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**Udog** · 01-26-2021, 08:07 AM

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**Udog** · 01-26-2021, 08:07 AM

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

Odds to win the NCAA basketball tournament:
+$355— Gonzaga
+$465— Baylor
+$1100— Iowa, Michigan, Villanova
+$1900— Alabama, Illinois, Texas
+$2600— Tennessee, Virginia
+$2900— Houston, Kansas, Wisconsin

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Armadillo: Tuesday's Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

13) Football players are really tough; Buffalo Bills’ WR Cole Beasley played the last 3.5 games this season with a broken fibula in his leg.

In his last four games, Beasley caught 17 passes for 162 yards. With a broken leg.

12) Why some teams don’t win very much. This is the 2010 MLB Draft:

1st pick- Bryce Harper, Washington— Really good player, excellent pick
2nd— Jameson Taillon, Pittsburgh— Went 29-24 in 82 starts; has had two Tommy John surgeries. Got traded to Bronx last week.
3rd— Manny Machado, Baltimore— Hell of a player; Orioles made playoffs 3 times with him.
4th— Christian Colon, Kansas City— Hitting .249 in 418 career plate appearances.

Pirates passed up Manny Machado for a high school pitcher; no bueno.

By the way the 23rd pick that year? Christian Yelich; he’s pretty good, too.

11) Brooklyn 98, Miami 85:
— Nets are 4-2 since acquiring James Harden.

Harden gets lot of criticism, but in his 12-year NBA career, he’s never played on a losing team. Five years ago, Houston was 41-41, the only team Harden has been on that finished a season with less than a .549 winning percentage.

Harden led the NBA in assists four years ago, is leading again this year. He’s a winning player, even if some people don’t like the way he plays— he does have the ball a lot.

10) West Virginia 88, Texas Tech 87:
— Tech led by 12 with 7:11 left in game.
— West Virginia made 12-19 on arc, making up for going 16-27 on foul line.
— Tech had only two turnovers (+10)
— Both teams scored over 1.2 points/possession, which is unusually good offense.

9) This is Archie Miller’s 4th year coaching Indiana; when his Hoosiers lost 74-70 at home to Rutgers Sunday, it made Indiana’s record 2-9 in games that followed Indiana beating a top 25 team. Hoosiers are having a hard time handling success.

8) They’re announcing the Hall of Fame inductees tonight; how do you vote for someone to be inducted into Cooperstown, and not include Barry Bonds or Roger Clemens? I’d vote for them.

If you tell me that they used steroids, I’d ask you for a complete list of who did/did not cheat back in that era. That list does not exist, so who gets to be judge/jury? Not me.

7) Curt Schilling’s Hall of Fame credentials:
— 19 postseason starts, 11-2, 2.23 for three different teams.
— He went 3-0, 3.00 in four postseason starts in 2007, at age 40.
— Regular season record: 216-146 in 436 starts.

His politics may be alarming, he may be a terrible businessman, but that stuff isn’t supposed to be relevant. A 2.23 ERA in 19 postseason starts should carry a lot of weight tonight.

6) Remember Jimmer Fredette, the BYU sharpshooter? He is still playing pro ball over in China, and scored 70 points in a game last week, for the Shanghai Sharks. The man can shoot.

5) Last week, I stayed up all night one night watching four high school basketball games on ESPNU- they were played in Virginia somewhere, these basketball factory high schools that are still traveling all over the country, when most public high school teams aren’t even playing.

Juwan Howard’s son was on one team; all in all, 10 teams from nine states played in the event, with 30 players involved who are ranked by ESPN’s experts.

Was fun to watch the games, but kids moving away from their families when they’re still in high school seems like a bit much.

4) UNLV 59, Utah State 56:
— Rebels played only six guys more than 5:00- four starters played 34:00+.
— Hard to win road games in a league where lot of schools are in high altitude, when you don’t have any depth. But this game was in Las Vegas, and they held on.
— This is a really good win for the Rebels; was very surprised by this score.

3) Back in 2017, in my fantasy baseball league, I picked up a Padres’ utility guy named Jose Pirela— he hit .288 with 10 homers in 83 games, showed a lot of promise, especially if he wound up at second base, where it is harder to find guys who hit .288.

Well, that was the highlight; four years later, Jose Pirela is playing in Korea this year, for the Samsung Lions— he played in Japan last year. Spring training in the KBO starts Sunday.

2) Arizona 80, Arizona State 67:
— Sean Miller’s Wildcats are 12-3, 6-3 in Pac-12
— Arizona was 32-43 on foul line; ASU was 9-11.

1) Time flies; 33 years ago last night was the night that Pitt’s Jerome Lane dunked on a fast break and shattered the backboard, live on ESPN, inspiring Bill Raftery to yell into his mike, “Send it in Jerome!!!”

The guy who passed Jerome Lane the ball? A guard named Sean Miller.

**Udog** · 01-26-2021, 08:25 AM

523LA CLIPPERS -524 ATLANTA
LA CLIPPERS are 14-4 ATS (9.6 Units) in road games versus teams who average 7 or less steals/game on the season over the last 2 seasons.

525WASHINGTON -526 HOUSTON
WASHINGTON is 12-29 ATS (-19.9 Units) in road games after a game where they failed to cover the spread in the last 3 seasons.

527NEW YORK -528 UTAH
NEW YORK is 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) versus up-tempo teams averaging 88 or more shots/game in the current season.

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, January 26

LA Clippers @ Atlanta
Clippers (12-4)
— Clippers won their last seven games, covered four of last five.
— Clippers are 4-2 ATS on road; this is their first road game in 11 days.
— Five of their last seven games went over total.

Hawks (8-7)
— Atlanta won/covered three of its last four games.
— Hawks lost four of last five road games; they’re 3-3 ATS as road dogs.
— 10 of Atlanta’s last 12 games stayed under total.

— Clippers won six of last eight series games.
— Clippers covered four of last five visits to Atlanta.
— Over is 7-2 in last nine series games.

Washington @ Houston
Wizards (3-9)
— Wizards lost four of their last five games.
— Washington is 3-2 ATS as a road underdog.
— Over is 6-2 in their last eight games.
— Wizards were shorthanded last game (check status)

Rockets (5-9)
— Houston won last two games, after a 1-5 skid.
— Rockets lost their last three home games SU.
— Under is 9-2-1 in their last 12 games.

— Rockets won seven of last ten series games.
— Wizards covered once in last four trips to Houston.
— Over is 6-1-1 in last eight series games.
— Teams recently traded with each other; Wall/Westbrook facing former teammates.

New York @ Utah
Knicks (8-10)
— New York split its last six games.
— Knicks covered three of last four road games.
— Under is 7-3 in New York’s last ten road games.

Jazz (12-4)
— Utah won/covered its last eight games.
— Jazz won/covered their last five home games.
— Last three Utah games went over the total.

— Jazz won four of last five series games.
— Knicks are 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Utah.
— Over is 8-2 in last ten series games (0-2 last two)

NBA

Tuesday, January 26

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Trend Report
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LA Clippers @ Atlanta
LA Clippers
LA Clippers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Clippers's last 6 games when playing Atlanta
Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Atlanta's last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games when playing LA Clippers

Washington @ Houston
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games when playing Houston
Houston
Houston is 21-4 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games when playing at home against Washington

New York @ Utah
New York
The total has gone OVER in 8 of New York's last 10 games when playing Utah
New York is 12-3 ATS in its last 15 games when playing on the road against Utah
Utah
Utah is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

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**Udog** · 01-26-2021, 08:42 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Tuesday, January 26

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LA CLIPPERS (13 - 4) at ATLANTA (8 - 8) - 1/26/2021, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ATLANTA is 163-124 ATS (+26.6 Units) in home games after a loss by 10 points or more since 1996.
ATLANTA is 22-35 ATS (-16.5 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.

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

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WASHINGTON (3 - 9) at HOUSTON (6 - 9) - 1/26/2021, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 12-25 ATS (-15.5 Units) in road games after a non-conference game over the last 3 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 19-36 ATS (-20.6 Units) in road games after allowing 115 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 15-28 ATS (-15.8 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 22-43 ATS (-25.3 Units) in road games versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game over the last 3 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 22-42 ATS (-24.2 Units) in road games versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 2-1 against the spread versus HOUSTON over the last 3 seasons
HOUSTON is 2-1 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
3 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NEW YORK (8 - 10) at UTAH (12 - 4) - 1/26/2021, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
UTAH is 49-33 ATS (+12.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
UTAH is 3-2 against the spread versus NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
UTAH is 4-1 straight up against NEW YORK 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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**Udog** · 01-26-2021, 10:08 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Tuesday, January 26

**Udog** · 01-26-2021, 10:14 AM

**Udog** · 01-26-2021, 10:50 AM

Hoop Trends for Tuesday January 26
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: L.A. Clippers at Atlanta (7:35 p.m. ET)

-- The Hawks are 10-0 ATS (12.55 ppg) coming off a loss as a dog where they were outscored in the paint by double digits.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Washington at Houston (8:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Wizards are 0-12 ATS (-9.75 ppg) on the road with rest coming off a road game in which they scored fewer than 10 fast break points.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: L.A. Clippers at Atlanta (7:35 p.m. ET)

-- The Hawks are 9-0 OU (22.33 ppg) at home off a 10+ point loss.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Washington at Houston (8:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Rockets are 0-11 OU (-11.68 ppg) at home when they are off two straight games in which they had more than 25 fouls.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

**BettorsChat** · 01-26-2021, 12:42 PM

Great Information Rance!

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