Cnotes 2020-2021 nba trends, news, best bets and opinions thru the playoffs !

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NBA

Monday, April 12

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Trend Report
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LA Lakers @ New York
LA Lakers
LA Lakers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
LA Lakers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
New York
New York is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New York's last 5 games at home

Philadelphia @ Dallas
Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 7 games
Dallas
Dallas is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Dallas's last 10 games at home

San Antonio @ Orlando
San Antonio
San Antonio is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Antonio's last 6 games
Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Orlando's last 5 games when playing San Antonio
Orlando is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games

Brooklyn @ Minnesota
Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 6 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Brooklyn is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Brooklyn
Minnesota is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Brooklyn

Washington @ Utah
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games
Utah
Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
Utah is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Chicago @ Memphis
Chicago
Chicago is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Memphis
Chicago is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Memphis
Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Memphis's last 5 games
Memphis is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Sacramento @ New Orleans
Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Sacramento's last 5 games when playing on the road against New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Sacramento's last 9 games when playing New Orleans
New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games when playing at home against Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 7 of New Orleans's last 9 games when playing Sacramento

Denver @ Golden State
Denver
Denver is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Denver is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
Golden State
Golden State is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Denver
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Golden State's last 5 games when playing Denver

Houston @ Phoenix
Houston
Houston is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Houston is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 5 games at home


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Tuesday’s 6-pack
Teams that have scored the fewest runs:
16— Mets
17— Nationals
24— Marlins
26— Cubs
29— Tigers
31— Giants

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 562,428
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“[Doug Pederson] was ridiculed and criticized for every decision. If you won by three, it wasn’t enough. If you lost on a last-second field goal, you’re the worst coach in history.”
An unnamed source, telling The Athletic how the Eagles’ front office gave Doug Peterson a hard time during his tenure as head coach

Tuesday’s quiz
In the history of the NBA, who has made the most 3-point shots?

Monday’s quiz
When Rams’ QB Matthew Stafford was a high school QB in Texas, his team’s center was Clayton Kershaw. Now both of them are playing ball in Los Angeles.

Sunday’s quiz
Alex Rodriguez began his major league career with the Seattle Mariners.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..

13) Maryland passed a sports betting bill Monday; the law will allow as many as 60 online operators and 30 retail sportsbooks between casinos, professional sports stadiums, small businesses and lot of other organizations.

They’re hoping to kick off sports betting in Maryland before football season season starts.

12) Warriors 116, Nuggets 107:
— Steph Curry scored 53 points, made 10-18 shots on the arc, 14-16 on foul line, even grabbed six rebounds. It is a pleasure to watch him play.

11) Chicago Cubs have two coaches on the COVID list, including their bullpen coach; they also put three relief pitchers on the list, for contact tracing.

10) Best fried chicken ever? Church’s Fried Chicken; I had it in South Carolina long time ago, very, very good. Church’s is also in Las Vegas; you should try it.

9) White Sox 4, Indians 3— Chicago is only MLB team that has scored 3+ runs in all of its games this season.

8) Ryan Odom leaves UMBC to become the new head coach at Utah State; Odom coached the only #16-seed to beat a #1-seed in the NCAA Tournament. Odom replaces Craig Smith, who bolted to in-state rival Utah.

Ryan Odom is Dave Odom’s son; Dave Odom was Tim Duncan’s coach at Wake Forest.

7) Eastern Michigan hired alum Stan Heath as its new basketball coach; Heath was once a rising star in coaching, going from Kent State to Arkansas, but after going 43-24 his last two years with the Razorbacks, he made the strange career move of going to South Florida, which was in the Big East at the time. It didn’t go well.

Heath had been coaching the G-League the last few years.

6) Richest owner in the NFL is David Tepper, who owns the Carolina Panthers; he is worth $12B, that’s billion, with a B. He is a hedge fund manager.

Richest owner in the NBA is Steve Ballmer, who owns the Clippers; the guy is worth freakin’ $51B— can you imagine that? He used to be the CEO of Microsoft.

Only difference their bank accounts and ours are a lot of zeroes. A whole lot of zeroes, on the left side of the decimal point.

5) Wizards 125, Jazz 121— Russell Westbrook had 25 points, 14 rebounds, 14 assists in sparking the big upset. Game was 70-65 at the half.

4) Patriots’ WR Julian Edelman retired from the NFL; he had 6,822 receiving yards in his career, 1,442 more in playoff games. Not bad for a guy who played QB at Kent State.

3) Tigers 6, Astros 2— Detroit catchers hit five home runs in 58 games last year; they’ve already hit five in their first ten games this season.

2) Reds 3, Giants 0— Bullpens at Oracle Park in San Francisco are under the bleachers in right-center field now, instead of on the field down the foul lines, the way they used to be. The home run Jesse Winker hit in the third inning wouldn’t have been a home run before this season

1) Lot of baseball on tap today; doubleheaders in Philly, Baltimore. Marcus Stroman is starting one game for the Mets; he threw nine pitches Sunday before the game got rained out- pitching today probably gets him out of starting at Coors Field this weekend.

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571ATLANTA -572 TORONTO
ATLANTA is 16-30 ATS (-17 Units) after having won 2 of their last 3 games in the last 3 seasons.

573LA CLIPPERS -574 INDIANA
INDIANA is 0-10 ATS (-11 Units) in home games versus poor pressure defensive teams - forcing <=14 turnovers/game in the current season.

577OKLAHOMA CITY -578 UTAH
UTAH is 13-1 ATS (11.9 Units) in home games versus poor pressure defensive teams - forcing <=14 turnovers/game in the current season.

579MIAMI -580 PHOENIX
MIAMI is 35-15 ATS (18.5 Units) in road games after 1 or more consecutive unders in the last 3 seasons.

581BOSTON -582 PORTLAND
BOSTON is 20-5 ATS (14.5 Units) in road games versus poor foul drawing teams - attempting <=24 free throws/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

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NBA
Dunkel

Tuesday, April 13

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, April 13

LA Clippers @ Indiana
Clippers (37-18)
— Clippers won 11 of their last 13 games.
— Clippers are 3-1 ATS in last four road games.
— Three of Clippers’ last four games went over the total.

Pacers (25-27)
— Indiana won four of its last five games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Pacers are 1-10 ATS in their last 11 home games.
— Under is 3-1 in Indiana’s last four home games.

— Clippers won/covered last three series games.
— LA is 2-3 ATS in last five series games.
— Under is 6-4 in last ten series games.

Atlanta @ Toronto
Hawks (29-25)
— Hawks is 15-5 SU since they changed coaches.
— Hawks are 7-5-1 ATS in their last 13 road games.
— Over is 8-4 in their last 12 games.

Raptors (21-33)
— Toronto lost three of its last four games.
— Raptors are 1-5 ATS in their last six home games.
— Over is 3-1 in their last four games.

— Hawks won last two series games, after losing previous eight.
— Atlanta is 1-3 ATS in last four road series games.
— Last five series games went over the total.

LA Lakers @ Charlotte
Lakers (33-21)
— Lakers are 5-8 SU in their last 13 games.
— Lakers are 7-11 ATS in their last 18 road games.
— Under is 9-5 in their 14 games overall.

Hornets (27-25)
— Charlotte won seven of its last 11 games SU.
— Hornets covered eight of their last 11 games.
— Under is 13-4 in Charlotte’s last 17 games.

— Lakers won/covered last four series games.
— Lakers covered their last four visits to Charlotte.
— Three of last four series games went over.

Oklahoma City @ Utah
Thunder (20-33)
— Thunder are 1-9 SU in their last ten games.
— OKC is 4-7 ATS in their last 11 road games.
— Under is 8-2 in their last ten road games.

Jazz (40-14)
— Utah lost three of its last five games.
— Jazz is 11-7 ATS in its last 18 home games.
— Over is 3-1 in Utah’s last four home games.

— OKC won six of last eight series games.
— Thunder covered their last five visits to Utah.
— Under is 7-3 in last ten series games.

Miami @ Phoenix
Heat (28-25)
— Miami won six of its last seven games (4-2 ATS).
— Heat is 8-3 ATS in last 11 road games.
— Over is 6-3 in their last nine games.

Suns (38-15)
— Phoenix won 30 of its last 37 games (24-13 ATS).
— Suns are 6-2 ATS in their last eight home games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Over is 7-1 in their last eight games.

— Suns won three of last four series games.
— Miami is 3-1 ATS in last four visits to Phoenix.
— Over is 6-1 in last seven series games.

Boston @ Portland
Celtics (28-26)
— Boston won five of its last six games.
— Celtics are 4-0 ATS in their last four road games.
— Under is 8-1 in their last nine games.

Trailblazers (31-22)
— Portland lost three of its last four games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Blazers are 2-4 ATS in last six home games.
— Under is 6-0 in Portland’s last six home games.

— Boston won five of last seven series games.
— Celtics are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Portland.
— Over is 6-3 in last nine series games.

[Udog]

NBA

Tuesday, April 13

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Trend Report
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Atlanta @ Toronto
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing Toronto
Atlanta is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing Atlanta
Toronto is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing Atlanta

LA Clippers @ Indiana
LA Clippers
LA Clippers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Clippers'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 LA Clippers
Indiana is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

LA Lakers @ Charlotte
LA Lakers
LA Lakers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Charlotte
LA Lakers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Charlotte
Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Charlotte's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Charlotte's last 5 games when playing at home against LA Lakers

Oklahoma City @ Utah
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Utah
Oklahoma City is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Utah
Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Utah's last 5 games when playing at home against Oklahoma City
Utah is 24-1 SU in its last 25 games at home

Boston @ Portland
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Boston's last 9 games
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Portland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Portland's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Portland's last 6 games

Miami @ Phoenix
Miami
Miami is 11-1 ATS in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Miami is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 5 games at home


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Hoop Trends for Tuesday April 13
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: L.A. Lakers at Charlotte (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Lakers are 11-0 ATS (9.45 ppg) on the road after Kyle Kuzma had a plus/minus at least 10 less than the team margin last game.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Atlanta at Toronto (7:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Raptors are 0-10 ATS (-11.30 ppg) off a road loss in which Kyle Lowry had at least 5 turnovers.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Boston at Portland (10:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Trailblazers are 11-0 OU (13.59 ppg) after a game as a home dog in which Damian Lillard shot worse than 33 percent.

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

-- The Celtics are 0-12 OU (-11.71 ppg) off a win as a dog in which Jayson Tatum was their high scorer.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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Wednesday’s 6-pack
NFL teams that pay out the most $$$ in workout bonuses:
$5.1M— Green Bay
$3.7M— Jacksonville
$3.2M— Buffalo
$3.1M— Kansas City
$1.9M— Carolina, Cincinnati
$1.8M— Las Vegas
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 562,428
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“The worst part of this approach is that it doubles the stress of the compressed schedule. Rather than playing for a playoff spot and being able to rest players as the standings become clearer, teams have to approach every game as a playoff game to either get into or stay in the top 6 since the consequences, as Luka said, are enormous. So players are playing more games and more minutes in fewer days.”
Mark Cuban, on the NBA’s play-in playoff format

Wednesday’s quiz
Since the 1983-84 season, who holds the NBA record for most rebounds in one game?

Tuesday’s quiz
In the history of the NBA, Ray Allen has made the most 3-point shots, 2,973.

Monday’s quiz
When Rams’ QB Matthew Stafford was a high school QB in Texas, his team’s center was Clayton Kershaw. Now both of them are playing ball in Los Angeles.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..

13) Dak Prescott got a 4-year, $160M contract from the Cowboys, which apparently includes a $1M incentive for winning a Super Bowl. $126M of that money is guaranteed.

Prescott has a 42-27 career W-L record in regular season, 1-2 in playoffs; he played in only five games last season, after he broke/dislocated his ankle.

12) Here’s something you don’t see every day; Monday night, Milwaukee Brewers brought in a relief pitcher late in their game, but turns out the guy’s name wasn’t written on the lineup card, so he couldn’t pitch, and they had to quickly get someone else warmed up to enter the game.

You wouldn’t think stuff like that would happen in the major leagues.

11) Players who have had 3+-homer games for three different teams:
— Johnny Mize— StL, NYG, NYY
— Alex Rodriguez— Sea, Tex, NYY
— Dave Kingman— Cubs, NYM, A’s
— Mark Teizeira— Tex, Atl, NYY
— JD Martinez— Det, Ariz, Bos

10) Most pitches thrown in a game this season:
118– Johnny Cueto
113— Shane Bieber (last night)
112— Joe Musgrove (perfect game)
111— Lance Lynn
110– Trevor Bauer
105— Johnny Cueto

9) Longtime major league ump Joe West has been awarded $500,000 plus interest in damages in a defamation suit against former MLB catcher Paul LoDuca that was filed in October 2019.

There was a podcast where LoDuca accused reliever Billy Wagner of bribing West to get a bigger strike zone. He accused that Wagner let West use his 1957 vintage Chevrolet to make the strike zone change when he was up at bat.

Apparently, LoDuca lied in the podcast about how many times West has ejected him in his career; the judge who made the ruling raised the possibility that West will not be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame because of LoDuca’s statements.

West, by the way, was one of the umpires in the replay center Sunday night, when they missed a call on the Phillies scoring the winning run on a close play at home plate in the last inning.

8) Rangers 8, Rays 3— Texas breaks out for eight runs, after being shut out in three of their previous four games.

7) Red Sox 4, Twins 2— Boston wins its 7th game in a row on a snowy afternoon in Minnesota. Rafael Devers has hit five homers in his last four games.

6) Denver Nuggets’ star Jamal Murray tore his ACL, is out for the year, tough break for a Denver team that is 34-20, the #4-seed in the Western Conference.

5) Mets 4-4, Phillies 3-0: Big day for the Metropolitans, who swept a twinbill, holding the Phils to three runs total.

4) “I don’t know who that is. I know he’s going to be the owner. But I don’t know anything about baseball.”

Thats Timberwolves’ star rookie Anthony Edwards, talking about baseball Hall of Famer Alex Rodriguez, who will soon be a co-owner of Minnesota’s NBA team.

3) Former NFL running back Eddie George is the new football coach at Tennessee State; George played nine seasons in the NFL and ran for 10,441 yards, but he has never coached before.

George played for the Tennessee Titans, where his coach was Jeff Fisher, whose son Brandon is expected to be on the Tennessee State coaching staff.

2) Now that Chris Beard is the basketball coach at Texas, they’re going to poach players from teams all over the country. Longhorns poached kids from Utah/Kentucky on Tuesday, and also announced that Andrew Jones will be staying with the Longhorns next season.

1) Having trouble getting used to doubleheaders being 7-inning games; a game is 2-2 in fifth inning and you forget that this is a late-inning situation. You do the same thing for 60 years, it is difficult to shift gears and think in a different way.

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501BROOKLYN -502 PHILADELPHIA
BROOKLYN is 10-1 ATS (8.9 Units) after 2 consecutive non-conference games in the current season.

503CLEVELAND -504 CHARLOTTE
CLEVELAND is 8-22 ATS (-16.2 Units) after covering 3 of their last 4 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

507ORLANDO -508 CHICAGO
CHICAGO is 13-32 ATS (-22.2 Units) in home games versus poor pressure defensive teams - forcing <=14 turnovers/game in the last 3 seasons.

509NEW YORK -510 NEW ORLEANS
NEW YORK is 19-5 ATS (13.5 Units) when the line is +3 to -3 in the current season.

511MILWAUKEE -512 MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) in home games when playing against a good team (Win Pct. 60% to 70%) over the last 2 seasons.

513LA CLIPPERS -514 DETROIT
DETROIT is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) in home games versus good teams - outscoring their opponents by 3+ points/game in the current season.

515GOLDEN STATE -516 OKLAHOMA CITY
GOLDEN STATE is 11-26 ATS (-17.6 Units) after successfully covering the spread in 2 or more consecutive games in the last 3 seasons.

517INDIANA -518 HOUSTON
HOUSTON is 30-56 ATS (-31.6 Units) after allowing 115 points or more in the last 3 seasons.

519DALLAS -520 MEMPHIS
DALLAS are 18-6 ATS (11.4 Units) as a road favorite of 6 points or less over the last 2 seasons.

521WASHINGTON -522 SACRAMENTO
SACRAMENTO is 7-20 ATS (-15 Units) after failing to cover the spread in 3 or more consecutive games in the last 3 seasons.

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, April 14

Milwaukee @ Minnesota
Bucks (33-20)
— Milwaukee is 4-6 SU in its last ten games.
— Bucks are 4-10 ATS in last 14 road games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Over is 11-6 in Milwaukee’s last 17 games.

Timberwolves (14-41)
— Minnesota lost 10 of its last 14 games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Wolves are 4-2 ATS in their last six home games.
— Minnesota is 5-6-1 ATS if it played the night before.
— Over is 4-2 in their last six games.

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

Cleveland @ Charlotte
Cavaliers (19-33)
— Cleveland lost seven of its last nine games.
— Cavaliers are 4-3 ATS in their last seven road games.
— Last five Cleveland games went over the total.

Hornets (27-25)
— Charlotte is 4-5 SU in its last nine games SU.
— Hornets are 3-4 ATS in their last seven games.
— Under is 14-4 in Charlotte’s last 18 games.

— Teams split last eight series games.
— Cavaliers are 3-1 ATS in last four visits to Charlotte.
— Three of last four series games went over.

Brooklyn @ Philadelphia
Nets (37-17)
— Brooklyn won 21 of their last 26 games
— Nets are 2-4 ATS in last five road games.
— Under is 8-4 in last 12 Brooklyn games.

76ers (37-17)
— 76ers won nine of their last 13 games.
— Sixers are 5-3 ATS in their last eight home games.
— Under is 12-3 in Philly’s last 15 games.

— 76ers won eight of last ten series games.
— Nets are 0-5 ATS in last five visits to Philly.
— Four of last five series games went over.

San Antonio @ Toronto
Spurs (26-26)
— San Antonio won last two games, after a 2-10 skid.
— Spurs are 7-1 ATS in last eight road games.
— Over is 11-4 in Spurs’ last fifteen games.

Raptors (21-34)
— Toronto lost four of its last five games.
— Raptors are 1-6 ATS in their last seven home games.
— Over is 3-2 in their last five games.

— Spurs won seven of last ten series games.
— San Antonio is 4-0 ATS in last four road series games.
— Over is 5-5 in last ten series games.

LA Clippers @ Detroit
Clippers (38-18)
— Clippers won 12 of their last 14 games.
— Clippers are 4-1 ATS in last five road games.
— Four of Clippers’ last five games went over the total.

Pistons (16-38)
— Detroit lost nine of its last 13 games
— Pistons are 11-7 ATS since the All-Star break.
— Over is 6-3 in Detroit’s last nine games.

— Clippers won four of last five series games.
— LA is 2-1-1 ATS in last four visits to Detroit.
— Four of last six series games stayed under.

Orlando @ Chicago
Magic (17-37)
— Orlando lost 19 of its last 23 games.
— Magic is 7-4 ATS in last 11 games overall.
— Over is 3-0 in their last three road games.

Bulls (22-31)
— Chicago lost 10 of its last 14 games SU.
— Bulls are 3-7 ATS in their last ten home games.
— Over is 3-1 in their last four games.

— Teams split last eight series games.
— Magic is 3-3 ATS in last six visits to Orlando.
— Under is 8-2 in last ten series games.

New York @ New Orleans
Knicks (28-27)
— New York won last three games, by 4-6-15 points.
— Knicks are 6-2 ATS in their last eight road games.
— Under is 10-5 in New York’s last 15 games.

Pelicans (25-29)
— New Orleans won its last three games.
— Pelicans are 6-3 ATS in their last nine home games.
— Over is 5-3 in their last eight games.

— Pelicans won six of last eight series games.
— Knicks are 2-2 ATS in last four visits to New Orleans.
— Three of last four series games went over the total.

Indiana @ Houston
Pacers (25-28)
— Indiana won four of its last six games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Pacers are 5-3 ATS in their last eight road games.
— Over is 3-1 in Indiana’s last four games.

Rockets (14-40)
— Houston lost 30 of its last 33 games (8-25 ATS).
— Rockets are 3-15 ATS in last 18 home games.
— Over is 5-1 in their last six games.

— Rockets won five of last seven series games.
— Pacers are 2-3 ATS in last five visits to Houston.
— Under is 9-1 in last ten series games.

Golden State @ Oklahoma City
Warriors (26-28)
— Golden State won three of its last four games SU.
— Warriors are 0-5 ATS in last five road games.
— Under is 4-2 in their last six games.

Thunder (20-34)
— Thunder are 1-10 SU in their last 11 games.
— OKC is 1-7 ATS in their last eight home games.
— Over is 3-1 in their last four home games.

— Thunder won four of last five series games.
— Golden State is 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Oklahoma.
— Under is 9-1 in last ten series games.

Dallas @ Memphis
Mavericks (29-24)
— Mavericks lost three of their last four games.
— Mavericks are 6-2 ATS in last eight road games.
— Under is 19-6 in last 25 Dallas games.

Grizzlies (27-25)
— Memphis won five of its last seven games SU.
— Grizzlies are 11-3 ATS in last 14 games overall.
— Over is 4-1 in last five Memphis games.

— Dallas won four of last five series games.
— Mavericks are 3-1 ATS in last four visits to Memphis.
— Under is 6-4 in last ten series games.

Miami @ Denver
Heat (28-26)
— Miami won six of its last eight games SU.
— Heat is 8-4 ATS in last 12 road games.
— Under is 4-0 in their last four road games.

Nuggets (34-20)
— Denver lost last two games, after an 8-0 run.
— Jamal Murray tore his ACL, is done for the year.
— Nuggets are 4-5 ATS in last nine home games.
— Under is 3-1 in Denver’s last four games.

— Nuggets won six of last eight series games.
— Miami is 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Colorado.
— Four of last five series games stayed under total.

Washington @ Sacramento
Wizards (20-33)
— Wizards won three of last four games SU (4-1 ATS last five).
— Wizards are 9-6 ATS in last 15 road games.
— Under is 7-4 in their last 11 games

Kings (22-32)
— Sacramento lost its last seven games.
— Kings are 1-3 ATS in their last four home games.
— Under is 5-2 in Sacramento’s last seven games.

— Kings won four of last five series games.
— Wizards are 1-3-1 ATS in last five trips to Sacramento.
— Six of last seven series games stayed under.

[Udog]

NBA

Wednesday, April 14

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Trend Report
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Milwaukee @ Minnesota
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Milwaukee's last 10 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Minnesota's last 10 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
Minnesota is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games when playing at home against Milwaukee

Cleveland @ Charlotte
Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games
Cleveland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Charlotte
Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Charlotte's last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Charlotte's last 14 games

Brooklyn @ Philadelphia
Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Brooklyn's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Brooklyn's last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games
Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Brooklyn

San Antonio @ Toronto
San Antonio
San Antonio is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Toronto
San Antonio is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Toronto's last 10 games when playing at home against San Antonio
Toronto is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against San Antonio

LA Clippers @ Detroit
LA Clippers
LA Clippers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
LA Clippers is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Detroit's last 10 games when playing at home against LA Clippers

New York @ New Orleans
New York
New York is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
New York is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
New Orleans
New Orleans is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against New York
New Orleans is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing New York

Orlando @ Chicago
Orlando
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando's last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Orlando's last 18 games when playing Chicago
Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing at home against Orlando

Indiana @ Houston
Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Indiana's last 10 games when playing Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Indiana's last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Houston's last 10 games when playing Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games

Golden State @ Oklahoma City
Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Golden State's last 11 games when playing Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Golden State's last 6 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Oklahoma City's last 11 games when playing Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oklahoma City's last 6 games when playing at home against Golden State

Dallas @ Memphis
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Dallas's last 8 games
Dallas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Memphis
Memphis
Memphis is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Memphis's last 5 games

Washington @ Sacramento
Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington's last 7 games when playing Sacramento
Washington is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Sacramento
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Sacramento's last 7 games when playing Washington
Sacramento is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Washington

Miami @ Denver
Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Miami's last 11 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games when playing on the road against Denver
Denver
Denver is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
Denver is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Miami


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[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, April 14

[Udog]

Hoop Trends for Wednesday April 14
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: L.A. Clippers at Detroit (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Pistons are 12-0-3 ATS (8.20 ppg) facing an opponent that has a season-to-date points per field goal attempt average of better than 1.3925.

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

-- The Magic are 0-15 ATS (-14.73 ppg) with rest after allowing 50-plus points in the paint last game.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: L.A. Clippers at Detroit (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Pistons are 14-0 OU (11.07 ppg) at home with more than one day of rest coming off a road game.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Golden State at Oklahoma City (9:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Warriors are 0-12 OU (-16.54 ppg) on the road after Stephen Curry had the highest plus/minus on the team last game.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

[Udog]

Thursday’s 6-pack
Odds for this week’s RBC Heritage golf tournament:
19-2— Dustin Johnson
13-1— Webb Simpson
17-1— Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay
19-1— Daniel Berger
23-1— Tyrell Hatton
28-1— Cam Smith, Paul Casey, Will Zalatoris
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 562,428
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know if the new bucket holds water.”
Anonymous

Thursday’s quiz
What baseball player holds the record for most total bases in one game?

Wednesday’s quiz
Since the 1983-84 season, Charles Oakley holds the NBA record for most rebounds in one game, with 35.

Tuesday’s quiz
In the history of the NBA, Ray Allen has made the most 3-point shots, 2,973.

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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud……..

13) White Sox 8, Indians 0:
— Carlos Rodon throws a no-hitter, allowing a hit batter in 9th inning.
— Last two years, Rodon started only 11 games; lot of injury issues.

— Already 2nd no-hitter this year, both with no walks, but one hit batter. Before this year, that had happened only four times in the previous 100 years.

12) Nationals 6, Cardinals 0— Yadier Molina is first player ever to catch 2,000+ games with the same team.

11) Coming into Wednesday’s games, major league batting average was only .235; last year it was .245, which was the lowest since 1972.

I’m thinking shifts will be outlawed next season; they want more offense in the game.

10) Near the end of last season, Angels’ SS Andrelton Simmons opted out of the season; he didn’t want to go into quarantine for the playoffs.

This year, now with Minnesota, Simmons opted not to get the vaccine.

This week, Simmons tested positive for COVID, so now he is in quarantine. Go figure.

9) Was weird seeing Blake Snell pitch for the Padres Tuesday night, throw 38 pitches and not finish the first inning. Teams are going to be very vigilant about monitoring pitch counts and inning counts this year, with last year having been a shortened season.

8) Minnesota rookie OF Alex Kirilloff is the first player ever whose first career hit came in a playoff game. He made his 2021 debut for the Twins yesterday.

7) Milwaukee’s Corbin Burnes is the first pitcher in the last 100 years to strike out 30+ batters in his first three starts of a season, without walking anyone.

6) Cleveland’s Shane Bieber has allowed five runs in 21.1 IP, striking out 35 guys, but he doesn’t have any wins; Indians didn’t score a run in the first five innings of any of those three games.

5) Toronto 5, Bronx 4:
— New York is 2-1 when Cole pitches, 3-6 with any other starter.
— DH Stanton got another day off; why? Is being a DH that strenuous?
— Bo Bichette hit a walk-off homer in the 9th inning.

4) Red Sox swept a twinbill in Minnesota; they’re first team ever to start a season 0-3, then win 9+ games in a row. Twins scored total of three runs in the two games.

3) Mets 5, Phillies 1:
— David Peterson pitched a strong game for the Mets.
— Peterson’s father was a horse trainer; he trained Seattle Slew the year after that great horse won the Triple Crown— owners had fired Billy Turner, the previous trainer.

2) College basketball stuff:
— Arizona named Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd as their new coach.
— NC-Greensboro coach Wes Miller is now the Cincinnati coach.
— Joe Golding bolts from Abilene Christian to Texas-El Paso.

1) Gonzaga is a unique situation; they’re pretty much what UNLV was 30 years ago; I’m not sure a Pac-12 team hiring Mark Few’s right-hand man will translate well.
— Can he recruit top flight players to the desert?
— Can he recruit top flight players who will stay more than one year?
— Arizona has won A LOT over the last 35 years; can he satisfy a spoiled fanbase?

College basketball is changing drastically; every kid who makes two layups in a row either wants to jump to to the NBA or to a better conference. Very difficult to develop continuity.

[Udog]

525MILWAUKEE -526 ATLANTA
ATLANTA is 12-3 ATS (8.7 Units) revenging a road loss vs opponent in the current season.

527GOLDEN STATE -528 CLEVELAND
GOLDEN STATE is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) in road games versus good passing teams, averaging >=23 assists/game in the current season.

529BOSTON -530 LA LAKERS
BOSTON is 21-5 ATS (15.5 Units) in road games versus poor foul drawing teams - attempting <=24 free throws/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.




NBA
Dunkel

Thursday, April 15






NBA

Thursday, April 15

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Trend Report
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Milwaukee @ Atlanta
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games at home
Atlanta is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home

Golden State @ Cleveland
Golden State
Golden State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Golden State is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games
Cleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

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

Sacramento @ Phoenix
Sacramento
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Sacramento's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Sacramento's last 5 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Phoenix is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games


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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, April 15

Milwaukee @ Atlanta
Bucks (34-20)
— Milwaukee is 5-6 SU in its last ten games.
— Bucks are 5-10 ATS in last 15 road games (2-0 last two).
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Over is 12-6 in Milwaukee’s last 18 games.

Hawks (30-25)
— Hawks is 16-5 SU since they changed coaches.
— Hawks are 8-1 ATS in their last nine home games.
— Under is 4-2 in their last six games.

— Milwaukee won last five series games.
— Bucks are 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Atlanta.
— Over is 6-3 in last nine series games.

Golden State @ Cleveland
Warriors (27-28)
— Golden State won four of its last five games SU.
— Warriors are 1-5 ATS in last six road games.
— Under is 11-4 in their last 15 road games.

Cavaliers (20-33)
— Cleveland won three of its last five games.
— Cavaliers are 1-3 ATS in their last four home games.
— Five of last five Cleveland games went over the total.

— Golden State won last 10 series games (8-2 ATS)
— Warriors won/covered their last five trips to Cleveland.
— Three of last four series games went over the total.

Boston @ LA Lakers
Celtics (29-26)
— Boston won six of its last seven games.
— Celtics are 5-0 ATS in their last five road games.
— Under is 8-2 in their last ten games.

Lakers (34-21)
— Lakers are 6-4 SU in their last ten games.
— Lakers are 1-5 ATS in their last six games at Staples.
— Over is 4-1 in their five games overall.

— Lakers won four of last six series games.
— Celtics are 3-2 ATS in last five series games played here.
— Five of last six series games went over.

Sacramento @ Phoenix
Kings (22-33)
— Sacramento lost its last eight games.
— Kings are 0-4 ATS in their last four road games.
— Under is 7-4 in Sacramento’s last 11 games.

Suns (39-15)
— Phoenix won 31 of its last 38 games (4-4 ATS last eight).
— Suns are 7-2 ATS in their last nine home games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Over is 7-2 in their last nine games.

— Sacramento won five of last eight series games.
— Kings are 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Phoenix.
— Six of last nine series games stayed under.