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**Udog** · 05-06-2017, 07:39 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

Odds to win the Big X football title this coming fall:
5-7: Oklahoma
14-5: Oklahoma State
3-1: Texas
6-1: Kansas State
7-1: West Virginia
11-1: TCU
65-1: Baylor
75-1: Iowa State, Texas Tech
150-1: Kansas

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind……….

13) FOX Sports hired former NFL QB Jay Cutler to replace John Lynch on its NFL telecasts with Kevin Burkhart. 34-year old Cutler hasn’t definitively said that he is retired; isn’t he better than any of the QB’s Lynch has with the 49ers?

I’m very curious to hear Cutler on the air. Would be funny if he turned out to be a better analyst than Tony Romo. Cutler’s first game at FOX will be a Bears’ preseason game, so we’ll find out very quickly if he will be willing to criticize people he knows well.

12) Kendrys Morales homered off of Chris Archer last nite; he is now 15-25 in his career against Archer- that is what players call “ownage”.

11) Cavaliers 115, Raptors 94— Cleveland/Golden State are a combined 13-0 in playoffs. Not the most interesting event to follow, at least not yet.

10) Orioles’ starter Wade Miley was taken out after four batters last nite— he was hit by line drives in consecutive AB’s, by Jose Abreu/Avasail Garcia. Abreu hit him on the left forearm, Garcia’s liner hit Miley in the butt.

9) Dodgers’ pitcher Rich Hill was supposed to throw four innings on a rehab start this week, but lasted only six batters, bad news for the Dodgers. Hill has chronic blister problems on his left hand.

Logan Forsythe (hamstring) was also shut down on his rehab assignment.

8) Brandon McCarthy tweaked his shoulder in the weight room, had his start pushed back to Sunday; Clayton Kershaw moves up a day.

Mets’ TV analyst Keith Hernandez says players work out too hard now before and in between games; hard to argue with him.

7) This is where I remind you that Joe Thornton played four NHL playoff games, with a torn ACL and MCL. Hockey players don’t get tweaked.

6) Broadcaster Kenny Albert worked 12 NHL playoff games in 12 days in five different cities last month; busy guy, tremendous announcer.

5) Big trend in NBA betting now is when teams come home down 2-0 in a series, the team down 2-0 has covered the first half in Game 3 seven times in a row.

4) Nothing quite as aggravating as watching a pitcher on your fantasy team pitch when Kerwin Danley is behind the plate; he is a horrible umpire and always has been. He played college ball at San Diego State with Tony Gwynn.

3) Marlins led the Mets 7-3 in middle of 7th inning last nite, they brought Brad Ziegler in to start the 7th inning. Ziegler threw 19 pitches, faced six batters, gave up six hits in a truly awful effort.

2) Marwin Gonzalez homered in four straight games this week, making him the first player ever to do that while playing four different positions- 1B, 3B, LF, RF.

1— Further evidence that the NBA doesn’t need 7-game series; teams that take a 3-0 series lead are 123-0 in that series. Hockey is much better suited for 7-game series than basketball. At least four times, an NHL team has won a series after trailing 3-0.

**Udog** · 05-06-2017, 07:43 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Saturday, May 6

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GOLDEN STATE (73 - 15) at UTAH (55 - 36) - 5/6/2017, 8:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
UTAH is 76-49 ATS (+22.1 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent over the last 3 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 101-87 ATS (+5.3 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 146-119 ATS (+15.1 Units) as a favorite over the last 3 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 89-66 ATS (+16.4 Units) after a win by 10 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 86-61 ATS (+18.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
GOLDEN STATE is 7-6 against the spread versus UTAH over the last 3 seasons
GOLDEN STATE is 11-2 straight up against UTAH over the last 3 seasons
8 of 13 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, May 6

Utah hasn’t led for one second of a game in this series. Warriors were 14-31 on arc in Game 2, led by 13 at half, jogged to an easy win. Golden State won its first six playoff games by total of 95 points (they’re 0-2 vs spread in this series); they won 9 of last 10 games with Utah- under is 6-1-1 in last 8 series games- over is 4-2 in Golden State playoff games this spring. Utah is 8-2-1 vs spread in its last 11 games overall; they lost two of last three home games in Clipper series. Golden State won/covered its last seven road tilts; last time they didn’t cover a road game was March 11.

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
Clev 115-94, -3, U215

San Antonio-Houston
Hst 126-99, +6, O215.5
SA 121-96, -5.5, O215
SA 103-92, +5.5, U215

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

Favorites 7-4 (27-26-1)
Over 7-4 (29-25)

NBA

Saturday, May 6

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Trend Report
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8:30 PM
GOLDEN STATE vs. UTAH
Golden State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Utah
Golden State is 14-5-2 ATS in its last 21 games
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Utah's last 14 games when playing at home against Golden State
Utah is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Golden State

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**Udog** · 05-06-2017, 07:53 AM

Saturday’s NBA Playoffs Betting Preview and Odds

Golden State Warriors at Utah Jazz (+5.5, 209)

Warriors lead series 2-0

ABOUT THE WARRIORS (73-15 SU, 43-42-3 ATS, 36-52-0 O/U): Golden State's hot start in Game 2 was driven by the long-range prowess of All-Star forward Draymond Green, who knocked down four of his five 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with 21 points before leaving after a scary fall in the fourth quarter. Green, who went largely unguarded on the perimeter with the Jazz trying to cut off Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson beyond the arc, seemed unconcerned about the injury following the contest. "I knew my knee was just locking up a little bit," Green told reporters. "I had it before. A little tweak. It wasn't like this huge sigh of relief because I kind of knew exactly what it was from the jump. But it's always good to know you're OK."

ABOUT THE JAZZ (55-36 SU, 43-44-4 ATS, 46-45 O/U): All-Star small forward Gordon Hayward scored a game-high 33 points in Game 2 after slumping to 12 points on 4-of-15 shooting in Game 1 and is looking forward to heading back to Utah. "It seems like it's been a while since we've been home," Hayward told reporters. "So definitely excited to play in front of our fans. I know they'll be excited to have us, and we're going to need them. They'll be really important for us. They always bring us a lot of energy." The Jazz are awaiting the return of point guard George Hill, who sat out Game 2 with a toe injury and remains day-to-day.

LINE HISTORY: The Jazz opened as 5.5-point home pups in a must-win Game 3 and that number has been bet down to 5. The total hit the betting board at 209 has dropped a full point to 208

INJURY REPORT:

Warriors - SF Kevon Looney (Out Indefinitely, hip).

Jazz - PG George Hill (Questionable, toe), SG Alec Burks (Out Indefinitely, knee)

TRENDS:

* Warriors are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 road games.
* Jazz are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a straight up loss.
* Over is 4-1 in Warriors last 5 Conference Semifinals games.
* Over is 4-0 in Jazz last 4 games following a straight up loss.
* Warriors are 1-4 ATS in the last 5 meetings.

**Udog** · 05-06-2017, 10:06 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Saturday, May 6

Golden State @ Utah

Game 509-510
May 6, 2017 @ 8:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Golden State
137.747
Utah
125.518
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Golden State
by 12
210
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Golden State
by 5 1/2
208
Dunkel Pick:
Golden State
(-5 1/2); Over

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