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**Udog** · 05-05-2017, 09:03 AM

Armadillo:Friday's six-pack

Odds to win the Pac-12 football title this coming fall:
even: USC
5-2: Washington
6-1: Stanford
7-1: Oregon, UCLA
12-1: Colorado
13-1: Utah, Washington State
20-1: Arizona State
35-1: Arizona
50-1: Oregon State
60-1: California

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Random stuff with weekend here……….

13) May 24 is the deadline for kids to withdraw from the NBA Draft; Purdue is holding its breath that Caleb Swanigan will come back to West Lafayette next season- that would make the Boilers a top-10 preseason team.

Apparently, Swanigan hasn’t yet been assured that he’ll be a first round pick.

12) Tony Parker has a ruptured left quadriceps tendon and will miss the remainder of the playoffs, which makes life much harder for the Spurs in their series with Houston.

11) Washington Wizards have outscored Boston 119-70 in first quarter of their games in this playoff series, but Celtics still won two of the three games- home side won all three.

10) Mark William Calaway, better known as the Undertaker on WWE broadcasts, had hip replacement surgery right after Wrestlemania- he is 52 years old.

9) There is a horse with only one eye running in the Kentucky Derby Saturday- Patch.

8) In 2009, the San Diego Padres picked Donovan Tate with the #1 overall pick; he never got above Class A ball, hit .226 in his career and now, at age 26, will walk on as a QB at the U of Arizona- he was at one time also a top football recruit.

He can walk on because the Padres are paying for his education.

7) Big 14 Conference is having its conference tournament in Madison Square Garden next winter, a week earlier than normal; because of that, they’ll play some conference games in December, which they’ve never done before.

6) Mt St Mary’s won the NEC basketball tourney twice in last four years; they won’t win it next year- five of their returning players have already transferred, as higher-level programs increase their poaching of low major and mid-major teams.

5) Atlanta Hawks have 11 draft picks over the next three years, so they figure to improve; they’re not firing their GM after all, just giving him a different title, probably a small demotion/reduction of duties.

4) Leonard Hamilton (Florida St) and Richard Pitino (Minnesota) got contract extensions this week, after their successful seasons.

3) Wizards 116, Celtics 89— Home side is now 3-0 in this series; there was an incident in the first half between Kelly Oubre and Kelly Olynyk— no one was KO’d in the scuffle.

Lot of Boston/Washington-area hostility in the sports world this week.

2) An NBA agent was fired for running up a $42,000 Uber tab on a player’s credit card, charges which were not authorized by the player, who isn’t a client of that agent.

1— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t), they would look like this:

AL: Bronx/Cleveland or CWS/Houston. Wild Cards: Orioles; then either BoSox or Central #2
NL: Washington/Cubs/Colorado. Wild Cards: Arizona/Dodgers

**Udog** · 05-05-2017, 09:12 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Friday, May 5

San Antonio @ Houston

Game 737-738
May 5, 2017 @ 9:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Antonio
116.827
Houston
127.375
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Houston
by 10 1/2
205
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Houston
by 4 1/2
215 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Houston
(-4 1/2); Under

Cleveland @ Toronto

Game 735-736
May 5, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Cleveland
121.556
Toronto
123.054
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto
by 1 1/2
222
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Cleveland
by 3
214
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
(+3); Over

NBA
Long Sheet

Friday, May 5

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CLEVELAND (57 - 31) at TORONTO (55 - 35) - 5/5/2017, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CLEVELAND is 8-20 ATS (-14.0 Units) in road games after 3 or more consecutive wins over the last 2 seasons.
CLEVELAND is 22-11 ATS (+9.9 Units) on Friday nights over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 10-22 ATS (-14.2 Units) in all playoff games over the last 3 seasons.
TORONTO is 188-232 ATS (-67.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
CLEVELAND is 11-8 against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
CLEVELAND is 13-6 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
11 of 19 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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SAN ANTONIO (66 - 24) at HOUSTON (60 - 29) - 5/5/2017, 9:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
HOUSTON is 20-11 ATS (+7.9 Units) after allowing 115 points or more this season.
SAN ANTONIO is 1001-874 ATS (+39.6 Units) in all games since 1996.
SAN ANTONIO is 31-13 ATS (+16.7 Units) when tied in a playoff series since 1996.
SAN ANTONIO is 21-10 ATS (+10.0 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game this season.
HOUSTON is 37-50 ATS (-18.0 Units) in home games over the last 2 seasons.
HOUSTON is 10-22 ATS (-14.2 Units) in home games revenging a loss vs opponent over the last 2 seasons.
HOUSTON is 6-15 ATS (-10.5 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN ANTONIO is 8-6 against the spread versus HOUSTON over the last 3 seasons
SAN ANTONIO is 10-4 straight up against HOUSTON over the last 3 seasons
7 of 13 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, May 5

Lebron James was 15-21 on foul line in Game 2; all the Raptors combined were 14-19, but now the series is in Canada, where Raptors won five of their last six games. Raptors are 1-7 in last eight games vs Cleveland; Cavaliers won their last three visits here, by 26-3-4 points- over is 7-5 in last 12 series games, 8-2 in last 10 Cavalier games. Cleveland shot 54.7% from floor in Game 2, made 18-33 on arc- they’re 6-0 in playoffs (4-2 vs spread, 2-2 at home). Lowry has a bad ankle, is ??able here. Raptors are 4-7 vs spread in last 11 games as an underdog.

Parker is done for year for Spurs; he played 23-26 minutes in Games 1-2, had 18 points in 26:00 last game- it is a big loss. Spurs won seven of last nine series games; road side won five of last seven meetings. San Antonio won its last three visits here, by 10-6-2 points. Over is 2-0 in this series, after under was 4-0-1 in last five series games prior to this- over is 9-1 in Spurs’ last 10 games overall. Rockets were 9-24 on arc in Game 2, after a 22-50 performance in Game 1- Harden was 3-17 from floor. Spurs lost four of last five road games. Houston won its last four home games.

Second round playoff series:
Boston-Washington
Bos 123-111, -4.5, O216
Bos 129-119 O, -5, O218.5
Wash 116-89, -5.5, U218

Cleveland-Toronto
Clev 116-105, -7, O211
Clev 125-103, -7, O214.5

San Antonio-Houston
Hst 126-99, +6, O215.5
SA 121-96, -5.5, O215

Golden State-Utah
GState 106-94, -13, U206.5
GState 115-104, -13.5, O206

Favorites 6-3 (26-25-1)
Over 7-2 (29-23)

NBA

Friday, May 5

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
CLEVELAND vs. TORONTO
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Cleveland is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Toronto
Toronto is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Toronto's last 11 games at home

9:30 PM
SAN ANTONIO vs. HOUSTON
San Antonio is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
San Antonio is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
Houston is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Antonio
Houston is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games when playing San Antonio

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**Udog** · 05-05-2017, 09:17 AM

Friday’s NBA Playoffs Betting Preview and Odds

Cleveland Cavaliers at Toronto Raptors (+2, 214.5)

Cavs lead series 2-0

ABOUT THE CAVALIERS (57-31 SU, 40-45-3 ATS, 52-35-1 O/U): LeBron James moved into second place on the all-time postseason scoring list when he passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (5,762), and his personal tally stands at 5,777. "You hear a name like Kareem, a guy who's done so many great things, not only as an individual but as a teammate," James told reporters. "Winning championships in the '80s and things of that nature and how many points he's put up. He's somebody you read about. I didn't get an opportunity to actually watch him play growing up, but I just read about his accomplishments and things he was able to do, so, it's pretty cool." Point guard Kyrie Irving set a personal playoff high for assists (11 in Game 2) for the second straight contest and is averaging 23 points and 10.5 assists in the series.

ABOUT THE RAPTORS (55-35 SU, 48-41-1 ATS, 44-42 O/U): Point guard Kyle Lowry and shooting guard DeMar DeRozan were hurting after the Game 2 loss for different reasons. Lowry scored 20 points but departed the game with a sprained left ankle - he says he will be ready for Friday's game - while DeRozan experienced a dreadful contest in which he tallied just five points on 2-of-11 shooting. "It sucks. To lose like we did, to play like I did, it sucks," DeRozan told reporters. "It's frustrating. Now I just have the added time having to wait till Friday night to redeem myself."

LINE HISTORY: The Raptors opened as 2.5-point home dogs in a critical Game 3 against the surging Cavaliers, that number was quickly bet down to an even 2. The total hit the betting board at 215.5 and has been lowered to 214.

INJURY REPORT:

Cavaliers - PG Kay Felder (Out Indefinitely, leg).

Raptors - PG Kyle Lowry (Questionable, ankle).

TRENDS:

* Cavaliers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall.

* Raptors are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games.

* Over is 5-1 in Cavaliers last 6 overall.

* Over is 9-2 in Raptors last 11 home games.

* Over is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

San Antonio Spurs at Houston Rockets (-4.5, 215)

Series tied 1-1

ABOUT THE SPURS (66-24 SU, 46-42-2 ATS, 50-38-2 O/U): The Spurs thoroughly outplayed Houston in the latter stages on Wednesday but will be without point guard Tony Parker for the rest of the postseason after he suffered a ruptured left quadriceps in Game 2. San Antonio star forward Kawhi Leonard fueled his club's rebound with 34 points, eight assists, seven rebounds and three steals in Wednesday's victory. Harden hasn't played like an MVP candidate during the first two games and is averaging 16.5 points on 9-of-30 shooting. Harden did average 12 assists in the two contests but his overall numbers are a significant dropoff from the regular season when he averaged 29.8 points, 11.8 assists and nine rebounds in four games against the Spurs. Forward Ryan Anderson tallied 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting in Game 2 and drained four 3-pointers in each of the first two games.

ABOUT THE ROCKETS (60-29 SU, 46-43 ATS, 45-43-1 O/U): Houston's sharp Game 1 effort was a stunner and the Rockets couldn't stay in the follow-up contest with star point guard James Harden suffering through a 3-of-17 shooting performance while scoring just 13 points. "I just missed shots," Harden told reporters after Game 2. "I didn't convert layups. We knew they were going to come out with some aggressiveness. We just have to go out there and take care of business and do the things we didn't do (in Game 2)." Parker fell to the floor after attempting a short jump shot with 8:52 remaining and immediately grasped his leg and it was clear the injury was likely of the severe variety when he had to be carried off by two teammates. He underwent an MRI exam on Thursday, which pinpointed the nature of the injury and San Antonio will now ask backup point guard Patty Mills to step up and lessen Parker's loss. "I can tell you one thing, that we're all ready," Mills said after Game 2. "We're all ready to step up and make an impact."

LINE HISTORY: The Rockets opened as 4-point home chalk for Game 3 and that number has been bet up half-point to 4.5. The total hit the betting board at 215.5 and has been faded half-point to 215.

INJURY REPORT:

Spurs - PG Tony Parker (Out for Season, knee)

Rockets - SG James Harden (Probable, hip), PF Chinanu Onuaku (Elig, suspension).

TRENDS:

* Spurs are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 when their opponent allows 100 points or more in their previous game.

* Rockets are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 home games.

* Over is 6-0 in Spurs last 6 overall.

* Over is 8-1 in Rockets last 9 Conference Semifinals games.

* Road team is 6-1 ATS in the last 7 meetings.

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