Friday's NBA Trends and Indexes - 4/23

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Trends and Indexes

Friday, April 23

Good Luck on day #113 of 2021!

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Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Major league leaders in run differential:
+37— Dodgers
+24— Milwaukee
+23— Boston
+17— Cincinnati
+14— White Sox
+10— Toronto, San Francisco

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 569,438
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.


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Armadillo: Friday's Den: Random stuff with the weekend here…….

13) Cleveland pitcher Aaron Civale is on my fantasy baseball team; turned the Indians’ game on last night to watch him pitch against New York, thought he got squeezed by the home plate umpire in the first inning. Strike zone seemed to widen some when Cleveland batted.

I can be paranoid now and then, so checked at the boxscore to see who the home plate umpire was; as long as I didn’t see one name, it would be no big deal. But then I saw it……..

Sure enough, Will Bleepin’ Little was umpiring home plate; Cleveland wasn’t going to win.

12) Since the start of the 2015 season, Bronx Bombers are 12-1 when Little calls balls/strikes in their games; in the one loss, the last out was a fly ball to the fence that would’ve won the game.

Back in 2017, I was sitting at a bar having lunch, watching the A’s play in the Bronx; they lost 3-2, the only game A’s 2B Jed Lowrie has ever been thrown out of, that’s how bad Little was.

Sure enough, Indians lost 6-3 last night, though Civale did OK. Little shouldn’t be allowed to ump behind the plate when the Bronx Bombers are playing.

11) The new thing in baseball is having players who can play several positions; it helps if guys get hurt and makes teams more flexible, but I’m thinking it also hurts a team’s defense— if a guy is playing several positions, he has to practice lot of different throws, hard to excel at any one of the positions.

Watching lot of games every night, between the shifts putting fielders in unusual places, and guys playing several positions, think infield defense has suffered some so far this season.

10) St Louis Cardinals scored 44 runs in Jack Flaherty’s first four starts, winning all four.

Cardinals scored 7 runs in Carlos Martinez’s first four starts, losing all four.

9) Giants 3, Marlins 0— This is a genuinely weird stat; Giants’ backup C Curt Casali started this game, and for his 5th straight start, the Giants threw a shutout.

8) Arizona 14, Cincinnati 11 (10):
— Game was 2-1 Arizona after the 5th inning.
— David Peralta was 5-6 with seven RBI for Arizona.
— Cincinnati hit six home runs and still lost.

7) Padres 3, Dodgers 2— San Diego 2B Jake Cronenworth made two great defensive plays to help save this game, starting an 8th inning double play after fielding a vicious smash hit by Sheldon Neuse. He doesn’t field the ball, and the Dodgers tie the game, at least.

6) Blake Snell has started four games for San Diego, but pitched a total of only 15.1 innings; that isn’t enough, especially with Dinelson Lamet now out with another arm injury. In four starts, Snell hasn’t gotten an out after the 5th inning.

Aces on a pitching staff have to give the bullpens a breather, or else the bullpens will get worn out as the summer goes on.

5) College football teams will have to try 2-point conversions after TD’s in the second overtime period of games rather than the third, according to a change approved Thursday by the NCAA.

If the game is still tied after the second OT, then they’ll do 2-point conversion shootouts, kind of the way the NHL does their shootouts.

4) If the NBA regular season ended today, the Knicks would have home court edge in the first round of the playoffs— didn’t see that coming.

3) Baseball injuries:

— Cubs put OF Joc Pederson (wrist) on IL
— Padres put P Dinelson Lamet (arm) on IL
— Giants put SS Donovan Solano (calf) on IL
— Marlins put 3B Brian Anderson (oblique) on IL.

2) I’m not fond of mock drafts; there are too many of them. I’m interesting in what a guy like Mel Kiper or Daniel Jeremiah on NFL Network, but when the same person does four of them, then throws in a bunch of trades, they’re just making stuff up for clickbait.

It becomes a waste of time.

Plus I root for the Rams, who haven’t made a first round pick since 2016, so it doesn’t matter as much to me as it does to other fans.

1) NL East standings:
7-7: Mets
9-9: Phillies
8-10: Marlins, Braves
7-9: Nationals

Going to be an interesting summer in that division.

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567MIAMI -568 ATLANTA
MIAMI is 29-15 ATS (12.5 Units) in road games versus good ball handling teams - committing <=14 turnovers/game - 2nd half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

571WASHINGTON -572 OKLAHOMA CITY
WASHINGTON is 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record - 2nd half of the season in the current season.

573LA CLIPPERS -574 HOUSTON
HOUSTON is 0-12 ATS (-13.2 Units) in home games after 2 straight losses by 10 points or more in the last 3 seasons.

575MEMPHIS -576 PORTLAND
MEMPHIS are 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) versus terrible defensive teams - allowing 110+ points/game - 2nd half of the season in the current season.

577DENVER -578 GOLDEN STATE
DENVER is 14-29 ATS (-17.9 Units) in road games after having won 6 or 7 of their last 8 games in the last 3 seasons.

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Friday, April 23

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NBA

Friday, April 23

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Trend Report
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Miami @ Atlanta
Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Miami's last 14 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami's last 7 games
Atlanta
Atlanta is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games at home
Atlanta is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games at home

Boston @ Brooklyn
Boston
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Boston
Brooklyn is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games at home

Cleveland @ Charlotte
Cleveland
Cleveland is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing on the road against Charlotte
Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Charlotte's last 7 games

LA Clippers @ Houston
LA Clippers
LA Clippers is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games
LA Clippers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Houston
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 8 games when playing LA Clippers

Washington @ Oklahoma City
Washington
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma City's last 5 games at home

Denver @ Golden State
Denver
Denver is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games
Denver is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games on the road
Golden State
Golden State is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Denver
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Golden State's last 6 games when playing Denver

Memphis @ Portland
Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Memphis's last 7 games on the road
Memphis is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Portland
Portland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Memphis
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Portland's last 9 games at home


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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, April 23

Miami @ Atlanta
Heat (31-28)
— Miami won/covered its last three games.
— Heat is 4-6 ATS in last ten road games.
— Under is 11-3 in their last 14 road games.

Hawks (32-27)
— Hawks is 18-7 SU since they changed coaches.
— Hawks are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 games.
— Under is 7-3 in their last ten home games.

— Miami won five of last seven series games.
— Heat are 1-3 ATS in last four visits to Atlanta.
— Under is 4-2 in last six series games.

Boston @ Brooklyn
Celtics (32-27)
— Boston won seven of its last eight games.
— Celtics are 6-0 ATS in their last six road games.
— Under is 10-4 in their last 14 games

Nets (39-20)
— Brooklyn is 3-4 SU its last seven games.
— Nets are 3-7 ATS in last ten home games.
— Over is 6-3 in last nine Brooklyn games.

— Nets won four of last five series games.
— Celtics are 0-4 ATS in last four visits to Brooklyn.
— Four of last six series games went over.

Cleveland @ Charlotte
Cavaliers (21-37)
— Cleveland lost five of its last seven games SU.
— Cavaliers are 5-8 ATS in last 13 road games.
— Over is 7-3 in last ten Cleveland games.

Hornets (28-30)
— Charlotte lost six of its last seven games SU.
— Hornets are 1-3 ATS in their last four home games.
— Under is 18-5 in Charlotte’s last 23 games.

— Cleveland won three of last four series games.
— Cavaliers are 3-1 ATS in last four visits to Charlotte.
— Under is 7-3 in last ten series games.

LA Clippers @ Houston
Clippers (42-19)
— Clippers won 16 of their last 19 games.
— Clippers are 5-3 ATS in last eight road games.
— Four of last five Clipper games stayed under the total.

Rockets (15-44)
— Houston lost 34 of its last 38 games (9-29 ATS).
— Rockets are 2-7 ATS in last nine home games.
— Over is 7-3-1 in their last 11 games.

— Clippers won three of last four series games.
— LA covered three of last four visits to Houston.
— Over is 6-2 in last eight series games.

Washington @ Oklahoma City
Wizards (25-33)
— Wizards won seven of last nine games SU (7-2 ATS).
— Wizards are 5-1 ATS in last six road games.
— Under is 12-4 in their last 16 games

Thunder (20-39)
— Thunder lost 12 in row, 15 of last 16 games.
— OKC is 1-8 ATS in their last nine home games.
— Under is 5-2 in their last seven games.

— Wizards won three of last four series games.
— Washington is 2-4 ATS in last six visits to OKC.
— Three of last four series games stayed under.

Denver @ Golden State
Nuggets (38-20)
— Denver won 12 of its last 14 games.
— Nuggets are 3-2 ATS in last five road games.
— Under is 8-1-1 in Denver’s last ten road games.

Warriors (29-30)
— Golden State won five of its last seven games SU.
— Warriors are 4-1 ATS in last five home games.
— Under is 7-4 in their last 11 games.

— Golden State won five of last seven series games.
— Nuggets are 0-4-1 ATS in last five trips to the Bay Area.
— Under is 7-2 in last nine series games.

Memphis @ Portland
Grizzlies (29-28)
— Memphis is 3-5 in its last eight games SU.
— Grizzlies are 15-4 ATS in last 19 games overall.
— Over is 8-2 in last ten Memphis games.

Trailblazers (32-26)
— Portland lost last three games, last two by one point each.
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— Blazers are 4-2 ATS in last six home games.
— Under is 8-3 in Portland’s last 11 games.

— Home team won last nine series games.
— Grizzlies are 2-3 ATS in last five road series games.
— Over is 3-2 in last five series games.

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Hoop Trends for Friday April 23
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: LA Clippers at Houston (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Clippers are 10-0 ATS (8.60 ppg) as a favorite with less than two days rest after a win in which they trailed by at least 15 points.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: LA Clippers at Houston (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Rockets are 0-18 ATS (-9.81 ppg) at home with less than two days rest coming off a 10+ point loss.

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

-- The Hawks are 13-0 OU (17.96 ppg) after their opponent shot 50% or better from beyond the arc last game.

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

-- The Heat are 0-11 OU (-21.45 ppg) on the road coming off a win.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

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