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**Udog** · 10-29-2015, 08:21 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

-- Royals 7, Mets 1-- Series heads to NYC with Kansas City up 2-0.

-- Royals have Paul Mondesi on the active roster for the World Series; he has never played in a big league game, but is eligible because he is on the 40-man roster.

-- New Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry brought Navy SEALS in to talk to his team about perseverance and teamwork. Pelicans have early injury issues.

-- Iowa State fired OC/former Kansas HC Mark Mangino. It won't help.

-- Michael Conforto is first ballplayer to have an RBI in the Little League WS, the college WS and the real World Series.

-- Jets cut punter Steve Weatherford, who nets $51K for punting four times and holding for five kicks in the Jet-Patriot game Sunday.

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Armadillo: Thursday's List of 13: NBA knowledge to start season with.......

While most of you were sleeping the other night, I was reading basketball previews; here is some of what I learned........
13) Steve Kerr did a great job, winning an NBA title in his first year as a head coach; will his success make it tougher for other first-year head coaches, like Billy Donovan in Oklahoma City? Team owners are rich people; rich people can be impatient.

12) Toronto Raptors paid DeMarre Carroll $60M for four years because they need to be better on defense and Carroll is an excellent defender.

11) Only four guys in NBA last year averaged 17+ ppg, 6.1+ assists/game and 5.2+ rebounds/game: Lebron James, James Harden, Russell Westbrook and Eric Bledsoe.

10) Lance Stephenson was 18-105 behind the arc LY, thats 17.1%, the worst %age for any player ever who took 100+ 3's in a season. Clippers added him, Josh Smith, who Stan VanGundy paid $26M, just for him to leave Detroit. Interesting.

9) Portland only has six guys back from LY; they reduced payroll from $72.9M to $50.3M, reducing it by 31%. Damion Lillard scored 1,720 points LY; the other five returnees scored a combined 1,580. Could be a long winter in Oregon.

8) Orlando took 1,565 foul shots LY (19.1/game) LY, 4th-lowest by any team in NBA history, in the 82-game era. Hard to win that way.

7) Brad Stevens may have come to the NBA from college, but he is highly respected among his peers; there are NBA coaches who copy his after-timeout plays.There are so many timeouts in NBA games, those plays make a big difference in a close game.

6) Russell Westbrook scored 593 points in transition LY, 79 more than anyone else. Going to be interesting to see how the Thunder play under coach Donovan, especially Westbrook, who has tried to take games over by himself in the past.

5) Washington Wizards want to play faster this year; they were 18th in possessions LY; John Wall says they want to be in the top 5 this season.

4) Wilt Chamberlain, Elvin Hayes, Damian Lillard are only three players who led NBA in minutes played as a rookie; LY, Minnesota's Andrew Wiggins missed leading the league last year........by 12 minutes.

3) In Jason Kidd's first year in Milwaukee, Bucks improved from 30th in defensive rating to 4th; Milwaukee has lot of good young players, is an interesting team.

2) Kemba Walker took 280 3-pointers LY, but made only 30.4%, which isn't good. he needs to either take less of them or make more of them. 30.4% ain't cutting it.

1) Denver rookie PG Emmanuel Mudiay skipped college and played pro ball in China LY, but he only played in 12 games there because of injuries. He is really good but he is also really inexperienced; his career is an interesting case study on kids who may not want to go to college before they hit the NBA.

**Udog** · 10-29-2015, 08:26 AM

NBA

Thursday, October 29

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
MEMPHIS vs. INDIANA
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Memphis's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Memphis's last 15 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Indiana is 3-11 ATS in its last 14 games when playing Memphis
Indiana is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Memphis

8:00 PM
ATLANTA vs. NEW YORK
Atlanta is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games when playing on the road against New York
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta's last 9 games when playing on the road against New York
New York is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games at home
New York is 6-19 SU in its last 25 games

10:30 PM
DALLAS vs. LA CLIPPERS
Dallas is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Dallas's last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of the LA Clippers last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas
LA Clippers are 3-9 ATS in their last 12 games at home

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**Udog** · 10-29-2015, 09:45 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Thursday, October 29

Dallas @ LA Clippers

Game 505-506
October 29, 2015 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Dallas
116.154
LA Clippers
130.005
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
LA Clippers
by 14
217
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
LA Clippers
by 10 1/2
210 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
LA Clippers
(-10 1/2); Over

Memphis @ Indiana

Game 501-502
October 29, 2015 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Memphis
122.317
Indiana
117.402
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Memphis
by 5
183
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Memphis
by 2 1/2
187
Dunkel Pick:
Memphis
(-2 1/2); Under

Atlanta @ New York

Game 503-504
October 29, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Atlanta
117.755
New York
116.701
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Atlanta
by 1
202
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Atlanta
by 4
197 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
New York
(+4); Over

NBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, October 29

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MEMPHIS (0 - 1) at INDIANA (0 - 1) - 10/29/2015, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MEMPHIS is 25-43 ATS (-22.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
INDIANA is 41-21 ATS (+17.9 Units) first half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
INDIANA is 148-106 ATS (+31.4 Units) in home games in non-conference games since 1996.
MEMPHIS is 115-85 ATS (+21.5 Units) in road games in non-conference games since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
MEMPHIS is 3-1 against the spread versus INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
MEMPHIS is 3-1 straight up against INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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ATLANTA (0 - 1) at NEW YORK (1 - 0) - 10/29/2015, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ATLANTA is 55-41 ATS (+9.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 29-16 ATS (+11.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 33-49 ATS (-20.9 Units) in home games over the last 3 seasons.
NEW YORK is 23-41 ATS (-22.1 Units) first half of the season over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ATLANTA is 4-3 against the spread versus NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
ATLANTA is 4-3 straight up against NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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DALLAS (1 - 0) at LA CLIPPERS (1 - 0) - 10/29/2015, 10:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 16-31 ATS (-18.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 323-258 ATS (+39.2 Units) as an underdog since 1996.
DALLAS is 441-364 ATS (+40.6 Units) in road games since 1996.
DALLAS is 139-104 ATS (+24.6 Units) in road games first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
LA CLIPPERS is 4-3 against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
LA CLIPPERS is 5-2 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
7 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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**Udog** · 10-29-2015, 01:09 PM

NBA
Short Sheet

Thursday, October 29

Memphis at Indiana, 7:05 ET
Memphis: 11-2 UNDER after game where they made 20% of 3 pt shots or worse
Indiana: 41-21 ATS first half of the season

Atlanta at New York, 8:05 ET
Atlanta: 31-17 ATS after one or more consecutive overs
New York: 7-17 ATS at home where the total is between 190 and 199.5

Dallas at LA Clippers, 10:35 ET
Dallas: 44-26 ATS as an underdog of 10 or more points
Los Angeles: 76-111 ATS after road game where both teams score 100 or more

**Udog** · 10-29-2015, 03:12 PM

NBA

Thursday, October 29

Home openers have been good to Pacers backers

The Indiana Pacers are riding a five-game winning streak in their past five home openers, the previous four of which have come with Frank Vogel as head coach.

The five-game streak has produced a very respectable 4-1 record against the spread with the only ATS loss coming as a 12-point home favorite in a 97-87 win over the Orlando Magic to kick off the 2013-14 season.

Vogel and the Pacers host the Memphis Grizzlies as 2.5-point home dogs in their home opener Thursday evening.

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