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**Udog** · 04-20-2021, 07:18 AM

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**Udog** · 04-20-2021, 07:18 AM

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

NBA leaders in scoring:
31.1— Bradley Beal, Wash
31.0— Steph Curry, GSt
28.7— Damian Lillard, Port
28.6— Luka Doncic, Dal
28.4— Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milw
27.5— Zach LaVine, Chi

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 567,557
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

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Armadillo: Tuesday's Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

13) QB Alex Smith retired Monday, ending a 16-year career; he suffered a severely broken leg in 2018, wound up having 17 surgeries, had his life threatened by infection, but fought back and wound up starting six games for Washington LY, winning five of them.

All in all, Smith had a 99-67-1 record as a QB; he was the first player taken in the 2005 draft, after playing for Urban Meyer at Utah. He’s also the answer to a future trivia question; he was the Chiefs’ QB before Patrick Mahomes.

If you get a chance to see the film ESPN did on Smith’s recovery (Project 11) it is worth your time. It is stunning, all he went through so he could play football again. Very tough guy, this Alex Smith. I am hoping he goes on TV so we can learn from him.

12) There isn’t enough “nice” in the world these days, but CNN’s Wolf Blitzer did a nice thing Monday night. This week is the 20th anniversary of Dr Sanjay Gupta working for CNN- they put together a highlight reel from the past 20 years of Dr Gupta on TV, and CNN showed it while Wolf Blitzer had him on the air Monday. It was pretty cool.

Dr Gupta is an accomplished neurosurgeon; over the past year, I’ve learned a lot from listening to him on TV. He didn’t get a haircut until he got his vaccine; I haven’t had a haircut since last summer because of that— now I look like Albert Einstein ��

Good news is my first vaccine shot is Sunday. Then, thanks to Dr Gupta, I can get my haircut.

11) Tampa Bay Rays went 90-72 in 2018, then made the playoffs the last two years, so they’re doing great stuff with a very limited payroll- they made the World Series last year.

But they do some unusual things; they firmly believe that the starting pitcher shouldn’t face the opponents’ lineup more than twice. Last year, they took Blake Snell out of a World Series game when he was rolling; it went against the grain, it didn’t work and they got ripped for it.

Monday night in Kansas City, Josh Fleming had a 2-0 lead in the 6th inning- he had allowed only two baserunners, but when Whit Merrifield came up for his third AB, out came Kavin Cash and Fleming went to the showers. They have their philosophy, and they stick to it.

Tampa Bay’s bullpen held the lead last night, they improved to 9-8. Can’t argue with their results, but their tactics can make you shake your head.

10) In his first two starts, Washington’s Joe Ross threw 11 shutout innings, and one of those starts was against the Dodgers, so I sat down to watch him pitch last night, to see if I wanted to pick him up for my fantasy team. It didn’t go well.

Cardinals attacked Ross’s pitches like they were smashng a piñata; he gave up ten runs in 4.1 IP, as St Louis hammered the Nationals 12-5. Go figure.

9) Warriors 107, 76ers 96— Steph Curry made 10-17 3-pointers, scored 49 points, as he tries to carry the Warriors on his back to the playoffs.

8) Nuggets 139, Grizzlies 137, 2OT— Nikola Jokic scored 41 points, grabbed 15 rebounds, also had eight assists, as Denver improved to 37-20.

7) San Jose Sharks’ F Patrick Marleau played in his 1,768th career NHL game Monday night in Las Vegas, breaking the previous record, held by Gordie Howe. Anytime you break a record held by Gordie Howe, thats impressive.

6) Former Michigan quarterback Joe Milton will transfer to Tennessee; he’s going to graduate from Michigan next month, so he should be eligible to play this fall. Milton will have three years of eligibility left; he started five games LY, but was replaced near the end of the season.

5) Kind of an alarming stat: Roughly 40% of all college basketball players who enter Division I directly out of high school leave their initial school by the end of their sophomore year. This is a chaotic time for college coaches; you have to re-recruit all your players, every year.

I’m going to need a vacation in October to try and sort out who is playing where in college basketball next winter. Sounds like a good excuse to visit Las Vegas for the first time in two years.

4) If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets-Reds-Dodgers. Wild Card: Giants-Brewers
AL: Red Sox-Royals-Mariners, Wild Card: Angels-A’s

3) Texas Rangers’ new ballpark appears to be a pitchers’ park; under is 7-2 in first nine games there this season. My question is this: did they make it a pitcher’s park on purpose?

Keep hearing how baseball wants more offense, then they build a pitchers’ park. Go figure.

2) Red Sox 11, White Sox 4— Patriots’ Day is a holiday in Boston; Red Sox have played at home every Patriots’ Day since 1959— the Boston Marathon is usually run that day (it’ll be in October this year). Red Sox play their annual Patriots’ Day game at 11am.

This year’s game was over by 11:30; first six Boston batters got hits, they all scored and they cruised to an 11-4 win over White Sox ace Lucas Giolito, who had an awful hour on the mound- he threw 46 pitches in the first inning.

All in all, the Red Sox are 71-53 on Patriots’ Day.

1) White Sox’ DH Yermin Mercedes pitched the 8th inning, making him the first White Sox player to DH and pitch in the same game since Adam LaRoche, on July 31, 2015.

Here’s the thing: in both of those games, games played six years apart, the opposing starting pitcher was Nathan Eovaldi.

**Udog** · 04-20-2021, 07:25 AM

519ORLANDO -520 ATLANTA
ORLANDO is 12-3 ATS (8.7 Units) in road games versus poor defensive teams - shooting pct defense of >=46% - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

521BROOKLYN -522 NEW ORLEANS
BROOKLYN is 10-2 ATS (7.8 Units) in road games in non-conference games in the current season.

523CHARLOTTE -524 NEW YORK
NEW YORK is 10-1 ATS (8.9 Units) revenging a road blowout loss vs opponent of 20 points or more over the last 2 seasons.

525MINNESOTA -526 SACRAMENTO
MINNESOTA is 16-36 ATS (-23.6 Units) versus poor foul drawing teams - attempting <=24 free throws/game - 2nd half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

527LA CLIPPERS -528 PORTLAND
LA CLIPPERS are 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) versus explosive offensive teams - scoring 110+ points/game - 2nd half of the season in the current season.

NBA
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Tuesday, April 20

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Tuesday, April 20

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Trend Report
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Orlando @ Atlanta
Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Orlando's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Orlando's last 5 games
Atlanta
Atlanta is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games at home
Atlanta is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home

Charlotte @ New York
Charlotte
Charlotte is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing New York
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Charlotte's last 7 games when playing on the road against 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 @ New Orleans
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Brooklyn's last 13 games when playing on the road against New Orleans
New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 12 of New Orleans's last 13 games when playing at home against Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 7 of New Orleans's last 8 games when playing Brooklyn

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

Minnesota @ Sacramento
Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 7 games
Sacramento
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Sacramento's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Sacramento's last 5 games when playing Minnesota

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, April 20

Orlando @ Atlanta
Magic (18-39)
— Orlando lost 21 of its last 26 games.
— Magic is 5-2 ATS in last seven road games.
— Over is 8-2 in their last ten games overall.

Hawks (31-26)
— Hawks is 17-6 SU since they changed coaches.
— Hawks are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 home games.
— Under is 5-3 in their last eight games.

— Magic won six of last nine series games.
— Orlando is 3-2 ATS in last five visits to Atlanta.
— Last three series games went over the total.

Charlotte @ New York
Hornets (28-28)
— Charlotte lost four of its last five games SU.
— Hornets are 6-3 ATS in their last nine road games.
— Under is 16-5 in Charlotte’s last 21 games.

Knicks (31-27)
— New York won/covered its last six games.
— Knicks are 7-2 ATS in their last nine home games.
— Over is 7-2 in New York’s last eight games.

— Charlotte won seven of last eight series games.
— Hornets are 2-1 ATS in last three visits to Manhattan.
— Under is 4-1 in last five series games.

Brooklyn @ New Orleans
Nets (38-19)
— Brooklyn is 4-4 SU its last eight games.
— Nets are 2-4 ATS in last six road games.
— Over is 5-2 in last seven Brooklyn games.

Pelicans (25-32)
— New Orleans lost its last three games, the last two in OT.
— Pelicans are 6-4 ATS in their last ten home games.
— Over is 7-4 in their last 11 games.

— Nets won/covered last four series games.
— Brooklyn is 3-1 ATS in last four visits to New Orleans.
— Over is 7-1 in last eight series games.

LA Clippers @ Portland
Clippers (40-19)
— Clippers won 14 of their last 17 games.
— Clippers are 4-1 ATS in last five road games.
— Last three Clipper games stayed under the total.

Trailblazers (32-24)
— Portland lost five of its last seven games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Blazers are 2-5 ATS in last seven home games.
— Under is 7-2 in Portland’s last nine games.

— Clippers won/covered last five series games.
— LA is 2-2 ATS in last four visits to Portland.
— Last three series games went over the total.

Minnesota @ Sacramento
Timberwolves (15-43)
— Minnesota lost 12 of its last 17 games.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Wolves are 3-6 ATS in last nine road games.
— Over is 6-3 in their last nine games.

Kings (23-34)
— Sacramento lost nine of its last ten games.
— Kings are 1-4 ATS in their last five home games.
— Under is 5-2 in Sacramento’s last seven games.

— Timberwolves won four of last six series games.
— Minnesota is 2-3 ATS in last five visits to Sacramento.
— Four of last five series games stayed under the total.

**Udog** · 04-20-2021, 10:50 AM

**Udog** · 04-20-2021, 02:01 PM

Hoop Trends for Tuesday April 20
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day:
Matchup: Charlotte at New York (7:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Knicks are 14-0 ATS (15.36 ppg) after allowing 50-plus points in the paint last game.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day:
Matchup: Minnesota at Sacramento (10:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Timberwolves are 0-11 ATS (-7.45 ppg) with rest off a game as a dog in which they had assists on at least 70 percent of their field goals.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day:
Matchup: Orlando at Atlanta (7:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Hawks are 9-0-2 OU (13.23 ppg) after Kevin Huerter shot better than 66 percent from the field last game.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day:
Matchup: Charlotte at New York (7:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Knicks are 0-10 OU (-11.25 ppg) at home off a home win where they were outscored by double digits in the paint.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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