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**Udog** · 10-31-2019, 08:30 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Six more interesting college football games this week:

— Florida Atlantic @ Western Kentucky -2.5

— Mississippi State -7.5 @ Arkansas

— Army @ Air Force -14.5

— UAB @ Tennessee -11

— TCU @ Oklahoma State -3

— Oregon State @ Arizona -5

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Armadillo: Thursday's Den: Doing some thinking out loud……

13) Cincinnati Bengals have a bye this week; they announced they will start rookie QB Ryan Finley when they host the Ravens next week.

Sunday, Andy Dalton became the first NFL QB ever to start a season 8-0, and also 0-8. Tuesday, he got benched on his 32nd birthday.

While I’m here, a reminder that Marvin Lewis went 131-122-3 coaching the Bengals in the regular season; his 0-7 playoff record sent him packing.

Here is the problem: Cincinnati’s last .500 season without Lewis as HC was in 1996; their last playoff game without Lewis was in 1990.

Since 1991, Bengals are 55-145 in games not coached by Lewis, 131-122-3 wth Lewis.

12) Washington 6, Houston 2:
— First best-of-7 finals series in MLB, NHL or NBA where road team won all seven games.
— Washington played five elimination games this month; in his at-bats from 7th inning on in those five games, Anthony Rendon was 6-8 with three doubles, three homers and a walk.

11) Rockets 159, Wizards 158— While the Houston-Washington baseball teams were playing in the World Series, those cities’ basketball teams set defense back 30 years.

It was the highest scoring NBA game that didn’t go to overtime since a 1990 game where Golden State beat Denver 162-158.

10) James Harden tied an NBA record Monday with his 7th career game with 20+ made foul shots; he shares the record with Moses Malone, Kobe Bryant.

Harden was 21-22 from the line vs Oklahoma City, whose whole team was 17-24.

9) When teams underperform, there have to be scapegoats:
— Bronx baseball team fired pitching coach Larry Rothschild; it is obviously his fault that the Astros are better than the Bronx Bombers.
— Arizona Wildcats fired defensive coordinator Marcel Yates and linebackers coach John Rushing, after the Wildcats gave up 133 points in their last three games.

8) Weird fact: When the Giants acquired DT Leonard Williams from the Jets a few days ago it was the first time EVER the Giants/Jets made a trade. Thats over 50 years.

7) Patriots, Falcons cut their kickers Tuesday; New England signed Nick Folk, who will kick for his 4th NFL team- he also holds the record for longest field goal (55 yards) in AAF history this past winter. Falcons are on a bye, haven’t signed a new kicker yet.

6) It bothers me that FOX has to interview managers while a World Series game is going on; they’re not going to say anything interesting, so you get to see a guy squirm for a few minutes while he’s stressing out about not doing his freaking job. It makes no sense.

5) Stephen Strasburg is the first MLB pitcher ever who was the #1 pick in the amateur draft, then started a World Series game for the same team that drafted him.

4) RIP to coach Al Bianchi, who passed away this week at age 87; Bianchi was a head coach in the ABA and NBA for nine seasons- his 1970-71 Virginia Squires went 55-29. He was also the first coach of the Seattle SuperSonics.

3) With Klay Thompson sitting out most of this year, this year’s Golden State Warriors have the 3rd-youngest roster in the NBA.

2) With Joe Flacco headed to the IR, Denver Broncos have three QB’s (Allen, Rypien, Lock) none of whom has never taken an NFL snap.

1) Last Sunday was only day this year where there were NFL, NBA, NHL and major league baseball games, all on the same day.

**Udog** · 10-31-2019, 08:35 AM

561MIAMI -562 ATLANTA
MIAMI is 15-3 ATS (11.7 Units) in road games after 1 or more consecutive unders over the last 2 seasons.

563DENVER -564 NEW ORLEANS
DENVER is 4-17 ATS (-14.7 Units) in road games against Southwest division opponents in the last 3 seasons.

565SAN ANTONIO -566 LA CLIPPERS
SAN ANTONIO is 2-11 ATS (-10.1 Units) in road games after a combined score of 215 points or more 3 straight games in the last 3 seasons.

NBA

Thursday, October 31

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Trend Report
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Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta is 10-4 ATS in its last 14 games
Atlanta is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Atlanta's last 19 games when playing Miami
Atlanta is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 6 games when playing at home against Miami
Miami Heat
Miami is 4-1-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Miami is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Miami's last 8 games
Miami is 10-4-1 ATS in its last 15 games on the road
Miami is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Miami is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 6 games on the road
Miami is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Miami's last 19 games when playing Atlanta
Miami is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami's last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta

New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans is 5-15 ATS in its last 20 games
New Orleans is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Orleans's last 7 games
New Orleans is 2-11 ATS in its last 13 games at home
New Orleans is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans's last 7 games at home
New Orleans is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Denver
New Orleans is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Denver
New Orleans is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Denver
New Orleans is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Denver
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games when playing at home against Denver
Denver Nuggets
Denver is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Denver's last 5 games
Denver is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Denver's last 10 games on the road
Denver is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing New Orleans
Denver is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing New Orleans
Denver is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against New Orleans
Denver is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Denver's last 5 games when playing on the road against New Orleans

Los Angeles Clippers
LA Clippers is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 16 of LA Clippers's last 24 games
LA Clippers is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games at home
LA Clippers is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 15 of LA Clippers's last 21 games at home
LA Clippers is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing San Antonio
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Clippers's last 7 games when playing San Antonio
LA Clippers is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games when playing at home against San Antonio
LA Clippers is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against San Antonio
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Clippers's last 5 games when playing at home against San Antonio
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games
San Antonio is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Antonio's last 9 games
San Antonio is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Antonio's last 5 games on the road
San Antonio is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing LA Clippers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Antonio's last 7 games when playing LA Clippers
San Antonio is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers
San Antonio is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Antonio's last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers

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**Udog** · 10-31-2019, 09:29 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, October 31

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MIAMI (3 - 1) at ATLANTA (2 - 2) - 10/31/2019, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MIAMI is 27-15 ATS (+10.5 Units) in road games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ATLANTA is 6-2 against the spread versus MIAMI over the last 3 seasons
MIAMI is 5-4 straight up against ATLANTA 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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DENVER (3 - 1) at NEW ORLEANS (0 - 4) - 10/31/2019, 9:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW ORLEANS is 5-2 against the spread versus DENVER over the last 3 seasons
DENVER is 4-3 straight up against NEW ORLEANS 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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SAN ANTONIO (3 - 0) at LA CLIPPERS (3 - 2) - 10/31/2019, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LA CLIPPERS are 30-16 ATS (+12.4 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 1094-962 ATS (+35.8 Units) in all games since 1996.
SAN ANTONIO is 357-292 ATS (+35.8 Units) in the first half of the season since 1996.
LA CLIPPERS are 236-288 ATS (-80.8 Units) after a loss by 10 points or more since 1996.

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

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**Udog** · 10-31-2019, 10:03 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Thursday, October 31

Miami @ Atlanta

Game 561-562
October 31, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Miami
121.287
Atlanta
117.234
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Miami
by 4
224
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Miami
by 6 1/2
217
Dunkel Pick:
Atlanta
(+6 1/2); Over

Denver @ New Orleans

Game 563-564
October 31, 2019 @ 9:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Denver
117.010
New Orleans
115.478
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Denver
by 1 1/2
245
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Denver
by 4
225 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
New Orleans
(+4); Over

San Antonio @ LA Clippers

Game 565-566
October 31, 2019 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Antonio
115.873
LA Clippers
123.335
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
LA Clippers
by 7 1/2
219
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
LA Clippers
by 5
226
Dunkel Pick:
LA Clippers
(-5); Under

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