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**Udog** · 03-19-2021, 08:23 AM

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**Udog** · 03-19-2021, 08:23 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Players who played most games in NBA history:
1,611— Robert Parish
1,560— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1,541— Vince Carter
1,522— Dirk Nowitzi
1,504— John Stockton
1,476— Karl Malone

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 539,629
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

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Armadillo: Friday's Den: Welcome to the best weekend of the year

13) UCLA 86, Michigan State 80 OT
— Spartans led by 11 at halftime- they scored 3 points in last 6:20.
— Michigan State lost four of its last six games.
— UCLA breaks a 4-game skid, plays BYU Saturday.

12) Drake 53, Wichita State 52
— Drake scored 25 points in first 28:36, 28 points in last 11:24.
— When they were MVC rivals, Wichita beat Drake the last 14 times they played.
— Bulldogs move on to play USC Saturday.

11) Texas Southern 60, Mount St Mary’s 52
— Mount St Mary’s led by 10 at half, scored only 22 points in 2nd half.
— Texas Southern has won 15 of its last 16 games.
— Tigers move on to play #1-seed Michigan Saturday.

10) Norfolk State 54, Appalachian State 53:
— Norfolk led by 19 in second half, blew the lead, rallied from down 6 with 5:22 left.
— App State missed their first 19 3-pointers, finished 6-36.
— Norfolk State moves on to play #1 Gonzaga Saturday.

9) Jalen Wilson, leading rebounder for Kansas, is out for the Jayhawks’ first round game with Eastern Washington.

8) Gonzaga is the 20th team to be unbeaten heading into the NCAA Tournament; of the previous 19, seven of them won the NCAA title, with Indiana in 1976 the last one. Lot more teams in the tournament since the mid-80’s; have to win six games to win a title now.

7) 12 of the last 32 national champs won their conference tournament.

6) In the NFL, Buffalo Bills signed former Chicago QB Mitchell Trubisky to be their backup QB. Wonder how the Bears’ GM explains away trading 3rd and 4th-round picks to move up to draft Trubisky, when Patrick Mahomes was sitting there in the same draft. Oy.

5) Las Vegas Raiders want backup QB Marcus Mariota to take a pay cut, from $10.725M to $3M a year. If Mariota declines, Raiders are expected to release him. Dallas needs a backup QB, so Mariota could land there if the Raiders release him.

4) According to the Boston Globe and Andy, who reads this website, New England Patriots were “uncharacteristically extravagant in NFL free agency Monday, essentially buying a new team” for ’21, awarding contracts to seven free agents with a “maximum value” close to $200M and nearly $100M in guarantees.

Of the previous five NFL teams who spent that much dinero on free agents, none of them made the playoffs the following season.

3) In baseball, hitters seem happy that in-game video is back in dugouts this season; there are lot of hitters who became dependent on seeing their at-bats when they got back to the dugout, so they could make adjustments for their next turn at the dish.

2) When I was in high school, a long time ago, the mid-70’s, ESPN didn’t exist yet and I didn’t have control of our family’s remote control anyway, so I spent lot of nights in my room, listening to ballgames on the radio. Lot of nights.

My parents had this battery-powered radio that was the size of a shoe box; at night, it could get any station between Albany and Detroit and as far south as Baltimore, St Louis on a good night.

For 2-3 years, I spent a ton of time listening to Cleveland Indians games on WWWE in the summer and Cavaliers’ games in the winter. Joe Tait was the play-by-play guy for both teams; he was enthusiastic but fair, smart as hell and he taught me a lot about sports, he helped fuel the passion for sports that I still carry today.

Mr Tait passed away last week at age 83; I was watching the replay of an Indians’ spring training game the other night and they paid tribute to him. He was so much fun to listen to, yelling “Bingo!!!!” when Bobby Smith would nail a jumper; his banter with baseball partner Herb Score taught me a lot about baseball.

RIP sir, you were freakin’ great at your job.

1) Somewhere upstairs in this house of mine, there is a cassette tape with the last inning of a 1977 Indians-Angels game, Dennis Eckersley’s no-hitter. I had this genius idea that I could be a broadcaster, so I would tape broadcasters and try to learn how they did it. That plan never got too far off the ground.

This afternoon, I looked up the boxscore of that 1977 game, 44 years ago and it downed on me; of the 10 guys who started for the Indians that night, four of them are still baseball broadcasters:
— Dennis Eckersley (Red Sox)
— Ray Fosse (A’s)
— Duane Kuiper (Giants)
— Rick Manning (Indians)

Enjoy the basketball games this weekend; if you see a pizza delivery guy wandering around lost, send him to my house.

**Udog** · 03-19-2021, 08:28 AM

67CALGARY -68 TORONTO
TORONTO is 34-32 ATS (-17.8 Units) against poor defensive teams - allowing 2.85+ goals/game over the last 2 seasons.

69VANCOUVER -70 MONTREAL
MONTREAL is 8-14 ATS (-12.6 Units) against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

71NY RANGERS -72 WASHINGTON
NY RANGERS are 20-11 ATS (16.3 Units) in road games against poor defensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp over the last 2 seasons.

73ST LOUIS -74 SAN JOSE
ST LOUIS are 5-10 ATS (-11.8 Units) against excellent power play teams- scoring on >17.5% of their chances in the current season.

75VEGAS -76 LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES are 12-3 ATS (8.7 Units) in home games after 2 or more consecutive unders over the last 2 seasons.

75VEGAS -76 LOS ANGELES
TODD MCLELLAN is 12-3 ATS (8.7 Units) in home games after 2 or more consecutive unders (Coach of LOS ANGELES)

NHL

Friday, March 19

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Trend Report
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NY Rangers @ Washington
NY Rangers
NY Rangers is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Washington
NY Rangers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Washington
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Washington is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against NY Rangers

Vancouver @ Montreal
Vancouver
Vancouver is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vancouver's last 7 games
Montreal
Montreal is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Vancouver
Montreal is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Vancouver

Calgary @ Toronto
Calgary
Calgary is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing at home against Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games

St. Louis @ San Jose
St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games on the road
St. Louis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against San Jose
San Jose
San Jose is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
San Jose is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing St. Louis

Vegas @ Los Angeles
Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Vegas's last 7 games when playing Los Angeles
Vegas is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Los Angeles's last 7 games when playing Vegas

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**Udog** · 03-19-2021, 10:11 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Friday, March 19

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CALGARY (14-13-0-3, 31 pts.) at TORONTO (19-9-0-2, 40 pts.) - 3/19/2021, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CALGARY is 23-30 ATS (-19.9 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
CALGARY is 16-5 ATS (+10.4 Units) in road games after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
CALGARY is 132-125 ATS (+286.3 Units) in road games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
TORONTO is 27-25 ATS (-10.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CALGARY is 4-4 (+0.5 Units) against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
TORONTO is 4-4-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.0 Units)

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VANCOUVER (15-16-0-2, 32 pts.) at MONTREAL (13-8-0-8, 34 pts.) - 3/19/2021, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 420-402 ATS (-122.2 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 61-58 ATS (+131.7 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 13-16 ATS (-6.6 Units) in all games this season.
MONTREAL is 16-24 ATS (-11.6 Units) in a home game where the total is 6 or more over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 13-16 ATS (-13.9 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
MONTREAL is 21-31 ATS (-18.3 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 16-25 ATS (-13.9 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 18-23 ATS (-10.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 13-18 ATS (-13.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 8-3 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 8-3-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
6 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.5 Units)

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NY RANGERS (12-12-0-4, 28 pts.) at WASHINGTON (19-6-0-4, 42 pts.) - 3/19/2021, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NY RANGERS are 0-7 ATS (+7.5 Units) after shutting out their opponent in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 19-10 ATS (+31.6 Units) in all games this season.
WASHINGTON is 19-10 ATS (+30.5 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
WASHINGTON is 18-10 ATS (+6.8 Units) after a division game this season.
WASHINGTON is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more this season.
NY RANGERS are 159-150 ATS (+321.7 Units) in road games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
WASHINGTON is 3-8 ATS (-10.3 Units) in home games when playing with 2 days rest over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 5-4-0 straight up against NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.4 Units)

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ST LOUIS (14-10-0-5, 33 pts.) at SAN JOSE (11-13-0-3, 25 pts.) - 3/19/2021, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ST LOUIS is 16-23 ATS (-15.9 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 10-13 ATS (-10.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
ST LOUIS is 10-13 ATS (-10.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season this season.
ST LOUIS is 61-67 ATS (+164.5 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 182-152 ATS (-74.1 Units) in home games vs. division opponents since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 200-174 ATS (-92.0 Units) in home games after a division game since 1996.
SAN JOSE is 241-168 ATS (-48.2 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 10-7 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 10-7-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
8 of 17 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-1.9 Units, Under=-0.2 Units)

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VEGAS (20-6-0-1, 41 pts.) at LOS ANGELES (12-10-0-6, 30 pts.) - 3/19/2021, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in home games after 3 or more consecutive unders over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 18-12 ATS (+30.5 Units) in home games revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 13-8 ATS (+24.1 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 135-143 ATS (-72.5 Units) in home games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 6-5 (+5.7 Units) against the spread versus VEGAS over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 6-5-0 straight up against VEGAS 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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**Udog** · 03-19-2021, 10:15 AM

NHL
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Friday, March 19

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