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**Udog** · 01-27-2016, 06:30 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

-- Georgetown 74, Creighton 73-- Bluejays led 70-59 with 2:34 left to play.

-- Wisconsin 82, Indiana 79 OT-- Badgers are 15-1 in last 16 games vs Indiana.

-- LSU 89, Georgia 85-- Tigers were 37-55 on foul line. Georgia was 15-24.

-- San Diego State 57, Nevada 54-- Wolf Pack led most of way, couldn't finish.

-- Virginia 72, Wake Forest 71-- Cavaliers were down 71-64 with 0:16 left.

-- Thunder 128, Knicks 122 OT-- Knicks are more fun to watch without Anthony; they're not quite as good, but they play harder.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week Musings........

13) Blake Griffin has been out since Christmas with a quadriceps injury, now he is out another 4-6 weeks after breaking his hand when he punched a member of the team's equipment staff outside a Toronto restaurant. Not good.

Some advice for the equipment guy.........
-- Blake Griffin is a very large man. probably a bad idea to get him so mad that he wants to break his hand on your face.
-- No matter who is at fault here, Griffin is one of the team's stars; the other guy is a member of the equipment staff. Guess who is going to lose his job over this.

12) Why some teams win and some teams do not: You see Jonathan Simmons with the Spurs, you see how explosive he is going to the basket and you figure he will be their next guy to emerge as a star, after toiling in obscurity. Then you realize he was on the Nets' summer league team in Orlando last summer and you wonder why they let him go to the Spurs' summer league team a couple weeks later in Las Vegas.

The Nets should've signed him up when they has the chance, but they hesitated and then he was gone to the Alamo, playing for a better team that is smarter than the Nets.

11) Scapegoats: Green Bay fired their RB and TE coaches, Patriots fired their OL coach because, you know, someone has to get the blame for the team losing.

10) There is a new show on Showtime called Billions, about Wall Street and all the deals/cheating that goes on and the authorities who try and catch them. The main guy in the show usually wears t-shirts even though he is, as the title suggests, worth a lot of money. One of the storylines last week involved the t-shirt guy paying a college $100M to put his family's name on one of the buildings, which already had someone's name on it. The guy at the college didn't understand why it had to be THAT building

Turns out the t-shirt guy comes from modest means; he was a caddy at a country club as a kid-- a looper, as my friend Joe would say. Back in the day, t-shirt guy had been a caddy for the rich family whose name was on that college building and when the old man had a bad day golfing, he blamed it on his caddy and had t-shirt guy fired from the country club as a caddy. T-shirt guy never forgot that.

Thirty years later, the rich family had fallen on hard times; the old man was deceased, the rest of the family needed money fast or they were going to go broke and t-shirt guy found this out, so he paid the college off, then tossed the family $25M so they could see their name physically removed from the building and replaced by his. Vindictive.

Anyway, the show is on Sunday nights and it isn't bad.

9) Kansas basketball coach Bill Self was once college roommates with singer Garth Brooks, who was a javelin thrower at Oklahoma State- Self played basketball.

8) SNY in New York City televises Mets games all summer; they promote their channel as "just New York sports", which is fine, but the Loud Mouths program had a thing on the other night where they showed the pictures of four NBA head coaches, and the two hosts admitted they had no idea who three of them were. They both knew who Quin Snyder was, because he coached Missouri and played at Duke.

If you're running this station, do you want your hosts telling viewers how little they know about the NBA? Especially since Nuggets coach Michael Malone spent four years as an assistant coach with the Knicks? Guys get paid decent money to give their opinions on stuff and it turns out they're ignorant about one of the most popular sports. Not their finest moment.

7) Remember the movie Scent of a Woman, when Al Pacino plays a blind guy who had been injured in the Marines? Chris O'Donnell plays a prep school kid who serves as Pacino's aide for a while. In one scene, Pacino does the tango in a Manhattan restaurant with this beautiful young lady, who looked vaguely familiar to me.

So I look her up on the Interweb; her name is Gabrielle Anwar; she was the co-star in USA Network's Burn Notice that ran the last few years, about former spies who do special ops-type stuff in Miami to assist people who need their help. 20 years later and she is still quite beautiful.

6) This Saturday, the Big X and most of the SEC take time out from conference play for a series of televised games that should raise the RPI's of everyone involved. The Big X-SEC challnge should be fun. Some of the better games:

Ole Miss-Kansas State.....LSU-Oklahoma....Iowa State-Texas A&M.....and the best game of the day, Kentucky at Kansas.

5) Wayne Gretzky wore #99 thru his whole NHL career; the number has been retired by the league. But in his first game with the Edmonton Oilers, back in the old WHA, Gretzky wore #24. After that game, he requested #99 and that was the end of #24.

4) There have been 221 coaching changes in the NBA since Gregg Popovich has been coach of the San Antonio Spurs. 29 other teams- thats 7.6 changes per team.

3) George Karl has the Sacramento Kings contending for a playoff spot- don't read articles anymore about his impending dismissal. DeMarcus Cousins is playing really well and they have some solid players around him. Fun team to watch. Cousins has to be on the All-Star team or the thing is a joke.

2) Cardinals coach Bruce Arians was quoted recently as saying that spread offenses in college have hurt the development of offensive linemen for the NFL, because in a spread offense, linemen don't do lot of the things that NFL lineman have to do in an NFL-style offense, so when they move up to the pros, there is some remedial training that has to be done, which sets their development back some. Makes sense.

1) Dan Gable is the John Wooden of college wrestling; he won 15 national titles as the coach at Iowa, after he won a gold medal at the '72 Olympics himself. His career record as a college wrestler was 181-1. Pretty tough guy.

I mention this because 35 or so years ago, our paths crossed. The wrestling team at UAlbany had a triangular match with Springfield College and Iowa, a very big deal for them. Iowa was in midst of winning ten national titles in a row. There was only one problem- they needed someone to run the clock on the main scoreboard, since they didn't always have matches in the big gym.

I was the basketball manager at Albany, I was good at running the panel for the scoreboard over the basketball floor, so I was elected timekeeper for the day. About three minutes before the first match, with the legendary Gable standing about 20 feet from me, I realized that I had no idea how this all worked-- I had never seen an actual amateur wrestling match, only pro wrestling on TV. No clocks in the WWE.

When did I start the clock? Stop it? How would I know what points to put up? What if Gable passed one of his wrestlers a foreign object? Oh wait, that doesn't happen here, but panic set in. Actually, it was more like terror.

Luckily for me, the referee on the main court was the father of a friend of mine from high school-- I called him over and explained my anxiety. He was cool and explained that he would signal points to me and that the clock ran pretty much like basketball-- on the referee's signal. After that, it was fairly uneventful-- Gable didn't put me in a sleeper hold or anything, and that was my brush with one of the most successful coaches in the history of college sports.

**Udog** · 01-27-2016, 06:30 AM

I've got eye surgery this morning. Here's what's available so far. I'll add the rest asap.

**Udog** · 01-27-2016, 06:30 AM

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, January 27

Hot teams
-- Cavaliers won three of last four games; they're 0-2 vs spread in the Tyronn Lue era.
-- Celtics won last three games, 9-20-25 points (7-4 last 11HF).
-- 76ers won three of their last five games (5-2 last 7AU).
-- Rockets won their last three games (4-7AU). Spurs had 13-game win streak snapped Monday night in Oakland (16-9HF).
-- Hawks won/covered last three home games (9-3 last 12HF).
-- Thunder won nine of its last ten games (0-7 last 7AF).
-- Hornets won four of last five games (4-2 last 6AU).
-- Dallas is 4-3 in its last seven games (1-3 last 4AU). Warriors won last four games, all by 12+ points (1-4 last 5HF).

Cold teams
-- Suns lost seven of their last eight games (1-0 last 11AU).
-- Nuggets lost three of last four games; this is their first game on road in 19 days (7-4 last 11AU).
-- Detroit is 3-5 in its last eight games (10-2 last 12HF).
-- Clippers split their last six games (3-4AU).
-- Minnesota lost 12 of its last 14 games (3-1 last 4HU).
-- Utah lost five of its last seven games (4-2 last 6HF).

Series records
-- Cavaliers won three of last four games with Phoenix, but Suns covered five of last six series games.
-- Celtics won three of their last four games with Denver.
-- 76ers won four of last six games with Detroit.
-- Spurs won four of last five games with Houston.
-- Clippers lost four of last five games with Atlanta.
-- Thunder won last nine games with Minnesota (6-3 vs spread).
-- Jazz won eight of last ten games with Charlotte.
-- Warriors lost by 23 in Dallas Dec 30, their first loss to Dallas in last eight series games.

Totals
-- Six of last nine Phoenix games went over total.
-- Six of last seven Denver games went over the total.
-- Over is 7-3 in last ten Philly-Detroit games.
-- Eight of last ten Houston games went over.
-- Five of last seven Clipper games stayed under.
-- Under is 4-1-1 in last six Thunder-Minnesota games.
-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Utah games.
-- Over is 3-1-1 in last five Dallas games.

Back/backs
-- Phoenix is 3-5 vs spread if it played the night before.
-- 76ers are 3-6 vs spread if they played the night before.
-- Clippers are 4-3 vs spread if they won the night before.
-- Oklahoma City is 2-4 vs spread on road if it played night before.
-- Dallas is 8-2 vs spread if it played the night before

**Udog** · 01-27-2016, 06:31 AM

NBA

Wednesday, January 27

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
PHOENIX vs. CLEVELAND
Phoenix is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Phoenix is 0-4-1 SU in its last 5 games ,on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing at home against Phoenix
Cleveland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Phoenix

7:30 PM
PHILADELPHIA vs. DETROIT
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Philadelphia's last 11 games when playing Detroit
Philadelphia is 3-22 SU in its last 25 games on the road
Detroit is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
Detroit is 16-6-1 ATS in its last 23 games at home

7:30 PM
DENVER vs. BOSTON
Denver is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Denver's last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Boston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Denver

8:00 PM
OKLAHOMA CITY vs. MINNESOTA
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oklahoma City's last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Oklahoma City7-2-1 SU in its last 10 games on the road
Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Oklahoma City
Minnesota is 6-18-1 ATS in its last 25 games at home

8:00 PM
HOUSTON vs. SAN ANTONIO
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games when playing San Antonio
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Antonio's last 5 games when playing Houston
San Antonio is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games

8:00 PM
LA CLIPPERS vs. ATLANTA
LA Clippers12-3-1 SU in their last 16 games
LA Clippers are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Atlanta's last 8 games when playing at home against LA Clippers
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against LA Clippers

9:00 PM
CHARLOTTE vs. UTAH
Charlotte is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Utah
Charlotte is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games
Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games when playing at home against Charlotte

10:30 PM
DALLAS vs. GOLDEN STATE
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games when playing on the road against Golden State
Dallas is 6-14 ATS in its last 20 games when playing on the road against Golden State
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Golden State's last 10 games
Golden State is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games

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**StarDust Bum** · 01-27-2016, 12:20 PM

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27, 2016

Dallas
@
Golden State
Game 515-516
January 27, 2016 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating: Dallas
116.306
Golden State
136.524
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total: Golden State
by 20
221
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total: Golden State
by 16
214 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Golden State
(-16); Over

Phoenix
@
Cleveland
Game 501-502
January 27, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating: Phoenix
107.841
Cleveland
121.932
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total: Cleveland
by 14
202
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total: Cleveland
by 16 1/2
210 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Phoenix
(+16 1/2); Under

Denver
@
Boston
Game 503-504
January 27, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating: Denver
115.645
Boston
122.179
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total: Boston
by 6 1/2
215
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total: Boston
by 8 1/2
209
Dunkel Pick: Denver
(+8 1/2); Over

Philadelphia
@
Detroit
Game 505-506
January 27, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating: Philadelphia
108.246
Detroit
122.714
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total: Detroit
by 14 1/2
198
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total: Detroit
by 12 1/2
203 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Detroit
(-12 1/2); Under

Houston
@
San Antonio
Game 507-508
January 27, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating: Houston
120.101
San Antonio
133.211
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total: San Antonio
by 13
212
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total: San Antonio
by 10 1/2
206
Dunkel Pick: San Antonio
(-10 1/2); Over

LA Clippers
@
Atlanta
Game 509-510
January 27, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating: LA Clippers
120.770
Atlanta
122.943
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total: Atlanta
by 2
213
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total: Atlanta
by 3 1/2
207
Dunkel Pick: LA Clippers
(+3 1/2); Over

Oklahoma City
@
Minnesota
Game 511-512
January 27, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating: Oklahoma City
120.711
Minnesota
116.575
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total: Oklahoma City
by 4
203
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total: Oklahoma City
by 8
210 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Minnesota
(+8); Under

Charlotte
@
Utah
Game 513-514
January 27, 2016 @ 9:00 pm

Dunkel Rating: Charlotte
113.774
Utah
121.875
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total: Utah
by 8
185
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total: Utah
by 5 1/2
191 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Utah
(-5 1/2); Under

**StarDust Bum** · 01-27-2016, 12:27 PM

Pro Basketball Trend Report

PHOENIX (14 - 32) at CLEVELAND (31 - 12) - 1/27/2016, 7:00 PM

Top Trends for this game.

PHOENIX is 18-28 ATS (-12.8 Units) in all games this season.
PHOENIX is 7-16 ATS (-10.6 Units) in road games this season.
PHOENIX is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) in road games in January games over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 3-14 ATS (-12.4 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
CLEVELAND is 5-14 ATS (-10.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHOENIX is 4-1 against the spread versus CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons
CLEVELAND is 3-2 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
4 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

DENVER (17 - 28) at BOSTON (25 - 21) - 1/27/2016, 7:30 PM

Top Trends for this game.

DENVER is 15-26 ATS (-13.6 Units) after a loss by 10 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 74-56 ATS (+12.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 45-29 ATS (+13.1 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 99+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 42-27 ATS (+12.3 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
DENVER is 25-13 ATS (+10.7 Units) in road games versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 116-150 ATS (-49.0 Units) in home games in non-conference games since 1996.
BOSTON is 51-80 ATS (-37.0 Units) in home games off an upset win as an underdog since 1996.
BOSTON is 91-123 ATS (-44.3 Units) in home games after scoring 105 points or more since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 2-1 against the spread versus DENVER over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 3-1 straight up against DENVER over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

PHILADELPHIA (7 - 39) at DETROIT (24 - 21) - 1/27/2016, 7:30 PM

Top Trends for this game.

PHILADELPHIA is 4-13 ATS (-10.3 Units) as a road underdog of 12.5 to 15 points over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 14-6 ATS (+7.4 Units) in home games this season.
DETROIT is 19-39 ATS (-23.9 Units) in a home game where where the total is between 200 and 204.5 points since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
DETROIT is 5-4 against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 5-4 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

HOUSTON (25 - 22) at SAN ANTONIO (38 - 7) - 1/27/2016, 8:00 PM

Top Trends for this game.

HOUSTON is 8-17 ATS (-10.7 Units) after allowing 105 points or more this season.
SAN ANTONIO is 30-15 ATS (+13.5 Units) in all games this season.
SAN ANTONIO is 30-13 ATS (+15.7 Units) as a favorite this season.
SAN ANTONIO is 17-7 ATS (+9.3 Units) in home games this season.
SAN ANTONIO is 129-90 ATS (+30.0 Units) after a loss by 10 points or more since 1996.
SAN ANTONIO is 263-216 ATS (+25.4 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
SAN ANTONIO is 22-10 ATS (+11.0 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 23-10 ATS (+12.0 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 99+ points/game this season.
SAN ANTONIO is 52-37 ATS (+11.3 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 121-87 ATS (+25.3 Units) in home games versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game - 2nd half of the season since 1996.
HOUSTON is 27-15 ATS (+10.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
HOUSTON is 29-17 ATS (+10.3 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
HOUSTON is 7-3 against the spread versus SAN ANTONIO over the last 3 seasons
HOUSTON is 6-4 straight up against SAN ANTONIO over the last 3 seasons
5 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

LA CLIPPERS (29 - 16) at ATLANTA (27 - 19) - 1/27/2016, 8:00 PM

Top Trends for this game.

LA CLIPPERS are 178-242 ATS (-88.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season since 1996.
LA CLIPPERS are 139-177 ATS (-55.7 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game - 2nd half of the season since 1996.
ATLANTA is 78-62 ATS (+9.8 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 15-5 ATS (+9.5 Units) in a home game where where the total is between 205 and 209.5 points over the last 3 seasons.
ATLANTA is 20-9 ATS (+10.1 Units) in January games over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 38-23 ATS (+12.7 Units) after a win by 10 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
ATLANTA is 41-24 ATS (+14.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ATLANTA is 4-0 against the spread versus LA CLIPPERS over the last 3 seasons
ATLANTA is 3-1 straight up against LA CLIPPERS over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

OKLAHOMA CITY (34 - 13) at MINNESOTA (14 - 32) - 1/27/2016, 8:00 PM

Top Trends for this game.

OKLAHOMA CITY is 18-28 ATS (-12.8 Units) in all games this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) when the total is greater than or equal to 210 this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 5-15 ATS (-11.5 Units) in road games this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 4-14 ATS (-11.4 Units) in road games in January games over the last 2 seasons.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 6-17 ATS (-12.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 11-21 ATS (-12.1 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 99+ points/game this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 7-16 ATS (-10.6 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game this season.
MINNESOTA is 53-72 ATS (-26.2 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 6-17 ATS (-12.7 Units) in home games this season.
MINNESOTA is 2-10 ATS (-9.0 Units) in home games after a non-conference game this season.
MINNESOTA is 4-14 ATS (-11.4 Units) in home games revenging a loss vs opponent this season.
MINNESOTA is 6-16 ATS (-11.6 Units) after allowing 105 points or more this season.
MINNESOTA is 27-45 ATS (-22.5 Units) after scoring 105 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 46-64 ATS (-24.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 183-234 ATS (-74.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season since 1996.
MINNESOTA is 10-21 ATS (-13.1 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 99+ points/game this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
OKLAHOMA CITY is 6-4 against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
OKLAHOMA CITY is 9-1 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
6 of 10 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

CHARLOTTE (22 - 23) at UTAH (19 - 25) - 1/27/2016, 9:00 PM

Top Trends for this game.

CHARLOTTE is 18-38 ATS (-23.8 Units) in road games against Northwest division opponents since 1996.
CHARLOTTE is 145-185 ATS (-58.5 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
UTAH is 48-20 ATS (+26.0 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent over the last 2 seasons.
CHARLOTTE is 20-7 ATS (+12.3 Units) as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
UTAH is 3-2 against the spread versus CHARLOTTE over the last 3 seasons
UTAH is 3-2 straight up against CHARLOTTE over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

DALLAS (26 - 21) at GOLDEN STATE (41 - 4) - 1/27/2016, 10:30 PM

Top Trends for this game.

DALLAS is 11-23 ATS (-14.3 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 10-22 ATS (-14.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 3-14 ATS (-12.4 Units) in road games versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 26-17 ATS (+7.3 Units) in all games this season.
GOLDEN STATE is 19-10 ATS (+8.0 Units) when the total is greater than or equal to 210 this season.
GOLDEN STATE is 76-53 ATS (+17.7 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 26-14 ATS (+10.6 Units) against Southwest division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 49-30 ATS (+16.0 Units) after a win by 10 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 47-34 ATS (+9.6 Units) after 3 or more consecutive wins over the last 2 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 45-31 ATS (+10.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 53-32 ATS (+17.8 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 336-269 ATS (+40.1 Units) as an underdog since 1996.
DALLAS is 453-377 ATS (+38.3 Units) in road games since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
GOLDEN STATE is 7-2 against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
GOLDEN STATE is 7-2 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

**Udog** · 01-27-2016, 01:19 PM

NBA
Short Sheet

Wednesday, January 27

Phoenix at Cleveland, 7:05 ET
Phoneix: 61-40 ATS after playing a road game
Cleveland: 12-26 ATS after playing 2 consecutive games as a home favorite

Denver at Boston, 7:35 ET
Denver: 1-10 ATS after 2 straight games with 19 or less assists
Boston: 16-5 ATS after scoring 105 points or more 2 straight games

Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:35 ET
Philadelphia: 14-6 ATS after a game where they covered the spread
Detroit: 35-52 ATS after 1 or more consecutive unders

Houston at San Antonio, 8:05 ET
Houston: 8-17 ATS after allowing 105 points or more
San Antonio: 12-4 ATS after 2 straight games with 10 or less offensive rebounds

LA Clippers at Atlanta, 8:05 ET
Los Angeles: 65-91 ATS after a game where they made 12 or more 3 point shots
Atlanta: 34-19 ATS in a home game where the total is 200 to 209.5

Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8:05 ET
Oklahoma City: 33-17 ATS in road games after playing 2 consecutive road games
Minnesota: 3-12 ATS after covering 2 of their last 3 against the spread

Charlotte at Utah, 9:05 ET
Charlotte: 20-36 ATS after a combined score of 205 points or more
Utah: 48-20 ATS revenging a loss vs opponent

Dallas at Golden State, 10:35 ET
Dallas: 1-9 ATS on road after a game being outrebounded by 15 or more
Golden State: 19-8 ATS after a blowout win by 20 points or more

**Udog** · 01-27-2016, 06:39 PM

NBA

Wednesday, January 27

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Game of the Day: Houston Rockets at San Antonio Spurs
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The home team is 8-0 ATS in last eight meetings between the Rockets and Spurs, who play hosts Wednesday night.

Houston Rockets at San Antonio Spurs (-12, 205)

The San Antonio Spurs got a look at just how far away they are from being the best team in the NBA on Monday, but they’re still a solid No. 2. The Spurs will try to stay undefeated at home when they return to host the Houston Rockets on Wednesday.

San Antonio went into a hotly-anticipated meeting with the Golden State Warriors on Monday riding a 13-game winning streak but came out of it with a 120-90 loss. "It was like men and boys out there (Monday), I thought, as far as the toughness and the aggressiveness was concerned," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich told reporters. "In every facet of the game, it was men and boys.”

The Rockets are enjoying a string of three straight wins but were ripped 121-103 in a visit to San Antonio on Jan. 2. James Harden was held to 17 points in that loss but is averaging 30.3 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in the last four contests.

LINE: Overnight odds went out with San Antonio as a 12-point home favorite with the total at 205 points. Books opened the Spurs as 10.5-point favorites and that has been bet down to -10.

POWER RANKINGS: Rockets (-1.5) - Spurs (-18) + home court (-3.0) = San Antonio -19.5

INJURIES: Rockets - Dwight Howard C (Questionable - ankle), Spurs - Tim Duncan PF (Questionable - knee)

TV: 8 p.m. ET, ESPN, ROOT (Houston), KENS (San Antonio)

WHAT SHARPS SAY: "San Antonio comes into this game off a 30-point loss in Golden State on Monday night, but I wouldn’t put too much stock into that defeat. The Spurs will likely meet the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals, and Popovich is a shrewd coach who didn’t want to show Golden State anything in that game. San Antonio should play better now off a loss. Houston is playing solid basketball now, but they still play little defense and Dwight Howard has missed recent games with injury."

WHAT BOOKS SAY: "The Spurs have won three of the last four meetings including a 121-103 victory at home on January second. Dwight Howard will be making the trip but it is still unclear if he will play. Same goes for Duncan who has been out with soar knees. I suspect the Spurs will rebound from their 30-point drubbing at the hands of the Warriors Monday night."

ABOUT THE ROCKETS (25-22, 20-27 ATS): Harden led the way with 35 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in a 112-111 win at New Orleans on Monday to kick off a three-game trip that concludes at Oklahoma City on Friday. “He was great again. He was flirting with another triple-double,” Rockets interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff told reporters of Harden. “When he does that, we’re hard to beat. He’s sharing the ball, he’s rebounding.” Harden is getting plenty of help of late from small forward Trevor Ariza, who is averaging 30 points in the last two games while going 14-of-20 from 3-point range.

ABOUT THE SPURS (38-7, 30-15 ATS): San Antonio entered Monday’s contest leading the NBA with a scoring defense that yielded an average of 89.8 points but yielded more than that through the first three quarters as the game quickly got out of hand. “They outplayed us in every single aspect of the game,” reserve guard Manu Ginobili told reporters. “Aggression was one, shooting was another one, defense, everything. It was the whole package. I don't think there was one area in which it was close. We were slow, not every sharp. It was no game." All seven of the Spurs’ losses have come on the road, and the team is an NBA-best 24-0 at home.

TRENDS:

- Home team is 8-0 ATS in last eight meetings.
- Over is 5-1 in last six meetings in San Antonio.
- Over is 4-1 in last five meetings.
- Rockets are 9-3 ATS in last 12 meetings.
- Favorite is 5-2 ATS in last 7 meetings.

CONSENSUS: 54 percent of Consensus is on San Antonio while 69 percent are on the Over.

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