Sunday's WNBA Trends and Indexes - 7/5

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Trends and Indexes

Sunday, July 5

Good Luck on day #186 of 2015!

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Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

How football expert Phil Steele sees the SEC East this fall.........

7) Vanderbilt-- Franklin bolted for Penn State; Commodores went 0-8 in SEC.

6) Kentucky-- Were 5-1 LY but then lost last six games; a bowl this year?

5) South Carolina-- 7-6 LY after winning 11 games each of previous three years.

4) Florida-- 11-14 last two years; in Gainesville, that means a new head coach.

3) Missouri-- Played in SEC title game LY; has easiest schedule in '15, on paper.

2) Tennessee-- Have 18 starters back, but lost last ten games with Florida.

1) Georgia-- New QB this year, but have four starters back on OL.

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday.......

13) LaMarcus Aldridge gets $80M for four years from the Spurs; he goes home to Texas and does Golden State a favor, making them an underdog as defending champ.

12) Why does ESPN televise a hot dog eating contest? It is gross to watch, people scarfing down 60 hot dogs in 10 minutes (thats one hot dog and roll every ten seconds for ten minutes). Oy. I love hot dogs, but I couldn't take 60 buns out of their plastic bag in ten minutes, much less stuff them down my throat. Weird stuff to watch.

11) Miguel Cabrera (calf) is out for six weeks, first time in his 13-year career he is on the DL. Damaging blow for Detroit, which has little organizational depth at 1B.

10) Stephen Strasburg (oblique) left yesterday's start in 4th inning. He can't seem to stay healthy; Nationals are going to need him in the second half of this season.

9) White Sox 3, Orioles 2-- Avasail Garcia saved the game, robbing Orioles of a tying home run for the last out of the game. Really a tremendous catch to end the game.

8) Interesting situation in Arizona, where Diamondbacks will carry Rule 5 catcher Oscar Hernandez for the rest of the season, but he'll play very little- they have to give him back if they send him to the minors. Young catchers are hard to find, but now they have to keep three catchers on the roster while they're on the fringe of contention.

7) Miami Marlins announcers were raving about the renovations at Wrigley Field on Friday's telecast; they love the two new electronic scoreboards in the outfield.

6) My view on NBA free agency is this: if you're not an All-Star, then you should play on a one-year contract every year. Hungry players are better players.

Sacramento gave Kosta Koufos $33M for four years. In seven NBA seasons, he has started 139 games and averaged 5.4 ppg-- he started three games LY and will be getting $8M + a season. What a bleepin' country.

5) Lakers, who have done nothing so far in free agency, are rumored to be getting Roy Hibbert from Indiana. Since owner Jerry Buss passed away, Lakers haven't been the model franchise they were when he owned the team.

4) On June 27, Portland assistant coach Kim Hughes, for some bizarre reason, said this to an Indiana TV station:

"People don't realize we just went young. We didn't publicize it, but we lost LaMarcus Aldridge. It hasn't been declared yet, but I'm sure he won't come back. We will go young and we depend on Meyers [Leonard] to play a lot of minutes."

Kim Hughes is now a former assistant coach; Portland fired him for saying that.

3) Frank Kaminsky had 19 points, 12 rebounds in his first summer league game; he will be an interesting study this season. 7-footers who can shoot have great value.

2) Cincinnati pitcher Josh Smith hit four batters last night, knocking Carlos Gomez out of the game; last time a Cincinnati pitcher hit four guys? 1907.

1) Between now and the non-waiver trading deadline on July 31, baseball front offices will send their players/coaches one of three messages........

-- We're making trades, adding players. We've got your back.
-- We're trading players, dumping salary. This season is over.
-- We're incompetent bastards and are doing nothing. You're on your own.

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WNBA

Sunday, July 5

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Trend Report
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3:00 PM
SEATTLE vs. ATLANTA
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle's last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Seattle is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Seattle
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 6 games when playing at home against Seattle

5:00 PM
PHOENIX vs. LOS ANGELES
Phoenix is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games on the road
Phoenix is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Los Angeles is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 5 game


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WNBA
Dunkel

Sunday, July 5


Seattle @ Atlanta

Game 601-602
July 5, 2015 @ 3:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Seattle
105.866
Atlanta
109.157
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Atlanta
by 3 1/2
142
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Atlanta
by 7 1/2
146 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Seattle
(+7 1/2); Under

Phoenix @ Los Angeles

Game 603-604
July 5, 2015 @ 5:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
115.366
Los Angeles
117.325
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 2
147
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Phoenix
by 3
152
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(+3); Under