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**Udog** · 12-07-2019, 08:20 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

Pitchers who allowed lowest on-base %age against them last year:

.219— Justin Verlander

.236— Gerrit Cole

.256— Jack Flaherty

.257— Jacob deGrom

.263— Hyun-Jin Ryu

.266— Max Scherzer

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind……

13) Oregon 37, Utah 15— This score makes the Oklahoma-Baylor game a play-in game for the 4-team national playoff, unless Georgia upsets LSU Saturday night. Ducks led this game 23-0, Utes got back within 23-15 but that was it.

How do you handicap a disappointed Utah team when they play in their bowl game?

12) There have been 18 conference games in college basketball so far this season; home favorites are 5-5 ATS, home underdogs are 3-5. Home teams are 8-10 ATS, underdogs 8-10.

11) Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement ends after the 2021 season; lot of people think that when 2022 starts, both leagues will have the DH, so look for NL teams to add a sluggish defensive player who can hit in the next year or so, with 2022 in mind.

Some teams will probably use the DH to give guys a day off from playing in the field, while keeping their bat in the lineup. Will be curious to see how each team handles the change.

10) San Diego Padres added OF Tommy Pham in a deal with Tampa Bay; Rays get OF Hunter Renfroe, SS prospect Xavier Edwards and a prospect to be named later. Pham hit .273 with an .819 OPS LY, with 33 doubles, 21 homers, 68 RBI, 77 runs and 25 steals LY for the Rays

9) Four college football coaches used the job opening at Florida State to get contract extensions at their current job: Iowa State’s Matt Campbell, Penn State’s James Franklin, Washington State’s Mike Leach and Indiana coach Tom Allen.

Ole Miss is set to hire Lane Kiffin as their new football coach; Kiffin could write a hell of a book, with some of the jobs he’s had— Tennessee, USC, the Raiders when Al Davis was alive- he was an assistant coach at Alabama, too.

8) New York Knicks fired head coach David Fizdale Friday after the team’s 4-18 start. It isn’t Fizdale’s fault; the Knicks have a terrible owner, a mediocre front office- their roster isn’t a winning one. The bigger question is this: Why did they hire Fizdale in the first place?

7) Get well soon to Jeff Tedford, who resigned as football coach at Fresno State due to health concerns; Tedford had heart problems five years ago, when he had to step down as OC with the Tampa Bay Bucs in the NFL. No word whether his health issues now are heart related.

6) A few days after Georgetown’s off-court problems resulted in two of their starters entering the transfer portal, the Hoyas also lost a top 100 recruit for next year. Not good.

Terrance Williams is a 6-6 F from Gonzaga College HS in Washington DC who originally chose the Hoyas over Michigan and Notre Dame.

5) Florida Gators will name its basketball court after former coach Billy Donovan on February 15, during the NBA All-Star break; Donovan led the Gators to two national championships and four Final Four appearances during his 19 seasons in Gainesville.

4) Duke 77, Virginia Tech 63– Blue Devils outscored Tech 39-22 after trailing by 3 at the half; they win their ACC opener.

3) Michigan 103, Iowa 91— Wolverines scored 1.39 points/possession- there won’t be many figures higher than that anywhere all season long. Not often a team scores 103 points but no one on that team scores 20+. Iowa’s Garza scored 44 of their 91 points.

2) Patriots will re-sign Nick Folk to kick for them Sunday; he had an appendectomy couple weeks ago, so they cut him and brought in another guy last week, but that guy missed a PAT in Houston so they told him to take a hike. New England has used four kickers this year.

1) Interesting article in The Athletic about RJ Hampton, a young man who skipped college to play pro ball for the New Zealand Breakers of Australia’s National Basketball League- he hopes to be in the NBA at this time next year.

Hampton will make around $500,000 this season; he also signed a five-year shoe deal with Li-Ning. He averaged 10.5 ppg in his first six games of a 28-game season- in the short time he’s been in New Zealand, the Breakers’ general manager quit, and an assistant coach walked out at an airport- the team also lost four of its first six games.

Hampton had the grades to go to college and play there, but chose this route instead. Lot of other people are watching to see how he does.

**Udog** · 12-07-2019, 08:27 AM

529NEW ORLEANS -530 DALLAS
DALLAS are 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) after playing a home game in the current season.

531CLEVELAND -532 PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA is 16-3 ATS (12.7 Units) in home games after failing to cover 4 or 5 of their last 6 against the spread over the last 2 seasons.

533INDIANA -534 NEW YORK
NEW YORK is 15-35 ATS (-23.5 Units) in home games versus good passing teams, averaging >=23 assists/game in the last 3 seasons.

535PHOENIX -536 HOUSTON
HOUSTON is 8-0 ATS (8 Units) in home games in December games over the last 2 seasons.

537MEMPHIS -538 UTAH
MEMPHIS are 20-38 ATS (-21.8 Units) after having lost 6 or 7 of their last 8 games in the last 3 seasons.

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, December 7

Pelicans-Mavericks
New Orleans lost its last seven games, losing last game at home to Phoenix; Pelicans are 3-7 ATS as a road underdog. Fur of their last five games went under. Dallas won/covered nine of last ten games; they won/covered five of last six home games. Four of their last five home games went over.

Dallas covered four of last five series games; over is 7-2 in last nine.

Cavaliers-76ers
Cleveland lost five in row, 11 of its last 12 games; they’re 4-4-1 ATS as a road underdog. Cavaliers’ last three road games went over. Philly won eight of last ten games; they covered four of their last five home games. Nine of their last ten games stayed under the total.

Cavaliers covered their last five visits to Philly; under is 19-8 in last 27 series games.

Pacers-Knicks
Knicks fired their coach yesterday. Indiana won 7 of last 9 games, covered 5 of last 7; they’re 1-4 ATS as a road favorite. Over is 5-3 in their last eight games. New York lost its last eight games; they’re 3-4-1 ATS as a home underdog. Under is 9-3 in their last dozen home games.

Pacers covered only five of last 16 visits to Manhattan.

Suns-Rockets
Phoenix won three of last five road games; they’re 4-2 ATS as a road underdog. Five of their last six games went over. Houston won three of last four games; they covered six of their last seven home games. Three of their last four home games went over.

Suns covered four of last five series games; over is 12-5 in last 17.

Grizzlies-Jazz
Memphis lost seven of its last eight games; they’re 3-5 ATS as a road underdog. Grizzlies’ last three games went under total. Utah lost five of its last six games; they’re 1-4 ATS in last five home games. Four of their last five home games went over.

Grizzlies covered their last five visits to Utah, four of which went over.

NBA

Saturday, December 7

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Trend Report
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Dallas Mavericks
Dallas is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games
Dallas is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Dallas's last 20 games
Dallas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Dallas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games at home
Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Dallas's last 9 games when playing New Orleans
Dallas is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games when playing at home against New Orleans
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Dallas's last 9 games when playing at home against New Orleans
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games
New Orleans is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games
New Orleans is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
New Orleans is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of New Orleans's last 12 games on the road
New Orleans is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 7 of New Orleans's last 9 games when playing Dallas
New Orleans is 5-15 SU in its last 20 games when playing on the road against Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New Orleans's last 9 games when playing on the road against Dallas

New York Knicks
New York is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
New York is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of New York's last 25 games
New York is 8-15 ATS in its last 23 games at home
New York is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of New York's last 14 games at home
New York is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Indiana
New York is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of New York's last 19 games when playing Indiana
New York is 11-4-1 ATS in its last 16 games when playing at home against Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of New York's last 9 games when playing at home against Indiana
Indiana Pacers
Indiana is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
Indiana is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
Indiana is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Indiana is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Indiana's last 6 games on the road
Indiana is 3-5-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing New York
Indiana is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing New York
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Indiana's last 19 games when playing New York
Indiana is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against New York
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Indiana's last 9 games when playing on the road against New York

Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Philadelphia's last 8 games
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games at home
Philadelphia is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Cleveland
Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Cleveland
Philadelphia is 7-15 SU in its last 22 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Philadelphia's last 25 games when playing Cleveland
Philadelphia is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Philadelphia is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Philadelphia's last 14 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland is 2-9 ATS in its last 11 games
Cleveland is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games
Cleveland is 2-18 SU in its last 20 games on the road
Cleveland is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Philadelphia
Cleveland is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games when playing Philadelphia
Cleveland is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Cleveland's last 25 games when playing Philadelphia
Cleveland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Cleveland is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Cleveland's last 14 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia

Houston Rockets
Houston is 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games
Houston is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 6 games
Houston is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Houston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Houston's last 13 games at home
Houston is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Phoenix
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Houston's last 17 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 6 games when playing Phoenix
Houston is 8-17 ATS in its last 25 games when playing at home against Phoenix
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Phoenix
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games
Phoenix is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 6 games
Phoenix is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Phoenix is 8-17 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix's last 6 games on the road
Phoenix is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Houston
Phoenix is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Phoenix's last 17 games when playing Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Phoenix's last 6 games when playing Houston
Phoenix is 17-8 ATS in its last 25 games when playing on the road against Houston
Phoenix is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston

Utah Jazz
Utah is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Utah is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Utah's last 8 games
Utah is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Utah is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games at home
Utah is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games when playing Memphis
Utah is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Memphis
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Utah's last 16 games when playing Memphis
Utah is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Memphis
Utah is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games when playing at home against Memphis
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Memphis is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games
Memphis is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Memphis's last 7 games on the road
Memphis is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games when playing Utah
Memphis is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Memphis's last 16 games when playing Utah
Memphis is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Utah
Memphis is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Utah
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Memphis's last 5 games when playing on the road against Utah

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**Udog** · 12-07-2019, 09:09 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Saturday, December 7

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NEW ORLEANS (6 - 16) at DALLAS (15 - 6) - 12/7/2019, 2:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW ORLEANS is 22-34 ATS (-15.4 Units) after scoring 115 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 59-42 ATS (+12.8 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 35-22 ATS (+10.8 Units) in the first half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 265-212 ATS (+31.8 Units) vs. division opponents since 1996.
DALLAS is 49-28 ATS (+18.2 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 48-31 ATS (+13.9 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 5-5 against the spread versus NEW ORLEANS over the last 3 seasons
NEW ORLEANS is 6-4 straight up against DALLAS 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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CLEVELAND (5 - 16) at PHILADELPHIA (15 - 7) - 12/7/2019, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CLEVELAND is 6-3 against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
PHILADELPHIA is 6-3 straight up against CLEVELAND over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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INDIANA (14 - 8) at NEW YORK (4 - 18) - 12/7/2019, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW YORK is 42-59 ATS (-22.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 37-51 ATS (-19.1 Units) as an underdog over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 18-32 ATS (-17.2 Units) in home games over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 3-14 ATS (-12.4 Units) in December games over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 18-30 ATS (-15.0 Units) after 3 or more consecutive losses over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 30-45 ATS (-19.5 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW YORK is 3-3 against the spread versus INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
INDIANA is 6-1 straight up against NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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PHOENIX (10 - 11) at HOUSTON (14 - 7) - 12/7/2019, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 49-71 ATS (-29.1 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game over the last 3 seasons.
HOUSTON is 8-0 ATS (+8.0 Units) in home games in December games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHOENIX is 4-3 against the spread versus HOUSTON over the last 3 seasons
HOUSTON is 7-0 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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MEMPHIS (6 - 15) at UTAH (12 - 10) - 12/7/2019, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
UTAH is 73-52 ATS (+15.8 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MEMPHIS is 6-3 against the spread versus UTAH over the last 3 seasons
UTAH is 5-4 straight up against MEMPHIS over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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**Udog** · 12-07-2019, 10:33 AM

Hoop Trends - Saturday
Vince Akins

PLAY-ON TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Cavaliers are 11-0 ATS (9.73 ppg) as a dog with no rest when they lost 2 straight vs current opponent.

PLAY-AGAINST TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Rockets are 0-10 ATS (-10.30 ppg) as a home favorite off a game as a dog in which they had 3 or fewer double digit scorers.

TOTAL TREND OF THE DAY - OVER:

-- The Cavaliers are 14-0 OU (17.07 ppg) as a dog after their opponent made at least 10 more free throws than they did last game.

TOTAL TREND OF THE DAY - UNDER:

-- The Jazz are 0-12 OU (-17.17 ppg) as a favorite with more than one day of rest off a loss as a favorite.

PLAYER-BASED TRENDS:

-- The Rockets are 13-0 ATS (6.85 ppg) at home off a win in which Clint Capela had a negative plus/minus.

-- The Jazz are 0-8 OU (-8.88 ppg) as a home 8+ favorite after Donovan Mitchell was their high scorer last game.

**Udog** · 12-07-2019, 02:55 PM

NBA
Dunkel

Saturday, December 7

New Orleans @ Dallas

Game 529-530
December 7, 2019 @ 2:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New Orleans
117.107
Dallas
123.100
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Dallas
by 6
227
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Dallas
by 9
232 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
New Orleans
(+9); Under

Indiana @ New York

Game 533-534
December 7, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Indiana
121.244
New York
104.643
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Indiana
by 16 1/2
215
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Indiana
by 5 1/2
207 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Indiana
(-5 1/2); Under

Cleveland @ Philadelphia

Game 531-532
December 7, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Cleveland
108.343
Philadelphia
117.466
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Philadelphia
by 9
212
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Philadelphia
by 12
213 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Cleveland
(+12); Under

Phoenix @ Houston

Game 535-536
December 7, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
114.020
Houston
126.570
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Houston
by 12 1/2
244
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Houston
by 10
240 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Houston
(-10); Over

Memphis @ Utah

Game 537-538
December 7, 2019 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Memphis
106.242
Utah
120.587
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Utah
by 14 1/2
215
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Utah
by 11 1/2
218 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Utah
(-11 1/2); Under

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