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**Udog** · 01-21-2018, 10:42 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

— Tennessee Titans hired Texans’ DC Mike Vrabel as head coach

— Rockets 116, Warriors 108— Houston is 18-2 when Paul/Harden both play.

— Kansas State 73, TCU 68— Barry Brown went over 1,000 points in his career.

— Jazz 125, Clippers 113— Lou Williams is first player since Michael Jordan in ’88 to score 30+ points and get 10+ steals in same game.

— Three top 10 teams went 0-2 this week: Texas Tech, Wichita State, Oklahoma.

— Friday night, Lakers set an NBA record for foul line futility when they were 2-14 on the charity stripe in a 99-86 win over visiting Indiana.

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday…….

13) Oklahoma State 83, Oklahoma 81 OT— Trae Young scored 48 points, but it took some effort- he was 8-20 on the arc, 6-19 inside the arc, 12-12 on the line. He had 8 assists, 7 turnovers— no other Sooner scored in double figures.

In his last three games, Young is 20-48 on the arc, 17-39 inside the arc, 17-23 on the line, with 21 assists, 28 turnovers. He has the ball a lot.

Sooners were down 25-6 in this game, fought back to force OT, but Cowboys win to split the Bedlam series this season.

12) Fresno State-Air Force basketball game was postponed because of the government being shut down— all athletic activities at the Air Force Academy were postponed.

11) Auburn 79, Georgia 65— Dawgs led 40-26 at halftime, but Auburn started second half on a 31-4 run and won going away.

10) Kansas freshman Billy Preston isn’t at Kansas anymore; he signed up to play in the Bosnian pro basketball league, figuring he was never going to become eligible to play for the Jayhawks this season, after he was in a car accident and questions arose over who bought the car he was driving.

9) UNLV 79, Colorado State 74— Rebels scored the last 14 points of the game; if you took five points with the hometown Rams in this game, a push wasn’t what you had in mind. UNLV is 3-0 on road in Mountain West, but 0-3 at home. Go figure.

8) USC 74, Oregon State 67— Trojans sweep their Oregon trip for first time since 2008.

7) Thunder 148, Cavaliers 124— Cleveland is 3-18-1 vs spread at home; they’ve lost nine of their last 12 games overall.

6) I’m totally convinced that in college basketball, one of the most important skills for a player to have is getting loose balls. Not rebounds over the rim, but long rebounds off missed 3-pointers, and deflected passes. There are so many of those in college ball now- the ability to anticipate where those loose balls are going to go often decides who wins games.

5) Kansas 70, Baylor 67— Jayhawks outscored Baylor 9-0 over last 2:51 to pull this game out; they are 6-1 in Big X, with no wins by more than six points.

4) Florida 66, Kentucky 64— Wildcats lost three of their last five games, are just 4-3 in SEC.

3) St Mary’s 72, Pacific 69— Gaels had bit of a hangover after winning at Gonzaga, but they got by the surging Tigers, who had their 5-game winning streak snapped.

2) Upsets of the Day:
NC-Wilmington 73 (+8), Towson State 71 OT
Iowa State (+7) 70, Texas Tech 52
Coastal Carolina (+7) 74, Troy State 73
New Mexico (+6.5) 79, San Diego State 75
Portland (+6.5) 72, LMU 65
Ohio U (+6) 72, Eastern Michigan 66
Washington (+6) 72, Colorado 62

1) Oregon 94, UCLA 91— Bill Walton insinuated that the Bruins have internal problems; don’t forget they suspended those two players from the shoplifting debacle in China, and one of those kids was supposed to be a starter.

UCLA was down big in this game, but stormed back and damn near won the game, but instead they’ve lost three games in a row— Bruins are only 4-4 in the Pac-12.

**Udog** · 01-21-2018, 10:57 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Sunday, January 21

Orlando @ Boston

Game 801-802
January 21, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Orlando
114.375
Boston
121.752
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Boston
by 7 1/2
215
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Boston
by 10 1/2
207 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Orlando
(+10 1/2); Over

New York @ LA Lakers

Game 803-804
January 21, 2018 @ 3:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New York
115.623
LA Lakers
116.774
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
LA Lakers
by 1
218
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
LA Lakers
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
LA Lakers
N/A

Brooklyn @ Detroit

Game 805-806
January 21, 2018 @ 4:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Brooklyn
113.219
Detroit
122.873
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Detroit
by 9 1/2
202
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Detroit
by 5 1/2
209
Dunkel Pick:
Detroit
(-5 1/2); Under

Indiana @ San Antonio

Game 807-808
January 21, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Indiana
117.445
San Antonio
124.512
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Antonio
by 7
194
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Antonio
by 5 1/2
199 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
San Antonio
(-5 1/2); Under

NBA
Long Sheet

Sunday, January 21

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ORLANDO (13 - 32) at BOSTON (34 - 12) - 1/21/2018, 1:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ORLANDO is 51-74 ATS (-30.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
ORLANDO is 40-56 ATS (-21.6 Units) as an underdog over the last 2 seasons.
ORLANDO is 132-169 ATS (-53.9 Units) in January games since 1996.
BOSTON is 27-17 ATS (+8.3 Units) in all games this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 6-3 against the spread versus ORLANDO over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 7-2 straight up against ORLANDO 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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NEW YORK (21 - 25) at LA LAKERS (16 - 29) - 1/21/2018, 3:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW YORK is 3-2 against the spread versus LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK is 4-1 straight up against LA LAKERS 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 (17 - 29) at DETROIT (22 - 22) - 1/21/2018, 4:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 15-4 ATS (+10.6 Units) in home games off a upset loss as a favorite over the last 3 seasons.
BROOKLYN is 28-17 ATS (+9.3 Units) in all games this season.
BROOKLYN is 23-12 ATS (+9.8 Units) as an underdog this season.
BROOKLYN is 22-10 ATS (+11.0 Units) in road games revenging a home loss vs opponent over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
BROOKLYN is 5-3 against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 5-3 straight up against BROOKLYN 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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INDIANA (24 - 22) at SAN ANTONIO (30 - 17) - 1/21/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN ANTONIO is 1028-898 ATS (+40.2 Units) in all games since 1996.
SAN ANTONIO is 823-699 ATS (+54.1 Units) as a favorite since 1996.
SAN ANTONIO is 15-5 ATS (+9.5 Units) in home games this season.
SAN ANTONIO is 24-11 ATS (+11.9 Units) in home games after a non-conference game over the last 3 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 344-282 ATS (+33.8 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
SAN ANTONIO is 288-239 ATS (+25.1 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
SAN ANTONIO is 182-136 ATS (+32.4 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season since 1996.

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

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, January 21

Celtics won their last six games with Orlando (5-1 vs spread); Magic are 1-5 vs spread in last six visits to Beantown. Over is 6-2 in last eight series games. Orlando lost eight of its last nine games; they covered last three tries as road underdogs. Under is 6-2 in their last eight games. Boston lost its last two games after a 7-game win streak; they’re 3-7-1 in last 11 tries as home favorites. Under is 6-3 in their last nine games.

Knicks won six of last seven games with the Lakers; they covered their last three series games played here. Last three series games went over the total. New York lost seven of last ten games; they’re 5-3 in last eight games as road underdogs. Knicks’ last six games all went over the total. Lakers won five of their last seven games; they’re 4-3 as home favorites. Five of their last six games stayed under the total.

Detroit won five of last seven games with Brooklyn; under is 6-3 in last nine series games. Nets are 2-2 vs spread in last four visits to the Motor City. Brooklyn lost six of last eight games; they are 13-3 vs spread in last 16 games as road underdogs. Over is 4-1 in Nets’ last five road games. Pistons lost last four games and seven of last nine; they’re 3-7 in last 10 games as home faves. Three of their last four games went over.

Spurs won six of last eight games with Indiana; five of last six series games stayed under total. Pacers are 3-1 vs spread in last four visits to the Alamo. Indiana is 5-3 in its last eight games; they’re 1-4 in last five tries as road underdogs. Seven of last eight Indiana games stayed under the total. San Antonio split its last ten games; they covered last five tries as home favorites. Spurs’ last five games stayed under the total.

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