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**Udog** · 01-20-2019, 08:40 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

More over/under baseball totals for 2019:

74.5— Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox

76.5— Toronto Blue Jays

77— Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds

77.5— San Diego Padres

78.5— Pittsburgh Pirates

82— Colorado Rockies

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

13) Kentucky 82, Auburn 80— Wildcats led this game 58-41 with 17:00 left; Auburn took the lead 80-79 with 0:32 left, but Kentucky scored with 0:24 left, then Auburn never got the ball to their best player on their last possession and that was that.

Auburn alum Charles Barkley was on ESPN for a segment of this game and he ripped the current NBA product, which I’m sure didn’t thrill his bosses at Turner Broadcasting very much. Barkley complained about the amount of 3-pointers being taken by NBA teams.

It is getting harder to listen to Dick Vitale on the air; he launched into a rant every time the refs went for a replay review. Sounded like he had a plane to catch after the game.

12) Duke 72, Virginia 70— Cavaliers hit a jumper at the buzzer for the back-door cover, but they lose to a Duke team playing without their point guard.

Mike Krzyzewski is only college basketball coach that doesn’t do halftime interviews, yet his son-in-law (Chris Spatola) works for ESPN. Whats up with that? Is it that hard to answer two softball ?’s on way to locker room?

11) Are ESPN’s announcers required to mention Zion Williamson EVERY TIME they promo a Duke game, because they do mention his name EVERY TIME they read a Duke promo. You would think if it wasn’t mandated someone wouldn’t do it.

10) James Nunnally is a sub for the Houston Rockets; he is 28 years old, played four years at Cal-Santa Barbara. Here are the professional teams he’s played for:

2012: Kavala, in Greece
2012-14: Bakersfield Jam in the D-League
2014: Texas Legends in the D-League
2014: Hawks, 76ers in the NBA
2014: Santurce in Puerto Rico
2014: Estudiantes in Spain
2014-15: Maccabi Ashdod in Israel
2015-16: Sidigas Avellino in Italy
2016-18: Fenerbahce in Turkey
2018-19: Timberwolves, Rockets in the NBA

Imagine the book this guy could write????

9) Rockets 138, Lakers 134 OT— ESPN had quite a day; big college games at Auburn, Duke were both decided by a hoop, then this game on ABC went OT. James Harden scored 48 points for the Rockets, which these days seems commonplace.

8) Drexel 73, James Madison 68— Dukes led this game 22-4 early, but went 3-12 on foul line and were behind by halftime. Drexel outscored JMU 18-3 on the foul line.

7) Upsets of the Day:
— Elon (+12.5) 76, Wm & Mary 71
— DePaul (+9) 97, Seton Hall 93
— Penn (+9) 77, Temple 70
— Charlotte (+7.5) 55, Louisiana Tech 40— Tech was 1-23 on the arc.
— Towson State (+7) 64, Delaware 63— Towson was down 15 at the half.
— Eastern Illinois (+6.5) 85, Austin Peay 83
— West Virginia (+5.5) 65, Kansas 64
— Niagara (+5.5) 75, Quinnipiac 72
— Missouri (+5.5) 66, Texas A&M 43

6) One college that lost out big-time with all the conference changes a few years ago was UConn, whose sports program has a $40M shortfall this year. Huskies’ terrible football team lost $8.7M, their basketball team $5M and women’s basketball team lost $3M.

Big 14 screwed up (in my opinion) when they took Rutgers over UConn, but they care more about football than hoops. Would the Huskies be better off as an independent in football, and a Big East member in basketball?

5) Cal-Irvine 74, Cal State-Northridge 68— Anteaters were down 47-31 at the half, but rallied to avoid this road upset. Mark Gottfried is doing a nice job rebuilding the Northridge program.

4) Nets 145, Rockets 142 OT— This game was Wednesday but it was odd; here is a breakdown of Houston’s shot selection in that game:

3-point shots: 23-70, 32.9%, 69 points
2-point shots: 22-35, 62.9%, 44 points
foul shots: 29-34, 85.3%, 29 points.

Rockets took twice as many 3-point shots as 2-point shots, but they also lost. Gerald Green played 41:00 in this game, was 5-15 from floor, all 3-point shots.

3) When James Harden scored 115 points in consecutive games during the week, none of the 33 baskets he scored in those games were assisted. Lot of holding the ball, 1-on-1 play. Last time Harden scored less than 30 points in a game was December 11, vs Portland. Rockets are 14-5 in 19 games since that night.

2) This made me feel old; there is a high school game on ESPNU Monday, with Sierra Canyon HS in the LA area; Kenyon Martin Jr is a senior on that team. It seems like 2 or 3 years ago that Martin was playing ball at Cincinnati, and then in the NBA. Good luck to the young man.

1) ESPN’s Joe Lunardi does his Bracketology thing for the NCAA tournament every day; he came up with teams from these conferences: Big 14 (10), ACC (8), Big X (7), SEC (6), Big East (5), American (4), A-14 (2), Pac-12 (2).

All the other leagues, the conference tournament will be the deciding factor, unless Nevada loses in the Mountain West, then they would get two teams.

**Udog** · 01-20-2019, 08:56 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Sunday, January 20

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CHARLOTTE (22 - 23) at INDIANA (30 - 15) - 1/20/2019, 6:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CHARLOTTE is 20-33 ATS (-16.3 Units) as an underdog over the last 2 seasons.
CHARLOTTE is 7-17 ATS (-11.7 Units) in road games after allowing 115 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
INDIANA is 75-57 ATS (+12.3 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
INDIANA is 40-27 ATS (+10.3 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
INDIANA is 23-9 ATS (+13.1 Units) on Sunday games over the last 3 seasons.
INDIANA is 18-7 ATS (+10.3 Units) in home games revenging a loss vs opponent over the last 2 seasons.
INDIANA is 48-32 ATS (+12.8 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
INDIANA is 29-16 ATS (+11.4 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
INDIANA is 42-29 ATS (+10.1 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHARLOTTE is 5-4 against the spread versus INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
CHARLOTTE is 5-4 straight up against INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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PHOENIX (11 - 36) at MINNESOTA (21 - 24) - 1/20/2019, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 21-35 ATS (-17.5 Units) when the total is greater than or equal to 220 over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 30-47 ATS (-21.7 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 7-17 ATS (-11.7 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 11-2 ATS (+8.8 Units) in home games in January games over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 13-5 ATS (+7.5 Units) in home games versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game this season.
PHOENIX is 28-13 ATS (+13.7 Units) after allowing 130 points or more since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHOENIX is 4-3 against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 5-3 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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LA CLIPPERS (24 - 21) at SAN ANTONIO (27 - 20) - 1/20/2019, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN ANTONIO is 6-4 against the spread versus LA CLIPPERS over the last 3 seasons
SAN ANTONIO is 5-5 straight up against LA CLIPPERS over the last 3 seasons
7 of 10 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, January 20

Hornets won their last three games, are 2-6-1 vs spread in last nine road games. Three of their last four games stayed under. Pacers won three of their last four games, are 5-2 vs spread if they played night before. Nine of their last 11 games went over. Home side won eight of last ten Charlotte-Indiana games; Hornets are 1-3 vs spread in last four visits to Indiana. Three of last four series games went over the total.

Suns lost 10 of their last 12 games, are 3-2-1 vs spread if they played night before; four of their last six games stayed under the total. Timberwolves lost three of their last four games, are 2-3 vs spread since the coaching change (over 4-1). Minnesota won six of its last nine games with Phoenix; Suns are 2-1-1 vs spread in last four visits to Twin Cities- over is 3-1 in last four series games played here.

Clippers lost their last five games (0-5 vs spread); they covered three of last four road games. Four of their last five games stayed under. San Antonio won 16 of its last 22 games, splitting last six; Spurs are 7-1 vs spread in last eight home games. Over is 10-6 in their last 16 games. Home side won five of last six Clipper-Spur games; Clippers are 0-3 vs spread in last three visits to the Alamo. Five of last six series games went over.

NBA

Sunday, January 20

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Trend Report
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Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Charlotte is 4-15 SU in its last 19 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Charlotte's last 12 games on the road
Charlotte is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Indiana
Charlotte is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games when playing Indiana
Charlotte is 3-15 SU in its last 18 games when playing on the road against Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 5 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Indiana Pacers
Indiana is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
Indiana is 17-5 SU in its last 22 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Indiana's last 11 games
Indiana is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Indiana is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Indiana's last 12 games at home
Indiana is 5-12-1 ATS in its last 18 games when playing Charlotte
Indiana is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games when playing Charlotte
Indiana is 15-3 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games when playing at home against Charlotte

Phoenix Suns
Phoenix is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Phoenix is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Phoenix's last 6 games
Phoenix is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Phoenix is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Phoenix is 4-1-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Phoenix is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Minnesota
Phoenix is 2-3-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Phoenix is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Phoenix's last 8 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota Timberwolves
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Minnesota's last 16 games
Minnesota is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 9 games at home
Minnesota is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Phoenix
Minnesota is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Phoenix
Minnesota is 5-10-2 ATS in its last 17 games when playing at home against Phoenix
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota's last 8 games when playing at home against Phoenix

Los Angeles Clippers
LA Clippers is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games
LA Clippers is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Clippers's last 5 games
LA Clippers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
LA Clippers is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Clippers's last 6 games on the road
LA Clippers is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing San Antonio
LA Clippers is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing San Antonio
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Clippers's last 6 games when playing San Antonio
LA Clippers is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against San Antonio
LA Clippers is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games when playing on the road against San Antonio
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio is 17-5 ATS in its last 22 games
San Antonio is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games
San Antonio is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games at home
San Antonio is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of San Antonio's last 12 games at home
San Antonio is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing LA Clippers
San Antonio is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing LA Clippers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Antonio's last 6 games when playing LA Clippers
San Antonio is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against LA Clippers
San Antonio is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against LA Clippers

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**Udog** · 01-20-2019, 09:39 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Sunday, January 20

Charlotte @ Indiana

Game 501-502
January 20, 2019 @ 6:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Charlotte
121.150
Indiana
126.227
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Indiana
by 5
222
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Indiana
by 7 1/2
219
Dunkel Pick:
Charlotte
(+7 1/2); Over

Phoenix @ Minnesota

Game 503-504
January 20, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
107.235
Minnesota
121.308
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 15
228
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
by 11
227 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(-11); Over

LA Clippers @ San Antonio

Game 505-506
January 20, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
LA Clippers
115.116
San Antonio
125.644
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Antonio
by 10 1/2
225
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
San Antonio
by 8 1/2
222 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
San Antonio
(-8 1/2); Over

**Udog** · 01-20-2019, 12:44 PM

Hoop Trends - Sunday
Vince Akins

PLAY-ON TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Pacers are 12-0 ATS (12.04 ppg) as a home favorite when seeking same season revenge for a road loss.

PLAY-AGAINST TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Clippers are 0-11 ATS (-8.73 ppg) with less than two days rest off a double-digit home loss when they are facing a team that is averaging at least 24 assists per game.

TOTAL TREND OF THE DAY - OVER:

-- The Timberwolves are 11-0 OU (+13.64 ppg) at home with rest off a loss as a home favorite when they are facing a team that is getting less than 25 percent of their rebounds on the offensive end.

TOTAL TREND OF THE DAY - UNDER:

-- The Pacers are 0-13 OU (-18.12 ppg) as a favorite with no rest off a double-digit win when they are facing a team that is averaging more than five blocks per game.

PLAYER-BASED TRENDS:

-- The Timberwolves are 10-0 ATS (+8.70 ppg) at home after a game in which Karl Anthony Towns was their high scorer.

-- The Pacers are 0-11 OU (-13.95 ppg) at home off a win in which Thaddeus Young took fewer than 10 shots.

**Udog** · 01-20-2019, 03:26 PM

By: Monique Vág

Limiting their best player

In the earlier meeting this year between the Hornets and Pacers, Charlotte guard Kemba Walker struggled to find his shot, taking only 10 field goal attempts and connecting on five. Today he might have a similar shooting day versus a Pacers defense that is one of the best at defending opposing point guards allowing only 18.1 points a game on 40.6 shooting. Look for Indiana to keep Walker in check and back Under his point total of 23.5.

Lock down defense at home

The Pacers have the top ranked defense in opponent points per game and allow an average of only 98.1 points per game on 42.4 percent shooting at home.

Charlotte has struggled playing on the road at Bankers Life Fieldhouse winning only three of the last 18 games in the head-to-head, with the Under hitting in five straight contests. Look for Indiana to keep the Hornets offense in check and back Under the Hornets team total of 106.

Short-handed struggles

The Clippers have lost seven of their last ten games, including five straight. The Clips travel to San Antonio to take on the Spurs boasting an 18-6 record on their home court. The Clippers have posted a 7-18 record over the last 25 games in the head-to-head, and if they want to win today they will have to do so shorthanded without two key players in Danilo Gallinari and reigning Sixth Man of the Year, Lou Williams.

Bet the Spurs to find success offensively versus a Clippers defense allowing an average of 120.7 points per game over their most recent three. Take San Antonio's team total Over 114.5.

Happy to be home

With injuries to two of the Clippers top offensive players, there is a serious lack of depth especially on the offensive end. It will be difficult to put up points versus a Spurs team defensively allowing only 105.6 points per game on their home court.

Look for the Spurs to take advantage of the shorthanded Clippers as the Spurs build off their 7-1 ATS record at home over their most recent eight and cover as 8-point favorites.

The KAT is out of the bag

The Phoenix Suns have been one of the worst teams at defending opposing centers allowing an average of 25.8 points per game on 55 percent shooting and 16.4 rebounds. This is an ideal spot for Karl-Anthony Towns as the Timberwolves host the Suns. Towns put up 28 points, 12 rebounds and four assists the last time these two sides met up on December 15.

Two nights ago against the Spurs, Towns scored 23 points in just 21 minutes as he was in foul trouble for most of the second half before fouling out in the fourth quarter. If Towns can stay out of foul trouble, he will have an huge impact on both sides of the ball. Bet Over his points, rebounds, assists total of 40.5.

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