Wednesday's WNBA Trends and Indexes - 9/21

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Trends and Indexes

Wednesday, September 21

Good Luck on day #265 of 2016!

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Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Over/under win totals for the upcoming NBA season, from the world’s greatest sportsbook, the
Westgate Casino in Las Vegas:

Golden State Warriors 66.5

Los Angeles Clippers 53.5

Los Angeles Lakers 24.5

Miami Heat 36.5

Oklahoma City Thunder 45.5

San Antonio Spurs 56.5


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

k musings…..

13) New rule in NFL this year; offensive coordinator up in booth can talk directly to the QB thru the radio in his helmet. Should wind up helping offenses, cutting out the middle man on the sidelines.

Jon Gruden said last night that not many teams are utilizing the new rule yet. Why? It should especially help teams with young QBs.

Eagles coach Doug Pederson is calling plays; they said Monday that he had never called plays in a game before Week 1 against the Browns.

12) Remember the scene in Moneyball where Billy Beane is in a room with all his scouts, and basically dismisses how they do their jobs?

Well, the Jonah Hill character in Moneyball was Paul DePodesta, who is now working for the Cleveland Browns (he was a WR in college at Harvard), and apparently, that same meeting happened for real in Cleveland last winter, with lot of the Browns’ old-school scouts saying they preferred Carson Wentz over Jared Goff or a trade of the pick- those scouts got fired before the draft.

11) Tuesday, Adam West (Batman) turned 88, David McCallum (Ducky on NCIS) turned 83; they’re both still very active, great for them.

10) Backup QB for the Patriots this week? WR Julian Edelman, who was a QB in college at Kent State. Jimmy Garoppolo will dress, but doubtful his shoulder is good enough for him to actually play, other than handing off.

9) Akron beat Marshall 65-38 last week; Marshall plays Louisville this week. Uh oh. Louisville is a freakin’ powerhouse; they might go over the listed total of 74 by themselves.

8) Miami Dolphins are 0-2, but they played good teams on the road, and both of those teams’ starting QBs were injured in the game. Miami could be an underrated team moving forward.

7) Dak Prescott’s salary for this season: $545,848; Sam Bradford’s WEEKLY salary: $411,765.

6) Seattle Seahawks had nine offensive lineman dressed Sunday; six of the nine weren’t Seahawks last year. Very unusual turnover for a good team.

5) San Francisco Giants are tied for last NL Wild Card spot, despite blowing 30 saves this year, and eight just in the first 19 days of September.

4) Baseball analysts are now saying the rise in use of maple bats are responsible for rising home run rates. Barry Bonds used a maple bat when he played, but was in the minority. More players are using them now.

3) In Marlins’ Park in Miami, there is a nightclub behind the left-field fence, and there is a bar on a walkway above that.

Monday night, Giancarlo Stanton hit a ball over the Budweiser sign that hangs over the bar that is above the nightclub. They said 466 feet; it is good that Stanton has come back from his leg injury– he isn’t playing on consecutive days yet, but he wasn’t expected back at all when got hurt.

2) Marlins-Nationals played 13 of their first 42 games against each other this year; then didn’t play again from May 22-September 18. Weird.

1– Unusual college basketball road trip: Louisiana-Lafayette is in southwest Louisiana, by the Gulf of Mexico. Ragin’ Cajuns have a basketball road trip that first goes to Minnesota, then to Montana State. There is no easy way to get from Bozeman, MT to Lafayette, LA. Dress warm, fellas.

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Wednesday's 1st Round Matchups

A look at the two first-round series in the WNBA playoffs. The league changed the format for this postseason with both the first and second round being one game each.

No. 5 Indiana (17-17) vs. No. 8 Phoenix (16-18)

Season Series: Fever won 2-1.

Indiana: Tamika Catchings will have at least one more chance to play in front of her home fans. The 10-time All-Star who is retiring after the playoffs had a wonderful celebration after her final regular season home game Sunday.

Now she's trying to win a second WNBA championship in her illustrious career. The Fever have been up-and-down all season and will need to put together a strong effort for 40 minutes against the Mercury.

Phoenix: The Mercury might have been the biggest disappointment in the regular season.

Predicting by the league's GMs to win the title, Phoenix had to make a push in the final few weeks to even make the postseason.

Despite having Brittney Griner in the middle, the Mercury have been inconsistent on defense this season, giving up 83.3 points a game. Like Catchings, Penny Taylor has announced she'll retire after the playoffs.

The Australian guard has helped the Mercury win three championships.

Prediction: Phoenix


No. 6 Atlanta (17-17) vs. No. 7 Seattle (16-18)

Season Series: Storm won 2-1.

Atlanta: This is the Dream's seventh playoff appearance overall and first since 2014. The game will be played at Georgia Tech where Atlanta will play its home games for the next two seasons.

Angel McCoughtry has led the Dream all season in scoring (19.5). The offseason additions of Elizabeth Williams and Layshia Clarendon really have bolstered the team this season.

Seattle: The Storm are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2013 after going 7-3 since the Olympic break. Breanna Stewart has already had a rookie season to remember.

She set the WNBA record for defensive rebounds in a season, had the third most points ever by a first-year player and was third in blocked shots. The Storm won in Atlanta on Sept. 4.

Prediction: Seattle

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WNBA
Long Sheet

Wednesday, September 21

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PHOENIX (16 - 18) at INDIANA (17 - 17) - 9/21/2016, 6:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 29-41 ATS (-16.1 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 4-12 ATS (-9.2 Units) in road games in August or September games over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 10-20 ATS (-12.0 Units) against Eastern conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 10-20 ATS (-12.0 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
INDIANA is 18-8 ATS (+9.2 Units) revenging a home loss versus opponent over the last 3 seasons.
INDIANA is 35-20 ATS (+13.0 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 3 seasons.

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

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SEATTLE (16 - 18) at ATLANTA (17 - 17) - 9/21/2016, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SEATTLE is 9-23 ATS (-16.3 Units) in road games on Wednesday since 1997.
SEATTLE is 10-22 ATS (-14.2 Units) in road games after 3 or more consecutive unders since 1997.
SEATTLE is 8-2 ATS (+5.8 Units) in August or September games this season.
SEATTLE is 112-81 ATS (+22.9 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game since 1997.

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

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WNBA

Wednesday, September 21

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Trend Report
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6:00 PM
PHOENIX vs. INDIANA
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Phoenix's last 9 games when playing Indiana
Phoenix is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Indiana
Indiana is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Phoenix
Indiana is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against Phoenix

8:00 PM
SEATTLE vs. ATLANTA
Seattle is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta
Seattle is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 7 games when playing at home against Seattle


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WNBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, September 21


Seattle @ Atlanta

Game 603-604
September 21, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Seattle
114.283
Atlanta
110.763
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Seattle
by 3 1/2
158
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Seattle
by 1
161 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Seattle
(-1); Under

Phoenix @ Indiana

Game 601-602
September 21, 2016 @ 6:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
115.581
Indiana
111.606
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Phoenix
by 4
154
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Phoenix
by 2
160 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Phoenix
(-2); Under