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**Udog** · 02-09-2021, 08:18 AM

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

— Kansas 78, Oklahoma State 66— Jayhawks win for third time in last eight games.
— Ohio State 73, Maryland 65— Buckeyes win their fifth game in a row.
— Gonzaga 82, BYU 71— Zags are 19-0, with three regular season games left.
— Colorado 78, Oregon State 49— NFL ref Bill Vinovich worked this game.
— Mercer 89, Samford 82, 2OT— Mercer was 13-31 on arc, Samford 3-20
— Tenn-Martin 76, Austin Peay 75— Skyhawks were a 12-point underdog.

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

13) Former Raiders/Seahawks’ coach Tom Flores got elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame over the weekend; he seems like a good guy, won two Super Bowls. Congratulations.

Flores was 83-53 (.610) as coach of the Raiders, but in the nine years before he was their head coach, the Raiders were 91-31-6 (.746). Flores’ had an 8-3 record in playoff games, won two Super Bowls, which got him inducted. Fair enough.

I’ll repeat myself here:
Flores with Oakland 83-53 (.610)
9 years before that, Raiders were 91-31-6 (.746).

He later coached the Seahawks for three years, going 14-34.

12) I bring this up because if Tom Flores gets inducted into the Hall of Fame, then Dick Vermeil should get inducted, too. Here is Coach Vermeil’s resume:

1976-82— Eagles 54-47 (53.5%), won NFC title in his 5th year
8 years before that, Eagles were: 33-74-5 (30.8%)

1997-99— Rams 22-26 (45.8%), won Super Bowl in his 3rd year
7 years before that, Rams were 34-76 (30.9%)

2001-05— Chiefs 44-36 (.550)
3 years before that, Chiefs were 23-25 (.479)

It is a lot harder to turn around a losing program and make them champs. Coach Vermeil got to the Super Bowl with two franchises that were dumpster fires when he got there. It is time he got his day and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

11) Houston Texans hired David Culley as their new head coach; he was the QB coach for Buffalo in Josh Allen’s rookie year, 2018. He’s never been an NFL coordinator.

Brian Daboll hasn’t gotten a head coaching job yet; he has been Buffalo’s offensive coordinator the last three years.

If you watched Josh Allen play in 2018, then watched him play this year, how on God’s green earth could you hire the QB coach from back then, and not Daboll, who has helped Allen’s skill level progress exponentially? It is nonsensical!!!!

10) Robert Morris College made a pretty big jump up in college basketball this year, moving from the NEC to the Horizon League, jumping from the 29th-ranked league to league #19.

Things aren’t going well; the Colonials are 2-11 vs D-I teams, 2-9 in Horizon League, losing their last eight games in a row. But four of their last seven losses came in overtime; including their last three home games.

Seems like this is a rough year for anything new in college basketball; changing leagues means all new road trips, and it is a much better league, with new, tougher opponents. Robert Morris went 24-12 in the NEC the last two years; sounds like they need to step up their recruiting some.

9) You look at the college basketball top 25, and none of these teams are ranked:
Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, UCLA

Last time these five teams were unranked at the same time? 1961.

8) Tampa Bay RB Leonard Fournette scored a TD in all four of Tampa Bay’s playoff games this year, joining Terrell Davis (1997), Larry Fitzgerald (2008) as only players to score a TD in four playoff games in the same season.

7) How is Ben Simmons a career 56.4% shooter on the foul line? The guy is one of the best passers I’ve ever seen, he’s a really, really good player but he can’t shoot- go figure.

6) Speaking of shooting, I heard yesterday that Stephen Curry turns 33 years old next month; time flies, doesn’t it? Can still remember sitting in Graney’s Bar on New Scotland Avenue, watching his Davidson team play in the NCAAs. Hard to believe it was 13 years ago.

Quick aside; if you’re ever in Albany, Graney’s is an excellent sports bar. Lot of TV’s, good food and the bartenders are very attractive. Very good place to watch ballgames.

5) Baseball stuff:
— Cardinals signed C Yadier Molina for one year, $9M
— Angels signed DH Shohei Ohtani for two years, $8.5M.

4) Washington State suspended its starting QB after the kid was arrested for DUI; he went thru a stop sign, then drove the wrong way down a one-way street. Not good.

3) The great basketball scout Tom Konchalski passed away Monday at age 74, after a battle with cancer. He was widely praised as a kind and trusted counselor, a historian of New York-area basketball and he has been remembered by many as a great friend. When you’re from New York City and get praised as being a nice person, you KNOW he was a nice person.

2) On national TV Sunday, Jeff Van Gundy/Mark Jackson were praising Mr Konchalski- Rutgers hired Van Gundy as an assistant coach, largely on Konchalski’s recommendation to Bob Wenzel, who was the Scarlet Knights’ coach back then. Mark Jackson was a great high school player in NYC, and also spoke highly of Mr Konchalski.

1) Long time ago, November 2000, I was.a lucky enough to be an assistant coach at Schenectady HS; our team drove south and scrimmaged Christ the King in the Bronx. Mr Konchalski was there; he was a great gym rat, and he knew the top-flight recruits for sure, but he also studied the D-3 level players. He just loved basketball, and was a basketball encyclopedia. RIP, sir.

**Udog** · 02-09-2021, 08:31 AM

501BROOKLYN -502 DETROIT
BROOKLYN is 88-47 ATS (36.3 Units) in road games after having lost 2 of their last 3 games since 1996.

503NEW YORK -504 MIAMI
MIAMI is 3-13 ATS (-11.3 Units) in home games when playing 8 or more games in 14 days in the last 3 seasons.

505HOUSTON -506 NEW ORLEANS
HOUSTON is 43-60 ATS (-23 Units) versus poor pressure defensive teams - forcing <=14 turnovers/game in the last 3 seasons.

507GOLDEN STATE -508 SAN ANTONIO
GOLDEN STATE is 3-13 ATS (-11.3 Units) after covering 5 or 6 of their last 7 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

509PHILADELPHIA -510 SACRAMENTO
PHILADELPHIA is 10-1 ATS (8.9 Units) after having won 2 of their last 3 games in the current season.

511BOSTON -512 UTAH
BOSTON is 13-2 ATS (10.8 Units) in road games versus very good teams - outscoring their opponents by 6+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.

**Udog** · 02-09-2021, 08:34 AM

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, February 9

Brooklyn @ Detroit
Nets (14-11)
— Brooklyn lost three of its last four games.
— Nets are 3-4 ATS as a road favorite.
— 17 of last 19 Brooklyn games went over the total.

Pistons (5-18)
— Detroit lost nine of its last 11 games.
— Pistons are 7-2 ATS in last nine home games.
— Under is 7-3 in Detroit’s last 10 home games.

— Brooklyn won four of last five series games.
— Nets covered four of their last five visits to Detroit.
— Over is 3-2 in last five series games.

New York @ Miami
Knicks (11-14)
— New York lost six of its last nine games.
— Knicks are 7-7 ATS on the road this season.
— Under is 6-1 in New York’s last seven games.

Heat (9-14)
— Miami is 3-2 in its last five games, after a 2-8 skid.
— Heat is 1-7-1 ATS in its last nine home games.
— Under is 8-3 in their last 11 games.

— Heat won five of last six series games.
— Knicks covered once in their last four visits to Miami.
— Last three series games went over the total.

Houston @ New Orleans
Rockets (11-12)
— Houston lost three of its last four games.
— Rockets covered five of their last seven road games.
— Under is 6-2 in their last eight games.

Pelicans (10-12)
— New Orleans won three in row, five of last seven games.
— Pelicans are 4-2 ATS in last six home games.
— Under is 2-0-2 in their last four games.

— Houston won five of last six series games.
— Rockets are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Bourbon Street.
— Under is 3-2 in last five series games played here.

Golden State @ San Antonio
Warriors (12-12)
— Golden State lost four of its last five road games.
— Warriors are 4-7 SU on road, 4-7 ATS.
— Over is 4-2 in Golden State’s last six road games.

Spurs (14-10)
— San Antonio won six of its last eight games overall.
— Spurs are 6-7 ATS in their last 13 home games.
— Over is 3-2 in Spurs’ last five home games.

— Warriors lost 105-100 here Monday; Spurs were +10 in turnovers (20-10)
— Spurs won six of last nine series games.
— Warriors are 2-4 ATS in last six visits to the Alamo.
— Under is 6-3 in last nine series games.

Boston @ Utah
Celtics (12-10)
— Boston lost seven of its last 11 games.
— Celtics are 3-5 SU/ATS in their last eight road games.
— Five of last seven Boston games stayed under the total.

Jazz (19-5)
— Utah won four in row, 14 of its last 15 games (13-1-1 ATS).
— Jazz is 8-0-1 ATS in its last nine home games.
— Over is 3-1-1 in Utah’s last five home games.

— Jazz won three of last four series games.
— You’re reading www.armadillo sports.com
— Celtics are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Utah.
— Four of last five series games stayed under.

Orlando @ Portland
Magic (9-15)
— Orlando lost 13 of its last 16 games (4-12 ATS)
— Magic is 2-6 ATS in last eight road games.
— Over is 7-3-1 in their road games this season.

Trailblazers (12-10)
— Portland won three of its last five games.
— Blazers are 2-8 ATS at home.
— Over is 7-2 in Portland’s last nine games.
— Starting G McCollum/C Nurkic are both out.

— Blazers won last seven series games (5-1-1 ATS)
— Magic is 2-2-1 ATS in their last five visits to Portland.
— Last four series games went over the total.

Philadelphia @ Sacramento
76ers (17-7)
— 76ers won 10 of their last 13 games. (4-1-1 ATS last six)
— Sixers are 2-4-2 ATS in last eight road games.
— Under is 4-2 in Philly’s last six games overall.

Kings (12-11)
— Sacramento won seven of last eight games (8-0 ATS)
— Kings won/covered their last three home games.
— Over is 13-6 in their last nineteen games.

— Philly won last three series games, by 17-6-9 points.
— 76ers are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Sacramento.
— Over is 5-4-1 in last ten series games.

**Udog** · 02-09-2021, 08:35 AM

NBA

Tuesday, February 9

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Trend Report
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Brooklyn @ Detroit
Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 17 of Brooklyn's last 19 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Brooklyn's last 8 games on the road
Detroit
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Detroit is 19-5 SU in its last 24 games when playing at home against Brooklyn

New York @ Miami
New York
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New York's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 16 of New York's last 22 games
Miami
Miami is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing New York
Miami is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing New York

Houston @ New Orleans
Houston
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against New Orleans
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing New Orleans
New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 8 of New Orleans's last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 13 of New Orleans's last 17 games

Golden State @ San Antonio
Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Golden State's last 5 games when playing on the road against San Antonio
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Golden State's last 6 games
San Antonio
San Antonio is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Golden State
San Antonio is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Golden State

Orlando @ Portland
Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Orlando's last 5 games when playing Portland
The total has gone OVER in 18 of Orlando's last 25 games on the road
Portland
Portland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Orlando
Portland is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Orlando

Philadelphia @ Sacramento
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Philadelphia is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Sacramento is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games

Boston @ Utah
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games when playing Utah
The total has gone OVER in 16 of Boston's last 22 games when playing on the road against Utah
Utah
Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Utah is 15-1 SU in its last 16 games

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**Udog** · 02-09-2021, 09:08 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Tuesday, February 9

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BROOKLYN (14 - 11) at DETROIT (5 - 18) - 2/9/2021, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BROOKLYN is 42-24 ATS (+15.6 Units) in road games when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
DETROIT is 11-25 ATS (-16.5 Units) when the total is greater than or equal to 220 over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) in home games after scoring 115 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 27-40 ATS (-17.0 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
BROOKLYN is 4-2 against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
BROOKLYN is 4-2 straight up against DETROIT 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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NEW YORK (11 - 14) at MIAMI (9 - 14) - 2/9/2021, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW YORK is 31-47 ATS (-20.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
NEW YORK is 254-208 ATS (+25.2 Units) revenging a home loss vs opponent since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
MIAMI is 4-1 against the spread versus NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
MIAMI is 5-1 straight up against NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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HOUSTON (11 - 12) at NEW ORLEANS (10 - 12) - 2/9/2021, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
HOUSTON is 15-26 ATS (-13.6 Units) after allowing 115 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
HOUSTON is 139-104 ATS (+24.6 Units) after 3 or more consecutive unders since 1996.
HOUSTON is 114-78 ATS (+28.2 Units) in road games off a upset loss as a favorite since 1996.

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

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GOLDEN STATE (12 - 12) at SAN ANTONIO (14 - 10) - 2/9/2021, 8:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN ANTONIO is 1137-1009 ATS (+27.1 Units) in all games since 1996.
SAN ANTONIO is 580-490 ATS (+41.0 Units) in home games since 1996.
SAN ANTONIO is 13-27 ATS (-16.7 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN ANTONIO is 4-3 against the spread versus GOLDEN STATE over the last 3 seasons
SAN ANTONIO is 5-2 straight up against GOLDEN STATE 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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PHILADELPHIA (17 - 7) at SACRAMENTO (12 - 11) - 2/9/2021, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 19-33 ATS (-17.3 Units) after a win by 10 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 8-18 ATS (-11.8 Units) in road games after scoring 115 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 15-29 ATS (-16.9 Units) in road games versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 15-29 ATS (-16.9 Units) in road games versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
SACRAMENTO is 68-98 ATS (-39.8 Units) in home games off an upset win as an underdog since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
SACRAMENTO is 3-1 against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
PHILADELPHIA is 3-1 straight up against SACRAMENTO over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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BOSTON (12 - 10) at UTAH (19 - 5) - 2/9/2021, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
UTAH is 17-7 ATS (+9.3 Units) in all games this season.
UTAH is 15-7 ATS (+7.3 Units) as a favorite this season.
UTAH is 9-1 ATS (+7.9 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
UTAH is 9-1 ATS (+7.9 Units) after 3 or more consecutive wins this season.
UTAH is 14-3 ATS (+10.7 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game this season.
UTAH is 14-4 ATS (+9.6 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game this season.
BOSTON is 62-45 ATS (+12.5 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 22-10 ATS (+11.0 Units) as an underdog over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 37-23 ATS (+11.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.

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

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ORLANDO (9 - 15) at PORTLAND (12 - 10) - 2/9/2021, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ORLANDO is 21-35 ATS (-17.5 Units) as an underdog over the last 2 seasons.
ORLANDO is 16-28 ATS (-14.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
ORLANDO is 4-12 ATS (-9.2 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game this season.
PORTLAND is 15-26 ATS (-13.6 Units) in home games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PORTLAND is 3-1 against the spread versus ORLANDO over the last 3 seasons
PORTLAND is 4-0 straight up against ORLANDO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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**Udog** · 02-09-2021, 09:10 AM

**Udog** · 02-09-2021, 09:13 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Tuesday, February 9

**Udog** · 02-09-2021, 11:35 AM

Hoop Trends for Tuesday February 9
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Boston at Utah (10:05 p.m.)

-- The Jazz are 14-0 ATS (9.29 ppg) as a favorite coming off a win.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Orlando at Portland (10:05 p.m.)

--The Magic are 0-10 ATS (-16.00 ppg) after allowing 50-plus points in the paint last game.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Philadelphia at Sacramento (10:05 p.m.)

--The Kings are 11-0 OU (14.09 ppg) as a home dog with rest after a game with 8+ lead changes.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Boston at Utah (10:05 p.m.)

--The Celtics are 0-12-1 OU (-11.73 ppg) off a game as a dog in which Jayson Tatum was the high scorer.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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