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**Udog** · 05-20-2015, 08:30 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Six times I saw my dad when he was the happiest.......

-- May 1970, Knicks over the Lakers in Game 7 to win the NBA title. He loved the Knicks with Frazier-DeBusschere-Reed-Bradley.

-- Not sure of the year, but he was a $2 bettor at the racetrack-- horse named Old Vic won and he hit a $131 exacta-- he talked about that for the next ten years. .

-- December 2003-- He won an NFL pool at the bank he went to. First place, decent amount of money. He was very happy.

-- Whenever he was working at Town of Colonie golf course; he worked there after he retired from NY State. He loved his friends he worked with there.

-- 1986, Mets over Red Sox in World Series. My dad was a Brooklyn Dodger fan, but he became a huge Met fan. Daniel Murphy was his favorite current Met.

-- 1981-- Chargers beat the Oilers in the Astrodome; Dan Fouts kept throwing TD passes. That was last game on my dad's football ticket that week-- he saw Fouts on TV last year and still remembered that Fouts won him his football ticket that day.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: RIP Dad, thanks for everything..........

Its hard to write this; my best friend died last night.

Bernie Fischer was a great dad, a better friend, the best person I ever met. He passed away last night at age 89. I will miss him greatly.

He was born in Queens but lived in Albany since the mid-50's, when he met my mother. My dad grew up a huge Brooklyn Dodger fan-- his favorite player was an OF named Pete Reiser who always got hurt running into walls.

My dad loved the Mets, Knicks, Giants, Rangers; he loved to golf, probably because its sense of honor appealed to an honest man. He was someone who didn't have great professional success because he wasn't a weasel like a lot of people who "get ahead".

You hear stories about moms who threaten her kids with "Just wait until your father gets home!!!" Hell, we couldn't wait until he got home-- things always got a lot better once he walked in the house. He was a joy to be around, just a nice person who like to smile and have fun.

I wasn't allowed to watch the Three Stooges as a kid, but if my mother went out I would put it on; my dad would walk in, shake his head; within five minutes, he was laughing harder than I was. He'd say how stupid it was, then walk out of the room laughing his head off.

Dad was a very good shortstop as a kid; I sucked at baseball, but he always tried to help me and the one year he coached me was the year I was actually pretty good, even made the All-Star team. My proudest moment was getting a double in the All-Star Game and seeing him cheering wildly behind home plate.

I was the student manager of our basketball team in college; he went to the games with his friend Joe and would stop by practices to bring me home. My friends on the team always went up to talk to him and greet him during drink breaks-- the coaches too. I'll be forever indebted to them for that.

He was a patient man who never busted my balls when I showed up for my driver's test without the piece of paper you needed to take the test, or when my orthodontist yelled at me because my braces broke, or when I got divorced.

He was a great husband; he loved going to Florida for a couple months every winter after he retired. He became a pretty good golfer, even though he didn't hit the ball real far. He always hit it straight and he could putt fairly well.

The last few years, Dad liked going to Cliff's restaurant on Saratoga Lake with his friend Fran; it was a bad omen when Cliff's closed for good in January. He went there every Thursday for many years.

He was a religious man who was an example of how to live a good life; he was not a guy who wore his religion on his sleeve, but he was nice to everyone and if you didn't like him, it said more about you than about him.

As sad as today is, he is with his parents, his brother and my mother today; he is telling St Peter how the Mets need a shortstop. Seriously, he probably is.

Like I said before, my dad is the best person I've ever met; even though he is gone now, its hard to believe he'll ever be very far away.

RIP Dad, thanks for everything. I love you.

**Udog** · 05-20-2015, 08:35 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Wednesday, May 20

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CLEVELAND (61 - 31) at ATLANTA (68 - 26) - 5/20/2015, 8:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CLEVELAND is 4-13 ATS (-10.3 Units) as an underdog this season.
ATLANTA is 54-37 ATS (+13.3 Units) in all games this season.
ATLANTA is 40-28 ATS (+9.2 Units) as a favorite this season.
ATLANTA is 28-19 ATS (+7.1 Units) in home games this season.
ATLANTA is 23-11 ATS (+10.9 Units) after 3 or more consecutive wins this season.
ATLANTA is 28-13 ATS (+13.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
ATLANTA is 29-19 ATS (+8.1 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game this season.
CLEVELAND is 34-20 ATS (+12.0 Units) against Southeast division opponents over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ATLANTA is 6-5 against the spread versus CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons
ATLANTA is 8-3 straight up against CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons
8 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NBA
Short Sheet

Wednesday, May 20

Eastern Conference - Finals - Best of 7 - Game 1

Cleveland Cavaliers at Atlanta Hawks, 8:35 ET
Cleveland: 4-13 ATS as an underdog
Atlanta: 8-1 ATS off an upset win as a road underdog

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, May 20

Hawks won seven of last eight games with Cleveland, winning last five played here, all by 8+ points; six of last seven series tilts went over the total. Atlanta won its first two series in six games each- they're 5-1 in home playoff games. Cleveland is 8-2 in playoffs with six of last nine games staying under total. Cavaliers last played on Thursday, Hawks on Friday Cleveland won last three games by 2-5-21 points after falling behind 2-1 in Chicago series.

2015 playoffs
Cleveland vs Atlanta

Houston vs Golden State
GSt 110-106, -10.5 U219.5

NBA

Wednesday, May 20

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Trend Report
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8:30 PM
CLEVELAND vs. ATLANTA
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland's last 7 games when playing Atlanta
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games at home

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**Udog** · 05-20-2015, 08:40 AM

NBA

Wednesday, May 20

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Game of the Day: Cavaliers at Hawks
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Cleveland Cavaliers at Atlanta Hawks (-1, 197)
Series tied 0-0

The Atlanta Hawks are participating in the conference finals for the first time since the franchise relocated from St. Louis in 1968. Top-seeded Atlanta will look to add to its achievements when it opens the Eastern Conference finals against the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday.

The Hawks won 60 games in the regular season and are trying to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since the St. Louis-based version lost in 1961. The frontcourt of center Al Horford, forward Paul Millsap and small forward DeMarre Carroll will be a key trio as Atlanta attempts to slow down Cleveland forward LeBron James, who is averaging 26.5 points, 10.2 rebounds and 7.9 assists in the postseason. James will most often be guarded by Carroll, who has stepped up offensively with seven 20-point outings in the postseason. The second-seeded Cavaliers will have Kyrie Irving on the floor after the point guard proclaimed that he will play in the opener despite still bothered by left knee and right foot injuries.

TV: 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT

LINE HISTORY: The opening line of Hawks -1 has held steady, but the total has dropped down to 197 after opening 197.5.

INJURY REPORT: Cleveland - L. James (probable), K. Irving (probable), K. Love (out for season), A. Varejao (out for season). Atlanta - T. Sefolosha (out for season).

ABOUT THE CAVALIERS: Irving’s injuries will be closely watched by Cleveland coach David Blatt, who is aware that Irving reiterated that he doesn’t want to miss any playoff games. Irving has made some progress in recent days but is still nowhere near top form as the knee injury also requires rest that he isn’t afforded with at this time. “I think that’s the biggest thing I get out it. I don’t want to be on the sideline at all, especially preparing for a big stage like this,” Irving told reporters. “I want to be as close to 100 percent before Wednesday as I can be, so just doing the necessary things in order to do that.”

ABOUT THE HAWKS: Starting point guard Jeff Teague overcame a sluggish beginning to the series against Washington to average 20 points over the final three games while speedy backup Dennis Schroder excels at pushing the tempo. Schroder had back-to-back double-digit outings against the Wizards but then ended the series with back-to-back 3-of-12 shooting outings and coach Mike Budenholzer will look for ways to have Teague and Schroder on the court at the same time. “When those two guys play together, it gives you a second player that’s very comfortable, very accustomed, to being in pick-and-rolls with the ball in their hands – trying to get in the paint, attacking the basket and collapsing the defense,” Budenholzer told reporters.

TRENDS:

*Hawks are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 home games.
*Over is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings.
*Cavaliers are 1-4 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
*Cavaliers are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games following a ATS win.

CONSENSUS: According to Consensus, 56 percent of support is on the visiting Cavs.

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**Udog** · 05-20-2015, 08:42 AM

NBA

Wednesday, May 20

Hawks had edge ATS vs. Cavs in regular season

The Atlanta Hawks won and covered in three out of their four meetings with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the regular season.

Both clubs are matched up once again but this time it's for the right to represent the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals.

Game 1 tips off on Wednesday with the Hawks slightly favored at -1 as of this writing. The total is presently sitting at 197.

Dwight Howard, Houston - Ques Thurs

Howard left Game 1 of the Western Conference Final against the Warriors with a bruised knee and is questionable for Game 2.

**Udog** · 05-20-2015, 10:38 AM

NBA

Wednesday, May 20

Cavs perfect ATS regular season with this ref

The Cleveland Cavaliers were a perfect 7-0 straight up and against the spread in seven regular season games when Jason Phillips was part of the officiating crew.

Phillips did officiate Game 4 between the Cavs and the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference semifinal. The Cavaliers did win 86-84, but tailed to cover the spread as 3-point road faves.

Along with Scott Foster and Pat Fraher, Phillips will be a part of the team tasked with calling Game 1 between the Cavs and Atlanta Hawks Wednesday evening.

**Udog** · 05-20-2015, 11:14 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, May 20

Cleveland Cavaliers @ Atlanta Hawks

Game 503-504
May 20, 2015 @ 8:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Cleveland Cavalie
127.663
Atlanta Hawks
125.131
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Cleveland Cavalie
by 2 1/2
202
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Atlanta Hawks
by 1
197
Dunkel Pick:
Cleveland Cavalie
(+1); Over

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