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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, April 2

Golden State @ Toronto
Warriors (23-25)
— Golden State lost five of its last six games SU.
— Warriors are 2-7 ATS in last nine road games.
— Over is 3-1 in their last four games overall.

Raptors (18-30)
— Toronto lost four in row, 15 of its last 17 games.
— Raptors are 6-5 ATS in their last 11 home games.
— 11 of last 16 Toronto games went over the total.

— Toronto won seven of last ten series games.
— Warriors are 2-1-1 ATS in last four road series games.
— Over is 5-3 in last eight series games.

Houston @ Boston
Rockets (13-34)
— Houston lost 24 of its last 26 games (5-21 ATS).
— Rockets are 4-8 ATS in last 12 road games.
— Under is 5-2 in their last seven road games.

Celtics (23-25)
— Boston is 4-8 SU since the All-Star break.
— Celtics are 2-6 ATS in their last eight home games.
— Under is 5-0 in their last five home games.

— Houston won five of last six series games.
— Rockets are 2-3 ATS in last five visits to Boston.
— Under is 7-3 in last ten series games.

Dallas @ New York
Mavericks (25-21)
— Mavericks are 7-5 SU since All-Star break.
— Mavericks are 4-1 ATS in last five road games.
— Under is 13-5 in last 18 Dallas games.

Knicks (24-24)
— New York is 5-6 SU since All-Star break.
— Knicks are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 home games.
— Under is 7-1 in New York’s last seven games.

— Knicks won three of last four series games.
— Dallas is 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Manhattan.
— Under is 8-1 in last nine series games.

Charlotte @ Indiana
Hornets (24-23)
— Charlotte won four of its last six games SU.
— Hornets covered three of their last four road games.
— Under is 10-2 in Charlotte’s last 12 games.

Pacers (21-25)
— Indiana is 4-7 in its last eleven games.
— Pacers are 0-8 ATS in their last eight home games.
— Over is 7-3 in Indiana’s last ten games.

— Pacers won six of last eight series games.
— Hornets are 1-4 ATS in last five visits to Indiana.
— Under is 5-2-1 in last eight series games.

Minnesota @ Memphis
Timberwolves (12-36)
— Minnesota lost five of its last seven games.
— Wolves are 3-1 ATS in their last four games overall.
— Under is 5-2 in their last seven games.

Grizzlies (22-23)
— Memphis lost three of its last four games.
— Grizzlies are 6-1 ATS in last seven games overall.
— Over is 5-1 in their last six games.

— Grizzlies won last four series games.
— Minnesota is 1-3 ATS in last four visits to Memphis.
— Three of last four series games went over.

Atlanta @ New Orleans
Hawks (24-24)
— Atlanta won in double OT last night in San Antonio.
— Hawks lost four of their last six games.
— Hawks are 5-9-1 ATS in their last 15 road games.
— Over is 5-1 in their last six games.

Pelicans (21-26)
— Pelicans lost in OT at home last night.
— New Orleans is 4-2 in its last six games.
— Pelicans are 4-2 ATS in their last six home games.
— Under is 5-2 in their last seven games.

— Atlanta won six of last eight series games.
— Hawks are 4-1 ATS in last five visits to Bourbon Street.
— Under is 5-2 in last seven series games.

Oklahoma City @ Phoenix
Thunder (20-27)
— Thunder are 3-5 SU in their last eight games.
— OKC is 10-5 ATS in their last 15 road games.
— Under is 7-1 in their last eight road games.

Suns (33-14)
— Phoenix won 25 of its last 31 games (21-10 ATS).
— Suns are 4-3 ATS in their last seven home games.
— Under is 7-3 in their last ten games.

— OKC won nine of last ten series games.
— Thunder is 4-1 ATS in last five visits to Phoenix.
— Under is 4-2 in last six series games.

Milwaukee @ Portland
Bucks (30-17)
— Milwaukee lost three of its last four games.
— Bucks are 2-7 ATS in last nine road games.
— Over is 8-3 in Milwaukee’s last 11 games.

Trailblazers (29-18)
— Portland won 12 of its last 15 games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Blazers are 3-4 ATS in last seven home games.
— Over is 8-4 in Portland’s last dozen games.

— Milwaukee won eight of last nine series games.
— Bucks are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Oregon.
— Three of last four series games went over.

LA Lakers @ Sacramento
Lakers (30-17)
— Lakers lost five of their last seven games (1-6 ATS).
— Lakers are 7-11 ATS in their last 18 home games.
— Under is 11-3 in their 14 home games.

Kings (22-25)
— Sacramento won seven of its last nine games.
— Kings are 3-1 ATS in their last four home games.
— Under is 8-4 in Sacramento’s last 12 games.

— Lakers won five of last eight series games.
— LA covered its last five visits to Sacramento.
— Over is 5-2 in last seven series games.

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NBA

Friday, April 2

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Trend Report
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Golden State @ Toronto
Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Golden State's last 12 games on the road
Golden State is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing at home against Golden State
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games at home

Houston @ Boston
Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Houston's last 8 games when playing on the road against Boston
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Boston
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Boston's last 8 games when playing at home against Houston

Dallas @ New York
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Dallas's last 9 games when playing New York
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing on the road against New York
New York
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of New York's last 9 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of New York's last 8 games

Charlotte @ Indiana
Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 5 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games when playing at home against Charlotte
Indiana is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Charlotte

Minnesota @ Memphis
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Minnesota's last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Minnesota's last 11 games when playing on the road against Memphis
Memphis
Memphis is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games at home
Memphis is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Minnesota

Chicago @ Utah
Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chicago's last 11 games when playing on the road against Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Chicago's last 16 games when playing Utah
Utah
Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Atlanta @ New Orleans
Atlanta
Atlanta is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games
New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 19 of New Orleans's last 25 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Orleans's last 7 games when playing Atlanta

Milwaukee @ Portland
Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games when playing on the road against Portland
Milwaukee is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Portland
Portland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Portland's last 5 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
Portland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

LA Lakers @ Sacramento
LA Lakers
LA Lakers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Sacramento
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of LA Lakers's last 8 games
Sacramento
Sacramento is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Sacramento is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games

Oklahoma City @ Phoenix
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Oklahoma City's last 8 games on the road
Phoenix
Phoenix is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Phoenix is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home


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Hoop Trends for Friday April 2
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Minnesota at Memphis (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Grizzlies are 15-0 ATS (10.33 ppg) with rest after out scoring their opponent in the paint by double digits last game.

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

--The Trail Blazers are 0-11 ATS (-11.55 ppg) off a road win where Damian Lillard made more three pointers than two pointers.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Chicago at Utah (9:10 p.m. ET)

--The Bulls are 11-0-1 OU (7.04 ppg) as a road dog with less than two days rest after they had fewer than 10 turnovers last game.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Golden State at Toronto (7:10 p.m. ET)

--The Raptors are 0-12 OU (-17.79 ppg) at home off a loss in which they shot under 40% from the field.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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Saturday’s 6-pack
Six of the better “17th game” NFL matchups this season:
— Packers @ Chiefs
— Cowboys @ Patriots
— Seahawks @ Steelers
— Buccaneers @ Colts
— Rams @ Ravens
— Saints @ Titans

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 553,980
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“I’m really tired of seeing them complain about the lack of pay, because they’re doing themselves a disservice by just complaining. They’re not laying out steps that they can take to change that.”
Draymond Green, complaining about WNBA players complaining

Saturday’s quiz
Which current major leaguer has a dad who hit two grand slams in one inning in a major league game?

Friday’s quiz
Of active players, Mike Trout (38) has the most career home runs against the Oakland A’s.

Thursday’s quiz
In the history of baseball, Bob Feller threw the only no-hitter on Opening Day, in 1940.

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Saturday’s Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind……..
Its been a busy few days, even beyond baseball starting:

13) North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams retired, with 903 career wins, 485 for the Tar Heels, 418 at Kansas. He won’t be easily replaced; where does North Carolina turn from here?

My guess is former Tar Heel player Wes Miller, who is coach at NC-Greensboro; last five years, he’s gone 125-43 with the Spartans of the Southern Conference.

Back to Roy Williams for a minute; he seems like a genuinely nice person in addition to being a great coach. I remember reading a article where he read a book about golf— I think Rick Reilly wrote the book, but Williams really liked it, so he bought 20 copies of it and gave them to his friends. There aren’t enough nice person in today’s world: Roy Williams will be missed.

12) Kansas Jayhawks gave Bill Self a lifetime contract this week, despite Kansas not having an AD right now. I guess the school’s chancellor stepped in and did the deal.

Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated wrote this about what the contract says about Kansas: “We like to win, we don’t care how, we don’t care what NCAA sanctions may come, we don’t care about anything but continuing to win.”

Kansas is headed towards some type of probation because of recruiting violations, but Self’s new contract says that he cannot be fired for cause due to NCAA sanctions.

11) As I starting writing this piece, Oklahoma tabbed Porter Moser as its next basketball coach, replacing the retired Lon Kruger. Moser went 178-141 in 10 years at Loyola, going 99-36 the last four years, including a run to the Final Four in 2018.

One of the interesting things about college hoop is how teams take advantage of circumstances to become relevant. Creighton left the MVC in 2013, Wichita State in 2017; they had dominated the Valley before moving on to greener pa$ture$. Loyola’s 56-16 run in MVC games the last four years coincide with Wichita State moving elsewhere.

10) Then there is Texas Tech, which got kicked in the teeth this week when Chris Beard left the Red Raiders to become the new coach at rival Texas, his alma mater. Bears was a student assistant to Tom Penders with the Longhorns in the early 90’s.

Beard went 112-55 in five years at Tech, after a 30-5 season at Little Rock. Texas has won one NCAA Tournament game in the last decade (1-6). Beard will be expected to win more than that.

9) Chris Ogden quit his job as HEAD COACH at Texas-Arlington, to become one of Beard’s ASSISTANTS at Texas. Ogden was 44-47 in three years at UTA, after they canned Scott Cross, who went 72-33 in his last three years with the Mavericks. Cross is now the coach at Troy- he knocked Ogden’s Arlington team out of the Sun Belt tournament last month.

8) Washington Wizards’ Russell Westbrook a triple-double earlier this week, the first one ever where the guy scored 35+ points and had 20+ assists in the same game. He had 35 points, 21 assists, 14 rebounds; he must’ve had the ball a lot, that’s for sure.

Most importantly, Washington beat the Pacers 132-124.

7) Utah Jazz had a scary night this week, when their flight to Memphis struck a flock of birds during takeoff, damaging the left engine of the plane. There was a loud sound like an explosion, flames coming out of the engine and visible damage. Then the plane started to tilt and slowly lose altitude.

Players were actually texting their families, saying their goodbyes; luckily, the flight turned around and made an emergency landing back in Salt Lake City. The rest of the team got on a rescheduled flight to Memphis, but star Donovan Mitchell, who apparently hates flying in the first place, stayed home and skipped that game, which the Jazz won anyway.

6) ESPN signed 81-year old Dick Vitale to a new, 2-year contract to continue working for them; they need to tell him to stop pouring that cooler of water over his head that does in the GEICO commercial— a guy can catch pneumonia.

Not sure if everyone nows this, but Dick Vitale was a really good coach before he worked on TV; he was an assistant coach at Rutgers who recruited a lot of the players who formed the nucleus of their Final Four squad in 1976.

From there, he went 78-30 as head coach at Detroit, finishing ranked #12 in the country in his last season there. He went 34-60 in a brief stint coaching the NBA’s Detroit Pistons.

The man has amazing energy, even now; he’s helped raise over $100M to fight cancer. At times he is tough to listen to, but damn, he’s had a hell of a career.

5) DePaul hired Oregon assistant Tony Stubblefield as its new basketball coach; they haven’t made the NCAA Tournament since 2004. Since 2008, the Blue Demons are 43-206 in Big East conference games, which is, as we like to say, no bueno.

Stubblefield just turned 51; he’s never been a head coach, though he was an interim coach at New Mexico State in 2005, when Lou Henson got sick. He worked as an assistant under Mick Cronin at Cincinnati.

4) The clusterbleep of the year may be at East Tennessee State, where coach Jason Shay was told to take a hike this week- they say he “resigned” but guys don’t quit after their first year as a head coach, not a guy who waited until he was 47 to become a head coach.

East Tennessee’s players took a knee during the national anthem before a few games this year, which ticked off boosters/state politicians, who publicly said so. Shay backed the players; if you want to be a successful coach, you back your players, especially when they’re right.

Shay went 13-12 in his one year as a head coach; he had assisted Steve Forbes for the five years before that, when ETSU went 130-43, going 71-19 in SoCon games.

East Tennessee’s decision makers have some questions to answer:
— Who do they hire from here?
— Who would want this job, if you fired Shay for supporting his players?
— Do the ETSU decision makers want to win?
— If you get a reputation as a racist organization, how do you recruit basketball players?

3) NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers have some internal issues involving the Spanos family, which owns the team. Chargers have to start paying a $650M relocation fee to the NFL pretty soon; they can’t sell the team just yet— the NFL will penalize them even more money if they move the team too quickly after bolting up the freeway to LA— its called a “flip tax”.

In a November 2019 letter included with a court filing, Dean Spanos vowed to his three siblings that he would retain an investment bank at the end of the 2024 season in an effort to find a new owner- by 2024, the “flip tax” wouldn’t be relevant anymore.

But Spanos’ sister says the family’s finances are such that the team needs to be sold before that; the family has owned the Chargers since 1984. If you go broke while you own an NFL franchise, you’re a candidate for the Moron Hall of Fame.

There is a rumor that when the team is sold, they could move back to San Diego, which happens to be the 8th-biggest city in America.

2) In 1979, the Kansas City Royals drafted both John Elway and Dan Marino, which would be great, if the Royals were an NFL team. But they’re a baseball team; Elway played a year for Oneonta in the NY-Penn League, after New York drafted him in the 2nd round of the 1981 draft.

1) Amazing Fact of the Day: Tampa Bay won its season opener 1-0 at Miami Thursday; it is the first time since 1946 that a road team won 1-0 on Opening Day!!!!

Back then, Bob Feller blanked the White Sox on three hits at Comiskey Park; former major league manager Bob Lemon played CF for Cleveland that day.

Additional thing that happened Friday: this weekend’s Mets-Nationals series was cancelled, due to four Washington players testing positive for COVID.

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563DALLAS -564 WASHINGTON
DALLAS are 0-7 ATS (-7.7 Units) when playing against a bad team (Win Pct. 25% to 40%) in the current season.

565CLEVELAND -566 MIAMI
CLEVELAND is 8-21 ATS (-15.1 Units) in road games after a blowout loss by 15 points or more in the last 3 seasons.

567MINNESOTA -568 PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA is 10-2 ATS (7.8 Units) in home games versus up-tempo teams averaging 88 or more shots/game in the current season.

569NEW YORK -570 DETROIT
DETROIT is 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) after 2+ home games in the current season.

571INDIANA -572 SAN ANTONIO
SAN ANTONIO is 12-4 ATS (7.6 Units) in non-conference games in the current season.

573ORLANDO -574 UTAH
UTAH is 10-0 ATS (10 Units) in home games versus poor pressure defensive teams - forcing <=14 turnovers/game in the current season.

575MILWAUKEE -576 SACRAMENTO
MILWAUKEE is 27-11 ATS (14.9 Units) as a road favorite of 6.5 to 12 points in the last 3 seasons.

575MILWAUKEE -576 SACRAMENTO
Mike Budenholzer is 27-11 ATS (14.9 Units) in road games as a road favorite of 6.5 to 12 points (Coach of MILWAUKEE)

577OKLAHOMA CITY -578 PORTLAND
OKLAHOMA CITY is 12-3 ATS (8.7 Units) revenging a loss where opponent scored 110 or more points in the current season.

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, April 3

Dallas @ Washington
Mavericks (26-21)
— Mavericks are 8-5 SU since All-Star break.
— Mavericks are 5-1 ATS in last six road games.
— Dallas is 2-6 ATS if it played the night before.
— Under is 14-5 in last 19 Dallas games.

Wizards (17-30)
— Wizards lost 10 of their last 13 games SU.
— Wizards are 3-1 ATS in last four home games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Under is 4-1 in their last five games

— Home side won last five series games.
— Dallas is 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Washington
— Under is 4-2 in last six series games.

New York @ Detroit
Knicks (24-25)
— New York lost last three games, scoring 91.7 ppg.
— Knicks are 4-1 ATS in their last five road games.
— Under is 8-1 in New York’s last nine games.

Pistons (14-34)
— Detroit lost five of its last seven games
— Pistons are 8-4 ATS since the All-Star break.
— Over is 4-2 in Detroit’s last six home games.

— New York won/covered last four series games.
— Knicks are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Detroit.
— Three of last four series games stayed under.

Cleveland @ Miami
Cavaliers (17-31)
— Cleveland lost last four games, by 14-2-39-20 points.
— Cavaliers are 2-5 ATS in their last seven road games.
— Last five Cleveland games stayed under the total.

Heat (25-24)
— Miami won its last three games, after an 0-6 skid (3-6 ATS)
— Heat is 2-6 ATS in last eight home games.
— Under is 10-6 in their last sixteen games.

— Heat won nine of last ten series games.
— Cavaliers are 0-6 ATS in last six trips to Miami.
— Over is 7-2 in last nine series games.

Minnesota @ Philadelphia
Timberwolves (12-37)
— Minnesota lost six of its last eight games.
— Wolves are 3-2 ATS in their last five games overall.
— Minnesota is 4-6-1 ATS if they played night before.
— Under is 6-2 in their last eight games.

76ers (33-15)
— 76ers won five of their last seven games.
— Sixers are 6-3 ATS in their last nine road games.
— Under is 7-3 in Philly’s last ten road games.

— 76ers won/covered last seven series games.
— Minnesota is 0-5 ATS in last five visits to Philly.
— Last three series games stayed under the total.

Indiana @ San Antonio
Pacers (21-26)
— Indiana is 4-8 SU in its last dozen games.
— Pacers are 4-2 ATS in their last six road games.
— Indiana is 5-3-1 ATS if it okayed the night before.
— Under is 3-1 in Indiana’s last four games.

Spurs (24-22)
— San Antonio lost six of its last eight games.
— Spurs are 2-5 ATS in last seven home games.
— Over is 6-3 in Spurs’ last nine games.

— Indiana won four of last five series games.
— Pacers are 4-1 ATS in last five visits to the Alamo.
— Last three series games went over the total.

Orlando @ Utah
Magic (17-31)
— Orlando lost 13 of its last 17 games.
— Magic is 8-3 ATS in last 11 games overall.
— Under is 9-2 in their last 11 road games.

Jazz (37-11)
— Utah won its last seven games overall.
— Jazz is 4-5 ATS in its last nine home games.
— Under is 5-2 in Utah’s last seven games.

— Jazz won eight of last nine series games.
— Orlando is 2-3 ATS in last five visits to Utah.
— Under is 4-2 in last six series games.

Oklahoma City @ Portland
Thunder (20-28)
— Thunder are 1-4 SU in their last five games.
— OKC is 4-6 ATS in their last 10 road games.
— Under is 7-2 in their last nine road games.

Trailblazers (29-19)
— Portland won 12 of its last 16 games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Blazers are 3-5 ATS in last eight home games.
— Over is 4-1 in Portland’s last five games.

— OKC won three of last four series games.
— Thunder is 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Portland.
— Over is 5-5 in last ten series games.

Milwaukee @ Sacramento
Bucks (31-17)
— Milwaukee lost three of its last five games.
— Bucks are 3-7 ATS in last ten road games.
— Over is 8-4 in Milwaukee’s last 12 games.

Kings (22-27)
— Sacramento won seven of its last ten games.
— Kings are 3-2 ATS in their last five home games.
— Under is 9-4 in Sacramento’s last 13 games.

— Milwaukee won last nine series games (7-2 ATS)
— Bucks are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Sacramento.
— Last ten series games went over the total.

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NBA

Saturday, April 3

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Dallas @ Washington
Dallas
Dallas is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games when playing Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing at home against Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games

New York @ Detroit
New York
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New York's last 5 games
New York is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Detroit
Detroit is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against New York
Detroit is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games

Cleveland @ Miami
Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing on the road against Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games
Miami
Miami is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Miami is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland

Minnesota @ Philadelphia
Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 10 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota

Indiana @ San Antonio
Indiana
Indiana is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing San Antonio
Indiana is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio is 14-4 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against Indiana
San Antonio is 18-6 SU in its last 24 games when playing Indiana

Orlando @ Utah
Orlando
Orlando is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando's last 6 games on the road
Utah
Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Oklahoma City @ Portland
Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Oklahoma City's last 9 games on the road
Oklahoma City is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games on the road
Portland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Portland's last 5 games at home
Portland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

Milwaukee @ Sacramento
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games when playing Sacramento
Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Sacramento's last 5 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Sacramento's last 5 games when playing Milwaukee


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NBA
Dunkel

Saturday, April 3

[Udog]

Hoop Trends for Saturday April 3
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Minnesota at Philadelphia (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The 76ers are 11-0 ATS (8.45 ppg) when Ben Simmons played fewer than 30 minutes in each of the last 2 games.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Cleveland at Miami (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Cavaliers are 0-11 ATS (-14.50 ppg) as a 8+ point dog after Collin Sexton was their high scorer last game.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Cleveland at Miami (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Heat are 11-0-1 OU (9.96 ppg) at home with rest after they had assists on at least 75 percent of their field goals.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: New York at Detroit (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Knicks are 0-12 OU (-14.79 ppg) when the line is within 3 of pick after being outscored in the paint by at least four points last game.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

[Udog]

Sunday’s 6-pack
Six more “17th game” NFL matchups this season:
— Eagles @ Jets
— Bears @ Raiders
— Vikings @ Chargers
— Giants @ Dolphins
— Lions @ Broncos
— Panthers @ Texans

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 554,522
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“Every day in shootaround before the game we shoot half-courters. I haven’t been making my half-courters, but I got it with confidence, put it up. It’s crazy. I can’t come to words right now.”
Gonzaga’s Jalen Suggs, Saturday night’s hero

Sunday’s quiz
When was the last time two #1-seeds faced off for the national championship?

Saturday’s quiz
Fernando Tatis Sr hit two grand slams in one inning in a major league game in the late 90’s, against the Dodgers. Oddly, he hit both of them off the same pitcher.

Friday’s quiz
Of active players, Mike Trout (38) has the most career home runs against the Oakland A’s.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a fun day…….

13) Gonzaga 93, UCLA 90 OT:
— Suggs banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to win a tremendous game.
— Gonzaga shot 71.4% inside arc, scored 1.27 ppp- they were only 12-20 on foul line.
— This was UCLA’s 7th OT game this season; it was only Gonzaga’s second game this year decided by fewer than 10 points- the other one was December 2nd.

12) Baylor 78, Houston 59:
— Game was 45-20 at halftime.
— To win their region, Houston beat seeds #15-10-11-12.
— Baylor is 10-2 since their 21-day COVID shutdown.

11) Opening line for Monday’s championship game: Gonzaga, minus 5

10) In three days of major league baseball:
— Giants’ Johnny Cueto is only pitcher to throw 100+ pitches (105) in a game.
— Seattle’s Marco Gonzales, Chicago’s Lance Lynn both threw 99 pitches in their starts.

9) Tampa Bay pitcher Rich Hill is the only pitcher EVER to lose a perfect game in the 9th inning, when one of his fielders made an error. Later in that same game he became the only pitcher EVER to lose a no-hitter on a walk-off hit in extra innings.

Hill has thrown to 35 different catchers in his big league career; one of them was Kevin Cash, who is now his manager with the Rays.

8) Arizona Diamondback manager Tory Lovullo hit only 15 homers in his 8-year big league career (303 games); three of them were against Dwight Gooden, Roger Clemens, Jack Morris, all great pitchers.

7) WHIP is a stat that calculates how many baserunners a pitcher allows, but for whatever reason, hit batters aren’t counted- they should be.

6) MLB Network did a very smart thing and hired Buck Showalter to work games; he called a game with Matt Vasgersian Friday night, and pointed out that on Opening Day, there were 256 players on major league rosters who weren’t born in this country, that is 8.5 per team.

5) Showalter offered an interesting player comp: Tampa Bay’s Randy Arozarena and the old Houston outfielder Jimmy Wynn, known back then as the Toy Cannon. Wynn hit 291 homers, stole 225 bases in his 15-year big league career, playing in three All-Star Games.

4) Major League Baseball moved this July’s All-Star Game out of Atlanta for political reasons, heading off a probable showdown with the Players’ Association had they not done that. No word on where the game will be played now.

3) Third day of baseball season, and two of the three outfielders on my fantasy team left their game with injuries/illness. Awesome.

2) Since start of last season, Chicago White Sox are 15-0 against lefty starting pitchers.

1) Dodgers’ president Andrew Friedman was on TV the other night, and admitted that no one is really sure how the 2021 season is going to play out, as far as pitcher usage goes. Last year was obviously a short season, so pitchers will throw a lot more this year than they did last year, but how much more? No one knows.

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501BROOKLYN -502 CHICAGO
CHICAGO is 0-11 ATS (-12.1 Units) in home games vs. winning teams in the current season.

503LA LAKERS -504 LA CLIPPERS
LA LAKERS are 50-69 ATS (-25.9 Units) versus good ball handling teams - committing <=14 turnovers/game in the last 3 seasons.

505CHARLOTTE -506 BOSTON
BOSTON is 35-14 ATS (19.6 Units) after 2 or more consecutive unders in the last 3 seasons.

507MEMPHIS -508 PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA is 13-2 ATS (10.8 Units) in home games versus explosive offensive teams - scoring 110+ points/game in the current season.

511NEW ORLEANS -512 HOUSTON
HOUSTON is 0-11 ATS (-12.1 Units) in home games versus poor pressure defensive teams - forcing <=14 turnovers/game in the current season.

513ORLANDO -514 DENVER
ORLANDO is 11-3 ATS (7.7 Units) revenging a same season loss vs opponent in the current season.

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, April 4

Brooklyn @ Chicago
Nets (34-15)
— Brooklyn won 18 of their last 21 games
— Nets are 3-5 ATS in last eight games overall.
— Under is 6-1 in last seven Brooklyn games.

Bulls (19-28)
— Chicago lost seven of its last eight games SU.
— Bulls are 2-7 ATS in their last nine home games.
— Under is 5-2 in their last seven games.

— Brooklyn won nine of last ten series games.
— Nets covered their last four visits to Chicago.
— Five of last six series games went over.

LA Lakers vs LA Clippers
Lakers (31-18)
— Lakers won three of their last four games (2-6 ATS in last eight).
— Lakers are 1-4 ATS in their last five games at Staples.
— Under is 6-0 in their six games at Staples.

Clippers (32-17)
— Clippers lost last two games, after a 6-0 run.
— Clippers are 9-4 ATS in last 13 games at Staples.
— Over is 6-4 in their last ten games at Staples.

— Teams local rivals split last ten series games SU.
— Clippers covered four of last five series games.
— Four of last five series games stayed under.

Charlotte @ Boston
Hornets (25-23)
— Charlotte won five of its last seven games SU.
— Hornets covered six of their last seven games.
— Under is 11-2 in Charlotte’s last 13 games.

Celtics (24-25)
— Boston is 5-8 SU since the All-Star break.
— Celtics are 3-6 ATS in their last nine home games.
— Under is 6-0 in their last six home games.

— Celtics won eight of last ten series games.
— Hornets are 0-4-1 ATS in last five visits to Boston.
— Over is 6-2 in last eight series games.

Memphis @ Philadelphia
Grizzlies (23-23)
— Memphis won five of its last eight games.
— Grizzlies are 7-1 ATS in last eight games overall.
— Over is 5-2 in their last seven games.

76ers (34-15)
— 76ers won six of their last eight games.
— Sixers are 5-2 ATS in their last seven home games.
— Under is 7-3 in Philly’s last ten games.

— Home side won last seven series games.
— Grizzlies are 1-4 ATS in last five visits to Philly.
— Over is 6-3 in last nine series games.

Golden State @ Atlanta
Warriors (23-26)
— Check status on Steph Curry’s availability.
— Golden State lost six of its last seven games SU.
— Warriors are 2-8 ATS in last ten road games.
— Over is 3-2 in their last five games overall.

Hawks (25-24)
— Hawks is 11-4 SU since they changed coaches.
— Hawks are 5-0 ATS in their last five home games.
— Over is 6-1 in their last seven games.

— Hawks won last two series games, after losing the previous eight.
— Golden State is 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Atlanta.
— Four of last six series games stayed under.

New Orleans @ Houston
Pelicans (21-27)
— New Orleans is 6-6 SU since All-Star break.
— Pelicans are 5-2 ATS in their last seven road games.
— Under is 4-1 in their last five games.

Rockets (13-35)
— Houston lost 25 of its last 27 games (5-22 ATS).
— Rockets are 2-17 ATS in last 19 home games.
— Under is 7-3 in their last ten road games.

— Rockets won five of last seven series games.
— Pelicans covered three of last four visits to Houston.
— Three of last four series games went over the total.

Orlando @ Denver
Magic (17-32)
— Orlando lost 14 of its last 18 games.
— Magic is 8-4 ATS in last 12 games overall.
— Under is 9-3 in their last 12 road games.

Nuggets (30-18)
— Denver is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games overall.
— Nuggets are 4-2 ATS in last six home games.
— Under is 6-2 in Denver’s last eight games.

— Denver won last nine series games (7-0-2 ATS)
— Magic is 0-3-1 ATS in last four visits to Denver.
— Four of last six series games stayed under.

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NBA

Sunday, April 4

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Trend Report
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Brooklyn @ Chicago
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Chicago
Brooklyn is 20-3 SU in its last 23 games
Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing Brooklyn

LA Lakers @ LA Clippers
LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Lakers's last 5 games when playing LA Clippers
LA Clippers
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Clippers's last 5 games when playing LA Lakers
LA Clippers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing LA Lakers

Charlotte @ Boston
Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Charlotte's last 9 games
Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games at home

Memphis @ Philadelphia
Memphis
Memphis is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis's last 6 games on the road
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Memphis

Golden State @ Atlanta
Golden State
Golden State is 14-3 SU in its last 17 games when playing Atlanta
Golden State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

New Orleans @ Houston
New Orleans
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games on the road
New Orleans is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Houston
Houston is 15-3 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against New Orleans
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Houston's last 19 games at home

Orlando @ Denver
Orlando
Orlando is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando's last 7 games on the road
Denver
Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Orlando
Denver is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Orlando


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NBA
Dunkel

Sunday, April 4

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Hoop Trends for Sunday April 4
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Orlando at Denver (10:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Nuggets are 11-0 ATS (11.36 ppg) after they scored fewer than 10 fast break points last game.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: New Orleans at Houston (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Rockets are 0-16 ATS (-10.25 ppg) at home with less than two days rest coming off a 10+ point loss.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Brooklyn at Chicago (2:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Nets are 14-0 OU (17.43 ppg) as a road favorite.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Golden State at Atlanta (7:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Warriors are 0-10 OU (-14.60 ppg) after they had at least 5 turnovers more than their season-to-date average last game.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)