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Hoop Trends for Thursday April 15
Vince Akins

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

-- The Celtics are 11-0-1 ATS (10.04 ppg) off a road game when the total is at least 15 points less than their last game.

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

-- The Kings are 0-10 ATS (-8.05 ppg) off a home loss in which their opponent shot over 50% from the field.

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

-- The Kings are 12-0 OU (22.29 ppg) on the road off a 10+ point loss in which they had more than 12 steals.

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

-- The Lakers are 0-10 OU (-16.25 ppg) off a road game that had at least 8 lead changes.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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Friday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders, on-base %age (minimum 20 AB’s):
.583— Brandon Nimmo, NYM
.547— Yuli Gurriel, Hst
.526— Vladimir Guerrero, Tor
.522— Yermin Mercedes, CWS
.519— Max Muncy, LAD
.492— Ronald Acuna, Atl
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 565,067
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“If you are building for the future, you’re going to lose your job.”
Oakland basketball coach Greg Kampe, talking about the new college basketball transfer rules

Friday’s quiz
In the movie Rocky, before Rocky Balboa fought Apollo Creed the first time, how many professional fights had he lost? (He had 44 wins)

Thursday’s quiz
Sean Green holds the record for most total bases in one game; on May 23, 2002, he hit four homers, a single and a double (19 TB)

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

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here……..

13) Later this month, the NCAA is expected to approve a new rule, where players can transfer once, without sitting out a year— they’re not eligible if they’ve already transferred.

This is expected to cause chaos for a while, in both football/basketball; it’ll be just like baseball, rich teams poaching from the not-so-rich. It’ll be interesting to see how it all plays out.

12) Baylor just won the national championship in basketball; 54% of their points this season came from players who transferred into Baylor.

11) My fantasy baseball team is desperate for a catcher who can hit; Jorge Alfaro looks terrible, so I added Tucker Barnhart, but he platoons. One of three things needs to happen:

— I added Yermin Mercedes, the White Sox’ hitting prodigy who is supposedly a catcher but hasn’t caught in a big league game yet, so he isn’t eligible to use behind the plate until the White Sox put him there.
— Texas Rangers have a kid in the minors (Sam Huff) who can hit— he was 11-31 in a brief cameo in the majors last year, but right now he is getting more experience in the minors.
— Mariners’ utility guy Todd France is supposedly their emergency catcher; would be nice of Seattle had an emergency and let France catch for an inning or two.

10) 30 or so years ago, I spent 11 months of my life working as a court assistant in a county courthouse. Interesting experience; the best part were the actual trials. I would swear the witnesses in, keep an inventory of the evidence, all that stuff.

One thing I learned, and I heard this from more than one lawyer; in a criminal trial, if the defendant is innocent, he/she will testify. If they’re guilty, not so much.

9) Actually, the best part of that job was the first Friday of each month, the matrimonial conferences; only people present were the husband/wife, their lawyers, the judge, the court stenographer and me.

Some funny stuff happened, but you’re sitting there out in the open- you’d better not laugh.

8) One rule I’d be in favor of; when the playoffs start, the highest-seeded team can choose which team they play in the first round of the playoffs. They used to do this in the G-League, we do it in our fantasy baseball league. Makes things a little more interesting, plus it would make for good television, when the teams announced their choices.

7) A’s 8, Detroit 4:
— Detroit pitchers walked 12 guys; they threw 51 pitches, just in the 6th inning.
— Thru six innings, Tiger pitchers threw 161 pitches, Oakland pitchers 82.

6) Few years ago in July, I’m sitting in a Las Vegas casino playing video poker, watching the Diamondbacks— their game goes 12 innings. At the same time, and this is a Friday night, the third round of the British Open is starting on the TV next to the baseball game.

So at the same time, I’m watching a Friday night baseball game and Saturday morning golf. As if I wasn’t confused enough, then I hit a jackpot at video poker. Pretty good night.

5) Utah State hired Ryan Odom to be its new basketball coach, making the long move from UMBC; it is unusual in that Odom brings all three of his assistants with him to Logan. Usually, one of the three assistants would inherit the job Odom left behind, but UMBC hired the guy that was Penn State’s interim coach last year.

Odom went 29-17 in conference games in the three years since he upset Virginia in the NCAA Tournament, the only #1-#16 upset ever.

Utah State won 74 games the last three years; he is inheriting a good program in a league that hasn’t been getting better. Will be interesting to see how Richard Pitino/Kevin Kruger do in the Mountain West, having been hired at New Mexico/UNLV.

4) I read this on the Interweb, so it has to be true; French people sleep an average of 8.83 hours/day, more than any other country.

3) Washington Nationals are batting their pitcher 8th; this isn’t a good idea. Tony LaRussa started this near the end of his tenure in St Louis, so it gained credibility, and at one point, several teams tried it, but don’t think anyone ever did it in a playoff game, which would’ve been the ultimate endorsement.

Hopefully next year everyone will use the DH and this argument will be put to rest.

2) I was amusing myself the other night by looking thru hotels.com, pricing hotels in Las Vegas during football season for this fall; I could really go for a chicken salad sandwich at the Carnegie Deli at The Mirage, especially with a Dr Brown’s soda.

Makes me hungry just thinking about it.

1) I’m getting my first vaccine shot April 25; it was supposed to be in a tent in a parking at the college I went to, but they’re moving the vaccine site to a **** a half-mile away. I’m thinking this is a good thing, don’t have to worry about the weather interrupting things.

But the vaccine site is right across the hall from the Apple store; this could get expensive.

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533INDIANA -534 UTAH
UTAH is 13-2 ATS (10.8 Units) in home games off a home win in the current season.

535LA CLIPPERS -536 PHILADELPHIA
LA CLIPPERS are 36-17 ATS (17.3 Units) in road games after a game where they failed to cover the spread in the last 3 seasons.

537OKLAHOMA CITY -538 DETROIT
DETROIT is 13-2 ATS (10.8 Units) off a home loss in the current season.

539NEW ORLEANS -540 WASHINGTON
NEW ORLEANS are 37-53 ATS (-21.3 Units) vs. losing teams in the last 3 seasons.

541CHARLOTTE -542 BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN is 26-11 ATS (13.9 Units) versus good 3 point shooting teams - making >=36% of their attempts - 2nd half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

543ORLANDO -544 TORONTO
ORLANDO is 14-3 ATS (10.7 Units) in road games versus terrible defensive teams - allowing 110+ points/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

545MEMPHIS -546 CHICAGO
CHICAGO is 10-0 ATS (10 Units) in home games after having lost 4 of their last 5 games over the last 2 seasons.

547MIAMI -548 MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA is 5-20 ATS (-17 Units) in home games versus good shooting teams - making >=46% of their shots over the last 2 seasons.

549DENVER -550 HOUSTON
HOUSTON is 24-52 ATS (-33.2 Units) after a non-conference game in the last 3 seasons.

551PORTLAND -552 SAN ANTONIO
SAN ANTONIO is 15-31 ATS (-19.1 Units) after 2 straight games where they attempted 90 or more shots in the last 3 seasons.

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NBA
Dunkel

Friday, April 16

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, April 16

Indiana @ Utah
Pacers (26-28)
— Indiana won five of its last seven games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Pacers are 6-3 ATS in their last nine road games.
— Over is 4-1 in Indiana’s last five games.

Jazz (41-14)
— Utah won three of its last four games.
— Jazz is 3-3 ATS in its last six home games.
— Over is 3-2 in Utah’s last five home games.

— Teams split last ten meetings.
— Pacers are 2-3 ATS in last five visits to Utah.
— Over is 6-4 in last ten series games.

Oklahoma City @ Detroit
Thunder (20-35)
— Thunder are 1-11 SU in their last 12 games.
— OKC is 5-7 ATS in their last dozen road games.
— Over is 4-2 in their last six games.

Pistons (16-39)
— Detroit lost 10 of its last 14 games
— Pistons are 11-7-1 ATS since the All-Star break.
— Over is 4-2 in Detroit’s last six home games.

— OKC won five of last six series games.
— Thunder are 2-3 ATS in last five visits to Detroit.
— Three of last four series games went over.

LA Clippers @ Philadelphia
Clippers (39-18)
— Clippers won 13 of their last 15 games.
— Clippers are 4-1-1 ATS in last six road games.
— Four of Clippers’ last six games went over the total.

76ers (38-17)
— 76ers won 10 of their last 14 games.
— Sixers are 2-4 ATS in their last six home games.
— Under is 12-4 in Philly’s last 16 games.

— 76ers won five of last seven series games.
— Clippers are 1-9 vs spread in last ten series games.
— Under is 5-3 in last eight series games.

New Orleans @ Washington
Pelicans (25-30)
— New Orleans won three of its last four games.
— Pelicans are 6-9 ATS in their last 15 road games.
— Over is 6-3 in their last nine games.

Wizards (21-33)
— Wizards won four of last five games SU (5-1 ATS last six).
— Wizards are 4-5 ATS in last nine home games.
— Under is 8-4 in their last 12 games

— New Orleans won/covered last three series games.
— Pelicans are 0-4 ATS in last four visits to Washington.
— Under is 6-3 in last nine series games.

Charlotte @ Brooklyn
Hornets (27-27)
— Charlotte lost its last three games SU.
— Hornets are 3-5 ATS in their last eight games.
— Under is 15-4 in Charlotte’s last 19 games.

Nets (37-18)
— Brooklyn split its last six games SU.
— Nets are 2-7 ATS in last nine home games.
— Over is 4-1 in last five Brooklyn games.

— Nets are 6-4 SU in last ten series games.
— Hornets are 2-3 ATS in last five visits to Brooklyn.
— Five of last six series games stayed under.

Orlando @ Toronto
Magic (17-37)
— Orlando lost 19 of its last 24 games.
— Magic is 8-4 ATS in last 12 games overall.
— Over is 4-0 in their last four road games.

Raptors (22-34)
— Toronto lost four of its last six games.
— Raptors are 2-6 ATS in their last eight home games.
— Over is 4-2 in their last six games.

— Toronto won last ten series games (9-1 ATS)
— Magic is 0-5 ATS in last five road series games.
— Under is 6-4 in last ten series games.

Memphis @ Chicago
Grizzlies (27-26)
— Memphis lost three of its last four games SU.
— Grizzlies are 12-3 ATS in last 15 games overall.
— Over is 5-1 in last six Memphis games.

Bulls (22-32)
— Chicago lost its last four games SU (0-4 SU).
— Bulls are 3-8 ATS in their last 11 home games.
— Over is 4-1 in their last five games.

— Bulls won six of last seven series games.
— Grizzlies are 1-3 ATS in last four visits to Chicago.
— Under is 3-0-1 in last four series games.

Denver @ Houston
Nuggets (35-20)
— Denver won nine of its last 11 games.
— Jamal Murray tore his ACL, is done for the year.
— Nuggets are 7-3 ATS in last ten road games.
— Under is 7-1 in Denver’s last eight road games.

Rockets (14-41)
— Houston lost 31 of its last 34 games (8-26 ATS).
— Rockets are 3-16 ATS in last 19 home games.
— Over is 6-1 in their last seven games.

— Home side won last eight series games.
— Nuggets are 0-4 ATS in last four visits to Houston.
— Three of last four series games went over.

Miami @ Minnesota
Heat (28-26)
— Miami lost three of its last five games SU.
— Heat is 8-5 ATS in last 13 road games.
— Under is 4-1 in their last five road games.

Timberwolves (14-41)
— Minnesota lost 11 of its last 15 games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Wolves lost last two home games by 30-25 points.
— Over is 5-2 in their last seven games.

— Minnesota won last four series games.
— Heat is 3-1-1 ATS in last five visits to Minnesota.
— Over is 7-1 in last eight series games.

Portland @ San Antonio
Trailblazers (31-23)
— Portland lost four of its last five games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Blazers are 3-6 ATS in last nine road games.
— Under is 5-2 in Portland’s last seven games.

Spurs (26-26)
— San Antonio lost 11 of its last 15 games.
— Spurs are 2-7 ATS in last nine home games.
— Over is 12-4 in Spurs’ last sixteen games.

— Teams split last ten series games.
— Blazers are 2-3 ATS in last five trips to the Alamo.
— Over is 9-1 in last ten series games.

New York @ Dallas
Knicks (29-27)
— New York won its last four games SU.
— Knicks are 7-2 ATS in their last nine road games.
— Over is 5-2 in New York’s last seven games.

Mavericks (30-24)
— Mavericks won seven of their last ten games.
— Mavericks are 3-4 ATS in last seven home games.
— Under is 19-7 in last 26 Dallas games.

— Teams split last ten series games.
— Knicks covered four of last five trips to Dallas.
— Under is 9-1 in last ten series games.

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NBA

Friday, April 16

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Trend Report
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Indiana @ Utah
Indiana
Indiana is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Indiana's last 5 games on the road
Utah
Utah is 24-1 SU in its last 25 games at home
Utah is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games

New Orleans @ Washington
New Orleans
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New Orleans's last 8 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of New Orleans's last 20 games when playing Washington
Washington
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against New Orleans
Washington is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

Oklahoma City @ Detroit
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Oklahoma City's last 11 games on the road
Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Detroit's last 13 games when playing Oklahoma City
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games at home

LA Clippers @ Philadelphia
LA Clippers
LA Clippers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
LA Clippers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against LA Clippers
Philadelphia is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing LA Clippers

Charlotte @ Brooklyn
Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 6 games when playing Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Charlotte's last 10 games
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 6 games when playing Charlotte

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

Denver @ Houston
Denver
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Denver's last 8 games on the road
Denver is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games
Houston
Houston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Denver
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Denver

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

Miami @ Minnesota
Miami
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Miami's last 8 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Miami's last 12 games on the road
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 8 games when playing Miami
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Miami

Portland @ San Antonio
Portland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Portland's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Portland's last 10 games when playing San Antonio
San Antonio
The total has gone OVER in 7 of San Antonio's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Antonio's last 6 games at home

New York @ Dallas
New York
New York is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of New York's last 10 games when playing Dallas
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Dallas's last 11 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Dallas's last 10 games when playing New York


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Hoop Trends for Friday April 16
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: New York at Dallas (9:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Knicks are 13-0 ATS (15.58 ppg) after allowing at least 50 points in the paint last game.

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

-- The Hornets are 0-15 ATS (-12.07 ppg) as a road dog off a game as a favorite.

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

-- The Grizzlies are 11-0 OU (16.18 ppg) off a game as a dog in which they had at least 30% of their points on three-pointers.

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

-- The Raptors are 0-17 OU (-15.76 ppg) when OG Anunoby made more three pointers than two pointers last game.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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Saturday’s 6-pack
Six no-hitters, where the only baserunner came on a HBP:
July 4, 1908— Hooks Wiltse
June 18, 1960— Lew Burdette
June 10, 1997— Kevin Brown
June 20, 2015— Max Scherzer
April 9, 2021— Joe Musgrove
April 14, 2021— Carlos Rodon
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 565,318
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“Judge and Stanton, the only problem with those two guys, they’re really good players, but they’re always hurt. Players today won’t play if they’ve got a strained calf.”
Pete Rose

Saturday’s quiz
Who was the Dodgers’ manager, before Dave Roberts?

Friday’s quiz
In the movie Rocky, before Rocky Balboa fought Apollo Creed the first time, his record as a pro boxer was 44-20.

Thursday’s quiz
Sean Green holds the record for most total bases in one game; on May 23, 2002, he hit four homers, a single and a double (19 TB)

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Saturday’s Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind……..

13) At the beginning of Bull Durham, Susan Sarandon is talking:

“…….Sometimes it seems like a bad trade. But bad trades are part of baseball – now who can forget Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, for God’s sake?”

Someone mentioned Milt Pappas on TV the other day, so I looked up his career— this guy is getting a bad rap.

— 17 years in the major leagues, won 209 games.
— pitched in three All-Star games
— was 45-25 the three years before the trade, 110-74 for his career at that time.

Now there’s no question it was an uneven trade, but not because Pappas was bad— guy had a damn good career. He threw a no-hitter for the Cubs in 1972.

12) The other side of the coin is this; how on God’s green earth did the Reds trade Frank Robinson, for anyone? The year before they traded him, Robinson scored 109 runs, knocked in 113 more, and he was only 29 at the time. Why would they trade him?

Orioles won the World Series in 1966, the year after the trade, then played in the Series three years in a row, fro, 1969-71; their pitching rotation was stacked, with Palmer-McNally-Cuellar, Pat Dobson. Adding a great hitter made them a great team.

So call it a bad trade, but don’t blame Milt Pappas.

11) Giancarlo Stanton makes $29M a year, which works out to $179,012 per game; when he donated one of his game checks to the Players’ Alliance, that was a hefty donation.

10) I’m genuinely curious about this; how many major league managers actually decide who plays every day, and how many front offices decide that for them? Are off days for “rest” scripted in advance by the front office?

I mean, Stanton makes $29M a year to DH; there is no way he should he ever get a day off, unless they want to let Aaron Judge DH. Stanton could actually play the outfield, too. The way teams coddle these guys borders on the ridiculous.

9) Let’s take a look at another pitcher’s career, the White Sox’ Wilbur Wood:
— Wood was a lefty knuckleball pitcher.
— He was in the majors for nine years before he became a starter.
— From 1971-75, Wood started an incredible 224 games, that 44.8 starts/year.
— He once started both ends of a doubleheader.
— In 1972-73, he threw an incredible 736 innings.
— In 1973, he went 24-20 in 48 starts.
— He threw 114 complete games in his career.

8) Twins’ OF Max Kepler was born in Germany; his parents were both big-time ballet dancers. His mom is from Texas, his dad from Poland.

7) Dodgers’ OF Cody Bellinger has a hairline fracture of his fibula, is out for an undetermined amount of time.

6) Mets got rained out Thursday, snowed out Friday, will now play a doubleheader in Denver on Saturday; Mets have played only eight games, Braves have played 14, Phillies 13.

5) One of the great quotes I ever heard, from a coach to his team, after the second game of the season, in the coach’s first year in that job:

“Well, it didn’t take long for the rats to start jumping off the ship”

4) Was thinking the other day about the first time I heard that ESPN was going on the air; I was in college, someone told me an all-sports TV station was starting. I was intrigued.

In the early days, ESPN showed lot of Australian Rules Football, a ton of college basketball; they should go back to showing Aussie football. Their poker telecasts later on were also really good, way better than they babbling talking heads they have on now during weekday afternoons.

They should also have a nightly baseball show; why do they not have one?

3) Dwayne Wade is joining the ownership group of the Utah Jazz, which is the youngest ownership group in the NBA. Utah’s new owner is technology entrepreneur Ryan Smith- he bought the team late last year.

Wade played 16 years in the NBA, retiring two years ago.

2) Alabama’s football team has a pretty big recruiting edge; they’ve got three former NFL head coaches on their coaching staff. Not just Nick Saban, but Doug Marrone, Bill O’Brien, too.

1) RIP to the actor Felix Silla 84, who passed away this week; you’ve probably never heard of him, but he played Cousin Itt in the 60’s comedy The Addams Family, as well as other shows.

In 1980, I had my wisdom teeth removed, and they made me stay overnight in the hospital; the guy in the next bed was watching Buck Rogers in the 25th Century with his mother. When they ran the credits to the show and I saw that Felix Silla was the robot in the show, I got all excited— “Hey, that was Cousin Itt!!!”

The guy’s mom gave me a very strange look. Go figure.

[Udog]

555UTAH -556 LA LAKERS
LA LAKERS are 0-10 ATS (-11 Units) in home games as a dog of 3.5 to 9.5 in the last 3 seasons.

559CLEVELAND -560 CHICAGO
CLEVELAND is 8-22 ATS (-16.2 Units) in road games after a blowout loss by 15 points or more in the last 3 seasons.

561GOLDEN STATE -562 BOSTON
GOLDEN STATE is 3-15 ATS (-13.5 Units) after covering 5 or 6 of their last 7 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

563MEMPHIS -564 MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE is 10-2 ATS (7.8 Units) in home games off a road win by 10 points or more over the last 2 seasons.

565SAN ANTONIO -566 PHOENIX
PHOENIX is 8-0 ATS (8 Units) after a division game in the current season.

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NBA

Saturday, April 17

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Trend Report
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Utah @ LA Lakers
Utah
Utah is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games on the road
LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Lakers's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 6 games

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

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

Golden State @ Boston
Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Golden State's last 5 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Golden State's last 8 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games when playing Golden State
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Memphis @ Milwaukee
Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Memphis's last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Memphis's last 7 games
Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Milwaukee's last 7 games at home
Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Memphis

San Antonio @ Phoenix
San Antonio
San Antonio is 18-3 SU in its last 21 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Antonio's last 7 games on the road
Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Phoenix is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games


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NBA
Dunkel

Saturday, April 17

[Udog]

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, April 17

Utah @ LA Lakers
Jazz (42-14)
— Utah won four of its last five games.
— Jazz is 1-5 ATS in its last six road games.
— Under is 4-1 in Utah’s last five road games.

Lakers (34-22)
— Lakers are 3-4 SU in their last seven games.
— Lakers are 1-6 ATS in their last six games at Staples.
— Over is 5-1 in their six games overall.

— Lakers won four of last five series games.
— Utah is 1-3 ATS in last four series games played here.
— Under is 5-3 in last eight series games.

Detroit @ Washington
Pistons (17-39)
— Detroit lost 10 of its last 15 games
— Pistons are 12-7-1 ATS since the All-Star break.
— Under is 6-4 in Detroit’s last ten road games.

Wizards (22-33)
— Wizards won five of last six games SU (5-1 ATS last six).
— Wizards are 4-2 ATS in last six home games.
— Under is 9-4 in their last 13 games

— Wizards won four of last six series games.
— Pistons are 0-4 ATS in last four series games.
— Under is 7-3 in last ten series games.

Cleveland @ Chicago
Cavaliers (20-35)
— Cleveland split its last six games SU.
— Cavaliers covered their last three road games.
— Five of last seven Cleveland games went over the total.

Bulls (22-33)
— Chicago lost its last five games SU (0-4 SU).
— Bulls are 3-9 ATS in their last 12 home games.
— Over is 5-1 in their last six games.

— Bulls won three of last four series games.
— Cleveland is 4-2 ATS in last six visits here.
— Under is 4-2 in last six series games played here.

Golden State @ Boston
Warriors (28-28)
— Golden State won five of its last six games SU.
— Warriors are 2-5 ATS in last seven road games.
— Under is 12-4 in their last 16 road games.

Celtics (30-26)
— Boston won seven of its last eight games.
— Celtics are 4-7 ATS in their last 11 home games.
— Under is 8-3 in their last 11 games.

— Celtics won last four series games (3-1 ATS)
— Golden State is 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Boston.
— Last ten series games stayed under the total.

Memphis @ Milwaukee
Grizzlies (28-26)
— Memphis lost three of its last five games SU.
— Grizzlies are 13-3 ATS in last 16 games overall.
— Over is 6-1 in last seven Memphis games.

Bucks (35-20)
— Milwaukee won its last three games SU.
— Bucks are 1-5ATS in last six home games.
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— Over is 12-7 in Milwaukee’s last 19 games.

— Bucks won five of last seven series games.
— Grizzlies are 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Milwaukee.
— Under is 3-1 in last four series games.

San Antonio @ Phoenix
Spurs (26-28)
— San Antonio lost 12 of its last 16 games.
— Spurs are 7-2 ATS in last nine road games.
— Over is 12-5 in Spurs’ last sixteen games.

Suns (40-15)
— Phoenix won 32 of its last 39 games (4-5 ATS last nine).
— Suns are 7-3 ATS in their last ten home games.
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— Over is 8-2 in their last ten games.

— San Antonio won eight of last ten series games.
— Spurs are 3-2-1 ATS in last six visits to Phoenix.
— Three of last four series games went over.

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Hoop Trends for Saturday April 17
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: San Antonio at Phoenix (10:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Suns are 14-0 ATS (10.11 ppg) after their opponent shot at least 48.5% from the field last game.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Golden State at Boston (8:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Celtics are 0-11 ATS (-10.00 ppg) at home with less than two days rest off a win in which they had 6+ double digit scorers.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: San Antonio at Phoenix (10:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Suns are 11-0 OU (15.59 ppg) with rest off a win in which they shot over 50% from the field.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Golden State at Boston (8:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Warriors are 0-11 OU (-13.73 ppg) off a road game in which Draymond Green had fewer than 10 points.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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Sunday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in runs scored:
20— Ronald Acuna, Jr, Atl
17— Mark Canha, A’s
15— Starling Marte, Mia
13— Justin Turner, LAD
13— Eduardo Escobar, Ariz
12— Eight guys have scored 12 runs.
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 565,318
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“If you can’t tell who the sucker is in your first 30 minutes at the table, then YOU ARE the sucker.”
from the movie Rounders

Sunday’s quiz
When Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly played in the USFL, what team did he play for?

Saturday’s quiz
Don Mattingly was the Dodgers’ manager before Dave Roberts.

Friday’s quiz
In the movie Rocky, before Rocky Balboa fought Apollo Creed the first time, his record as a pro boxer was 44-20.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday……..

13) In 2008, a guy named Sean Kazmar played in 19 games for San Diego, going 8-39 at the plate in his proverbial cup of coffee. Making the major leagues is a very big deal, but unfortunately he didn’t stay very long.

But Sean Kazmar never gave up; he kept playing at the AAA level— all in all, he’s come to the plate 6,619 times in minor league games and Friday, at age 37, the Braves brought him back to the major leagues. He got into the game Saturday at Wrigley; what a thrill that had to be.

12) Over his last five games, Steph Curry is 44-81 behind the arc, thats 54.3%. He’s scored 42.6 ppg in those games. This is an interesting argument, who is the greatest shooter in basketball history? Curry? Reggie Miller? Ray Allen? Rick Barry? Larry Bird? Klay Thompson?

I don’t have a strong opinion on this, but I do know that Steph Curry and the Warriors made shooting cool again— nowadays kids all over the country work their butts off on their shooting, which makes the game more fun to watch, because finding the open man and then making open shots is a lot of what makes basketball fun.

11) Cubs 13, Braves 4— Chicago was 5-11 with men in scoring position in this game; coming into the game, they had been 7-84 with RISP.

10) Dodger-Padre games this weekend have been unusually intense for April games; Dodgers pulled games out the last two nights, with a Road Runner/Wily Coyote feel to them. No matter what the Padres did, the Dodgers did better- they already lead the NL West by 4.5 games.

Friday night’s game got weird in extra innings:
— Once LA got ahead by three runs, San Diego brought in 2B Jake Cronenworth to pitch— he pitched some in college and the minors, but had never pitched in the majors. It was just weird, in such an intense setting, for them to wave the white flag like that.
— Pitcher David Price batted for LA and hit a sacrifice fly, his 2nd career RBI- he’s played almost his whole career in the American League.

— In Saturday’s game, Clayton Kershaw/Jurickson Profar exchanged words after a catchers’ interference call. No love lost between the two sides, but the Padres have a long ways to go before they’re at the Dodgers’ level.
— Mookie Betts made a GREAT diving catch in right-center field to end Saturday’s game; score would’ve been tied had he not made the catch.

9) Orel Hershiser was saying on the Dodger broadcast that he thinks the new extra-inning format will become a permanent thing. No inside info, just his opinion.

8) There is a high school in Tarpon Springs, FL where the school’s mascot is a “Sponger”, reflecting the town’s history of sponge diving— it is a guy wearing a big helmet, getting ready to go underwater to retrieve sponges.

7) Astros’ 1B Yuli Gurriel walked 12 times in 57 games last year; this year, he’s already walked 12 times in the Astros’ first 14 games.

6) In 1977, slugger Dave Kingman moved around a lot:
— 59 games for the Mets, hitting .209 with 9 homers.
— 56 games for the Padres, hitting .238 with 11 homers.
— 10 games for the Angels, going 7-36 with two homers.
— 8 games in the Bronx (4 of his 6 hits there were homers)

Back then, there were only four divisions in the major leagues, and Kingman played in all four of them that year. He was only on the Angels for ten days.

5) Red Sox 7, White Sox 4:
— Boston wore bright yellow jerseys with light blue hats; they looked like a cross between UCLA and the Oakland Invaders of the old USFL. No idea what that was about, but if a team is known as the RED Sox, maybe they should have some red in there.

4) White Sox are 6-8 under 76-year old Tony LaRussa; their bullpen has been a problem.

If you bet the Pale Hose in the first five innings of every game, you’d be 9-1-4, but overall, they are only 6-8. Managing the bullpen is this generation’s Rubik’s Cube for big league managers.

3) Looked into watching some Japanese baseball on TV late at night, but only thing I could find was a streaming service that charges $28 a month. Um, no thanks.

2) Jacob deGrom became the sixth pitcher ever to strike out nine guys in a row, in the Mets’ 4-3 win over the Rockies in the first game of a twinbill Saturday in Denver. deGrom was supposed to pitch in Philly on Thursday, but that got rained out, then Friday’s game in Colorado got snowed out, so he had some distractions to deal with as well.

1) Before the Indiana Hoosiers hired Mike Woodson as their new basketball coach, they offered Celtics’ coach (and former Butler coach) Brad Stevens $70M for seven years, which he declined.

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567INDIANA -568 ATLANTA
ATLANTA is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) in home games when playing against a marginal losing team (Win Pct. 40% to 49%) in the current season.

569NEW ORLEANS -570 NEW YORK
NEW ORLEANS are 21-38 ATS (-20.8 Units) off a road loss in the last 3 seasons.

571BROOKLYN -572 MIAMI
BROOKLYN is 93-70 ATS (16 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game in the last 3 seasons.

573PORTLAND -574 CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE is 38-22 ATS (13.8 Units) after 2 or more consecutive losses in the last 3 seasons.

573PORTLAND -574 CHARLOTTE
James Borrego is 38-22 ATS (13.8 Units) after 2 or more consecutive losses (Coach of CHARLOTTE)

577HOUSTON -578 ORLANDO
ORLANDO is 2-11 ATS (-10.1 Units) when playing against a bad team (Win Pct. 25% to 40%) in the current season.

581MINNESOTA -582 LA CLIPPERS
MINNESOTA is 18-35 ATS (-20.5 Units) in road games after a combined score of 215 points or more 2 straight games in the last 3 seasons.