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**Udog** · 03-27-2021, 09:32 AM

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**Udog** · 03-27-2021, 09:32 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

Active leaders in career home runs:
662— Albert Pujols
487— Miguel Cabrera
424— Edwin Encarnación
417— Nelson Cruz
352— Ryan Braun
334— Robinson Cano

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 545,357
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

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Armadillo: Saturday's Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind……..

13) You know your life is good when someone offers you $120 million for six years, and you turn them down. Thats what Astros’ SS Carlos Correa did this week. No thanks to $120M.

Correa is represented by the William Morris Agency; they must be pretty sure Correa will get more than $20M a year down the road, or maybe they wanted opt-outs in the middle, or who knows? Correa will make $11,700,000 this year, is a free agent next winter.

12) As recently as 2010, starting pitchers in the major leagues threw 100+ pitches in 50% of their games, so half the time the starter threw 100+ pitches.

Last year? Starters threw 100+ pitches 10% of the time, as analytics people hammer home the idea that facing hitters a third time in a game is a bad thing.

11) An “immaculate inning” is when a pitcher strikes out the side on nine pitches; doesn’t happen much. 94 major league pitchers have done it.

Nolan Ryan is the only pitcher ever to throw an immaculate inning in both leagues.

10) Pitchers Max Fried (Braves), Jack Flaherty (Cardinals) and Lucas Giolito (White Sox) all went to the same high school, Harvard-Westlake in Los Angeles. They were all on the baseball team at the same time; they all have the same agent and they’ll all start on Opening Day this season.

Apparently it cost $42,000 a year to go Harvard-Westlake; 42 grand a year for freakin’ high school. Yikes.

9) Heard this stat again on TV the other night, it is staggering; Minnesota Twins have lost their last 18 playoff games. They’ve had good teams; losing 18 playoff games in a row is staggering.

8) NBA is going to have a play-in tournament in mid-May, just before their playoffs start:
— #7 and #8-seeds will play one game, winner gets #7-seed in playoffs.
— #9 and #10-seeds will play one game, loser gets eliminated.
— Winner of the second game plays the loser of the first game, winner gets the #8-seed.

7) There were 40 players traded at the NBA trading deadline Wednesday, the most of any deadline in the last 30 years.

6) Saw this note several times Wednesday and thought it was a joke; about the 4th time I saw it posted, I realized it was true- over the next seven NBA drafts, Oklahoma City Thunder has 34 draft choices, 17 in the first round, 17 in the second.

NBA rosters are only 15 players; what are they going to do with all that draft capital? They could field two teams. Will be interesting to see what they do from here on in.

5) Seattle Seahawks have only 3 picks in this year’s draft; Philadelphia has 11.

4) Miami Dolphins were busy Friday, they traded the #3 pick in this draft to the 49ers for the #12 pick and other stuff, then traded the #12 pick and other stuff to the Eagles for the #6 pick.

Miami has five picks in the first three rounds of next month’s draft; the main question though, isn’t draft picks, it is whether Tua Tagovailoa is good enough to be their franchise quarterback.

3) AL East rivals New York-Boston will play six series this season, five of them weekend series. Of the five Sunday games, four of them are on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball.

Not much original thinking there. How about promoting some other teams, or showing more west coast teams. Show the Angels/Padres more, or Houston- they have good players. People would like to see Trout, Tatis or Altuve more.

2) College basketball stuff:
Shaka Smart bolts Texas for Marquette. Smart was 109-86 at Texas, 51-56 in regular season conference games, 0-3 in NCAA Tournament games.

His Longhorns won the Big X tournament this year, but the first round loss to Abilene Christian ended the season on a dark note. Since making the Final Four at VCU in 2014, Smart is 2-7 in NCAA Tournament games. Right or wrong, that is what people remember.

Is Marquette a better job than Texas? Texas hasn’t made the Sweet 16 since 2008, Marquette made it in three of last four years under Buzz Williams (2011-13) but that was a while ago. Hiring Steve Wojciechowski was a blunder; Smart is an upgrade over him.

Big X is a tough league; been ranked 1st or 2nd the last eight seasons. Big East has usually been 3rd during that time. We’ll see how things turn out, but Smart’s seat was getting hot in Austin, and now he gets a fresh start at Marquette.

1) Random movie/TV trivia: Actress Mariska Hargitay, the star of Law and Order SVU, is the daughter of the famous actress Jayne Mansfield. Didn’t know that.

**Udog** · 03-27-2021, 09:33 AM

533DETROIT -534 WASHINGTON
DETROIT is 151-192 ATS (-60.2 Units) vs. poor rebounding teams - outrebounded by opponents by 3+ per game since 1996.

535HOUSTON -536 MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) in home games versus poor foul drawing teams - attempting <=24 free throws/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

537NEW YORK -538 MILWAUKEE
NEW YORK is 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) revenging a road blowout loss vs opponent of 20 points or more over the last 2 seasons.

539CHICAGO -540 SAN ANTONIO
CHICAGO is 13-2 ATS (10.8 Units) in road games versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game in the current season.

543BOSTON -544 OKLAHOMA CITY
OKLAHOMA CITY is 93-73 ATS (12.7 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 106+ points/game in the last 3 seasons.

545MEMPHIS -546 UTAH
UTAH is 9-0 ATS (9 Units) in home games versus good shooting teams - making >=46% of their shots in the current season.

547CLEVELAND -548 SACRAMENTO
CLEVELAND is 25-43 ATS (-22.3 Units) in non-conference games in the last 3 seasons.

**Udog** · 03-27-2021, 09:36 AM

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, March 27

Detroit @ Washington
Pistons (12-32)
— Detroit lost 13 of its last 17 games
— Pistons are 9-4 ATS in last 13 games overall.
— Under is 13-7 in Detroit’s last 20 games.

Wizards (15-28)
— Wizards lost nine of last 11 games (4-7 ATS)
— Washington is 6-4 ATS in its last ten road games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Over is 3-1 in their last four home games

— Wizards won four of last six series games.
— Detroit is 0-4 ATS in last four visits to Washington.
— Under is 5-3 in last eight series games.

New York @ Milwaukee
Knicks (23-22)
— New York won three of its last four games.
— Knicks are 7-3 ATS in their last ten road games.
— Under is 4-1 in New York’s last five games.

Bucks (29-15)
— Milwaukee won 13 of its last 15 games
— Bucks are 6-5 ATS in last 11 home games.
— Over is 8-2 in Milwaukee’s last ten home games.

— Bucks won eight of last ten series games.
— Knicks are 0-4-1 ATS in last five visits to Milwaukee.
— Last three series games went over the total.

Houston @ Minnesota
Rockets (12-32)
— Houston lost 22 of its last 23 games (3-20 ATS).
— Rockets are 2-8 ATS in last ten road games.
— Under is 5-1 in their last six games.

Timberwolves (11-34)
— Minnesota is 4-5 SU since All-Star break.
— Wolves are 2-4 ATS in their last six games overall.
— Over is 9-5 in their last 14 games.

— Rockets lost 107-101 here last night.
— Houston won five of last six series games (4-2 ATS)
— Rockets are 3-4 ATS in last seven visits to Minnesota.
— Over is 6-5 in last 11 series games.

Chicago @ San Antonio
Bulls (19-24)
— Chicago lost four of its last five games SU.
— Bulls are 6-1 ATS in their last seven road games.
— Under is 7-1 in their last eight games.

Spurs (22-20)
— San Antonio lost its last four games.
— Spurs are 4-6 ATS in last ten home games.
— Under is 7-4 in Spurs’ last 11 games.

— Spurs won five of last seven series games.
— Bulls are 2-2 ATS in last four trips to the Alamo.
— Under is 5-4-1 in last ten series games.

Dallas @ New Orleans
Mavericks (23-20)
— Mavericks split their last eight games.
— Mavericks are 5-4 ATS in last nine road games.
— Under is 11-4 in last 15 Dallas games.

Pelicans (19-25)
— New Orleans won four of its last seven games.
— Pelicans are 3-1 ATS in their last four home games.
— Over is 23-8-2 in their last 33 games.

— Dallas won last five series games.
— Mavericks are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to New Orleans.
— Over is 7-3 in last ten series games.

Boston @ Oklahoma City
Celtics (22-23)
— Boston is 3-6 SU since the All-Star break.
— Celtics are 3-9 ATS in their last 12 road games.
— Over is 5-0 in their last five road games.

Thunder (19-24)
— Thunder are 4-4 SU since the All-Star break.
— OKC is 4-5 ATS in their last nine home games.
— Over is 6-0 in their last six home games.

— Boston won five of last six series games.
— Celtics are 3-1-1 ATS in last five visits to Oklahoma.
— Under is 4-2 in last six series games.

Memphis @ Utah
Grizzlies (21-21)
— Memphis won four of its last six games.
— Grizzlies are 10-3 ATS in last 13 games overall.
— Under is 13-6 in their last 19 games.

Jazz (33-11)
— Utah won its last four games overall.
— Jazz is 14-2-1 ATS in its last 17 home games.
— Under is 4-2 in Utah’s last six games.

— Utah beat Memphis 117-114 here last night.
— Jazz won last four series games (3-1 ATS).
— Grizzlies are 4-2 ATS in last six visits to Utah.
— Over is 6-5 in last 11 series games.

Philadelphia @ LA Clippers
76ers (32-13)
— 76ers won 15 of their last 18 games.
— Sixers are 5-1 ATS in their last six road games.
— Under is 6-1 in Philly’s last seven road games.

Clippers (30-16)
— Clippers won five of their last six games.
— Clippers are 7-2 ATS in last nine home games.
— Under is 4-2 in their last six games.

— Philly won five of last six series games.
— 76ers are 4-1 ATS in last five series games played here.
— Under is 5-2 in last seven series games.

Cleveland @ Sacramento
Cavaliers (17-28)
— Cleveland is 3-6 SU since the All-Star break.
— Cavaliers are 3-13 ATS in their last 16 road games.
— Five of last seven Cleveland games went over the total.

Kings (20-25)
— Sacramento is 6-3 SU since the All-Star break.
— Kings are 3-7 ATS in their last ten home games.
— Under is 6-3 in Sacramento’s last nine games.

— Kings won last four series games.
— Cavaliers are 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Sacramento.
— Over is 6-3 in last nine series games.

**Udog** · 03-27-2021, 09:38 AM

NBA

Saturday, March 27

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Trend Report
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Detroit @ Washington
Detroit
Detroit is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
Washington is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Detroit

New York @ Milwaukee
New York
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New York's last 5 games
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against New York
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games at home

Houston @ Minnesota
Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Minnesota's last 15 games when playing at home against Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing Houston

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

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

Dallas @ New Orleans
Dallas
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans
Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans
New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 18 of New Orleans's last 23 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of New Orleans's last 8 games when playing at home against Dallas

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

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

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

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**Udog** · 03-27-2021, 10:46 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Saturday, March 27

**Udog** · 03-27-2021, 11:27 AM

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Saturday's NBA Trends and Indexes - 3/27

Saturday's NBA Trends and Indexes - 3/27

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