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

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FRIDAY, JUNE 18
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

PHI at ATL 07:30 PM
ATL +3.0
O 221.0
+500 +500

UTA at LAC 10:00 PM
UTA -1.5
U 220.5
+500 +500

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DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

06/18/2021.......0-4-0.....0.00%.....-22.00
06/17/2021.......1-1-0....50.00%.......-0.50
06/16/2021.......2-2-0....50.00%.......-1.00
06/15/2021.......2-0-0..100.00%.....+10.00
06/14/2021.......2-2-0...50.00%........-1.00
06/13/2021.......4-0-0..100.00%......+20.00
06/12/2021.......1-1-0....50.00%........-0.50
06/11/2021.......0-4-0......0.00%.......-22.00
06/10/2021.......3-1-0.....75.00%.......+9.50
06/09/2021.......2-0-0....100.00%.....+10.00
06/08/2021.......0-3-1......12.50%......-16.50
06/07/2021 ......2-2-0 .....50.00%....... -1.00
06/06/2021 ......2-2-0..... 50.00% ......-.1.00
06/05/2021 ......1-1-0..... 50.00%...... -.0.50
06/04/2021...... 0-2-0....... 0.00% .....-11.00
06/03/2021 ......2-2-0 ......50.00% .....-.1.00
06/02/2021...... 4-4-0 ......50.00% .....-.2.00
06/01/2021 ......4-2-0 ......66.67% ....+.9.00

Totals.............33-33-1.......50.00%.....- 21.50


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BEST BETS:

06/18/2021...............0 - 4 - 0.............- 22.00
06/17/2021...............1 - 1 - 0..............- 0.50
06/16/2021...............2 - 2 - 0...............-1.00
06/15/2021...............2 - 0 - 0.............+ 10.00
06/14/2021...............2 - 2 - 0..............- 1.00
06/13/2021...............4 - 0 - 0...........,+ 20.00
06/12//2021..............1 - 1 - 0..............- 0.50
06/11/2021...............0 - 4 - 0..............-22.00
06/10/2021...............3 - 1 - 0...............+9.50
06/09/2021...............2 - 0 - 0..............+10.00
06/08/2021...............0 - 3 - 1...............-16.50
06/07/2021...............2 - 2 - 0............... - 1.00
06/06/2021...............2 - 2 - 0................- 1.00
06/05/2021...............1 - 1 - 0................- 0.50
06/04/2021...............0 - 2 - 0................-11.00
06/02/2021...............2 - 2 - 0................- 1.00
06/01/2021...............4 - 1 - 0...............+14.50

Totals:.....................28 - 28- 1..............-- 16.00

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Saturday’s 6-pack
MLB leaders in RBI:
56— Rafael Devers, Bos/Vladimir Guerrero, Tor
53— Jose Abreu, CWS
50— Olson, Meadows, Ohtani, Tatis
49— Jesus Aguilar Mia/Trey Mancini Balt
48— Duvall, YGurriel, Walsh
47— Adolis Garcia, Tex

Quote of the Day
“If he’s a good hitter, why doesn’t he hit good?”
Billy Beane, Moneyball

Saturday’s quiz
On which college campus where parts of the famous movie Animal House filmed?

Friday’s quiz
Bob Melvin manages the Oakland A’s; he also managed Seattle and Arizona.

Thursday’s quiz
Nate McMillan played his college basketball at North Carolina State.

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

13) Clippers 131, Jazz 119:
— Utah led 72-50 at halftime.
— LA outscored Jazz 81-47 in second half.
— Clippers are in NBA’s Final Four for first time ever.

12) 76ers 104, Hawks 99:
— Game 7 is Sunday in Philadelphia.
— Seth Curry, who has a famous brother, scored 24 for the 76ers.
— Atlanta was 13-24 on foul line, lost by five points.

11) Pirates 11, Indians 10— Pittsburgh is just second team in last 100 years to end a losing streak of 10+ games, by winning a game in which they allowed 10+ runs.

’82 Cubs were the other team, if you were wondering.

10) There have been 15 unassisted triple plays in MLB history, last of which was in 2009, by Eric Bruntlett of the Phillies. 8 shortstops, 5 second basemen and 2 first basemen have pulled this off.

In 1968, Washington Senators’ SS Ron Hansen pulled off an unassisted triple play; it was the first one in the majors since 1927- there wasn’t another one until 1992.

9) I am told there have been 726 triple plays in major league history.

8) This is just random weirdness.

— Orioles lost their last 19 road games; their last road win was May 5, when John Means threw a no-hitter in Seattle. Means is currently on the IL.

— Diamondbacks lost their last 23 road games; their last road win was April 25, when Madison Bumgarner threw a 7-inning no-hitter in Atlanta. Bumgarner is also currently on the IL.

7) Guy on ESPN’s Daily Wager gave out Brewers-Rockies under 9 runs on Thursday’s show; if you’re getting paid to give out picks, preferably winning picks, why give out an under play for a game at Coors Field, especially when Brandon Woodruff is now 0-1, 9.24 in three career starts vs Colorado, and that ERA actually came down during this game, a 7-3 Colorado win???

6) Giants’ IF Wilmer Flores’ walk-up song is the theme from the old TV show Friends; back when Flores was coming up thru the minor leagues, he learned most of his English by watching lots and lots of Friends episodes (Flores is from Venezuela). He’s not the only one either; have heard that story about a few big league ballplayers.

5) Mets have doubleheaders today, Monday and Friday, which is probably why they hesitated to put Jason deGrom on the IL; they could use his help during this difficult time in their schedule.

4) July is going to be a fascinating month in baseball; what teams give up and trade players, and which teams will be adding salary to try and win now?

3) Celtics traded G Kemba Walker to Oklahoma City in an oddly-timed trade; I didn’t even know you could announce trades during the playoffs.

Boston gets Al Horford, Moses Brown and some payroll flexibility; Walker will make $73M over the next two years, Horford $53M. There were also draft picks exchanged.

Oklahoma City now owns 18 first round picks to use in the next seven drafts.

2) Something to watch for in tonight’s Game 7 in the NBA: Milwaukee had 26 fast break points in Game 6, Brooklyn only 4. Can the Nets stop Milwaukee from running?

1) If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL— Mets, Cubs, Giants. Wild Card: San Diego @ Dodgers
AL— Rays, White Sox, A’s. Wild Card: Houston @ Boston

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[Udog]

521MILWAUKEE -522 BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN is 13-1 ATS (11.9 Units) in home games versus explosive offensive teams - scoring 110+ points/game - 2nd half of the season in the current season.




NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, June 19

Milwaukee @ Brooklyn
Bucks
— Giannis/Middleton shot a combined 23-36 from floor in Game 6.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Under is 9-4-1 in last 14 Milwaukee games.
— Bucks’ starters were a combined +96 in Game 6.
— Milwaukee’s bench shot a combined 32-92 so far in series.
— Tucker played 69:00 in last two games, was combined 1-9 from floor.
— Bucks outscored Nets 23-8 on foul line in Game 6.

Nets (series 3-3)
— Brooklyn scored 125-115-114 points in its series wins, 83-96-89 in losses.
— Nets won/covered their last nine home games.
— Durant had 81 points in last two games; he had 7 turnovers in Game 6.
— Harden played 86:00 in last two games; he had 16 points in Game 6.
— Under is 6-0-1 in last seven Brooklyn games.
— Bucks were +12 on boards in Game 6.

— Home side won all six series games (5-0-1 ATS)
— Bucks are 0-4 ATS in last four visits to Brooklyn.
— Under is 7-0-1 in last eight series games.




NBA

Saturday, June 19
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Trend Report

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Milwaukee @ Brooklyn
Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Milwaukee's last 8 games when playing Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Brooklyn is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home


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NBA
Dunkel

Saturday, June 19

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SATURDAY, JUNE 19
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

MIL at BK 08:30 PM
MIL +1.0
O 215.0
+500 +500

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DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

06/19/2021.......2-0-0...100.00%...+10.00
06/18/2021.......0-4-0.....0.00%.....-22.00
06/17/2021.......1-1-0....50.00%.......-0.50
06/16/2021.......2-2-0....50.00%.......-1.00
06/15/2021.......2-0-0..100.00%.....+10.00
06/14/2021.......2-2-0...50.00%........-1.00
06/13/2021.......4-0-0..100.00%......+20.00
06/12/2021.......1-1-0....50.00%........-0.50
06/11/2021.......0-4-0......0.00%.......-22.00
06/10/2021.......3-1-0.....75.00%.......+9.50
06/09/2021.......2-0-0....100.00%.....+10.00
06/08/2021.......0-3-1......12.50%......-16.50
06/07/2021 ......2-2-0 .....50.00%....... -1.00
06/06/2021 ......2-2-0..... 50.00% ......-.1.00
06/05/2021 ......1-1-0..... 50.00%...... -.0.50
06/04/2021...... 0-2-0....... 0.00% .....-11.00
06/03/2021 ......2-2-0 ......50.00% .....-.1.00
06/02/2021...... 4-4-0 ......50.00% .....-.2.00
06/01/2021 ......4-2-0 ......66.67% ....+.9.00

Totals.............35-33-1.......51.47%.....- 11.50


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BEST BETS:

06/19/2021...............2 - 0 - 0.............+10.00
06/18/2021...............0 - 4 - 0.............- 22.00
06/17/2021...............1 - 1 - 0..............- 0.50
06/16/2021...............2 - 2 - 0...............-1.00
06/15/2021...............2 - 0 - 0.............+ 10.00
06/14/2021...............2 - 2 - 0..............- 1.00
06/13/2021...............4 - 0 - 0...........,+ 20.00
06/12//2021..............1 - 1 - 0..............- 0.50
06/11/2021...............0 - 4 - 0..............-22.00
06/10/2021...............3 - 1 - 0...............+9.50
06/09/2021...............2 - 0 - 0..............+10.00
06/08/2021...............0 - 3 - 1...............-16.50
06/07/2021...............2 - 2 - 0............... - 1.00
06/06/2021...............2 - 2 - 0................- 1.00
06/05/2021...............1 - 1 - 0................- 0.50
06/04/2021...............0 - 2 - 0................-11.00
06/02/2021...............2 - 2 - 0................- 1.00
06/01/2021...............4 - 1 - 0...............+14.50

Totals:.....................30 - 28- 1..............-- 6.00

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Sunday’s 6-pack
Best road records in MLB:
23-11— Boston
19-10— Oakland
24-15— Tampa Bay
22-16— San Francisco
19-14— Milwaukee
20-15— LA Dodgers

Quote of the Day
“There’s no such thing as a sure thing, that’s why they call it gambling.”
Oscar Madison, The Odd Couple

Sunday’s quiz
What year did the Dodgers move to Los Angeles?

Saturday’s quiz
Parts of the famous movie Animal House were filmed at the University of Oregon.

Friday’s quiz
Bob Melvin manages the Oakland A’s; he also managed Seattle and Arizona.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

13) Bucks 115, Nets 111 (OT)
— Milwaukee wins series in seven games.
— Last time a Game 7 went to OT? 2006, Dallas-San Antonio.
— Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 40 points for the Bucks.
— Kevin Durant played all 53:00, scored 48 points.

12) Durant’s performance was totally amazing; the guy tore his Achilles June 10, 2019, yet he played 47:00/game in Games 5-7 here, and at a really high level. Achilles injuries are difficult to come back from.

11) Blue Jays 10, Orioles 7:
— Mountcastle hit three HR’s, Mullins hit two, but Baltimore still lost.
— Toronto scored six runs in the 9th for the comeback win.
— Orioles’ first six hits in this game were all home runs.

10) Dodgers 9, Arizona 3— How depressing must it be to be in the Arizona traveling party these days? They’ve lost 16 games in a row, 30 of last 32. Hard to believe any of the coaches will be back next year; those are lucrative jobs.

Just a bad year overall for Arizona; the GM’s wife has cancer, which is way worse, obviously, than the baseball stuff, but they could use something good to happen in the desert.

9) Walker Buehler had a no-hitter until the 8th inning of that game; there were lot of people wearing blue in Phoenix this weekend, rooting on the world champs.

8) Padres 7, Reds 5— Joey Votto/David Bell got tossed in the first inning for arguing balls and strikes. I mean, San Diego is throwing a bullpen game and you get tossed in the first inning?

7) Mets split a doubleheader in Washington; they host Atlanta for a twinbill on Monday, then host the Phillies for another one Friday. Three doubleheaders in seven days, with the health of star pitcher Jacob deGrom a big ???? Could be a long week in Flushing.

6) Mariners 6, Rays 5— Tampa Bay won Tyler Glasnow’s last start Monday, but they’re 0-5 since he went on the IL with a UCL problem. Without Glasnow to anchor their rotation, they have been stretching out the starters who usually only face the opposing lineup twice a game.

5) Statistical oddity; Milwaukee is 39-32, but they’ve given up four more runs than they’ve scored this season.

4) Tuesday there is a big meeting about expanding the college football playoff system from four teams to 12. Too much money to be made for it not to happen, but if it does happen, apparently it won’t be until 2023. It’ll be a big deal when it happens.

Imagine the politics inside that meeting? All those highly-paid administrators trying to get guarantees for their leagues. Lot of weasels in that room, for sure.

3) Los Angeles Lakers fired their trainer for second time in three years; before that, the previous trainer had been there for 30+ years. Maybe they should bring him back?

2) Cardinals-Braves are not only a day/night doubleheader today, but the night game is on ESPN; Sunday Night Baseball has a seven-inning game. No bueno.

Braves fly to New York after and play a twinbill against the Mets Monday; that should be fun.

1) A newspaper writer from Mississippi finished last in his fantasy football league last year; the penalty for finishing last is that you have to spend 24 consecutive hours in a Waffle House restaurant, with an hour taken off the sentence for every waffle you eat.

I love waffles, but Waffle House waffles are large, about the size of a plate. This guy winds up downing nine waffles, spending 15 hours inside the restaurant this week.

Some quick thoughts:
— This guy gave Waffle House so much free publicity, he should get free waffles for a year.
— Is it strange that they didn’t care that he sat there for 15 consecutive hours?
— I’m curious when the last time he ate was before going to Waffle House.
— You have to use maple syrup, right? Dry waffles might not go down well.

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533ATLANTA -534 PHILADELPHIA
ATLANTA is 14-35 ATS (-24.5 Units) in road games as a dog of 3.5 to 9.5 in the last 3 seasons.

535LA CLIPPERS -536 PHOENIX
PHOENIX is 15-2 ATS (12.8 Units) as a home favorite of 6 points or less in the current season.




NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, June 20

Atlanta @ Philadelphia
Hawks (series 3-3)
— Hawks won 14 of last 19 games (12-7 ATS).
— Under is 11-2-1 in their last 14 games.
— Atlanta’s series wins are by 3-3-4 points, losses by 16-16-5 points.
— Hawks are 4-2 ATS in road playoff games.
— In series so far, Atlanta subs are +41, starters minus-176.
— Hawks were 20-47 on the arc in Game 1, 48-250 in Games 2-6.
— Bogdanovic seems to be a key; he was only 3-11 in Game 6.

76ers
— 76ers are first team ever to blow leads of 18+ points in consecutive playoff games.
— Embiid scored 59 points in last two games, playing with torn meniscus.
— 76ers won 17 of their last 23 games (14-9 ATS).
— Under is 4-1 in last five Philly games.
— Simmons is 14-43 on foul line in this series; no bueno.
— Philly’s starters are +179 so far in this series.
— Maxey scored 16 in 29:00 off bench in Game 6.
— Philly is in this round for third time in four years; its been 20 years since they got beyond this round.

— 76ers are 7-5 SU in last 12 games vs Atlanta.
— Hawks are 2-4 ATS in last six visits to Philly.
— Under is 4-1 in last five series games.

LA Clippers @ Phoenix
Clippers (Game 1)
— Clippers have been playing every other day since June 2.
— Clippers won last two series, after falling behind 2-0 in both.
— Four starters played 36:00+ in Friday’s Game 6 win.
— LA outscored Utah 81-47 in 2nd half of Friday’s 131-119 win.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Clippers are 4-1-1 ATS in last six road games.

Suns
— Suns haven’t played in a week, but Chris Paul is out.
— Phoenix won 11 of its last 13 games overall.
— Suns are 4-1 ATS in their last five home games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Phoenix allowed 105 or fewer points in 7 of 8 playoff wins.
— Suns are in playoffs for first time in a decade.
— Phoenix scored 121.5 ppg in their sweep of Denver.

— Chris Paul/Kawhi Leonard won’t play in this game.
— Clippers won five of last six series games.
— LA is 3-3 ATS in last six visits to Phoenix.
— Under is 4-2 in last six series games.

NBA

Sunday, June 20
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Trend Report

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LA Clippers @ Phoenix
LA Clippers
No trends to report
Phoenix
No trends to report

Atlanta @ Philadelphia
Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games


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NBA
Dunkel

Sunday, June 20

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