Sunday's NBA Trends and Indexes - 4/18

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Trends and Indexes

Sunday, April 18

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Armadillo: Sunday's six-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
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Armadillo: 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.

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Sunday, April 18

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Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, April 18

Indiana @ Atlanta
Pacers (26-29)
— Indiana won five of its last eight games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Pacers are 7-3 ATS in their last ten road games.
— Over is 4-2 in Indiana’s last six games.

Hawks (30-26)
— Hawks is 16-6 SU since they changed coaches.
— Hawks are 8-2 ATS in their last ten home games.
— Under is 5-2 in their last seven games.

— Indiana won eight of last nine series games.
— Pacers are 4-2 ATS in last six visits to Atlanta.
— Over is 5-2 in last seven series games.

New Orleans @ New York
Pelicans (25-31)
— New Orleans won three of its last five games.
— Pelicans are 6-10 ATS in their last 16 road games.
— Over is 6-4 in their last ten games.

Knicks (30-27)
— New York won/covered its last five games.
— Knicks are 6-2 ATS in their last eight home games.
— Over is 6-2 in New York’s last eight games.

— Knicks won by 10 in New Orleans Wednesday.
— Pelicans won six of last nine series games.
— New Orleans is 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Manhattan.
— Over is 4-1 in last five series games.

Brooklyn @ Miami
Nets (38-18)
— Brooklyn is 4-3 SU its last seven games.
— Nets are 6-4 ATS in last ten road games.
— Over is 5-1 in last six Brooklyn games.

Heat (28-28)
— Miami lost its last three games SU.
— Heat is 2-6 ATS in last eight home games.
— Over is 5-0 in their last five home games.

— Brooklyn won four of last six series games.
— Nets covered three of last four visits to Miami.
— Three of last four series games went over.

Portland @ Charlotte
Trailblazers (32-23)
— Portland lost four of its last six games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Blazers are 3-7 ATS in last ten road games.
— Under is 6-2 in Portland’s last eight games.

Hornets (27-28)
— Charlotte lost its last four games SU.
— Hornets are 3-6 ATS in their last nine games.
— Under is 15-5 in Charlotte’s last 20 games.

— Portland won last seven series games.
— Trailblazers are 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Charlotte.
— Last three series games went over the total.

Houston @ Orlando
Rockets (14-42)
— Houston lost 32 of its last 35 games (8-27 ATS).
— Rockets are 3-3 ATS in last six road games.
— Over is 6-1-1 in their last eight games.

Magic (18-38)
— Orlando lost 20 of its last 25 games.
— Magic is 1-3 ATS in last four home games.
— Over is 7-2 in their last nine games overall.

— Houston won seven of last nine series games.
— Rockets are 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Orlando.
— Over is 4-1-1 in last six series games.

Oklahoma City @ Toronto
Thunder (20-36)
— Thunder lost nine in row, 12 of last 13 games.
— OKC is 5-8 ATS in their last 13 road games.
— Under is 10-2 in their last dozen road games.

Raptors (23-34)
— Toronto won three of its last five games.
— Raptors are 2-4 ATS in their last six home games.
— Over is 5-2 in their last seven games.

— OKC won six of last eight series games.
— Thunder covered last five road series games.
— Over is 7-2-1 in last ten series games.

Sacramento @ Dallas
Kings (22-34)
— Sacramento lost its last nine games.
— Kings are 1-4 ATS in their last five road games.
— Over is 5-3 in Sacramento’s last eight road games.

Mavericks (30-25)
— Mavericks lost three of their last four games.
— Mavericks are 3-5 ATS in last eight home games.
— Under is 19-8 in last 27 Dallas games.

— Mavericks won last three series games.
— Kings are covered four of their last five visits to Dallas.
— Four of last five series games went over the total.

Minnesota @ LA Clippers
Timberwolves (15-42)
— Minnesota lost 11 of its last 16 games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Wolves are 3-5 ATS in last eight road games.
— Over is 6-2 in their last eight games.

Clippers (39-19)
— Clippers won 13 of their last 16 games.
— Clippers are 4-1 ATS in last five home games.
— Three of Clippers’ last four home games went over the total.

— Clippers won five of last six series games.
— Minnesota is 1-3 ATS in last four road series games.
— Over is 7-3 in last ten series games.

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Sunday, April 18

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Trend Report
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Indiana @ Atlanta
Indiana
Indiana is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Atlanta
Indiana is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing at home against Indiana
Atlanta is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games at home

New Orleans @ New York
New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games when playing New York
New Orleans is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing New York
New York
New York is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
New York is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Brooklyn @ Miami
Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 6 games
Brooklyn is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Miami
Miami
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Miami's last 8 games

Portland @ Charlotte
Portland
Portland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Charlotte
Portland is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Charlotte
Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Charlotte's last 9 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Charlotte's last 16 games

Oklahoma City @ Toronto
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Oklahoma City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games

Houston @ Orlando
Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games
Houston is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Orlando
Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Orlando's last 9 games
Orlando is 15-7 ATS in its last 22 games when playing Houston

Sacramento @ Dallas
Sacramento
Sacramento is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Sacramento is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Dallas's last 12 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games when playing at home against Sacramento

Minnesota @ LA Clippers
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Minnesota's last 12 games on the road
LA Clippers
LA Clippers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
LA Clippers is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games


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Hoop Trends for Sunday April 18
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Indiana at Atlanta (1:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Hawks are 10-0-1 ATS (6.82 ppg) with more than one day of rest after playing as a home dog last game.

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

-- The Mavericks are 0-11 ATS (-11.77 ppg) off a home game in which they scored fewer than 10 fast break points.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Brooklyn at Miami (3:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Heat are 12-0-2 OU (8.61 ppg) at home after they had assists on at least 75 percent of their field goals last game.

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

-- The Rockets are 0-15-1 OU (-8.16 ppg) coming off a 10+ point loss as a home dog.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)