567INDIANA -568 WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON is 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) after 2 straight games where they made 50% of their shots or better in the current season.
571PORTLAND -572 ATLANTA
ATLANTA is 10-2 ATS (7.8 Units) in home games versus good 3 point shooting teams - making >=36% of their attempts - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
573PHILADELPHIA -574 CHICAGO
CHICAGO is 1-13 ATS (-13.3 Units) in home games vs. winning teams in the current season.
575NEW YORK -576 MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS are 12-3 ATS (8.7 Units) when playing against a marginal winning team (Win Pct. 51% to 60%) in the current season.
577SAN ANTONIO -578 UTAH
UTAH is 13-3 ATS (9.7 Units) in home games versus poor pressure defensive teams - forcing <=14 turnovers/game in the current season.
577SAN ANTONIO -578 UTAH
UTAH is 13-3 ATS (9.7 Units) in home games off a home win in the current season.
579DENVER -580 LA LAKERS
LA LAKERS are 2-12 ATS (-11.2 Units) in home games versus poor pressure defensive teams - forcing <=14 turnovers/game in the current season.
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Monday’s 6-pack
Over last 5 years, colleges with most NFL Draft picks:
51— Alabama
43— Ohio State
39— LSU
36— Michigan
33— Florida
30— Georgia
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 574,383
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.
Quote of the Day
“Whoever came up with that (bleep) needs to be fired. That’s wack. You’ve got to earn your spot to be in the postseason. No consolation for finishing last. That’s corny.”
Lebron James, talking about the NBA’s new play-in tournament; he doesn’t like it.
Monday’s quiz
When Larry Bird/Magic Johnson played in the national title game in 1979 with Indiana State, Michigan State, who were the other two teams in the Final Four that year?
Sunday’s quiz
Of the 32 current NFL head coaches, eight have won a Super Bowl.
Saturday’s quiz
Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor played his college football at North Carolina.
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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Sunday
13) Oy.
A’s pitcher Jesus Luzardo has a hairline fracture in his left (throwing hand) pinkie; apparently Luzardo was playing a video game before his start Saturday and bumped his hand on a desk, and broke his finger, which explains why he pitched badly against the Orioles.
12) Reds 13, Cubs 12:
— Cincy 3B Mike Moustakas homered, doubled, got hit by a pitch and grounded into two double plays- you don’t see that every day.
It is possible that Cubs’ manager David Ross is overmatched in this job; Reds had winning run on third with no one out in 10th inning, and Nick Castellanos up— he was already 4-5 for the game, with two homers.
Castellanos up, Votto on deck, you have to walk both of them, create a force at the plate and bring up Moustakas, who had already grounded into two double plays. But no, they pitch to the red-hot Castellanos, he singles to center, game over.
Both teams hit five homers in this game.
11) Mets 8, Phillies 7:
— Bryce Harper hurt his wrist late in this game (check status)
— Rhys Hoskins appeared to hit a game-tying 3-run homer in 9th inning, but replays showed the ball hit the top of the fence, so Hoskins got a double.
— Two bullpens gave up 12 runs in seven IP; the starters were pretty good.
10) Braves’ catcher Travis d’Arnaud tore ligaments in his thumb, will have surgery and is on the 60-day disabled list, big loss for Atlanta.
9) Giants 7, Padres 1— In four starts since his no-hitter, Joe Musgrove is 0-3, 5.21.
8) Cleveland P Triston McKenzie threw 57 pitches Saturday; only one fair ball was hit. He walked four, struck out six hitters, gave up five runs in two IP.
7) A’s 7, Orioles 5— Oakland CF Ramon Laureano had a great 8th inning; with the score 5-5, he robbed DJ Stewart of extra bases with a great catch against the CF fence to end the top of the inning, then he hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 8th to send everyone home happy.
Oakland is 7-0 this season in games where winning run scores from the 7th inning on.
6) Watching games all day Sunday on DirecTV, following the progress of guys on my fantasy team, the CBSSports.com fantasy website is faster than my satellite dish.
Results of plays would pop up on my screen before the pitcher threw the ball on my TV— has to be a 2-second delay.
5) Heading into Sunday’s games, these teams had the worst bullpen ERA’s:
6.68— Detroit
5.51— Cincinnati
5.11— Colorado
4) Dodgers 16, Milwaukee 4— AJ Pollock knocked in 8 runs, Matt Beaty knocked in 7 runs, as Dodgers took out the frustrations from their recent skid out on a tired Brewer pitching staff.
3) Of the seven teams in first place or tied for first place, five of them have given up more runs than they’ve scored, which is kind of weird.
2) If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
— NL: Wash/NYM, Brewers, Giants, Wild Card: Cardinals @ Dodgers
— AL: Red Sox, Royals, A’s. Wild Card: Mariners @ White Sox
1) 65 SEC players were taken in the NFL Draft, the most of any league. 8 of the first 38 players taken came from Alabama; that has to help their recruiting, not that it needs a lot of help.Leave a comment:
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Hoop Trends for Sunday May 2
Vince Akins
ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Philadelphia at San Antonio (8:10 p.m. ET)
-- The Spurs are 8-0 ATS as a home dog after a loss in which they led by double-digits.
ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Sacramento at Dallas (8:10 p.m. ET)
-- The Mavericks are 0-14 coming off a home game in whihc they scored fewer than 10 fast break points.
OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Brooklyn at Milwaukee (3:40 p.m. ET)
-- The Bucks are 9-0 OU (12.17 ppg) at home coming off a 10-plus point win.
OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Philadelphia at San Antonio (8:10 p.m. ET)
-- The Sixers are 0-10 OU (-10.86 ppg) since Feb. 21, 2021 as a road favorite.
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NBA
Sunday, May 2
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Brooklyn @ Milwaukee
Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Brooklyn's last 7 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Brooklyn is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Milwaukee's last 7 games when playing at home against Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Milwaukee's last 11 games at home
Portland @ Boston
Portland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Portland's last 6 games on the road
Portland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games
Boston is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home
Miami @ Charlotte
Miami
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games when playing Charlotte
Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Charlotte's last 9 games at home
Charlotte is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Sacramento @ Dallas
Sacramento
Sacramento is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Sacramento is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas
Dallas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Dallas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
New York @ Houston
New York
New York is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
New York is 13-1 ATS in its last 14 games
Houston
Houston is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against New York
Houston is 19-3 SU in its last 22 games when playing New York
Philadelphia @ San Antonio
Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing on the road against San Antonio
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Philadelphia's last 8 games on the road
San Antonio
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Antonio's last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
San Antonio is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
Phoenix @ Oklahoma City
Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Phoenix's last 17 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix's last 5 games on the road
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Oklahoma City's last 17 games when playing at home against Phoenix
Toronto @ LA Lakers
Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Lakers
LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of LA Lakers's last 10 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of LA Lakers's last 12 games when playing Toronto
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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up
Sunday, May 2
Brooklyn @ Milwaukee
Nets (43-21)
— Brooklyn won five of its last seven games SU.
— Nets are 5-2 ATS in last seven road games.
— Under is 4-2 in last six Brooklyn games.
Bucks (39-24)
— Milwaukee split its last eight games SU.
— Bucks are 2-6 ATS in last eight home games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Over is 9-2 in Milwaukee’s last 11 home games.
— Brooklyn won three of last four series games.
— Nets are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Brooklyn.
— Over is 6-2 in last eight series games.
Portland @ Boston
Trailblazers (35-28)
— Portland won/covered last three games, all on the road.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Blazers are 6-5 ATS in last 11 road games.
— Under is 11-5 in Portland’s last 16 games.
Celtics (34-30)
— Boston lost four of its last seven games.
— Celtics are 7-10 ATS in their last 17 home games.
— Over is 4-0 in their last four games
— Celtics won six of last eight series games.
— Portland is 2-1-1 ATS in last four visits to Boston.
— Over is 7-3 in last ten series games.
Miami @ Charlotte
Heat (34-30)
— Miami won/covered six of its last eight games.
— Heat is 2-4 ATS in last six road games.
— Over is 5-0 in their last five games.
Hornets (31-32)
— Charlotte won three of its last five games SU.
— Hornets are 4-1 ATS in their last five home games.
— Under is 21-7 in Charlotte’s last 28 games.
— Hornets won last three series games.
— Heat is 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Charlotte.
— Over is 6-2 in last eight series games.
Sacramento @ Dallas
Kings (26-37)
— Sacramento is 4-3 in its last seven games SU.
— Kings are 4-0 ATS in their last four road games.
— Under is 6-2 in Sacramento’s last eight road games.
Mavericks (36-27)
— Mavericks won six of their last seven games.
— Mavericks are 4-7 ATS in last 11 home games.
— Over is 7-3 in last ten Dallas games.
— Sacramento won six of last nine series games.
— Kings covered four of last five visits to Dallas.
— Under is 3-0 in last three series games.
New York @ Houston
Knicks (35-28)
— New York won 10 of last 11 games (13-1 ATS last 14).
— Knicks are 8-2 ATS in their last ten road games.
— Over is 10-4 in New York’s last 14 games
Rockets (16-48)
— Houston lost 38 of its last 43 games SU.
— Rockets are 7-8 ATS in last fifteen games.
— Under is 5-2 in their last seven games.
— Knicks won last two meetings, after losing previous eight.
— New York covered three of last four visits to Houston.
— Over is 6-1-1 in last eight series games.
Phoenix @ Oklahoma City
Suns (45-18)
— Phoenix won nine of its last 12 games.
— Suns are 2-6 ATS in their last eight road games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Over is 13-5 in their last 18 games.
Thunder (21-43)
— Thunder lost 19 of its last 21 games.
— OKC is 0-8 ATS in their last eight home games.
— Over is 6-2 in their last eight home games.
— Thunder won eight of last ten series games.
— Suns are 1-3 ATS in last four visits to Oklahoma.
— Over is 5-5 in last ten series games.
Philadelphia @ San Antonio
76ers (42-21)
— 76ers won last three games, by 31-44-22 points.
— Sixers are 4-5 ATS in their last nine road games.
— Under is 17-7 in Philly’s last 24 games.
Spurs (31-31)
— San Antonio split its last six games.
— Spurs are 1-5 ATS in last six home games.
— Over is 3-0 in Spurs’ last three games.
— Philly won six of last seven series games.
— 76ers are 2-1 ATS in last three trips to the Alamo.
— Three of last four series games went over.
Toronto @ LA Lakers
Raptors (26-38)
— Toronto lost four of its last five games.
— Raptors are 2-10 ATS in last 12 road games.
— Over is 6-4 in their last ten road games.
Lakers (36-27)
— Lakers lost five of their last six games.
— Lakers are 3-7 ATS in their last ten home games.
— Under is 3-0 in their three home games.
— Toronto won nine of last ten series games (8-2 ATS)
— Raptors are 4-0 ATS in last four series games played here.
— Under is 6-4 in last ten series games.Leave a comment:
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553NEW YORK -554 HOUSTON
NEW YORK is 13-2 ATS (10.8 Units) versus terrible defensive teams - allowing 110+ points/game - 2nd half of the season in the current season.
555PHILADELPHIA -556 SAN ANTONIO
PHILADELPHIA is 3-17 ATS (-15.7 Units) in road games off 2 or more consecutive home wins in the last 3 seasons.
557MIAMI -558 CHARLOTTE
MIAMI is 14-27 ATS (-15.7 Units) vs. division opponents in the last 3 seasons.
559SACRAMENTO -560 DALLAS
SACRAMENTO is 10-1 ATS (8.9 Units) in road games after a win by 6 points or less over the last 2 seasons.
561PHOENIX -562 OKLAHOMA CITY
PHOENIX is 10-1 ATS (8.9 Units) in road games after a blowout win by 15 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
563TORONTO -564 LA LAKERS
LA LAKERS are 6-22 ATS (-18.2 Units) against Atlantic division opponents in the last 3 seasons.Leave a comment:
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Sunday’s 6-pack
Managers with the most career ejections:
162— Bobby Cox
121— John McGraw
100— Leo Durocher
96— Earl Weaver
88— Frankie Frisch, Tony LaRussa
84— Ron Gardenhire
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 574,383
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.
Quote of the Day
“It’s Vegas. You lose track of time in those casinos. There’s no windows, no clocks. He’s probably on a heater. And you never walk away from the table when you’re on a heater.”
Sid Garner, from The Hangover
Sunday’s quiz
Of the 32 current NFL head coaches, how many have won a Super Bowl?
Saturday’s quiz
Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor played his college football at North Carolina.
Friday’s quiz
Blake Bortles was the Jacksonville Jaguars’ QB the last time they played a playoff game, in 2017.
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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday
13) There is a young man named Jamie Newman who was a QB at Wake Forest for three years:
— He backed up John Wolford one year, the guy who was the Rams’ backup LY
— Newman split time as a starter his second year.
— He threw for 2,868 yards his third year with the Deacons. Pretty good season.
Then he decided to bolt to greener pastures and transferred to Georgia before the 2020 season, hoping to raise his NFL Draft profile, but then opted out of that season, because of COVID/injury concerns. He figured, or his people figured, that his draft value would be enhanced somehow by his sitting out- they were wrong.
Newman wasn’t drafted this weekend; he signed on with the Eagles as an undrafted free agent. Had he played at Georgia last year, he undoubtedly would’ve been drafted, but now he has to make the NFL the hard way. Cost him a lot of money, at least for now.
Sometimes the grass isn’t greener on the other side.
12) Mel Kiper Jr is an NFL Draft expert: here is how he thinks some teams did:
Teams he gave an A grade to:
— Los Angeles Chargers
— Miami Dolphins
— New Jersey Jets got an A-minus.
Teams who got his lowest grades:
— Pittsburgh Steelers got a C+
— New Orleans Saints got a C+
— Indianapolis Colts got a C+
11) NFL Draft is a fascinating process; like I’ve said before, the average NFL team is worth $3B, yet teams approach the draft in many different ways. Some are obviously smarter than others.
No one KNOWS who did the best this weekend; part of it is having coaches who will get the most out of the talent that the GM assembles. It’ll be a few years before we really know who did the best drafting this weekend.
10) NFL changed things up some for Day 3 of the draft; they had some coaches/owners announce their team’s picks, which was a good idea.
Jerry Jones announced one of the Cowboys’ picks with his teenage grandson; must be fun having a grandfather who owns an NFL team.
Dallas used its first six draft picks on defensive players, by the way.
9) The Aaron Rodgers soap opera is becoming tiresome; now the Interweb says he wants the Green Bay GM fired. The weird thing about the Packers is that they’re publicly owned, so who does he air his complaints to?
There are 360,760 people who are Packers stockholders. There is a small executive committee that actually runs the team.
Packers went 26-6 the last two years; hard to imagine the GM getting fired.
8) Rams haven’t had a first round pick since 2016, won’t have another one until at least 2024, but Mel Kiper gave them a B+ grade. Les Snead is a really good GM who would rather trade for proven players than draft rookies.
7) Madison Bumgarner started the season by going 0-2, 11.19 in his first three starts. Since then, he’s gone 3-0, 1.06 in his last three starts. Go figure.
6) Cincinnati Reds’ 1B Joey Votto hit his 300th home run this weekend; he’ll be an interesting case when his Hall of Fame voting happens.
Votto has a career .418 on-base percentage, which is tremendous; made six All-Star Games, finished in top three of the MVP voting three times, winning once. I’m guessing he’ll make it.
5) Orioles 8, A’s 4:
— Oakland started this season 1-7
— A’s then won their next 13 games.
— Now they’ve lost five of their last seven games.
Very strange.
4) Major league teams now script off days for their players; Bronx TV announcer Michael Kay was talking about this Saturday, how Giancarlo Stanton didn’t play Saturday, even though he was 11-20 in his last four games.
Kay acknowledged that fans get ticked off about stars getting “days off”; hell, Stanton is a DH, why does he need a day off, especially when his bat is red hot?
I only care because he’s on my fantasy team, but Stanton looks like an NFL tight end; it is ludicrous that he hasn’t played in the field yet this season. Who is making these decisions? Doubt it is the manager; am guessing the GM/analytics people call the shots.
3) Brewers 6, Dodgers 5 (11)— Dodgers are struggling; they’ve lost 10 of their last 13 games, and now P Dustin May is hurt. They need injured OF Cody Bellinger back in the lineup.
2) Mets 5, Phillies 4— There was a really, really terrible call made in this game at 2nd base, an out-of-baseline call against Andrew McCutchen— I saw the replay and laughed, it was so bad.
Calls like this need to be reviewable; this would’ve taken 15 seconds to correct. A young umpire named Jose Navas made the call. Bryce Harper got thrown out because he was arguing from the dugout. Phillies would’ve had go-ahead run on 2nd base in the 8th inning; game was tied at the time. Michael Conforto hit the winning home run a few minutes later.
1) Minor league baseball makes its return on Tuesday; someone said on TV the other night that teams will play Tuesday-Sunday each week, playing six-game series, to lessen travel. It’ll be fun to check the minor league boxscores again, this I know.Leave a comment:
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Hoop Trends for Saturday May 1
Vince Akins
ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Detroit at Charlotte (7:10 p.m. ET)
-- The Pistons are 14-0 ATS (10.75 ppg) coming off a 7+ point home loss.
ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Indiana at Oklahoma City (8:10 p.m. ET)
-- The Pacers are 0-10 ATS (-3.80 ppg) with rest off a 10+ point loss.
OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Washington at Dallas (9:10 p.m. ET)
-- The Wizards are 10-0-1 OU (11.68 ppg) with no rest after allowing 15+ points less than Vegas projected.
OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Golden State at Houston (7:40 p.m. ET)
-- The Rockets are 0-11 OU (-10.77 ppg) as a home dog coming off a home win.
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Saturday, May 1
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Detroit @ Charlotte
Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing on the road against Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Detroit's last 9 games when playing Charlotte
Charlotte
Charlotte is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
Golden State @ Houston
Golden State
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Golden State's last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
Golden State is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing Houston
Houston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games when playing at home against Golden State
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Houston's last 10 games when playing Golden State
Chicago @ Atlanta
Chicago
Chicago is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Chicago is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta is 12-2 ATS in its last 14 games at home
Atlanta is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games at home
Miami @ Cleveland
Miami
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Miami is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing Cleveland
Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cleveland's last 9 games when playing at home against Miami
Memphis @ Orlando
Memphis
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Memphis's last 6 games
Memphis is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games on the road
Orlando
Orlando is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Orlando's last 5 games at home
Indiana @ Oklahoma City
Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Indiana's last 8 games when playing Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 6 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Oklahoma City's last 8 games when playing Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oklahoma City's last 6 games when playing at home against Indiana
New Orleans @ Minnesota
New Orleans
New Orleans is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Washington @ Dallas
Washington
Washington is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games
Washington is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Dallas
Dallas is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Washington
Dallas is 18-3 SU in its last 21 games when playing Washington
Denver @ LA Clippers
Denver
Denver is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Denver's last 6 games on the road
LA Clippers
LA Clippers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of LA Clippers's last 8 games
Toronto @ Utah
Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Utah
Toronto is 6-0-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Utah
Utah
Utah is 23-2 SU in its last 25 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Utah's last 10 games when playing at home against Toronto
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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up
Saturday, May 1
Detroit @ Charlotte
Pistons (19-44)
— Detroit lost four of its last five games
— Pistons are 3-5 ATS in last eight road games.
— Under is 3-1 in Detroit’s last four games.
Hornets (30-32)
— Charlotte lost eight of its last 11 games SU.
— Hornets are 3-1 ATS in their last four home games.
— Under is 20-7 in Charlotte’s last 27 games.
— Hornets won last ten series games (8-2 ATS)
— Pistons are 2-4 ATS in last six visits to Charlotte.
— Under is 8-1 in last nine series games.
Golden State @ Houston
Warriors (31-32)
— Golden State lost of its last seven games SU.
— Warriors are 3-8 ATS in last 11 road games.
— Under is 5-3 in their last eight road games.
Rockets (16-47)
— Houston lost 37 of its last 42 games SU.
— Rockets are 7-7 ATS in last fourteen games.
— Under is 4-2 in their last six games.
— Golden State won five of last seven series games.
— Warriors are 2-3 ATS in last five visits to Houston.
— Over is 6-3-1 in last ten series games.
Chicago @ Atlanta
Bulls (26-37)
— Chicago lost nine of its last 13 games SU.
— Bulls are 2-6 ATS in their last eight road games.
— Under is 4-1 in their last five games.
Hawks (34-30)
— Hawks lost four of their last six games.
— Hawks are 10-2 ATS in their last 12 home games.
— Under is 3-1 in their last four games.
— Chicago won six of last ten series games.
— Bulls covered four of last five visits to Atlanta.
— Over is 5-5 in last ten series games.
Miami @ Cleveland
Heat (33-30)
— Miami won/covered five of its last seven games.
— Heat is 1-4 ATS in last five road games.
— Over is 4-0 in their last four games.
Cavaliers (21-42)
— Cleveland lost 10 of its last 12 games SU.
— Cavaliers are 2-6 ATS in last eight home games.
— Under is 4-1 in last five Cleveland games.
— Miami won 9 of last 10 series games (8-2 ATS)
— Heat is 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Ohio.
— Over is 8-2 in last ten series games.
Memphis @ Orlando
Grizzlies (32-29)
— Memphis lost four of its last seven games SU.
— Grizzlies are 11-4 ATS in last 15 road games.
— Under is 5-1 in last six Memphis games.
Magic (19-44)
— Orlando lost 13 of its last 15 games.
— Magic is 0-6 ATS in last six home games.
— Over is 12-4 in their last 16 games overall.
— Grizzlies beat Orlando 92-75 at home last night.
— Orlando won six of last eight series games.
— Grizzlies are 1-4 ATS in last five visits to Orlando.
— Under is 5-2 in last seven series games.
New Orleans @ Minnesota
Pelicans (27-35)
— New Orleans lost six of its last nine games.
— Pelicans are 3-5 ATS in their last eight road games.
— Under is 4-0 in their last four games.
Timberwolves (19-44)
— Minnesota won/covered its last four games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Wolves are 7-3 ATS in last ten home games.
— Under is 4-0 in their last four games.
— Minnesota won 7 of last 10 series games.
— Pelicans are 2-4 ATS in last six visits to Minnesota.
— Three of last four series games went over.
Indiana @ Oklahoma City
Pacers (29-33)
— Indiana lost five of its last eight games SU.
— 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.
Thunder (21-42)
— Thunder lost 18 of its last 20 games.
— OKC is 0-7 ATS in their last seven home games.
— Over is 5-2 in their last seven home games.
— Indiana won last three series games.
— Pacers are 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Oklahoma.
— Under is 7-1 in last eight series games.
Washington @ Dallas
Wizards (29-34)
— Wizards won 11 of last 14 games SU (11-3 ATS).
— Wizards are 7-1 ATS in last eight road games.
— Under is 6-4 in their last ten road games
Mavericks (35-27)
— Mavericks won five of their last six games.
— Mavericks are 4-6 ATS in last 10 home games.
— Over is 6-3 in last nine Dallas games.
— Mavericks won seven of last nine series games.
— Washington is 2-3 ATS in last five visits to Dallas.
— Under is 5-2 in last seven series games.
Toronto @ Utah
Raptors (26-37)
— Toronto lost three of its last four games.
— Raptors are 1-10 ATS in last 11 road games.
— Over is 6-3 in their last nine road games.
Jazz (45-18)
— Utah is 3-4 in its last seven games SU.
— Jazz is 0-4 ATS in its last four home games.
— Under is 6-3 in Utah’s last nine games.
— Toronto won eight of last ten series games.
— Raptors are 4-0 ATS in last four visits to Utah.
— Over is 6-4 in last ten series games.
Denver @ LA Clippers
Nuggets (42-21)
— Denver won 16 of its last 19 games.
— Nuggets are 3-5 ATS in last eight road games.
— Under is 4-2 in Denver’s last six games.
Clippers (43-21)
— Clippers lost their last two games, after a 17-3 run.
— Clippers are 6-1 ATS in last seven home games.
— Seven of last eight Clipper games stayed under the total.
— Denver won four of last five series games.
— Nuggets are 4-1 ATS in last five series games played here.
— Under is 6-1-2 in last nine series games.Leave a comment:
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529DETROIT -530 CHARLOTTE
DETROIT is 8-0 ATS (8 Units) off a home loss by 10 points or more in the current season.
531GOLDEN STATE -532 HOUSTON
HOUSTON is 24-55 ATS (-36.5 Units) after a non-conference game in the last 3 seasons.
533NEW ORLEANS -534 MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA is 49-71 ATS (-29.1 Units) after a combined score of 215 points or more 2 straight games in the last 3 seasons.
535MIAMI -536 CLEVELAND
MIAMI is 15-4 ATS (10.6 Units) in road games against Central division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
537CHICAGO -538 ATLANTA
ATLANTA is 8-0 ATS (8 Units) in home games when playing against a marginal losing team (Win Pct. 40% to 49%) in the current season.
539INDIANA -540 OKLAHOMA CITY
OKLAHOMA CITY is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) in home games versus teams who attempt 18 or more 3 point shots/game - 2nd half of the season in the current season.
541MEMPHIS -542 ORLANDO
ORLANDO is 3-12 ATS (-10.2 Units) in home games versus good shooting teams - making >=46% of their shots - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
545DENVER -546 LA CLIPPERS
LA CLIPPERS are 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) in home games versus explosive offensive teams - scoring 110+ points/game - 2nd half of the season in the current season.
547TORONTO -548 UTAH
TORONTO is 189-152 ATS (21.8 Units) in road games after having lost 2 of their last 3 games since 1996.Leave a comment:
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Saturday’s 6-pack
NFL leaders in rushing yardage last year:
2,027— Derrick Henry, Tenn
1,557— Dalvin Cook, Minn
1,169— Jonathan Taylor, Ind
1,104— Aaron Jones, GB
1,070— David Montgomery, Chi
1,070— James Robinson, Jax
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 574,383
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.
Quote of the Day
“Hell of a place to retire to.”
A judge on an old episode of Law and Order, when told a witness had retired to Albany. I live a mile outside Albany; I like it here, except in winter.
Saturday’s quiz
Where did Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor play his college football?
Friday’s quiz
Blake Bortles was the Jacksonville Jaguars’ QB the last time they played a playoff game, in 2017.
Thursday’s quiz
Jared Goff is the last player the Rams drafted in the first round, in 2016.
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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Friday
— First things first, get well soon to Rams’ GM Les Snead, who tested positive for COVID this week; he is running the Rams’ draft from his garage— looks like a pretty nice garage.
— Houston Texans took Stanford QB Davis Mills in the 3rd round, raising even more ?s about the status of Deshaun Watson.
Mills only started 11 games at Stanford; he is a developmental project.
Texans have Tyrod Taylor, who was in Buffalo when they drafted Josh Allen, in LA when the Chargers drafted Justin Herbert.
Will Watson get traded, suspended or both? The TV guys seemed unanimous that no matter what, he’s played his last game for the Texans.
— This was the first time ever Northwestern had two players drafted in the first round.
— Chicago Bears drafted QB Justin Fields; they also have Andy Dalton/Nick Foles. Foles is guaranteed $9M over the next two years; going to be difficult to trade him.
— Dodgers lost nine of their last 12 games; they’ve scored total of 10 runs in their last six road games.
— Aaron Rodgers threw 48 TD passes last year; Green Bay punted 47 times. They really going to trade him? Hell, they drafted a WR Friday whose name is A. Rodgers (Amari Rodgers)
— Celtics 143, Spurs 140:
Spurs led by 32 points in the 2nd quarter.
Jayson Tatum scored 60 points for Boston.
— Phillies are 13-13, which doesn’t sound too impressive, but they’re in first place in NL East.
— Francisco Lindor is hitting .189, he is 4 for his last 29 and the Mets are 9-11. Not exactly what the new billionaire owner had in mind when he signed Lindor to a 10-year, $341M contract this winter.
— No Big X players were taken in the first round of the draft; six guys from Alabama were taken in the first round, and 8 of the first 38 choices were Crimson Tide alums.
— This is the first year since 1999 where QB’s were the first three picks in the NFL Draft; that year, it was Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb, Akili Smith. Drafting is an inexact science, no matter how much money they throw at it.
— Seattle Mariners lost 19 of their last 21 games in Houston.
— What week does Trevor Lawrence start at QB for Jacksonville? Gardnew Minshew could start the season under center, but Lawrence has to play at some point in 2021, right?
— Patrick Mahomes didn’t play until the last game of his rookie season; I’m not saying Lawrence wouldn’t be better off watching for a year, but that hasn’t been the recent trend in the NFL.
— Nationals 2, Marlins 1 (10)— Kyle Schwarber hit a walk-off homer. Game was 0-0 after nine.
— NFL Network ran a great segment, a chalkboard session with former coach Steve Mariucci and Florida QB Kyle Trask, who wound up getting picked by Tampa Bay.
I enjoy those 1-on-1 segments, where the coach challenges the player’s football IQ by showing him some X’s-and-O’s, then changing the subject for a few minutes, before asking the player to regurgitate the X’s-and O’s he was just shown. Trask did it very well.
Trask is an unusual case; he didn’t even start in high school, playing behind D’Eriq King, who now plays at Miami FL. Trask did start for the Florida Gators for two years.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL— Phillies, Brewers, Giants. Wild Card: Padres @ Dodgers
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Hoop Trends for Friday April 30
Vince Akins
ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Sacramento at L.A. Lakers (10:40 p.m. ET)
-- The Kings are 9-0 ATS (7.06 ppg) as a dog off a loss as a dog in which Buddy Hield was their high scorer.
ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Atlanta at Philadelphia (7:10 p.m. ET)
-- The 76ers are 0-13-1 ATS (-9.61 ppg) as a favorite when they are off two straight wins as favorites.
OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
San Antonio at Boston (7:40 p.m. ET)
-- The Spurs are 13-0-1 OU (9.29 ppg) as a dog with less than two days rest after they had fewer than 10 turnovers.
OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Atlanta at Philadelphia (7:10 p.m. ET)
-- The 76ers are 0-10 OU (-9.75 ppg) as a favorite off a win in a home game.
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