Friday's WNBA Trends and Indexes - 9/29

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Trends and Indexes

Friday, September 29

Good Luck on day #271 of 2017!

NOTE: As information becomes available, we will attempt to post the trends and indexes as soon as possible.Information is posted from what we believe are reliable sources.Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the posting member or BettorsChat.


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Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

— San Juan tip-off hoop tourney will be moved to Coastal Carolina’s campus in South Carolina for this year. Event is Nov 16-19.

— Road teams are 7-3 in the baseball Wild Card games.

— Former UConn coach Jim Calhoun is now coaching a D-III team; St Joseph’s College- they will begin play next season. Calhoun is 75 years old.

— 33-year old Matt Cain will start Saturday for the Giants and then retire; he helped SF win three world titles.

— Dwayne Wade gets $2.3M to play for the Cavaliers this season.

— Still can’t get over the Jaguars running a fake punt Sunday while leading 37-0.


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

13) First of all, congrats to the Minnesota Twins for making the playoffs this season; they lost 103 games last year. No team had ever made the playoffs when they had lost 97+ games in the previous season. Excellent accomplishment.

12) NBA changed how their draft lottery will work, to discourage tanking; right now the top three teams have these percentages of getting the #1 pick:
1) 25%, 2) 19.9%, 3) 15.6%

Under the new system, the top three teams will each have a 14% shot at the #1 pick.

11) JD Martinez made $11,750,000 this season; he is hitting .418 in September, with 16 HR’s and 36 RBI and is a free agent after this season. He is going to make a freakin’ fortune this winter.

10) There were rumors on the Interweb Thursday that Clemson coach/Alabama alum Dabo Swinney might replace Nick Saban when Saban retires from the Crimson Tide.

I’ve said this here before; replacing Saban in Tuscaloosa will be like replacing John Wooden at UCLA or even replacing Bear Bryant at Alabama 35 years ago. A rabid, spoiled fanbase. Very, very difficult job.

9) Oakland A’s extended manager Bob Melvin’s contract thru 2019, which is excellent news; A’s were 46-35 at home this year, have a decent nucleus of young position players. Not sure their starting pitching will be good enough to contend next year. One can hope, though.

8) Seattle Mariners have used 40 pitchers this season; 17 of them started at least one game.

7) Arizona Wildcats lose 6-5 swingman Rawle Atkins for 8-12 weeks with a broken foot; he was supposed to be one of the Pac-12’s best players this winter.

6) Tigers’ utility guy Austin Romine will play all nine positions for Detroit Sunday, which is pretty cool. Bert Campaneris of the A’s was the first player to do that, in 1965.

5) Sam Saunders shot a 59 at the web.com championship Thursday; Saunders is Arnold Palmer’s grandson.

4) Chris Fallica of ESPN points out that there are only six college football games this week that have a spread less than 7 points. 27 games have a double digit spread.

3) Packers 35, Bears 14— Long time ago, I met John Fox; good guy. Too bad he’s going to get fired before New Year’s Day; the Bears turned ball over four times, are -7 in turnovers in two bad road losses. They’ve got a rookie QB sitting on the bench who might as well be playing, much like the Rams with Jared Goff last season. Chicago will hire an offensive-minded coach (Jim Bob Cooter??) to mentor Trubisky next year.

2) Clippers are having training camp in Hawai’i, the Nets at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Nothing against the Naval Academy, but advantage, Clippers.

1) NBA preseason games start Saturday night, which is good news. Will be better news when the games count for real, in a couple weeks.

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Cheat Sheet - WNBA Finals

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Los Angeles

Best-of-Five (2-2-1 Format)

Game 1 – Sunday, Sept. 24
Game 2 – Tuesday, Sept. 26
Game 3 – Friday, Sept. 29
Game 4 – Sunday, Oct. 1
Game 5 – Wednesday, Oct. 4

Series Price – per BookMaker.eu

Minnesota -160
Los Angeles +140

Betting Notes - Minnesota

-- Minnesota swept Washington 3-0 in the semifinals, winning all three games by double digits. The Lynx went 2-1 against the spread in the series.

-- Including the playoffs, the Lynx have won six straight games by 10-plus points and they’ve covered the number in four of those games.

-- The ‘over’ went 2-1 in the semifinals.

-- Minnesota has gone 17-2 SU and 9-10 ATS at the Xcel Energy Center this season while the ‘under’ produced a 10-9 record.

-- The Lynx were 13-5 SU and 11-7 ATS on the road this season.

-- The ‘under’ has gone 6-1 in the last seven away games for Minnesota.

Betting Notes – Los Angeles

-- Los Angeles advanced to the WNBA Finals with a three-game sweep over Phoenix in the semifinals.

-- The Sparks went 2-1 versus the number and only failed to cover Game 3 as they nipped the Mercury 89-87 as 4 ½-point road favorites.

-- Los Angeles will bring a 10-game winning streak into the finals and the club has gone 9-1 ATS during this run while the ‘under’ is 7-3 over this span.

-- The Sparks went 18-1 SU and 14-5 ATS at home this season.

-- Los Angeles went 11-9 SU and 10-8 ATS away from home this season.

-- Similar to Minnesota, the ‘under’ has been a solid wager for L.A. on the road lately with a 5-2 mark in its last seven.

2017 Regular Season Encounters

July 6 – Minnesota 88 (-6.5) vs. Los Angeles 77 (Under 166.5)

August 11 - Los Angeles 70 (+5.5) at Minnesota 64 (Under 161.5)

August 27 – Los Angeles 78 (-2.5) vs. Minnesota 67 (Under 155.5)

2016 WNBA Finals

Game 1 – Los Angeles 78 (+6.5) at Minnesota 76 (Under 161)

Game 2 – Minnesota 79 (-7) vs. Los Angeles 60 (Under 159)

Game 3 – Los Angeles 92 (+1) vs. Minnesota 75 (Over 159.5)

Game 4 – Minnesota 85 (+1) at Los Angeles 79 (Over 160)

Game 5 – Los Angeles 77 (+5.5) at Minnesota 76 (Under 156.5)

WNBA Finals History – 1997-2016

-- The league went to a best-of-five format during the 2005 season. In the 12 series, we’ve seen five sweeps (3-0), four matchups go to a decisive Game 7 and three series end in four games (3-1).

-- The Sparks have won the WNBA Championship three times, including last year’s victory over Minnesota.

-- The previous title for the Sparks came in 20012 when the franchise pulled off the rare repeat.

-- Los Angeles failed to three-peat in 2003 as it was defeated by the now defunct Detroit Shock.

-- Since the 2011 season, Minnesota has won three championships and finished runner-up twice. The victories included two sweeps.

-- The Lynx have alternated titles the last six years and if that trend continues, they’ll be champions this seasons.

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WNBA
Dunkel

Friday, September 29

Minnesota @ Los Angeles

Game 667-668
September 29, 2017 @ 9:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
119.072
Los Angeles
124.838
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
151
by 6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
by 3 1/2
155 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(-3 1/2); Under




WNBA
Long Sheet

Friday, September 29

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MINNESOTA (31 - 8) at LOS ANGELES (30 - 9) - 9/29/2017, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 26-13 ATS (+11.7 Units) in all games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 22-12 ATS (+8.8 Units) as a favorite this season.
LOS ANGELES is 14-5 ATS (+8.5 Units) in home games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 14-5 ATS (+8.5 Units) in a home game where where the total is greater than or equal to 150 this season.
LOS ANGELES is 13-3 ATS (+9.7 Units) in August or September games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 7-1 ATS (+5.9 Units) on Friday this season.
LOS ANGELES is 15-5 ATS (+9.5 Units) after a division game this season.
LOS ANGELES is 14-4 ATS (+9.6 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
LOS ANGELES is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record after 15+ games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game after 15+ games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 20-9 ATS (+10.1 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game this season.
MINNESOTA is 9-1 ATS (+7.9 Units) on Friday this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 12-8 against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 11-9 straight up against LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
13 of 20 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Friday, September 29

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Trend Report
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9:00 PM
MINNESOTA vs. LOS ANGELES
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing Los Angeles
Minnesota is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Los Angeles is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota


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