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**Udog** · 01-02-2017, 11:25 AM

Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

Week 17’s most popular selections in the Westgate SuperContest:

6) Carolina Panthers +6 (350)- W

5) Denver Broncos -1 (374)- W

4) Baltimore Ravens +2 (389)- L

3) Detroit Lions +3.5 (405)- L

2) Miami Dolphins +9.5 (417)- L

1) Green Bay Packers -3.5 (538)- W

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Armadillo: Monday's List of 16: Wrapping up an NFL Sunday……

Titans 24, Texans 17— Houston QB Savage left with concussion, Osweiler wound up throwing 40 passes; Titans scored a defensive TD 5:03 into the game, never looked back. Texans will be a home underdog in playoffs next week. Tennessee has to have mixed emotions; they improved a lot this year, but Mariota’s broken leg and Week 16 loss to Jacksonville prevented a happy ending. Good news for Titans: they have a lot of draft picks from the Rams, as a result of LA trading up to draft Jared Goff.

Jets 30, Bills 10— Buffalo owner Terry Pagula changed history when he bought the Bills; the person he beat out for the franchise? Donald Trump.

Now Bills have to hire a coach, have to decide if Tyrod Taylor is their QB of future. Lot of work for them, since other teams with coaching openings are seen as more attractive jobs. Jets’ last TD scored when Buffalo neglected to field a kickoff and the Jets recovered the free ball in the end zone- they finish 5-11, but swept the Bills.

Bengals 27, Ravens 10— Putrid effort by Baltimore; Flacco threw a horrendous end zone INT when game was 17-3 and still in doubt. Flacco targeted Dennis Pitta 16 times in this game, including the fateful end zone pick- he plays like Pitta is on his fantasy team.

Why is Chris Simms a network TV analyst? Because his dad is? I’ll give you two guys who do college games who are better and more qualified: Andre Ware (ESPN) and Sherdrick Bonner, who does Mountain West games on ROOT Sports— he played Arenaball for the Arizona Rattlers. Ware is soft-spoken and a good listen. Bonner is very smart.

Colts 24, Jaguars 20— Jacksonville led 17-0 20:45 into game, led 17-3 at the half- hopefully they’ll hire Josh McDaniels as coach so the Rams can’t. Think Jaguars are closer to being good than you’d expect; they only trailed one of their last seven games at halftime. Colts finish 7-1 vs spread this year in the game following a loss.

Question for Colts’ owner Jim Irsay is: Do you fire your coach after an 8-8 season? I’m not saying you don’t, I’m just asking.

Eagles 27, Cowboys 13— Philly finishes 7-9 after a 3-0 start with the ill-timed Week 4 bye. Still think Eagles had a pretty good year; they established Wentz as their starting QB, now they need to build around him.

Dallas has next week off and will be favored to win the NFC; I remember 1999, when the Rams lost a meaningless Week 17 game in Philly, then won the Super Bowl. Cowboys hope history repeats itself there.

Vikings 38, Bears 10— Minnesota finishes 8-8 after a 5-0 start and they don’t have their #1 draft pick in April, because they dealt it for Sam Bradford. Good news for Vikings; their new stadium is real nice. Good news for the Bears is that their dismal 3-13 season is over. Now they have to decide who they want their QB to be going forward.

Chances are it won’t be Matt Barkley; Bears turned ball over 14 times in their last three games. 14 times. In. three. games.

Buccaneers 17, Panthers 16— Carolina scored TD with 0:17 left, went for two points and the win but failed. 8th year in a row this series was swept. Panthers went 2-6 on the road this season. Tampa Bay was down 7-3 until Newton threw a pick-6; he didn’t have a good season.

Browns 24, Steelers 21 OT— Cleveland’s team bus broke down on their way to the stadium Sunday morning, which pretty much sums up their whole franchise. Steelers’ top guys on offense didn’t play, but they won anyway, scoring a TD in overtime after Cleveland kicked a FG.

Browns clinched 1st pick in April’s draft.

Patriots 35, Dolphins 14— New England won its 7th straight game, snapped a 3-game losing streak in Miami. Dolphins are in playoffs for first time in 2008, but go to playoffs with backup QB Moore playing- he’s one of the better backups. Seeing how so many AFC playoffs teams have QB injury issues, hard to imagine the Patriots not playing in the Super Bowl.

Cardinals 44, Rams 6— Merciful end to a horrendous season for the Rams, one of the worst offenses I’ve ever seen…..’76 Buccaneers level of bad. Time to take a big broom to coaching staff; keeping special teams coach Fassel would be a good move- everyone else needs to go and I do mean everyone else. LA was outscored 78-21 in second half of their last four games, a sign the players gave up. Lot of them need to go, too.

Chiefs 37, Chargers 27— Andy Reid is this generation’s version of Chuck Knox; wins a lot of games, sound coach but when January and playoffs roll around, his teams will lose. Win here and Oakland’s loss in Denver gives Chiefs #2 seed in AFC and next week off, which is really important, but does anyone think they can go to Foxboro in three weeks and win?

Chargers finish their last season in San Diego 5-11; this is a ridiculous situation where no one likes the owner, but they do avidly support the team in this stadium. Why can’t the Chargers just stay in San Diego? Does every NFL team have to play in a new stadium? Does the NFL want cities like St Louis and San Diego to hate the NFL?

Falcons 38, Saints 32— Over/under on Atlanta’s points in this game was 32; they had 35 at the half. Falcons get #2 seed in NFC and next week off; Over was 13-3 in Atlanta games this year.

Interesting situation if Rams are really interested in Sean Payton as their next coach; would he re-unite with Gregg Williams (they won a Super Bowl together with Saints)? Saints have had a terrible defense for several years now (since Williams left).

Giants 13, Redskins 10— Rooting for a team that finishes 4-12 is not fun, but not half as bad as rooting for a team that has to win one of its last two home games to make playoffs, but loses both of them.

Losing to a team that had nothing to play for is just intolerable. Giants are now 8-3 in last 11 games here; seven of their last eight games overall stayed under total- they have a road playoff game next week.

Seahawks 25, 49ers 23— Something is wrong with Seattle; they had to fight to win this game, against a 2-14 team that fired its GM before kickoff. Seahawks will play at home next week- they split last six games.

No idea what direction the 49ers will go in; sounds like they’re firing Chip Kelly, too. NFC West is going to look a lot different next year.

Broncos 24, Raiders 6— Things turned ugly quickly for Oakland; backup QB McGloin hurt his shoulder, they lost the NFC West title, now have to go to Houston for a rematch of the Monday night game in Mexico City that Oakland won 27-20. it is possible that Michigan St rookie QB Connor Cook (14-21/150) might be under center for that game. Oy.

As for Denver, looks like Gary Kubiak is going to resign for health reasons, a year after he won the Super Bowl. Coaching is very stressful and not necessarily healthy- we wish him well. The next coach is going to have to spruce up the offense. Will Siemian, Lynch or someone else be the Denver QB next year?

**Udog** · 01-02-2017, 11:47 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Monday, January 2

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NEW ORLEANS (14 - 21) at CLEVELAND (25 - 7) - 1/2/2017, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

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

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OKLAHOMA CITY (21 - 13) at MILWAUKEE (16 - 16) - 1/2/2017, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 3-14 ATS (-12.4 Units) as a road underdog of 3 points or less over the last 3 seasons.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 4-15 ATS (-12.5 Units) in road games in January games over the last 3 seasons.
MILWAUKEE is 243-298 ATS (-84.8 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
MILWAUKEE is 121-156 ATS (-50.6 Units) after a win by 10 points or more since 1996.

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

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UTAH (21 - 13) at BROOKLYN (8 - 24) - 1/2/2017, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
UTAH is 35-23 ATS (+9.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
BROOKLYN is 9-22 ATS (-15.2 Units) in January games over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
UTAH is 3-1 against the spread versus BROOKLYN over the last 3 seasons
UTAH is 3-1 straight up against BROOKLYN 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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ORLANDO (15 - 20) at NEW YORK (16 - 17) - 1/2/2017, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW YORK is 4-3 against the spread versus ORLANDO over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK is 4-4 straight up against ORLANDO over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WASHINGTON (16 - 16) at HOUSTON (26 - 9) - 1/2/2017, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
HOUSTON is 3-2 against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
HOUSTON is 3-2 straight up against WASHINGTON 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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CHARLOTTE (19 - 15) at CHICAGO (16 - 18) - 1/2/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CHARLOTTE is 12-26 ATS (-16.6 Units) in road games versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 50-65 ATS (-21.5 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 5-20 ATS (-17.0 Units) against Southeast division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 30-47 ATS (-21.7 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 99+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 32-45 ATS (-17.5 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHARLOTTE is 7-2 against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
CHARLOTTE is 6-3 straight up against CHICAGO 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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DENVER (14 - 19) at GOLDEN STATE (29 - 5) - 1/2/2017, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
GOLDEN STATE is 131-104 ATS (+16.6 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 121-95 ATS (+16.5 Units) as a favorite over the last 3 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 71-49 ATS (+17.1 Units) in home games over the last 3 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 15-5 ATS (+9.5 Units) in home games against Northwest division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 62-44 ATS (+13.6 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
DENVER is 19-9 ATS (+9.1 Units) in road games after allowing 105 points or more over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
DENVER is 5-3 against the spread versus GOLDEN STATE over the last 3 seasons
GOLDEN STATE is 6-2 straight up against DENVER over the last 3 seasons
7 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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PHOENIX (10 - 24) at LA CLIPPERS (22 - 14) - 1/2/2017, 10:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
LA CLIPPERS is 5-4 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
LA CLIPPERS is 7-2 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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**Udog** · 01-02-2017, 11:48 AM

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, January 2

New Orleans won its last four games, is 1-4 in its last five games as a road underdog. Three of their last four games stayed under. Cavaliers won seven of last eight games, is 5-2-1 in its last eight games as a home favorite; over is 5-3 in their last eight games. Pelicans are 7-3 in last ten games with Cleveland, but lost by 7-15 points in last two visits to Lake Erie. Six of last eight series games went over total.

Oklahoma City won five of last six games; they’re 3-5 as road underdogs. Last three Thunder games stayed under the total. Bucks are 5-3 in their last eight games, 3-1 in last four games as a home favorite. Over is 6-1 in their last seven games. Thunder won seven of last nine games with Milwaukee, winning last three by 13-8-8 points- they won four of last five visits here. Under is 5-2 in last seven series games.

Utah won its last three games, is 7-1 vs spread as a road favorite; favorites are 13-2 in their road games. Under is 9-2 in Utah’s last 11 games. Nets lost seven of last eight games, is 8-6 as a home underdog. Four of last five Brooklyn games stayed under the total. Jazz won three of last four games with Brooklyn; they won four of last five visits here. Three of last four series games stayed under.

Orlando is 5-3 in its last eight road games; they lost in Indiana yesterday. Magic is 10-6 as a road underdog. Last three Orlando games went over. New York lost its last four games, is 9-1 as a home favorite. Over is 6-2 in their last eight home games. Knicks won their last two games with Orlando by 13-11 points; Magic lost three of last four trips to Manhattan (1-3 vs spread). Five of last six series games stayed under.

Rockets won their last four games (3-1 vs spread); they’re 8-6 as home favorites. Last six Houston games went over total. Washington won its last three games, is 9-2 vs spread in its last 11; they’re 5-3 as road underdogs. Over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games. Road team won last five Washington-Houston games; Wizards won last two visits here, both by one point. Over is 5-2 in last seven series games.

Charlotte won five of its last seven games; they’re 9-6 SU on road. Three of Hornets’ last four games went over. Chicago lost 8 of its last 11 games; they’re 3-4 in last seven home games. Under is 7-3-1 in their last eleven games. Hornets won six of their last eight games with Chicago, splitting last four games played here. Under is 5-4-1 in last ten series games.

Golden State won nine of last ten games, is 5-2 vs spread in its last seven home games. Under is 10-3 in their last 13 games. Denver lost four of last six road games; they’re 1-5 vs spread in last six away games. Over is 11-3-1 in their last fifteen games. Warriors won seven of last nine games with Denver; last seven series games went over total. Nuggets lost last four visits to Oakland, but covered three of four.

Clippers have injury issues, lost last six games; they’re 3-4 in last seven home games. Five of their last six games stayed under total. Phoenix lost seven of last nine games, is 1-4 in last five games as a road underdog. Five of Suns’ last seven games went over total. Home side won last five Phoenix-Clipper games; Suns lost last five visits here (2-3 vs spread). Over is 7-3 in last ten series games.

**Udog** · 01-02-2017, 11:49 AM

NBA

Monday, January 2

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
NEW ORLEANS vs. CLEVELAND
New Orleans is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of New Orleans's last 10 games
Cleveland is 6-1-1 ATS in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cleveland's last 8 games when playing at home against New Orleans

7:00 PM
OKLAHOMA CITY vs. MILWAUKEE
Oklahoma City is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oklahoma City's last 7 games when playing Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Oklahoma City
Milwaukee is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Oklahoma City

7:30 PM
ORLANDO vs. NEW YORK
The total has gone OVER in 18 of Orlando's last 25 games when playing New York
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando's last 6 games when playing New York
New York is 12-4-1 ATS in its last 17 games when playing Orlando
New York is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games when playing Orlando

7:30 PM
UTAH vs. BROOKLYN
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Utah's last 6 games on the road
Utah is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Brooklyn is 4-11 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Utah
Brooklyn is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games when playing Utah

8:00 PM
WASHINGTON vs. HOUSTON
Washington is 5-18 SU in its last 23 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games when playing Houston
Houston is 18-5 SU in its last 23 games when playing Washington
Houston is 18-4 SU in its last 22 games when playing at home against Washington

8:00 PM
CHARLOTTE vs. CHICAGO
Charlotte is 6-16 SU in its last 22 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Charlotte is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Chicago is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games
Chicago is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games

10:30 PM
PHOENIX vs. LA CLIPPERS
Phoenix is 0-5 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Phoenix's last 10 games when playing LA Clippers
LA Clippers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of the LA Clippers last 10 games when playing Phoenix

10:30 PM
DENVER vs. GOLDEN STATE
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Denver's last 11 games when playing on the road against Golden State
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Denver's last 10 games
Golden State is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 games
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Golden State's last 13 games

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**Udog** · 01-02-2017, 01:03 PM

NBA
Dunkel

Monday, January 2

Phoenix @ LA Clippers

Game 515-516
January 2, 2017 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
108.756
LA Clippers
121.653
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
LA Clippers
by 13
216
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
LA Clippers
by 5 1/2
209
Dunkel Pick:
LA Clippers
(-5 1/2); Over

Denver @ Golden State

Game 513-514
January 2, 2017 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Denver
114.406
Golden State
134.561
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Golden State
by 20
216
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Golden State
by 14 1/2
229 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Golden State
(-14 1/2); Under

Charlotte @ Chicago

Game 511-512
January 2, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Charlotte
114.323
Chicago
120.629
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 6 1/2
212
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
by 1
204
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago
(-1); Over

Washington @ Houston

Game 509-510
January 2, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
118.876
Houston
131.212
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Houston
by 12 1/2
218
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Houston
by 9 1/2
230
Dunkel Pick:
Houston
(-9 1/2); Over

Orlando @ New York

Game 507-508
January 2, 2017 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Orlando
117.400
New York
113.988
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Orlando
by 3 1/2
219
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
New York
by 4 1/2
207
Dunkel Pick:
Orlando
(+4 1/2); Over

Utah @ Brooklyn

Game 505-506
January 2, 2017 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Utah
119.745
Brooklyn
115.466
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Utah
by 4 1/2
196
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Utah
by 7
204
Dunkel Pick:
Brooklyn
(+7); Under

Oklahoma City @ Milwaukee

Game 503-504
January 2, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Oklahoma City
118.814
Milwaukee
126.831
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Milwaukee
by 8
218
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Milwaukee
by 1
211 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Milwaukee
(-1); Over

New Orleans @ Cleveland

Game 501-502
January 2, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New Orleans
116.692
Cleveland
130.167
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Cleveland
by 13 1/2
207
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Cleveland
by 9 1/2
215 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Cleveland
(-9 1/2); Under

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