Texans-Raiders Monday night game is being played in Mexico City.

— Raiders don’t play another true road game until December 8 in KC; they finish with three road games in last four weeks, all division games.

— Patriots got a 3rd-round draft pick from Cleveland for LB Jaime Collins.

— Chicago Bulls are 3-0 for the first time in 20 years.

— Oklahoma City Thunder gave Victor Oladipo $84M for four years.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings…….

13) Steelers-Ravens play in Baltimore Sunday, with both teams off a bye week; wouldn’t it have made sense for this to be the Thursday night game this week? Football wasn’t meant to be played on three days’ rest.

12) Chicago Bears are the only NFL team that does not have a defensive player who has ever played in a Pro Bowl.

11) Bears’ offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains went to college at Arkansas, where he held for kicks for four years and learned football from coach Houston Nutt.

Loggains could’ve gone to a smaller school and played QB, but he thought he wanted to be a coach and chose to learn from Nutt, who was a very good coach before going on TV.

10) ESPN fantasy sports guru Matthew Berry was once a writer for the TV show Married with Children.

9) Dolphins are favored over the Jets this week; this is only 2nd time in last 12 years that Miami is favored in its post-bye game. Overall, Dolphins are 6-12 in their last 18 post-bye games.

8) There is a TV show on the History Channel called American Pickers, where two guys drive around in a van and try to buy collectible stuff from older people who live in mostly rural areas.

Why older people? Because they want to find people who are just looking to get rid of stuff, preferably for less money. Sometimes you get mad at the two guys, especially Frank, who thinks he is smarter than everyone else, but that is part of the business of making money, I guess.

The guys own two shops where they re-sell the stuff for a profit. It is oddly entertaining and worth watching.

7) In three of last five seasons, Dwight Howard has made less than half his foul shots; he is off to an 11-24 start this year, after his 8-20 game against the Kings Monday.

Howard makes $23M a year, has already banked $167M in salary in his career. How can I be a better free throw shooter than he is?

6) Clippers TV announcer Ralph Lawler is joy to listen to; always watch as many Clipper games as I can. Clippers were so bad for so long and now they’re good, so you’re happy for him. Lawler is enthusiastic and you can tell he is a real basketball fan.

5) Oklahoma City traded Ersan Ilyasova to Philly Tuesday, after he played only 62 minutes in three games for the Thunder- they acquired him as part of the Serge Ibaka deal.

This means when he plays for the Sixers, it’ll be the 5th team Ilyasova has played for in his last 79 games, going from the Bucks to Detroit to Orlando to the Thunder to Philadelphia.

On one hand, teams want you enough to trade for you; on the other hand, once they have you, then don’t mind getting rid of you.

4) Good news for NC State’s basketball team; freshman 7-footer Omer Yurtseven will be able to play for the Wolfpack this year— he becomes eligible December 15, enough time to get in a few games before ACC play starts.

Yurtseven is a 5-star level recruit, a huge get for Mark Gottfried.

3) There is a story going around that Nick Saban was interested in the Giants’ coaching job last January, and that the team almost hired him. Somehow, comedian Tom Arnold is involved with spreading this story, which makes it a little weirder.

You get the feeling Saban has one more coaching stop in him and it will be an NFL job— he has nothing left to prove in college.

2) Mets closer Jeurys Familia got arrested in New Jersey on domestic violence charges, which is bad news for Mets, seeing as Jose Reyes got suspended 52 games LY for a similar offense.

Aroldis Chapman got a 30-game suspension this year and he was never arrested for his offense.

1— Obscure Fact of the Day: Eddie Johnson played 17 years in the NBA, scored 19,202 points; he holds the record for most points scored in the NBA, without ever making an All-Star team.

Jamal Crawford has a good chance to break that record; he has scored 17,117 points; he is 36, looks like he would have to play two more years at his current pace to set the new record.

**Udog** · 11-02-2016, 10:11 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, November 2

Pittsburgh @ Anaheim

Game 5-6
November 2, 2016 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Pittsburgh
12.398
Anaheim
9.408
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Pittsburgh
by 3
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim
-135
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Pittsburgh
(+115); Under

Detroit @ Philadelphia

Game 3-4
November 2, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Detroit
12.469
Philadelphia
8.850
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Detroit
by 3 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Philadelphia
-130
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Detroit
(+110); Under

Vancouver @ Montreal

Game 1-2
November 2, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vancouver
10.161
Montreal
11.853
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Montreal
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Montreal
-220
5
Dunkel Pick:
Montreal
(-220); Over

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, November 2

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VANCOUVER (4-4-0-1, 9 pts.) at MONTREAL (8-0-0-1, 17 pts.) - 11/2/2016, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 6-17 ATS (+24.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 8-1 ATS (+9.2 Units) in all games this season.
MONTREAL is 8-1 ATS (+8.0 Units) first half of the season this season.
VANCOUVER is 24-14 ATS (+39.0 Units) in road games when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 74-57 ATS (+16.7 Units) in road games after playing 3 consecutive home games since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 185-197 ATS (+433.2 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
MONTREAL is 8-21 ATS (-17.5 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 2-2 (+0.0 Units) against the spread versus MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 2-2-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.0 Units)

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DETROIT (6-4-0-0, 12 pts.) at PHILADELPHIA (4-5-0-1, 9 pts.) - 11/2/2016, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 414-300 ATS (-117.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
PHILADELPHIA is 27-22 ATS (+50.0 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 14-9 ATS (+25.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 71-79 ATS (-66.2 Units) in home games when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHILADELPHIA is 4-2 (+2.4 Units) against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
PHILADELPHIA is 4-2-0 straight up against DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.5 Units)

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PITTSBURGH (6-2-0-1, 13 pts.) at ANAHEIM (4-4-0-2, 10 pts.) - 11/2/2016, 10:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 4-1 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 4-1-0 straight up against ANAHEIM over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.0 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, November 2

Home side won last five Vancouver-Montreal games; Canucks lost last three visits here by a combined 12-6. Over is 3-1-1 in last five series games. Vancouver lost its last five games by a combined 18-7; both their road games (0-2) went over total. Montreal won its last seven games, allowing nine goals; under is 3-0-1 in their last four games. Canadiens are 5-0 at home.

Flyers won six of last eight games with Detroit; Red Wings lost last five visits here, outscored 23-9. Over is 6-3 in last nine series games. Detroit lost last two games 5-2/1-0; under is 2-1-1 in their road games. Philly lost six of its last nine games with last four going over total. Flyers are 2-3 in their last five home games.

Anaheim lost six of last seven games with Pittsburgh; over is 3-1-1 in last five series games. Penguins split last four visits here. Ducks are 4-2 in last six games overall; under is 5-2-1 in their last eight games. Pittsburgh won its last three games, scoring 12 goals (over 2-0-1); they’ve lost two of their three road games.

NHL

Wednesday, November 2

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Trend Report
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8:30 PM
VANCOUVER vs. MONTREAL
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vancouver's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Vancouver's last 14 games when playing on the road against Montreal
Montreal is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 5 games at home

9:00 PM
DETROIT vs. PHILADELPHIA
Detroit is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 7 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games

11:30 PM
PITTSBURGH vs. ANAHEIM
Pittsburgh is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Anaheim
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 6 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
Anaheim is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh

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**Udog** · 11-02-2016, 12:12 PM

NHL
Short Sheet

Wednesday, November 2

Vancouver at Montreal, 7:35 PM ET
Vancouver: 10-24 SU when playing only their 2nd game in 5 days
Montreal: 7-0 SU as a favorite

Detroit at Philadelphia, 8:05 PM ET
Detroit: 4-1 SU after one or more consecutive overs
Philadelphia: 5-15 SU off a road win

Pittsburgh at Anaheim, 10:35 PM ET
Pittsburgh: 10-17 SU after playing a game where 8 or more total goals were scored
Anaheim: 21-5 SU off a road win scoring 4 or more goals

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