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**Udog** · 05-21-2017, 11:02 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Some over/under win totals for college football this coming fall:

— Alabama 10.5, over -$150

— Ohio State 10, over -$125

— Penn State 9.5, under -$125

— Florida State 9.5, over -$130

— Clemson 9

— Oklahoma 9.5, over -$145

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Random stuff on a spring Sunday……..

13) Lebron James isn’t one of the three finalists for NBA’s MVP; they should change the name of the award to Player of the Year, because no one is as valuable to their team as James is to the Cavaliers. He is so consistently great he gets taken for granted.

12) Atlanta Braves acquired 1B Matt Adams from St Louis for a minor leaguer; they need a bat with Freddie Freeman out for the next 2-3 months.

11) Baseball oddity; in Jason deGrom’s last two starts, he had the same home plate umpire, Phil Cuzzi, who switched crews this week, for some reason. Very rare for the same umpire to work two starts in a row by the same pitcher.

10) Cloud Computing ($28.80) won the Preakness, only the 4th time in the last 34 years the Preakness winner was a horse that didn’t run in the Kentucky Derby.

9) White Sox are apparently close to signing 19-year old outfielder Luis Robert, who is thought to be the best unsigned Cuban prospect right now. The young man defected from Cuba and is Haiti these days— he is going to be really, really rich pretty soon.

8) Best wishes to Vikings coach Mike Zimmer, who recently had an 8th operation on his right eye, after he detached a retina last year. Zimmer missed one game and coached another while wearing an eye patch.

7) Texas Rangers quietly won ten games in a row; while they’re still 6.5 games behind Houston in the AL West, if the playoffs started now, Texas would be one of the Wild Card teams.

6) When he went to the NBA Combine 10 years ago, Kevin Durant couldn’t lift 185 pounds, which isn’t good but hasn’t seemed to hamper his career much. Now Durant advises prospects to skip the combine. At some point in all of this scouting over-analysis, the primary question has to be: “Can he play?”, not “Is he is a candidate to win a gold medal in the clean-and-jerk?”

5) Astros’ pitching ace Dallas Keuchel is on the 10-day DL with a pinched nerve in his neck. The new 10-day DL allows teams to simply skip a pitcher’s turn if he has a minor injury, which this one supposedly is.

4) Pointspreads on Cavaliers (-14.5) and Warriors (-13.5) this weekend are the biggest in any NBA conference final game since 2005.

3) Before the Nationals-Braves game Saturday, after the national anthem on what was Military Appreciation Day, Bryce Harper posed for pictures with service members for several minutes. Pretty cool to see; the media is so quick to point out bad things about people. Nice to see the good things these guys do.

2) Oklahoma City Thunder’s Enes Kanter is from Turkey; he was traveling in Europe this weekend, but because of his political beliefs (I have no idea what they are), his passport was voided by the Turkish government. With no “valid” passport, Kanter was not allowed to enter Romania and was later put on a flight to London, on his way back to this country.

NBA has thought about putting some teams in Europe eventually; you wonder if stuff like this will put a kibosh on those ideas. It is a crazy world out there.

1) Think about this week in Washington, when Kurdish protestors were getting beat up by the Turkish president’s bodyguards out in the open on the street; Turkey must be a really fun place to live. We are lucky to live in this country; it isn’t perfect here, but it is a hell of a lot better than most places.

**Udog** · 05-21-2017, 11:31 AM

Guys,

I don't know what the hell is going on with internet functions today. I can't access most of these sources today. I'll keep trying but it's just next to impossible under these conditions.

I've talked to several other people this morning who all seem to be experiencing the same thing. It must be a Microsoft update problem because it's effecting all my browsers. Hell, I can't even access browser contained pages like settings, extensions, plug-ins, history, faves..........NOTHING!!!!

Do we U.S. Americans do anything well anymore? It sure doesn't seem that way.

Could this be a government intervention? They really don't like us being able to access information freely and they surely don't like the idea of money leaving the country except, of course, for their own money that is stashed all over the world in secret accounts. I guess it might be but it's more likely that it's just Silicon Valley people thinking again.

**Udog** · 05-21-2017, 11:34 AM

Sunday’s NBA Eastern Conference Finals Betting Preview: Celtics at Cavaliers

The whipping was bad enough but standout point guard Isaiah Thomas aggravated a hip injury in the first half and had just two points on 0-of-6 shooting before sitting out the second half.

Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers (-14.5, 216.5)

Cavaliers lead series 2-0

The Cleveland Cavaliers steamrolled their way to consecutive victories in Boston and look to take a 3-0 series lead when they host the Celtics in Sunday's Eastern Conference finals' matchup. Cleveland dominated play in the opening two games and annihilated the Celtics 130-86 in Friday's Game 2.

The second-seeded Cavaliers are 10-0 this postseason and tied the NBA record of 13 straight playoff wins (set by the 1988-89 Los Angeles Lakers) but Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue asserts that top-seeded Boston is still in the series. "It's one game. I don't care if you win by 200 points," Lue said in the press conference after Game 2. "We're going back home, we're not going to get comfortable. We understand that this is a good team. They're not No. 1 in the East for no reason." Boston trailed 72-31 at halftime and narrowly avoided suffering the worst playoff defeat in franchise history, and there were a lot of sad faces pondering how to recover from such a beat down. "It's hard to take," center Al Horford told reporters. "We've worked really hard and put ourselves in this position to be here. It's been tough for our group. (Game 2) was real rough, there's no other way to put it. It's definitely a low point for our group."

TV: 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT

LINE HISTORY: Check out the complete line history here.

INJURY REPORT:

Celtics - Isaiah Thomas (Questionable, hip)

Cavaliers - C Edy Tavares (Out For Season, hand), PG Kay Felder (Out Indefinitely, leg).

ABOUT THE CELTICS (61-36 SU, 49-46-2 ATS, 48-45-4 O/U): The whipping was bad enough but standout point guard Isaiah Thomas aggravated a hip injury in the first half and had just two points on 0-of-6 shooting before sitting out the second half. Thomas' play has dropped over the past week and it turns out the hip was examined after Game 6 of the second-round series against the Washington Wizards, but Boston players are hopeful he will be ready for Game 3. "Isaiah brings a lot to this team, not just with his leadership but his play," shooting guard Avery Bradley told reporters. "Most important, I just hope he's better. I care about him off the floor. I just hope he's OK."

ABOUT THE CAVALIERS (61-31 SU, 43-45-4 ATS, 54-37-1 O/U): James isn't among the three finalists for NBA MVP honors for the first time since 2008 but he has been unstoppable in the playoffs with averages of 34.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and 7.1 assists. James insisted he didn't know about the MVP development prior to the game but he certainly appeared motivated while recording 30 points, seven assists, four steals and three blocked shots in Game 2. "My only job is to try to be the MVP for this team every night," James told reporters after Game 2. "I know what I bring to the table. This league knows what I bring to the table."

TRENDS:

* Cavaliers are 7-0-1 ATS in their last 8 games overall.

* Celtics are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 Conference Finals games.

* Over is 6-0 in Cavaliers last 6 home games following a road trip of 7 or more days.

* Over is 4-0 in Cavaliers last 4 home games.

* Road team is 9-2-1 ATS in the last 12 meetings.

CONSENSUS: 51 percent of users are siding with the home chalk Cleveland Cavaliers and 70 percent of are on the Over.

**Udog** · 05-21-2017, 12:25 PM

NBA
Dunkel

Sunday, May 21

Boston @ Cleveland

Game 503-504
May 21, 2017 @ 8:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Boston
114.763
Cleveland
138.347
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Cleveland
by 23 1/2
217
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Cleveland
by 16
214
Dunkel Pick:
Cleveland
(-16); Over

NBA
Long Sheet

Sunday, May 21

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BOSTON (61 - 36) at CLEVELAND (61 - 31) - 5/21/2017, 8:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CLEVELAND is 73-49 ATS (+19.1 Units) in all playoff games since 1996.
BOSTON is 27-18 ATS (+7.2 Units) in road games this season.
BOSTON is 44-30 ATS (+11.0 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CLEVELAND is 9-7 against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
CLEVELAND is 13-4 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
11 of 17 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, May 21

Isaiah Thomas (hip) is done for the year; this series is over, but they still have to play two more games. Cleveland is 10-0 in playoffs (7-0-1 vs spread in last eight games), 4-0 at home (2-2 vs spread); over is 7-3 in their last ten games. Cavaliers were up 22-41 points at the half in first two series games; they’re 9-2 in last 11 games vs Boston. Celtics lost last three games in this arena (1-1-1 vs spread). Three of last four series games stayed under the total. Boston lost five of last seven games overall, including last three on road. Over is 7-2 in Celtics’ last nine games.

Conference finals:
San Antonio-Golden State
GState 113-111, -10, O209.5
GState 136-100, -13, O211
GState 120-108, -9.5, U215.5

Cleveland-Boston
Clev 117-104, -4.5, O219
Clev 130-86, -5, U218.5

NBA

Sunday, May 21

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Trend Report
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8:30 PM
BOSTON vs. CLEVELAND
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games
Boston is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Cleveland is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games when playing at home against Boston

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**Udog** · 05-21-2017, 12:30 PM

WNBA
Dunkel

Sunday, May 21

Washington @ Seattle

Game 667-668
May 21, 2017 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
114.464
Seattle
110.888
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 3 1/2
166
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Seattle
by 3
163 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(+3); Over

Chicago @ Atlanta

Game 665-666
May 21, 2017 @ 3:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago
107.096
Atlanta
115.572
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Atlanta
by 8 1/2
169
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Atlanta
by 5 1/2
163 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Atlanta
(-5 1/2); Over

WNBA
Long Sheet

Sunday, May 21

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CHICAGO (0 - 2) at ATLANTA (2 - 0) - 5/21/2017, 3:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

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

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WASHINGTON (1 - 1) at SEATTLE (1 - 1) - 5/21/2017, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 295-352 ATS (-92.2 Units) in all games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 19-36 ATS (-20.6 Units) in road games on Sunday games since 1997.
SEATTLE is 56-35 ATS (+17.5 Units) in home games after a non-conference game since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
SEATTLE is 3-2 against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
SEATTLE 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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WNBA

Sunday, May 21

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Trend Report
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3:00 PM
CHICAGO vs. ATLANTA
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Chicago is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 6 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Atlanta's last 8 games when playing Chicago

7:00 PM
WASHINGTON vs. SEATTLE
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Washington's last 16 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Washington is 1-11 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Seattle
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Seattle's last 16 games when playing at home against Washington

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**BettorsChat** · 05-21-2017, 04:17 PM

Originally posted by Udog View Post

Guys,

I don't know what the hell is going on with internet functions today. I can't access most of these sources today. I'll keep trying but it's just next to impossible under these conditions.

I've talked to several other people this morning who all seem to be experiencing the same thing. It must be a Microsoft update problem because it's effecting all my browsers. Hell, I can't even access browser contained pages like settings, extensions, plug-ins, history, faves..........NOTHING!!!!

Do we U.S. Americans do anything well anymore? It sure doesn't seem that way.

Could this be a government intervention? They really don't like us being able to access information freely and they surely don't like the idea of money leaving the country except, of course, for their own money that is stashed all over the world in secret accounts. I guess it might be but it's more likely that it's just Silicon Valley people thinking again.

Rance, how was the rest of your computer running? Could be from storms. Did you run a virus scan?

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