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**Udog** · 10-31-2017, 08:18 AM

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

— World Series has been tied 2-2 42 times; the Game 5 winner won 28 of those 42 World Series.

— Knicks 116, Denver 110— Porzingis had 38, Knicks are fun to watch. I wonder why?

— Celtics 108, Spurs 94— San Antonio lost its last three games.

— Warriors 141, Clippers 113— Game was 74-57 at half; Clippers had been #1 in defense.

— Chiefs 29, Broncos 19— Broncos are now 0-3 on the road; their QB’s are substandard.

— Happy birthday to former LSU hoop coach Dale Brown, who turns 82 today.

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

13) New England traded backup QB Jimmy Garoppolo to the 49ers last night for a 2nd-round pick next April, but the 49ers’ 2nd-round pick figures to be the 33rd pick, pretty much a first round pick. Patriots don’t have a backup QB on their roster right now; would they be the team that signs Colin Kaepernick?

12) Following Twitter during the baseball game Sunday night was funny; people are so fickle, they overreact quickly and in a 13-12, 10-inning game, there is a lot to comment on.

11) One thing the great baseball game obscured was a pretty good football game in Detroit; Lions were putrid in red zone, scoring 9 points on five drives. Steelers’ JoJo Schuster-Smith caught a 97-yard touchdown pass, right after the Lions were stuffed on a goal-line stand by Pittsburgh.

10) Astros’ payroll this year is $124,343,900, broken down this way:
— Justin Verlander makes $28M a year, but he was only in Houston for a month, so his money isn’t included in the $124M figure you see up above.
— Other four starting pitchers made a combined $17,239,500 this season.
— Catcher Brian McCann makes $17M, DH Carlos Beltran makes $16M
— Yuli Gurriel, Josh Reddick made a combined $27.4M this season.
— Altuve/Springer/Correa/Bregman earned a combined $9.661,900 this season.

At some point, Astros have to shed some of these hitters and add pitching, or else we’re in for an endless stream of 13-12 playoff games. Gurriel/Reddick’s contracts seem excessive, Altuve is going to break the bank when he hits free agency (his agent is Scott Boras)

Seems logical that out of Correa/Springer/Bregman, two of them will wind up elsewhere.

Verlander is on the books for 2018 and 2019, both at $28M a season.

9) Detroit Lions gained 482 yards Sunday night but didn’t score a TD; only 1994 Bengals (496 yards vs Seattle) and ’86 49ers (501 yards vs Washington) gained more yards without scoring a touchdown.

8) Washington Nationals named Dave Martinez manager; he has been Joe Maddon’s right-hand man for several years……….Phillies named Gabe Kapler skipper- both guys are first-time major leaguer managers.

7) ESPN’s Mike Breen also does play-by-play for the Knicks on MSG Network; he is the best at what he does because he is fair and smart.

Monday night, Knicks’ Doug McDermott took a 3-pointer in transition with 0:06.9 left in first quarter; he made it, but Denver came down an hit a 3-pointer of their own at the buzzer to end the quarter. Breen simply said: “That is why coaches like to hold the ball to take the last shot of a quarter, so the other team can’t score.”

6) Boston Celtics got an $8.4M salary cap exemption because of Gordon Hayward’s injury; they have to use it by March 10.

5) College basketball starts next week; Missouri Valley Conference is going downhill, with both Creighton/Wichita State jumping ship in recent years. Missouri State/Illinois State are expected to be the Valley’s frontrunners this winter.

4) Houston Texans traded disgruntled LT Duane Brown to Seattle, for CB Jerome Lane, a 5th round pick next year and a 2nd round draft pick in 2019.

3) You wonder why baseball teams coddle pitchers? Because they only last so long— look at the career of Fernando Valenzuela— from age 19-25, Valenzuela was 99-68, with an ERA of 2.94- he threw 257+ innings five years in a row. He was box office gold, for sure.

From age 26-36, he went 74-85, with an ERA of 4.55, bouncing around between five teams. You only have so many pitches in your arm. Valenzuela threw 149 pitches in a playoff game when he was 20. If that happened today (it wouldn’t), heads would roll.

2) Ticket brokers apparently own 15,000 tickets to both Games 6-7 of the World Series; should Houston win Game 6, those brokers would lose out of a potential $20M in profits with no Game 7 to benefit from.

1) RIP Lewis D’Antoni, 103, who passed away this weekend; the father of Rockets coach Mike and Marshall coach Dan D’Antoni, Lewis D’Antoni was a coach himself— I saw him interviewed in the stands at a Marshall game a couple years ago, when he was 101. Lot of energy even then; he lived a full life. RIP, sir.

**Udog** · 10-31-2017, 08:37 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, October 31

Vegas @ NY Rangers

Game 51-52
October 31, 2017 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vegas
11.502
NY Rangers
10.068
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vegas
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vegas
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Vegas
N/A

Arizona @ Detroit

Game 53-54
October 31, 2017 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Arizona
9.825
Detroit
11.229
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Detroit
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Detroit
-175
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Detroit
(-175); Under

Winnipeg @ Minnesota

Game 55-56
October 31, 2017 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Winnipeg
12.669
Minnesota
11.806
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Winnipeg
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
-140
6
Dunkel Pick:
Winnipeg
(+120); Under

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, October 31

Las Vegas won five of its last six games, is 8-2 in its first NHL season, 2-1 on road. Over is 6-2 in their last eight games. Rangers lost seven of last nine games; they’re 3-6 at home. Five of their last six games went over the total.

Road team won six of last seven Arizona-Detroit games; Coyotes won three of last four trips to the Motor City. Over is 4-1-1 in last six series games. Arizona is 1-11 to start the season, 1-6 on road; they’ve lost one game in OT- over is 9-2-1 in their games. Red Wings lost six of their last seven games; they’re 1-3 at home. Last four Detroit games stayed under the total.

Winnipeg won its last two games with Minnesota; teams split their last ten meetings. Over is 6-1 in last seven series games. Jets are 2-3 in their last five trips to the Twin Cities. Winnipeg is 2-3 in its last five games, 2-3 on the road; over is 7-3 in their last ten games. Minnesota won three of last four games; they’re 2-2 at home. Over is 6-2-1 in their games this season.

NHL

Tuesday, October 31

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Trend Report
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LAS VEGAS @ NY RANGERS
Las Vegas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Las Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 6 games
NY Rangers is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games

ARIZONA @ DETROIT
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Arizona's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 6 games
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games

WINNIPEG @ MINNESOTA
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Winnipeg's last 7 games when playing Minnesota
Winnipeg is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games when playing Winnipeg
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Winnipeg

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**Udog** · 10-31-2017, 10:00 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Tuesday, October 31

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VEGAS (8-2-0-0, 16 pts.) at NY RANGERS (3-7-0-2, 8 pts.) - 10/31/2017, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VEGAS is 8-2 ATS (+10.5 Units) in all games this season.
VEGAS is 8-2 ATS (+10.5 Units) first half of the season this season.
NY RANGERS are 3-9 ATS (+13.1 Units) in all games this season.
NY RANGERS are 3-9 ATS (-9.7 Units) first half of the season this season.
NY RANGERS are 8-14 ATS (-11.6 Units) on Tuesday nights over the last 2 seasons.
NY RANGERS are 102-137 ATS (-101.9 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more since 1996.
NY RANGERS are 132-134 ATS (-67.6 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
NY RANGERS are 195-229 ATS (-182.4 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

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ARIZONA (1-10-0-1, 3 pts.) at DETROIT (5-6-0-1, 11 pts.) - 10/31/2017, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ARIZONA is 1-11 ATS (+14.8 Units) in all games this season.
ARIZONA is 1-11 ATS (+14.8 Units) first half of the season this season.
ARIZONA is 8-39 ATS (+81.9 Units) in road games revenging a home loss versus opponent since 1996.
ARIZONA is 0-7 ATS (+8.8 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
DETROIT is 8-16 ATS (-12.6 Units) in home games first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 111-133 ATS (-123.5 Units) on Tuesday nights since 1996.
DETROIT is 98-110 ATS (-82.5 Units) after playing 3 consecutive road games since 1996.
DETROIT is 8-15 ATS (-10.3 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 8-18 ATS (-18.7 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
DETROIT is 4-1 (+1.7 Units) against the spread versus ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 4-1-0 straight up against ARIZONA 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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WINNIPEG (5-3-0-2, 12 pts.) at MINNESOTA (4-3-0-2, 10 pts.) - 10/31/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WINNIPEG is 20-10 ATS (+31.2 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WINNIPEG is 6-5 (+2.6 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
WINNIPEG is 6-5-0 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
8 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+5.0 Units)

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**StarDust Bum** · 10-31-2017, 02:05 PM

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