Wednesday's NBA Trends and Indexes - 6/16

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Trends and Indexes


Wednesday, June 16

Good Luck on day #167 of 2021!

NOTE: As information becomes available, we will attempt to post the trends and indexes as soon as possible.Information is posted from what we believe are reliable sources.Any opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the posting member or BettorsChat.


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Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Odds to win US Open golf tournament:
19-2— Jon Rahm
15-1— Dustin Johnson
16-1— Bryson Dechambeau
18-1— Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele
19-1— Collin Morikawa
21-1— Jordan Spieth

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Armadillo: Wednesday's Den: Mid-week musings and Big 14 football knowledge

Nets 114, Bucks 108:
— Milwaukee was up 16 points at the half.
— Durant scored 49 points, had 17 rebounds, 10 assists.
— James Harden wasn’t expected to play, but played 46:00.
— Brooklyn leads series 3-2.

— Bad news for the Tampa Bay Rays; ace P Tyler Glasnow has a partial tear in his right UCL; team isn’t sure if surgery will be needed.

— Oakland A’s announced that manager Bob Melvin will back next year, which will be his 12th year managing in Oakland. He’s a very, very good manager.

— Royals’ OF Jorge Soler has already reached base on catcher’s interference six times this year; the record is 12, set by Jacoby Ellsbury five years ago.

— CFL announced that their 14-game season will start August 5; the Grey Cup game will be played December 12, in Hamilton.

Mets 3, Cubs 2
— Mets threw tying run out at plate in 9th inning, on great relay from CF.
— Cubs’ 3B Kris Bryant left game after he was hit on hand by a pitch.

Giants 9, Diamondbacks 8:
— Arizona led this game 7-0 in 2nd inning, 8-3 after five.
— Mike Yastzremski hit a grand slam in the 8th inning.
— Arizona has lost 12 in row overall, 21 in row on the road.

Notes on Big 14 football teams:
Illinois
— Former Wisconsin/Arkansas coach Bret Bielema is new HC.
— 7 starters back on offense, 6 on defense.
— Illinois’ last winning season was in 2011.

Indiana
— Went 6-2 LY, gave the coach a raise to $4.9M a year.
— Last two years, Hoosiers are 15-5 against the spread.
— 8 starters back on offense, 9 on defense.

Iowa
— Lost first two games 24-20/21-20 LY, then won last six games.
— Hawkeyes will have 3 new starters on OL this fall.
— 6 starters back on offense, 7 on defense.

Maryland
— Locksley is 8-43 as a head coach, 6-17 at Maryland.
— 7 starters back on offense, 8 on defense.
— Former Florida HC Ron Zook will coach special teams.

Michigan
— Gave up 34.5 ppg LY, fired the DC.
— Wolverines will have another new starting QB this year.
— 7 starters back on offense, 9 on defense.

Michigan State
— Spartans brought in 20 transfers this season.
— QB Anthony Russo started 26 games at Temple.
— 6 starters back on offense, 7 on defense.

Minnesota
— 10 starters back on offense, 7 on defense.
— Gave up 207.1 rushing yards/game LY (#102)
— Gophers poached kicker from Kent State to help their special teams.

Nebraska
— Went 3-5 LY, with a minus-11 turnover ratio.

— Cornhuskers have five 6th-year seniors on their defense.
— 6 starters back on offense, 8 on defense.

Northwestern
— Played in Big 14 title game LY, beat Auburn in their bowl.
— only 4 starters back on offense, 5 on defense this year.
— Lost their QB and top four WR’s from last season.

Ohio State
— Ryan Day is 23-2 SU coaching the Buckeyes.
— OSU has 6 starters back on offense, 5 on defense.
— Buckeyes don’t have a QB who has a thrown a college pass.

Penn State
— Started 0-5 LY, won last four games; were minus-7 in turnovers.
— Gave up 27.7 ppg LY, most in school history.
— 9 starters back on offense, 6 on defense.

Purdue
— Went 6-12 SU the last two seasons.
— ranked 124th in country in rushing LY (81.5 ypg)
— 7 starters back on offense, 7 on defense.

Rutgers
— Hasn’t been to a bowl game since 2014.
— K-State transfer Youngblood ran three kicks back for TD’s in 2019.
— 10 starters back on offense, 8 on defense.

Wisconsin
— 7 starters back on offense, 8 on defense.
— Ranked 103rd in country in yards/game LY.
— Last time Badgers didn’t go bowling; 2001.

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581ATLANTA -582 PHILADELPHIA
ATLANTA is 13-35 ATS (-25.5 Units) in road games as a dog of 3.5 to 9.5 in the last 3 seasons.

583LA CLIPPERS -584 UTAH
UTAH is 3-15 ATS (-13.5 Units) after trailing in their previous game by 15 or more points at the half in the last 3 seasons.




NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, June 16

Atlanta @ Philadelphia
Hawks
— Hawks won 13 of last 17 games (11-6 ATS).
— Under is 9-2-1 in their last 12 games.
— Atlanta is in this round for first time in five years.
— Hawks are 3-2 ATS in road playoff games.
— In series so far, Atlanta subs are +8, starters minus-133.
— Hawks were 20-47 on the arc in Game 1, 29-93 in Games 2-4.
— Trae Young had 25 points, 18 assists last game.

76ers (series 2-2)
— Embidd was 4-20 in Game 4, 0-12 in second half. He’s playing hurt.
— Embiid scored 106 points in first three games, playing with torn meniscus.
— 76ers won 16 of their last 21 games (13-8 ATS).
— Over is 8-3 in Philly’s last 11 games.
— Simmons was 8-25 on foul line in Games 1-4.
— Philly’s starters are +144 so far in this series.
— Philly is in this round for third time in four years; its been 20 years since they got beyond this round.

— 76ers won six of last ten series games.
— Hawks are 1-4 ATS in last five visits to Philly.
— Over is 8-5 in last 13 series games.

LA Clippers @ Utah
Clippers
— Clippers led last game 68-44 at the half.
— Clippers starters were minus-62, subs +7 in Games 1-2.
— Clippers starters were +120 in Games 3-4.
— Clipper subs were +80 in Games 3-4.
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— Clippers are 3-1-1 ATS in road playoff games.
— Under is 14-8-1 in last 23 Clipper games.

Jazz (series 2-2)
— Home side won all four games in this series.
— Utah won 13 of its last 18 games SU.
— Jazz is 3-1-1 ATS in home playoff games.
— PG Conley didn’t play in first four games of series (check status)
— Over is 12-4 in last 16 Utah games.
— Jazz haven’t gotten past this round of playoffs since 2007.
— Clarkson scored 24 points in Game 2, was 8-28 in Games 3-4.

— Home side won all four games in this series.
— Jazz won nine of last 14 series games.
— Clippers are 0-4 ATS in last four visits to Utah.
— Under is 6-3-1 in last ten series games.

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NBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, June 16

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