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**Udog** · 04-15-2021, 01:24 PM

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**Udog** · 04-15-2021, 01:24 PM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Odds for this week’s RBC Heritage golf tournament:
19-2— Dustin Johnson
13-1— Webb Simpson
17-1— Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay
19-1— Daniel Berger
23-1— Tyrell Hatton
28-1— Cam Smith, Paul Casey, Will Zalatoris

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

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Armadillo: Thursday's Den: Doing some thinking out loud……..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

**Udog** · 04-15-2021, 01:26 PM

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

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

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

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Thursday, April 15

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

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

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

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

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, April 15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

**Udog** · 04-15-2021, 01:27 PM

**Udog** · 04-15-2021, 01:41 PM

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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