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**Udog** · 03-10-2016, 08:24 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

NFL has an amazing gift for staying in the headlines 12 months a year........

-- Texans signed QB Osweiler, traded for RB Thomas, redoing their offense.

-- Texans stayed at 35-1 to win the Super Bowl, even after the Osweiler signing; Las Vegas was unimpressed.

-- New Jersey Giants spent $105.5M revamping their defense yesterday. one day after they re-signed Jason Pierre-Paul for $10.5M.

-- Colts gave K Vinatieri $6M for two years; he is 43 years old.

-- ESPN replaced Mike Ditka with Matt Hasselbeck on its Sunday morning show; Ditka is 76, will still be on SportsCenter now and then.

-- Chiefs lose a 3rd round pick next month, a 7th round pick next year because they tampered with free agent WR Jeremy Maclin last off-season.

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

13) Pittsburgh 72, Syracuse 71-- Orangemen went 0-3 vs Pitt this year, are off the bubble; expect to hear lot of ESPN people push for them this weekend; over half the ESPN play-by-play guys went to college at Syracuse, but they lost five of their last six games. See ya.

12) Duke 92, NC State 89-- Grayson Allen got a flagrant foul for grabbing a player by the shirt from behind; at what point does Coach K sit this brat down? Duke gave up 1.30 ppp in this game and won; that almost never happens. Curious to see what hjappens today when they play a rested Notre Dame team thats beaten them four of their last five meetings.

11) Pac-12 tournament isn't on in my house, because the nitwits at the Pac-12 don't have a deal with DirecTV. In fact, while SEC Network and Big 14 Network are on in roughly 70 million homes each, the Pac-12 Network is on in 12 million. No bueno.

10) USC 95, UCLA 71-- Bruins finish a hideous 15-17, losing last five games and 10 of last 13, but since Steve Alford's buyout is $10.4M, he'll be back in Westwood next year. Two years from now, the buyout will be half that, but Alford's best player will be gone by then and he doesn't have any more sons to play for him.

9) Handicapping is difficult; the dilemma in these conference tournaments is this: which teams are just going to mail it in and not compete, like Stanford/Minnesota did Wednesday? You see Oklahoma State, FIU, Georgia Tech fight back from behind, but these other teams just showed up, but didn't bother to compete. Thats the goal, to try and figure out which teams have had enough and want the season to be over?

8) People were skeptical when Buzz Williams bolted from Marquette (a basketball school) to Virginia Tech (a football school) but Williams has Tech on the upswing and they hung 96 points on Florida State last night in an impressive win.

7) San Francisco canned coach Rex Walters after he went 127-127 in eight years, with zero NCAA tournaments; Dons were 63-65 in WCC play under Walters.

6) Southern Illinois had its best season in years, going 22-10, but they're turning down postseason tournaments-- apparently some of their better players are banged up and their students are on break, so it makes no sense, basketball-wise or financially, to coach Barry Hinson or the school's AD, to go on this season. Too bad.

5) NHL has struck gold with these outdoor games; next year, Pittsburgh, St Louis, Toronto and Winnipeg will all host outdoor games.

4) Illinois sold 2,000 football season tickets in first 48 hours after they hired former Bears coach Lovie Smith as their new football coach.

3) Arizona Diamondbacks will wear eight different uniforms this season. Eight.

2) Brad Boxberger saved 45 games for Tampa Bay LY; he made the All-Star team, yet the Rays cut his salary $2,200 this year. Seriously? They don't have $2,200 to kick in so they don't totally insult one of their players? If they don't have that kind of money, they should sell the team to someone who does.

1) If you like college basketball, today and tomorrow are two of the best days of the year; ton of games, all important ones. Enjoy!!!

**Udog** · 03-10-2016, 08:28 AM

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, March 10

Hot teams
-- Toronto won seven of its last nine games (1-5 last 6HF). Hawks won five of their last six games (8-6AU).
-- Spurs won nine of their last ten games (12-7 last 19HF).
-- Denver won three of its last four games (3-6HF).
-- Cleveland won four of its last five games (5-3 last 8AF). Lakers won three of last four home games (7-4 last 11HU).

Cold teams
-- Chicago lost its last four road games (1-6 last 7AU).
-- Phoenix lost seven of its last ten games (2-11 last 13AU).

Series records
-- Raptors won five of last six games with Atlanta.
-- Bulls won three of last five games with San Antonio.
-- Suns won eight of their last ten games with Denver.
-- Lakers lost four of last five games with Cleveland.

Totals
-- Six of last eight Toronto games went over the total.
-- Five of last six Chicago games stayed under the total.
-- Seven of last ten Phoenix games went over the total.
-- Five of last six Laker games stayed under the total.

Back/backs
-- Suns are 4-7 vs spread last 11 times they played night before.
-- Cleveland covered five of last seven if it played night before.

NBA

Thursday, March 10

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Trend Report
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7:30 PM
ATLANTA vs. TORONTO
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Atlanta's last 9 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Atlanta is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games at home
Toronto is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home

8:00 PM
CHICAGO vs. SAN ANTONIO
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Chicago's last 19 games on the road
Chicago is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against San Antonio
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of San Antonio's last 9 games when playing at home against Chicago
San Antonio is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

9:00 PM
PHOENIX vs. DENVER
Phoenix is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Denver
Phoenix is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games when playing on the road against Denver
Denver is 16-7-1 ATS in its last 24 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Denver's last 10 games

10:30 PM
CLEVELAND vs. LA LAKERS
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing LA Lakers
Cleveland14-6-1 SU in its last 21 games
LA Lakers are 5-12 SU in their last 17 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the LA Lakers last 5 games at home

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**Udog** · 03-10-2016, 09:36 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, March 10

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ATLANTA (36 - 28) at TORONTO (42 - 20) - 3/10/2016, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ATLANTA is 88-70 ATS (+11.0 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 68-44 ATS (+19.6 Units) in a road game where where the total is between 200 and 204.5 points since 1996.
ATLANTA is 29-17 ATS (+10.3 Units) after 3 or more consecutive wins over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 48-29 ATS (+16.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 52-39 ATS (+9.1 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 19-34 ATS (-18.4 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 126-163 ATS (-53.3 Units) in March games since 1996.
TORONTO is 163-206 ATS (-63.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season since 1996.

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

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CHICAGO (32 - 30) at SAN ANTONIO (54 - 10) - 3/10/2016, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

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

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PHOENIX (17 - 47) at DENVER (26 - 38) - 3/10/2016, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 25-39 ATS (-17.9 Units) in all games this season.
PHOENIX is 9-22 ATS (-15.2 Units) in road games this season.
PHOENIX is 7-18 ATS (-12.8 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
PHOENIX is 14-24 ATS (-12.4 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent this season.
PHOENIX is 4-12 ATS (-9.2 Units) in road games after allowing 105 points or more this season.
PHOENIX is 5-18 ATS (-14.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
PHOENIX is 6-15 ATS (-10.5 Units) in road games versus poor defensive teams - allowing 99+ points/game this season.
PHOENIX is 6-15 ATS (-10.5 Units) in road games versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game this season.
DENVER is 25-12 ATS (+11.8 Units) in March games over the last 3 seasons.
DENVER is 15-6 ATS (+8.4 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
DENVER is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games over the last 2 seasons.
DENVER is 28-16 ATS (+10.4 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game this season.
PHOENIX is 83-58 ATS (+19.2 Units) in road games versus poor defensive teams - allowing 99+ points/game - 2nd half of the season since 1996.
DENVER is 14-28 ATS (-16.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHOENIX is 8-2 against the spread versus DENVER over the last 3 seasons
PHOENIX is 8-2 straight up against DENVER over the last 3 seasons
6 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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CLEVELAND (45 - 18) at LA LAKERS (14 - 51) - 3/10/2016, 10:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
LA LAKERS is 3-2 against the spread versus CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons
CLEVELAND is 4-1 straight up against LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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**Udog** · 03-10-2016, 02:01 PM

NBA
Dunkel

Thursday, March 10

Atlanta @ Toronto

Game 701-702
March 10, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Atlanta
117.744
Toronto
124.327
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto
by 6 1/2
204
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Toronto
by 4
198 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
(-4); Over

Chicago @ San Antonio

Game 703-704
March 10, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago
113.916
San Antonio
130.403
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Antonio
by 16 1/2
209
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Antonio
by 14 1/2
201 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
San Antonio
(-14 1/2); Over

Phoenix @ Denver

Game 705-706
March 10, 2016 @ 9:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
113.211
Denver
119.152
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Denver
by 6
209
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Denver
by 8 1/2
214 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Phoenix
(+8 1/2); Under

Cleveland @ LA Lakers

Game 707-708
March 10, 2016 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Cleveland
123.416
LA Lakers
117.328
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Cleveland
by 6
202
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Cleveland
by 10
209 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
LA Lakers
(+10); Under

NBA
Short Sheet

Thursday, March 10

Atlanta at Toronto, 7:35 ET
Atlanta: 11-2 ATS off 2 or more consecutive road wins
Toronto: 9-19 ATS in home games after having won 2 of their last 3

Chicago at San Antonio, 8:00 ET
Chicago: 4-5 ATS after having won 2 of their last 3 games
San Antonio: 25-9 ATS after having won 4 of their last 5 games

Phoenix at Denver, 9:05 ET
Phoenix: 2-10 ATS in road games after allowing 110 points or more
Denver: 16-6 ATS after playing 3 consecutive home games

Cleveland at LA Lakers, 10:35 ET
Cleveland: 5-1 ATS as a road underdog
Los Angeles: 3-8 ATS after 2 straight games with 10 or less offensive rebounds

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