Thursday's WNBA Trends and Indexes - 8/6

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Trends and Indexes

Thursday, August 6

Good Luck on day #218 of 2015!

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Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

-- If you watched a lot of baseball the last week, you'd swear the Mets, Blue Jays will never lose again. Ever.

-- Mets are now 42-4 when they get more hits than their opponents.

-- Arizona Cardinal WR Michael Floyd is out 4-6 weeks with broken fingers.

-- Milwaukee Bucks' new advertising slogan: "Fear the Deer". We'll see about that.

-- George W Bush did jury duty this week; how can he not get out of it?

-- A couple at Astros-Rangers game last night was celebrating their 70th wedding annversary- they appeared to have hearing aids, which helps explain the longevity.


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Armadillo: Thursday's List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud.......

13) Beating a dead horse about instant replay: You look at the replay; is the call an obvious mistake? If yes, change the call. If not, the call stands. Its very simple.

12) I think about NFL pregame shows that I almost never watch and especially the one on ESPN-- former Cowboys exec Gil Brandt is still out there, very active. Wouldn't he be better TV guy than Keyshawn Johnson, who rarely says anything worthwhile?

Coaches/executives are usually better than ex-players; TV networks mostly ignore this.

11) NFL Network is very good during the day, showing camp from different teams every day. You at least get a feel for whats going on; not sure you get a lot of useful info for handicapping or fantasy, but it gets your mind working at least.

10) Indianapolis Colts have Frank Gore/Andre Johnson now; they're going to have one hell of an offense if those guys stay healthy. They were good last year.

9) Someone on TV was touting Sam Bradford as a "potentially great QB". I've rooted for Sam the last five years, during which time he went 18-30-1 as a starter and missed 31 of the 80 games he was supposed to play. His WRs in Philly aren't better than the ones he had in St Louis, though his tight ends are better now.

Bradford tried hard and seems like a good guy but if he turns into a great player after stealing $65M from the Rams the last five years, I'm going to projectile vomit.

8) Bills-Patriots on Monday Night Football in Week 11; someone in the NFL office has a lot of faith in Rex Ryan to keep Buffalo relevant until then.

7) Couple of New York Mets have good bloodlines; Michael Conforto's dad played linebacker at Penn State; Matt Harvey's dad played baseball/football at UConn. John Mayberry's dad was a big leaguer.

6) Kris Bryant damn near got a concussion sliding headfirst into second base the other night, so he is going to give up sliding headfirst. Instant replay has unintentionally put a new premium on correct sliding techniques- it needs to be practiced more.

5) Chris Kamka of Comcast/Chicago had a great nugget yesterday; Avasail Garcia of the White Sox is the first big leaguer since 1979 (Rodney Scott) to have both a walk-off walk and a walk-off hit by pitch in the same season.

4) Seattle's Nelson Cruz is hotter than hell; he is on a 15-game hitting streak and he hit a home run in ten of those fifteen games. Lot of teams missed the boat on him.

3) Indians utility guy Mike Aviles would be a semi-valuable trade chip because he can play all over, but his 4-year old daughter is very ill, so Cleveland promised not to trade him during the season, so the family wouldn't be further inconvenienced. That is a very classy move by the Indians. Some things are more important than winning.

2) College football starts four weeks from tonight; summer goes by too fast.

1) If you drew up an all-time Lakers' starting five and you don't have Jerry West on it, then you need to do it over until you get it right. You can put Earvin Johnson at any position but center, so put Kobe/West in backcourt, Magic at the 3, Wilt and Kareem up front, with Elgin Baylor and Shaq coming off the bench. There, that is settled.

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WNBA

Thursday, August 6

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Trend Report
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10:30 PM
TULSA vs. LOS ANGELES
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tulsa's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tulsa's last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Los Angeles's last 10 games


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WNBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, August 6

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TULSA (10 - 11) at LOS ANGELES (6 - 14) - 8/6/2015, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 22-34 ATS (-15.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 0-8 ATS (-8.8 Units) as a favorite this season.
LOS ANGELES is 7-21 ATS (-16.1 Units) in home games over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 5-15 ATS (-11.5 Units) in a home game where where the total is greater than or equal to 150 over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) in home games on Thursday over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 6-15 ATS (-10.5 Units) in home games after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 4-12 ATS (-9.2 Units) in home games revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) in home games after a win by 10 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 21-34 ATS (-16.4 Units) after scoring 75 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 0-6 ATS (-6.6 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
LOS ANGELES is 3-11 ATS (-9.1 Units) in home games versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game after 15+ games over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 6-18 ATS (-13.8 Units) in home games versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
TULSA is 8-3 against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 7-4 straight up against TULSA over the last 3 seasons
7 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA
Dunkel

Thursday, August 6


Tulsa @ Los Angeles

Game 651-652
August 6, 2015 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Tulsa
109.157
Los Angeles
112.558
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 3 1/2
155
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
by 7 1/2
151 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Tulsa
(+7 1/2); Over

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WNBA

Thursday, August 6


Shock losing streak losing bettors money

The Tulsa Shock have dropped their past seven games straight-up and have an abysmal 1-6 record against the spread in that time.

The Shock have an average scoring margin of -6.5 points per game during their losing streak. Those seven games have seen the spread close at an average of Tulsa +2.

The Shock are currently +7.5 when they visit the LA Sparks Thursday.


See spot. See spot bet: This week's best spot bet opportunities

Lookahead spot

Things are heating up north of the border. Since making the biggest splash in the majors during the trade deadline, the Toronto Blue Jays have played like World Series contenders and ride a 7-1 winning clip into Thursday’s series finale with the Minnesota Twins.

However, Toronto could get caught looking past this matchup with Minnesota and to Friday’s series opener with the New York Yankees. A series win over the Bronx Bombers would solidify the Jays' place as the team to beat in the AL East, with Toronto 5.5 games back of New York in the standings as of Wednesday. That eagerness to test this revamped roster against the Yankees could open up Toronto for a letdown spot against the Twins Thursday.

Schedule spot

Keeping things in Toronto, the CFL’s Argonauts make their Rogers Centre debut this weekend hosting Saskatchewan in their first official home game of the 2015 season. Thanks to the Pan Am Games taking over the Big Smoke, the Argos were on the road for their first five games, including a season-opening “home game” against Edmonton in Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Toronto has done well for facing sure a tough and quirky challenge to start the season, going 3-2 SU and 4-1 ATS. The Argos got caught looking ahead to the comforts of home last week in Hamilton, losing 34-18 as 3.5-point underdogs. Oddsmakers have pegged Toronto as a 9.5-point favorite at home to the winless Rough Riders Saturday.

Letdown spot

The Texas Longhorns are a program in flux as the 2015 college football campaign gets closer. The Horns enter Year 2 under Charlie Strong and while they are still a very capable and talented program, Texas is a far cry from its national title days.

For Strong, showing the Longhorns can compete against the Big 12 elite is imperative to the growth of this program - even if that means just one marquee win. And that entails taking down the likes of TCU or hated rival Oklahoma, who highlight Weeks 5 and 6 for Texas. That back-to-back gauntlet is followed by a bye week then a home game against Kansas State. If Texas can't stand its ground against the Horned Frogs or Sooners, Strong may lose his grip on this program and it's players, lining up a letdown in Week 8.