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**Udog** · 01-13-2018, 08:30 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

Odds to hit the most home runs this coming baseball season:

5-1— Giancarlo Stanton

8-1— Aaron Judge

15-1— Bryce Harper

18-1— Mike Trout, Manny Machado

20-1— JD Martinez

25-1— Gallo, Arenado, Bellinger, Bryant, Goldschmidt, Freeman

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

13) It is wrong to sit back and say nothing about the stuff thats gone on in the White House this week. Saying nothing gives tacit approval to what has gone on, that the President of our country can openly say racist things and get away with it.

The second paragraph of our Declaration of Independence starts this way:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

Rich people aren’t better than poor people; no race or religion is better than another.

“All men are created equal”…….very important words to remember

12) Arizona Cardinals players wore a saying on t-shirts this season:

Trust, loyalty, respect.

Our culture is losing its respect for the diversity that has made this country great. Without respect, common decency takes a backseat to what we’re seeing now. Its not good.

11) You can go on baseballprospectus.com and look up salary info for every major league team; it tracks salary commitments from now until 2023.

Right now, the Oakland A’s have $12,333,000 on the books for 2019.
Los Angeles Dodgers have $116,426,000 on the books for 2019.

10) Bronx Bombers have $87,343,000 on the books for 2020, $40,200,000 to pitchers.
New York Mets have $56,000,000 on the books for 2020, $43M of it to Cespedes/Bruce, $12M to David Wright, who is probably finished, and $0 to pitchers.

These two franchises are located eight miles apart physically, worlds apart in their approach.

9) Tampa Bay Rays have $19,833,000 on their payroll for 2019; they’re supposedly competing with the Red Sox and Bronx Bombers in the AL East— good luck there.

8) OVC heads into the weekend with a 5-way tie for first place at 4-1. Jacksonville State plays Austin Peay, Murray State visits Tennessee Tech in two matchups between 4-1 teams.

7) Six assistant coaches have left the Dallas Cowboys’ staff since the season ended.

6) Georgia QB Jacob Eason is transferring to Washington; he’ll sit next season, then have couple years of eligibility left. Eason sprained his knee in the Dawgs’ opener this season; freshman Jake Fromm replaced him and led Georgia to the national title game.

I wonder if Jacob Eason ever heard of Wally Pipp?

5) Think about Bruce Arians’ coaching career; he was an assistant at Alabama for Bear Bryant’s last season coaching, and he was Peyton Manning’s first QB coach. What a career— now he is hoping to move into television next season, and for my sake, I hope he does. Arians tells the truth and he’ll be great on TV— we’ll be able to learn a lot from him.

4) In 1972-73, the Virginia Squires of the ABA went 42-42 under coach Al Bianchi; this team was one of the great announcer’s nightmares of all-time. They had these three players:

Julius Erving. George Gervin. George Irvine. Three similar sounding last names.

Dr J and the Iceman went on to be two of the greatest scorers ever; Irvine went on to coach the Indiana Pacers, but what a tongue-twister that had to be when the Squires had the ball.

3) Blue Jays signed Josh Donaldson for one year at $23M; he is a free agent next winter, but is 32 and missed 49 games last year with injuries.

2) Utah Jazz’ Rodney Hood got fined $35,000 by the NBA for slapping a cellphone out of a fan’s hand as he left the court in Washington after getting ejected from a game.

He should have to buy the fan a new IPhoneX, even if he didn’t break the first phone. Grow up.

1) ESPN had an interesting stat last night; from 2012-14, the Power 5 leagues and Big East got 70.9% of at-large bids to the NCAA tournament.

Last three years, those six leagues got 84.3% of at-large bids. The mid-majors are slowly being squeezed out of the at-large process, in part due to how the big boys schedule and now with the big leagues going to bigger conference schedules, which will jack up their RPIs.

**Udog** · 01-13-2018, 08:45 AM

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, January 13

Lakers lost their last ten games with Dallas, covering one of last eight; they’re 1-3 vs spread in last four visits here. Under is 7-3 in last ten series games. Lakers won their last three games; they’re 6-2 vs spread in last eight games as road underdogs. Four of their last six games stayed under total. Dallas won six of its last nine games; they’re 5-6 as home favorites. Five of their last seven games went over total.

Clippers won seven of last eight games with Sacramento; over is 3-1 in last four series games. Kings are 3-2 vs spread in last five series games played here. Kings lost six of their last seven games; they’re 7-4 vs spread in last 11 games as road underdogs. Over is 7-3 in their last ten games. Clippers won their last three games; they’re 6-1 vs spread in last seven tries as home favorites. 10 of their last 11 games went over the total.

Hornets won their last three games with OKC; Thunder is 3-2 vs spread in last five visits here. Last three series games went over the total. Oklahoma City lost its last three games; they’re 4-12 vs spread as road favorites. Four of their last six games went over total. Charlotte won three of its last four games; they’re 2-5 in last seven tries as home favorites. Five of their last seven games stayed under.

Nets won last two games with Washington, after losing previous seven; they’re 0-3 vs spread in last three visits here. Over is 6-3 in last nine series games. Brooklyn lost three of last four games; they’re 12-3 vs spread in last 15 games as road underdogs. Nets are 4-3 vs spread if they played night before. Four of their last five games stayed under total. Washington won five of its last seven games; over is 4-1-1 in their last six. Wizards are 7-11 as home favorites.

Warriors won last seven games with Toronto, but are 1-3-1 vs spread in last five; Golden State is 1-2-1 vs spread in last four visits to Canada. Over is 7-3 in last ten series games. Golden State won six of its last seven games; they’re 11-10 as road favorites. Six of their last seven games went over total. Warriors are 4-3-1 vs spread if they played night before. Toronto won 18 of last 22 games; they’re 10-7 vs spread at home, 1-0 as dogs. Five of their last six games went over total.

Pistons are 5-3 in their last eight games with Chicago; they’re 3-2 vs spread in last five games in the Windy City. Four of last six series games stayed under the total. Detroit split its last ten games; they’re 10-7 vs spread as road underdogs. Six of their last eight games went under total. Chicago lost five of its last seven games; they’re 5-2 as home favorites. Over is 15-4 in their last 19 games.

Spurs won nine of their last ten games with Denver (over 7-3); Nuggets are 2-4 vs spread in last six visits to the Alamo. Denver lost three of last four games; they’re 4-1-2 in last seven games as road underdogs, 3-3 if they played night before. Under is 8-3 in their last 11 games. Spurs are 3-4 in their last seven games; they’re 6-1 vs spread in last seven home games. Four of their last five home games stayed under.

**Udog** · 01-13-2018, 08:49 AM

NBA

Saturday, January 13

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Trend Report
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LA LAKERS @ DALLAS
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 6 games on the road
LA Lakers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing LA Lakers
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against LA Lakers

SACRAMENTO @ LA CLIPPERS
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Sacramento's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Sacramento's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Clippers's last 5 games
LA Clippers is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Sacramento

OKLAHOMA CITY @ CHARLOTTE
Oklahoma City is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Charlotte
Oklahoma City is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games when playing Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Charlotte's last 13 games at home

BROOKLYN @ WASHINGTON
Brooklyn is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Brooklyn is 9-2-1 ATS in its last 12 games on the road
Washington is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing at home against Brooklyn
Washington is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Brooklyn

GOLDEN STATE @ TORONTO
Golden State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Golden State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
Toronto is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games at home
Toronto is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games

DETROIT @ CHICAGO
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chicago's last 8 games
Chicago is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games when playing at home against Detroit

DENVER @ SAN ANTONIO
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Denver's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Denver's last 24 games when playing on the road against San Antonio
San Antonio is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
San Antonio is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Denve

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**Udog** · 01-13-2018, 09:34 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Saturday, January 13

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LA LAKERS (14 - 27) at DALLAS (15 - 28) - 1/13/2018, 2:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 6-1 against the spread versus LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons
DALLAS is 7-0 straight up against LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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SACRAMENTO (13 - 28) at LA CLIPPERS (20 - 21) - 1/13/2018, 3:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
LA CLIPPERS is 6-5 against the spread versus SACRAMENTO over the last 3 seasons
LA CLIPPERS is 9-2 straight up against SACRAMENTO over the last 3 seasons
7 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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OKLAHOMA CITY (22 - 20) at CHARLOTTE (16 - 24) - 1/13/2018, 5:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 15-26 ATS (-13.6 Units) in all games this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 11-25 ATS (-16.5 Units) as a favorite this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent this season.
CHARLOTTE is 15-26 ATS (-13.6 Units) as an underdog over the last 2 seasons.
CHARLOTTE is 2-12 ATS (-11.2 Units) in home games on Saturday games over the last 2 seasons.
CHARLOTTE is 5-16 ATS (-12.6 Units) in home games when playing on back-to-back days over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHARLOTTE is 3-2 against the spread versus OKLAHOMA CITY over the last 3 seasons
CHARLOTTE is 3-2 straight up against OKLAHOMA CITY over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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BROOKLYN (16 - 26) at WASHINGTON (24 - 18) - 1/13/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 59-41 ATS (+13.9 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent over the last 3 seasons.
BROOKLYN is 26-16 ATS (+8.4 Units) in all games this season.
BROOKLYN is 21-12 ATS (+7.8 Units) as an underdog this season.
BROOKLYN is 16-7 ATS (+8.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
BROOKLYN is 12-3 ATS (+8.7 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game this season.
WASHINGTON is 8-20 ATS (-14.0 Units) as a favorite this season.
WASHINGTON is 399-466 ATS (-113.6 Units) in home games since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 5-4 against the spread versus BROOKLYN over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 7-2 straight up against BROOKLYN over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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GOLDEN STATE (34 - 9) at TORONTO (29 - 11) - 1/13/2018, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 3-1 against the spread versus GOLDEN STATE over the last 3 seasons
GOLDEN STATE is 5-0 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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DETROIT (22 - 18) at CHICAGO (15 - 27) - 1/13/2018, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 7-18 ATS (-12.8 Units) in road games after a win by 10 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
DETROIT is 20-38 ATS (-21.8 Units) in road games versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game since 1996.
CHICAGO is 66-97 ATS (-40.7 Units) in home games off an upset win as an underdog since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
DETROIT is 5-3 against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 5-3 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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DENVER (22 - 20) at SAN ANTONIO (28 - 15) - 1/13/2018, 8:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN ANTONIO is 5-2 against the spread versus DENVER over the last 3 seasons
SAN ANTONIO is 6-1 straight up against DENVER over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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**Udog** · 01-13-2018, 12:42 PM

NBA
Dunkel

Saturday, January 13

LA Lakers @ Dallas

Game 501-502
January 13, 2018 @ 2:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
LA Lakers
116.313
Dallas
117.722
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Dallas
by 1 1/2
219
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Dallas
by 4 1/2
215 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
LA Lakers
(+4 1/2); Over

Sacramento @ LA Clippers

Game 503-504
January 13, 2018 @ 3:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Sacramento
114.812
LA Clippers
119.776
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
LA Clippers
by 5
223
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
LA Clippers
by 7 1/2
215 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Sacramento
(+7 1/2); Over

Oklahoma City @ Charlotte

Game 505-506
January 13, 2018 @ 5:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Oklahoma City
121.652
Charlotte
117.590
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Oklahoma City
by 4
205
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Oklahoma City
by 1 1/2
211 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Oklahoma City
(-1 1/2); Under

Brooklyn @ Washington

Game 507-508
January 13, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Brooklyn
113.202
Washington
125.631
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 12 1/2
210
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
by 9 1/2
215 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(-9 1/2); Under

Golden State @ Toronto

Game 509-510
January 13, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Golden State
125.286
Toronto
123.397
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Golden State
by 2
231
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Golden State
by 4
224 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
(+4); Over

Detroit @ Chicago

Game 511-512
January 13, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Detroit
116.723
Chicago
118.664
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 2
215
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Detroit
by 1
207
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago
(+1); Over

Denver @ San Antonio

Game 513-514
January 13, 2018 @ 8:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Denver
115.412
San Antonio
124.768
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Antonio
by 9 1/2
199
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Antonio
by 7
206 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
San Antonio
(-7); Under

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