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**Udog** · 05-15-2019, 08:39 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Exact odds for Eastern Conference Finals:

Bucks in 4: 8-1

Bucks in 5: 11-4

Bucks in 6: 9-2

Bucks in 7: 3-1

Toronto in 4: 25-1

Toronto in 5: 14-1

Toronto in 6: 6-1

Toronto in 7: 8-1

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

13) New Orleans wins the draft lottery; does that mean Anthony Davis will want to stay with the Pelicans? Memphis got the #2 pick, Knicks #3, Lakers #4.

12) What would it be like if they did the lottery just before the start of the draft in June? Make people think on their feet.

6:30 lottery, draft starts at 7:00. Would be better than jamming it in before the start of a playoff game on the other side of the country.

11) Seeing Patrick Ewing at the lottery reminds me that I saw him watching Zion Williamson play at an adidas tournament in Las Vegas two summers ago. Tons of kids there; Ewing gets up to go to the concession stand, and not one kid asks him for an autograph or says anything to him. One of the 50 greatest players ever, 7-feet tall, and he got as much attention there as I did.

10) New Jersey took in $313.7M in bets in April, according to numbers released Tuesday by the state’s Department of Gaming Enforcement. 81% of those bets were made via a mobile betting app.

Meanwhile, across the river in New York State………nothing, zero, bupkis.

9) Warriors 116, Trailblazers 94— Lillard/McCollum combined to shoot 11-31 from the floor. Would be odd if Golden State swept its way to another title and Durant never came back to play.

8) Rockies 5, Red Sox 4 (11)— Colorado batters struck out 24 times in this game, while receiving only two walks. Home plate ump Dan Bellino didn’t win many friends in the Rockies’ dugout.

Chris Sale struck out 17 but didn’t get the win; he is the first pitcher since Randy Johnson in 2001 to strike out 17+ and not win- Johnson had 20 strikeouts for Arizona that night.

Colorado is third team ever to strike out 24+ times and win; the other two:
June 2, 2018: Cubs beat the Mets (24 K in 14 innings)
June 8, 2004: Brewers beat the Angels (26 K in 17 innings)

7) Baseball stuff:
— Brewers put 3B Travis Shaw (wrist) on IL, promote 2B Keston Hiura.
— Dodgers’ P Julio Urias was arrested Monday on suspicion of domestic battery.
— A’s traded Kendrys Morales to Bronx for cash or a player to be named later.

6) Four teams left in the Hard Knocks sweepstakes: Lions, Giants, Raiders, Redskins. You figure the Raiders are 2020’s team, with the move to Las Vegas and all, so they’re out, too.

5) The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum is about to become the Ring Central Coliseum; they signed a 3-year deal at $1M a year for naming rights.

4) College basketball transfer portal:
— PG Elijah Mitrou-Long bolts from Texas to UNLV.
— Justice Kithcart bolts from Old Dominion to Nicholls State.

3) If you don’t living in this country is an honor, keep this in mind: the S Sport TV station in Turkey will not televise the Blazers-Warriors playoff series because of Enes Kanter’s history of criticizing Turkey’s government. Kanter plays for Portland.

Living in a democracy is a good thing; we need to make sure it stays that way.

2) In a related story, if Portland-Toronto play in the NBA Finals, will Kanter go to the games in Toronto? Pretty sure Kanter skipped a regular season game in Toronto in March, fearing for his safety outside of America.

Kanter had his Turkish passport revoked in 2017 and has had a warrant out for his arrest in Turkey since January. Turkey also reportedly seeks an Interpol red notice for Kanter, which could result in him being detained and deported back to his home country.

1) RIP to the great comic Tim Conway, who passed away Tuesday at age 85. He was on McHale’s Navy and the Carol Burnett Show. just a really funny guy. RIP, sir.

**Udog** · 05-15-2019, 08:43 AM

**Udog** · 05-15-2019, 08:51 AM

13San Jose -14 St Louis
ST LOUIS are 20-5 ATS (15.3 Units) against good passing teams - averaging 5 or more assists per game in the 2nd half of the year in the current season.

NHL

Wednesday, May 15

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Trend Report
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San Jose Sharks
San Jose is 8-17 ATS in its last 25 games
San Jose is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games
San Jose is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
San Jose is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Jose's last 8 games when playing St. Louis
San Jose is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 7 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games
St. Louis is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games
St. Louis is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games at home
St. Louis is 17-6 SU in its last 23 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of St. Louis's last 8 games when playing San Jose
St. Louis is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games when playing at home against San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 7 games when playing at home against San Jose

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**Udog** · 05-15-2019, 09:48 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, May 15

San Jose @ St. Louis

Game 13-14
May 15, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Jose
12.413
St. Louis
10.943
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Jose
by 1 1/2
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
-145
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
San Jose
(+125); Under

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, May 15

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SAN JOSE (55-33-0-10, 120 pts.) at ST LOUIS (54-33-0-10, 118 pts.) - 5/15/2019, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ST LOUIS is 39-21 ATS (+7.9 Units) second half of the season this season.
ST LOUIS is 33-22 ATS (+4.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
ST LOUIS is 21-10 ATS (+10.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
SAN JOSE is 226-241 ATS (+509.8 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
ST LOUIS is 17-22 ATS (-14.9 Units) in home games after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 6-5 (+1.5 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 6-5-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.5 Units)

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