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**Udog** · 05-08-2017, 08:42 AM

Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

Odds to win the Mountain West football title this coming fall:
3-2: Boise State
5-2: San Diego State
3-1: Colorado State
5-1: Wyoming
6-1: Utah State
8-1: Air Force
12-1: Hawai’i
15-1: New Mexico
25-1: Nevada
30-1: UNLV
50-1: Fresno State, San Jose State

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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend

13) Rough times for the Mets; Matz/Syndergaard are injured pitchers, Cespedes is on the DL and now struggling pitcher Matt Harvey was suspended for three days, for what sounds like an accumulation of actions, dating back to last year.

Harvey was sent home Sunday after he didn’t show up Saturday; Mets started Adam Wilk, a non-roster pitcher who has a 5.69 ERA in AAA- he got pounded by Miami. Tough times for Terry Collins, in the final year of his contract as manager.

12) Watching Wilk pitch to Giancarlo Stanton, you wonder if Stanton would want to hire Wilk as his pitcher for Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game in July, in Miami.

11) ESPN had the Bronx Bombers on last nite, has them on again at home next week against Houston, their 3rd Sunday nite game in five weeks. Five of their first seven Sunday night telecasts will be from NYC or Boston. Awesome.

10) Wizards 121, Celtics 102- Washington had a 26-0 run in third quarter; why do they play so much better at home than on the road?

9) Seattle Mariners have already used 20 pitchers this season; that’s hard to believe. They lost two pitchers to injury in a 3-pitch stretch in extra innings Friday night.

8) Bad teams are also often unlucky teams; Brandon McCarthy tweaked his back or something lifting weights, so his start was changed from Saturday to Sunday and Clayton Kershaw was moved up to pitch Saturday against the Padres.

Just San Diego’s luck; they get rained out at home Sunday for only the third time in Petco Park history, meaning that they would’ve missed facing Kershaw had McCarthy not gotten hurt.

7) A’s 8, Tigers 6—Before Saturday, Oakland was only MLB team that hadn’t won a game where the GW run scored after the 6th inning- then they had walk-off wins both Saturday/Sunday, making my house a happier place.

Yonder Alonso has been a big leaguer for 8 years; his career high in homers is 9, in 2012 with San Diego. Alonso hit his 9th homer this year on Sunday- May 7. He’s been a very good player in his 1+ seasons in Oakland.

6) John Daly won on the Senior Tour Sunday, his first tournament win in 13 years. Someone should make a movie on his life—I’m guessing it would be entertaining. I’m also guessing his travelling party had a lot of fun last night.

5) I find this surprising: Leonardo DiCaprio’s character died in nine of his first 36 movies.

4) Edmonton led Anaheim 5-0 after the first period Sunday, coasted to an easy 7-1 Game 6 win. Not a stellar effort by the Ducks; very few NHL games are ever 5-0 in the first period.

3) Bryce Harper, Mike Trout both have minor leg injuries; Harper didn’t play all weekend. Trout missed three of the Angels’ last four games.

2) Rockets 125, Spurs 104—Not lot of fun games to watch in these playoffs. At least this series is 2-2, like Celtics-Wizards. Just no close games.

1) San Francisco Giants were outscored 31-5 in three games against the (first place) Reds this weekend, then their team bus broke down on the way to the airport Sunday. At 11-21, been a rough spring for Bruce Bochy’s ballclub.

**Udog** · 05-08-2017, 08:57 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Monday, May 8

Golden State @ Utah

Game 701-702
May 8, 2017 @ 9:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Golden State
138.224
Utah
125.041
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Golden State
by 13
209
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Golden State
by 8
206
Dunkel Pick:
Golden State
(-8); Over

NBA
Long Sheet

Monday, May 8

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GOLDEN STATE (74 - 15) at UTAH (55 - 37) - 5/8/2017, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
UTAH is 39-16 ATS (+21.4 Units) revenging a home loss vs opponent over the last 3 seasons.
UTAH is 76-50 ATS (+21.0 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent over the last 3 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 102-87 ATS (+6.3 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 147-119 ATS (+16.1 Units) as a favorite over the last 3 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 90-66 ATS (+17.4 Units) after a win by 10 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
GOLDEN STATE is 13-5 ATS (+7.5 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
GOLDEN STATE is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
GOLDEN STATE is 8-6 against the spread versus UTAH over the last 3 seasons
GOLDEN STATE is 12-2 straight up against UTAH over the last 3 seasons
9 of 14 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, May 8

Warriors were only up a hoop after three quarters, but won Game 3 102-91 to go up 3-0 in series (3-0 ATS); they can mercifully end this series here. Klay Thompson was 1-9 from floor, had 6 points, but Golden State has lot more answers than Utah has questions. Jazz bench was 4-22 from floor in Game 3. Warriors won last four games in Utah, by 3-7-7-11 points (2-2 vs spread). Under is 6-1 in last seven series games. Utah lost three of its last four home games. Cavaliers are 8-0 in playoffs; you know Warriors want to match that here. Road team is 4-3 in last seven series 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
Wash 121-102, -5, O214.5

Cleveland-Toronto
Clev 116-105, -7, O211
Clev 125-103, -7, O214.5
Clev 115-94, -3, U215
Clev 109-102, -7, O210.5
Cavaliers win series, 4-0

San Antonio-Houston
Hst 126-99, +6, O215.5
SA 121-96, -5.5, O215
SA 103-92, +5.5, U215
Hst 125-104, -5, O213.5

Golden State-Utah
GState 106-94, -13, U206.5
GState 115-104, -13.5, O206
GState 102-91, -7, U209

Favorites 10-4-1 (30-26-2)
Over 9-6 (31-27)

NBA

Monday, May 8

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Trend Report
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9:00 PM
GOLDEN STATE vs. UTAH
Golden State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Golden State is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Utah's last 7 games when playing Golden State
Utah is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games

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**Udog** · 05-08-2017, 08:58 AM

Monday’s NBA Playoffs Conference Semifinals betting preview: Warriors at Jazz

Golden State Warriors at Utah Jazz (+8, 206.5)

Warriors lead series 3-0

The Golden State Warriors are getting good news both on and off the court and can earn a four-game sweep of the Western Conference semifinals when they visit the Utah Jazz for Game 4 on Monday. Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who has been out since the first round while dealing with complications from back surgery, reportedly underwent a procedure to address a spinal cord leak and could resume his coaching career as early as later this postseason.

Kerr did not travel with the team to Utah and is not expected back soon, but owner Joe Lacob gave a radio interview over the weekend and suggested that he may be getting closer to rejoining a Golden State squad that is 7-0 in the playoffs and on the verge of a second consecutive sweep after coming alive in the fourth quarter of a 102-91 triumph in Saturday's Game 3. "Hopefully the leak was solved; he had another procedure. It's gone on for nearly two years. Very unusual, I believe," Lacob said to Bloomberg Radio. "We feel really bad for him, the players. Everybody understands it. We just have to be in his court here and support whatever it takes for him to get back, and I'm sure they will eventually solve it. Hopefully sooner rather than later, and hopefully we'll have him coaching on the court sooner rather than later." The Jazz led by as much as nine points in the third quarter on Saturday and held Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson to a combined 7-of-29 from the floor but still lost. "We played like we're capable of playing for the first time in the series," Utah coach Quin Snyder told reporters. "But … that's why they are who they are."

TV: 9 p.m. ET, TNT

LINE HISTORY: The Warriors opened as eight-point road favorites as they attempt to finish off the Utah Jazz and that point spread has yet to move. The total hit the betting board at 206.5. Check out the complete line history here.

INJURY REPORT:

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

Jazz - PG G. Hill (Questionable, toe), SG R. Hood (Questionable, undisclosed), SG A. Burks (Out Indefinitely, knee).

ABOUT THE WARRIORS (74-15 SU, 44-42-3 ATS, 36-53 O/U): With Curry and Thompson suffering through poor shooting nights in Game 3, Golden State let Kevin Durant take the lead and watched the former MVP collect 38 points on 15-of-26 shooting and 13 rebounds. "I want to try to say this as humbly as I can," Durant told reporters in the postgame press conference. "But I’ve been doing this for so long, and every time I roll out of the bed and we have a game that day, I feel like I can go out there and score." Forward Draymond Green heard loud boos from the crowd most of the game and had a little fun with the opposing fans early, holding up two fingers to represent the Warriors being up 2-0 in the series.

ABOUT THE JAZZ (55-37 SU, 43-45-4 ATS, 46-46 O/U): All-Star small forward Gordon Hayward had another strong game on Saturday with 29 points and six assists but Utah struggled to 39 percent shooting from the field. "I don't think we shot the ball as well as we wanted," Hayward told reporters. "There were times where we got some bad shots. I think that's going to happen because they're a good defensive team. But the ones we did get, that were open, it seemed like we didn't knock them down like we normally do." Utah has been without second-leading scorer George Hill (toe) the last two games and he remains questionable for Game 4.

TRENDS:

* Warriors are 8-0 ATS in their last 8 road games.
* Jazz are 1-4-1 ATS in their last 6 home games.
* Under is 20-5-1 in Warriors last 26 vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
* Under is 10-2 in Jazz last 12 games following a double-digit loss at home.
* Road team is 4-0 ATS in the last 4 meetings.

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