Tuesday's WNBA Trends and Indexes - 8/18

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Trends and Indexes

Tuesday, August 18

Good Luck on day #230 of 2015!

NOTE: As information becomes available, we will attempt to post the trends and indexes as soon as possible.Information is posted from what we believe are reliable sources.Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the posting member or BettorsChat.

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Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

-- Dodgers demoted 3B coach Lorenzo Bundy and hired former Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke as their new third base coach. Interesting timing for that move.

-- Rice Owls are building a $31M practice facility for football. Rice.

-- 41 states have at least one I-A football program; Texas has 12 of them.

-- Other than the three service academies, Tulsa is the school with the least amount of students that is currently playing I-A football.

-- If I was a Redskins fan, I'd sure as hell want Kirk Cousins starting ahead of RGIII, but thats just my opinion. We'll see what the coaches think in three weeks.

-- Speaking of the Redskins' coach, Jay Gruden won six Arena Bowls; four as a QB, two more as a head coach.


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Armadillo: Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but.......

13) The Indians are in Boston this week and Terry Francona manages the Indians; he was manager of the Red Sox when they won two World Series and John Farrell was his pitching coach- they are very good friends.

Farrell manages the Red Sox now, except he has lymphoma and has taken a leave from the club. His first chemo treatment is today; Francona is going with him.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is the definition of a great friend.

12) Did you ever hear of a law called escheatment?

I have a small savings account that I ignored for the last three years, just let the money sit there. Got a registered letter Monday; if I don't send a signed note back to the bank in 30 days, they're going to seize the money and give it to the state. Say what?

There is a law that if an account lays dormant for 3+ years, state can take the money. This also goes for people who die without having a will. Who made this law?

11) Don't give away your childhood: Kid named Ricky Town was a bigtime QB recruit; committed to Alabama first, then enrolled at USC a semester early, but now he has left USC and will go somewhere else, since he has seen the handwriting on the wall that the Trojans have better guys than him. It is a cruel world out there.

These top 25 schools stockpile talent; there is no waiver wire in college football. Back in 1980, Herschel Walker started the season as Georgia's #5 tailback- that didn't last long, but kids getting disgruntled and transferring is an unfortunate annual tradition.

Meanwhile, young Mr Town didn't have a senior year in high school to enjoy and that is a little sad. We all become adults fast enough; kids should enjoy being a kid. Rumors have Town headed to Florida, but he doesn't seem like a person you can depend on, and you really, really need to have a dependable quarterback..

10) Rhode Island/Cincinnati have both offered scholarships to a point guard who starts 10th grade this month. Recruiting is a fascinating, bizarre business.

9) Oakland Raiders have an assistant strength coach named Darryl Eto, who spent the last five years working for the NBA's Houston Rockets. Interesting career move.

8) Atlanta Falcons did zero live tackling before their first exhibition game against the Titans last week. None. As time goes on, teams hit less and less in practice-- paranoia about guys getting hurt is the reason why. Just can't afford injuries.

7) Danny White, Warren Moon and Mark Brunell were all very good NFL QB's; hell, Moon is in the Hall of Fame and helped Edmonton win six CFL titles before he came to the NFL, but these three QBs hold the record with ten playoff starts each, without any of them ever starting in a Super Bowl.

6) Atlanta Braves are 1-10 in Shelby Miller's last 11 starts, scoring a total of 15 runs in the 11 games. Miller couldn't even get a win Sunday when he had a no-hitter in the 8th inning. Atlanta did win that game in extra innings, though.

5) Greg Oden is still only 27 years old; he played half a year at Ohio State, jumped to the NBA, but has played in only 105 NBA games, 82 for Portland ('08-'10), then 23 more for Miami two years ago. Now he has signed to play for a pro team in China; will be very interesting to see how he does if he ever plays a full season.

4) Royals are running away with AL West and A's look stupid for having versatile Ben Zobrist for only a half-year before dealing him, but one of the guys they got from the Royals is pitcher Sean Manaea, who is 3-1, 2.84 in six starts in the AA Texas League, a hitter-happy league. Manaea has 38 strikeouts in 31 IP-- promising.

3) One thing that must be upgraded next year is Oakland's defense; one of the basic tenets of baseball is "strong defense up the middle". This hasn't changed,, no matter what the Ivy League geniuses tell you their algorithms say.

Marcus Semien has 31 errors this season; he is a horrible defensive shortstop and that is despite gradual improvement during the season. You cannot have a remedial program for players at the major league level- this has been a disaster.

2) Cardinals 2, Giants 1-- Game took 2:48 with veteran ump Bob Davidson behind the plate; it figured to be a fast game, since Davidson's last two games behind the dish lasted 14 and 16 innings. Davidson isn't a young man; that had to be tiring. Wish he had worked a game when we knew he was going to be behind the plate beforehand.

1) Jaguars-Bills are playing in London this year; one of sidebars of that game will be that one of the Jaguar assistant coaches is Doug Marrone, who spent the last two years as the Buffalo head coach, going 15-17. Think that game means extra to him?

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WNBA

Tuesday, August 18

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
PHOENIX vs. TULSA
Phoenix is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Phoenix's last 5 games on the road
Tulsa is 1-10 SU in its last 11 games
Tulsa is 2-9 ATS in its last 11 games

10:30 PM
INDIANA vs. LOS ANGELES
Indiana is 2-9 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
Indiana is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Los Angeles's last 13 games when playing at home against Indiana
Los Angeles is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Indiana


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WNBA
Dunkel

Tuesday, August 18


Phoenix @ Tulsa

Game 601-602
August 18, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
115.270
Tulsa
114.344
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Phoenix
by 1
147
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Phoenix
by 4
152 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Tulsa
(+4); Under

Indiana @ Los Angeles

Game 603-604
August 18, 2015 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Indiana
114.809
Los Angeles
116.344
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 1 1/2
158
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
by 5 1/2
152 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Indiana
(+5 1/2); Over

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Preview: Mercury (15-9) at Shock (11-14)

Date: August 18, 2015 8:00 PM EDT

The Tulsa Shock are hoping the end of a 10-game slide will help propel them onto a winning streak.

They're getting closer to beating the Phoenix Mercury, their likely opponent in the postseason.

The Shock look to end a five-game slide in this series and win for the first time at home since the league approved their relocation to the Dallas-Fort Worth area as they meet the Mercury on Tuesday night.

Tulsa (11-14) stunned Eastern Conference-leading New York 81-76 on Saturday to split a two-game trip and win for the first time since July 11. Odyssey Sims had a season-high 27 points and seven assists and Riquna Williams added 15 points.

"Now we are about to start a winning streak," Sims said. "It starts here, and we are going to build each day and get back."

Now the Shock can end a five-game home slide in their third game at the Bank of Oklahoma Center since the July 23 announcement that WNBA owners unanimously approved the plan to relocate the franchise. Fans have been wearing 'Save Our Shock' shirts since.

It would provide a boost on and off the court to defeat the Mercury (15-9), who are in second place in the West with the Shock in third and on course for a first-round playoff matchup.

Phoenix is 3-0 in the season series, though Tulsa is poised to break through. The Mercury posted an 86-55 win in the first meeting July 2 and won 78-66 on July 30 before needing DeWanna Bonner's 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer for an 87-84 win Aug. 4 in a contest in which they trailed by 12 points in the third quarter.

The Mercury fell 75-63 to Indiana on Sunday night. Candice Dupree and Brittney Griner had 12 points apiece and Bonner - fifth in the league with 16.8 points per game - was held to nine.

"We didn't give our best effort tonight and I think it's really come from how we've been practicing in the last few days, a little fatigue sneaking in and we've gotta be able to fight through that," coach Sandy Brondello said.

The Mercury missed all 13 of their 3-point attempts. That may not be an issue Tuesday since they are shooting 45.2 percent from beyond the arc versus the Shock.

"We make some of those shots, it changes everything a little bit," Brondello said.

Tulsa forward Plenette Pierson's status is uncertain after the All-Star injured her knee against the Liberty.


WNBA HEAD TO HEAD

Aug 4, 2015 Score ATS Results
TUL 84 Cover: 5
PHO « 87 Over: 171
Tools: Recaps

Jul 30, 2015 Score ATS Results
PHO « 78 Cover: 10
TUL 66 Under: 144
Tools: Recaps

Jul 2, 2015 Score ATS Results
TUL 55 Under: 141
PHO « 86 Cover: 23.5
Tools: Recaps

Jun 29, 2014 Score ATS Results
PHO « 80 Under: 157
TUL 77 Cover: 1.5
Tools: Recaps

Jun 20, 2014 Score ATS Results
TUL 80 Cover: 0
PHO « 91 Over: 171
Tools: Recaps

Jun 6, 2014 Score ATS Results
PHO 78 Over: 172
TUL « 94 Cover: 21.5
Tools: Recaps

May 30, 2014 Score ATS Results
TUL 78 Over: 178
PHO « 100 Cover: 12.5
Tools: Recaps

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WNBA

Tuesday, August 18


Fever's winning streak paying off for bettors

The Indiana Fever have won six of their past seven contests, including their past three. Bettors have been wise to ride the Fever with the team posting a 6-1 record against the spread in their past seven.

The Fever have averaged a scoring margin of +13.1 points in those six wins while facing an average closing spread of -0.5.

Indiana is currently +5 when they visit the lowly LA Sparks Tuesday.


Mercury continue to easily cash under tickets

The Phoenix Mercury are far and away the top under play when it comes to the WNBA this season, with a 8-16 over/under record on the year. Even more impressive is the recent streak that has seen the Mercury go under in 10 of their past 12 games.

Through those 12 games, the average closing total has been 149 with the Mercury and their opponents averaging a combined 146.3 points per game.

The Mercury visit the Tulsa Shock Tuesday with the total currently set at 151.