Sunday Trends and Indexes 1/4 (NBA, NCAAB, NHL, Misc.)

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NBA
Short Sheet


Sunday, January 4th

Orlando at Toronto, 12:35 ET
Orlando: 12-4 ATS off road game
Toronto: 3-10 ATS revenging a road loss

Cleveland at Washington, 1:05 ET
Cleveland: 8-0 ATS after scoring 110+ points
Washington: 48-75 ATS at home if total is between 180 and 189.5

Detroit at LA Clippers, 3:05 ET
Detroit: 0-6 ATS on Sunday
LA Clippers: 3-0 OVER vs. Central division

Dallas at Memphis, 4:05 ET
Dallas: 9-1 ATS AWAY after playing a game as favorite
Memphis: 19-36 ATS after playing a home game

Boston at New York, 6:05 ET NBATV
Boston: 18-3 ATS vs. division
New York: 11-22 ATS off a home loss

Portland at LA Lakers, 9:35 ET
Portland: 33-16 ATS revenging DD road loss
LA Lakers: 2-8 ATS off BB ****** as DD favorite

** (TC) Denotes Time Change

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NHL
Short Sheet


Sunday, January 4th

Florida at Montreal, 2:05 ET
Florida: 9-2 SU AWAY after 5+ consecutive overs
Montreal: 17-21 SU in a home game where where the total is 5.5

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 5:05 ET
Tampa Bay: 11-6 SU AWAY in January
Atlanta: 3-14 SU after having lost 2 of their last 3

Ottawa at New Jersey, 5:05 ET
Ottawa: 0-7 SU AWAY after BB unders
New Jersey: 12-3 SU when playing 6 or more games in 10 days

Calgary at Chicago, 7:05 ET
Calgary: 8-22 SU after having won 6 or 7 of their last 8
Chicago: 11-4 SU after BB division games

Phoenix at Anaheim, 8:05 ET
Phoenix: 18-11 SU in January
Anaheim: 4-9 SU after allowing 5+ goals

Minnesota at Colorado, 8:05 ET
Minnesota: 1-6 SU vs. division
Colorado: 12-1 SU at home on Sunday

Dallas at Vancouver, 10:05 ET
Dallas: 10-1 SU on Sunday
Vancouver: 18-26 SU second half of the season

** (TC) Denotes Time Change

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NCAAB
Short Sheet


Sunday, January 4th

Illinois at Michigan, 12:00 ET
Illinois: 16-28 ATS after 1 or more consecutive wins
Michigan: 6-2 ATS off a home loss against a conference rival0

Evansville at Indiana St, 1:30 ET
Evansville: 7-19 ATS off a road loss by 20+ points
Indiana St: 11-3 ATS as a home underdog or pick

(TC) Kentucky at Louisville, 4:30 ET
Kentucky: 9-1 ATS AWAY after playing 3 consecutive home games
Louisville: 8-21 ATS after 3 consecutive non-conference games

Cincinnati at Marquette, 2:00 ET
Cincinnati: 8-1 ATS off a road loss
Marquette: 53-31 OVER after a game where they covered the spread

UCLA at Oregon, 3:30 ET
UCLA: 11-2 ATS in road games
Oregon: 1-7 ATS after 3+ consecutive overs

UC Santa Barbara at UC Riverside, 5:00 ET
UC Santa Barbara: 1-4 ATS in road games
UC Riverside: 8-1 ATS as a favorite

Boston College at North Carolina, 5:30 ET
Boston College: 0-6 ATS after 2+ consecutive ******
North Carolina: 6-0 ATS as a home favorite of 18.5 to 24

Cal Poly SLO at Long Beach St, 7:00 ET
Cal Poly SLO: 4-8 ATS as a DD road underdog
Long Beach St: 20-8 ATS as a favorite

Drake at Southern Illinois, 7:00 ET ESPNU
Drake: 13-3 ATS when the total is 129.5 or less
Southern Illinois: 1-5 ATS after playing a game as favorite

Virginia Tech at Duke, 7:45 ET FSN
Virginia Tech: 10-3 UNDER when the total is 140 to 149.5
Duke: 21-8 ATS at home when the total is 140 to 149.5

Arizona St at California, 8:00 ET
Arizona St: 9-2 ATS when the line is +3 to -3
California: 1-9 ATS at home after a conference game

Arizona at Stanford, 10:00 ET FSN
Arizona: 6-19 ATS after a DD loss
Stanford: 30-15 ATS when playing only their 3rd game in a week

Added Games

St. Peters at Siena, 2:00 ET
St. Peters: 8-1 ATS as a road underdog of 18.5 to 24 points
Siena: 11-2 Under as DD favorite

Fairfield at Iona, 3:30 ET
Fairfield: 8-2 Over this season
Iona: 2-10 ATS at home revenging road loss

Portland State at Northern Arizona, 4:00 ET
Portland State: 14-5 Over vs. conference
Northern Arizona: 6-0 ATS off SU win by 20+ points

Eastern Washington at Sacramento State, 5:00 ET
Eastern Washington: 28-13 Under as favorite
Sacramento State: 1-8 ATS off BB home games

** (TC) Denotes Time Change

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NBA


Sunday, January 4


Update

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Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Lakers [9:30 PM ET]

Blazers: Portland will be without leading scorer Brandon Roy for 7-10 days due to a strained right hamstring and has gone just 6-6 in its last 12 games. The Blazers are coming off a 92-77 loss to New Orleans on Friday and were led by Rudy Fernandez, who scored 19 points. LaMarcus Aldridge added 13 points and 10 rebounds but made just 5-of-18 shots from the field.

Blazers are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games vs. Pacific Division.
The UNDER is 7-1 in Portland's last 8 road games.

Key Injuries - G Brandon Roy (hamstring) is day-to-day.

PROJECTED SCORE: 94

Lakers (-11.5, O/U 199): LA has put together its highest-scoring back-to-back games of the season as the team won its fifth in a row on Friday with a 113-100 victory against Utah. Kobe Bryant led the way for the Lakers with his 100th career 40-point game, and he is averaging 38.2 points in his last six home games against the Blazers. LA has won four straight home games against Portland along with 17 of 19.

Lakers are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 Sunday games.
The OVER is 13-4 in LA's last 17 home games.

Key Injuries - G Jordan Farmar (knee) is OUT.

PROJECTED SCORE: 106


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NBA
Write-Up


First Post


Sunday, January 4

Hot Teams
-- Orlando won nine of its last ten games.
-- Cavaliers won seven of their last eight games (1-3 vs spread last four).

Cold Teams
-- Raptors lost eight of their last eleven games.
-- Wizards lost ten of last eleven games, but covered three of last four.

Back-to Back
-- There are no back-back situations on today's card.

Totals
-- Seven of last ten Orlando games stayed under the total.
-- Five of Wizards' last six games stayed under the total.
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[Udog]

NCAAB
Write-Up


Sunday, January 4

Notes on the best of today's games.............

Indiana State swept Evansville LY, beating Aces 72-42 here, after losing five of previous six series games. Aces are 2-3 in last five visits to Terre Haute, with wins by 1-2 points. Evansville won five of last seven, split their first two Valley games. ISU is 2-10 vs D-I teams, but is 1-1 so far in MVC, winning in double OT at Northern Iowa.

Louisville won 89-75 LY in Rupp Arena, but Cardinals are struggling, losing at home to UNLV in last game, their second loss in last three tries. Kentucky won last six games, covering four of their last five, but this is just their second true road game (lost 77-58 at North Carolina 47 days ago). SEC road underdogs are 3-8 vs spread in non-conference games.

Road team won three of last four Cincinnati-Marquette games, with the Bearcats winning three of last four, including last two here, by 12-4 pts, but lost 75-60 at home LY. Eagles won four in row, seven of last eight games- they beat Villanova by 7 in Big East opener. Cincy split its two road games, winning at UNLV, losing by 15 in last game at Memphis.

UCLA won seven of last eight games vs Oregon, winning last three by 12-5-10 points; Bruins won three of last four visits to Eugene, winning by 8-7-5-- dogs covered three of the last four series games played in this gym. Ducks were outscored 49-28 in second half in Pac-10 opener vs USC Friday, their third home loss already this season.

Siena won last four games vs St Peter's, all by 13+ points; favorites are 7-1 vs spread in last eight series games. Peacocks lost last three visits to Albany by 8-16-23 points. Saints are 2-0 in MAAC, winning by 7-6 pts they've won four in row, are 1-3 in last four tries as favorite, but they're headed to Kansas to play Jayhawks Tuesday, could be looking aheaad.

[pm530]

NHL
Write-up


Sunday, January 4

Hot teams
-- Canadiens won five of their last seven games.
-- Devils won six of their last nine games.
-- Flames won their last five games, scoring 21 goals.
-- Coyotes won three of their last four games.
-- Dallas is 7-0 in game following its last seven losses; Vancouver is 6-1 in game following its last seven defeats. .

Cold teams
-- Panthers lost four of their last five games.
-- Thrashers lost four of their last five games. Lightning lost ten of their last thirteen road games.
-- Senators lost nine of their last twelve games.
-- Blackhawks lost last two games, allowing ten goals.
-- Ducks lost five of their last six games.
-- Colorado lost last two games, 3-1/6-1. Minnesots lost three of its last four games.

Totals
-- Last five Florida games all went over the total.
-- Over is 8-3-1 in last twelve Atlanta games.
-- Over is 3-0-1 in last four New Jersey games.
-- Five of last six Chicago games stayed under the total.
-- Five of last six Anaheim games went over the total.
-- Four of last five Colorado games went over the total; Minnesota's last five stayed under.
-- Five of last seven Dallas games went over the total.

Back-to-Back
-- Florida is 3-4 when it played the day before.
-- Lightning is 2-3 when it played the day before.
-- Ottawa is 1-3 on road when it played the night before.
-- Flames are 1-4 when they played the night before.
-- Minnesota is 1-4 when it played the night before.
-- Dallas is 4-3 when they play again the next day.

Series Records
-- Canadiens won their last four games against Florida.
-- Home side won both Tampa Bay-Atlanta games this season.
-- Devils won their last three games against Ottawa.
-- Chicago won three of last four games against the Flames.
-- Coyotes won four of last five visits to Anaheim.
-- Colorado won four of last five games against Minnesota.
-- Dallas is 11-6 in its last seventeen games vs Vancouver.

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[pm530]

NBA
Write-up


Sunday, January 4

Updated

Hot Teams
-- Orlando won nine of its last ten games.
-- Cavaliers won seven of their last eight games (1-3 vs spread last four).
-- Pistons won their last five games (2-3 vs spread).
-- Mavericks won six of their last seven games.
-- Lakers won their last five games, covered their last four. Blazers are
3-0 vs spread in game following its last three losses.

Cold Teams
-- Raptors lost eight of their last eleven games.
-- Wizards lost ten of last eleven games, but covered three of last four.
-- Clippers lost their last six games (1-4-1 vs spread).
-- Grizzlies lost seven of their last eight games.
-- Celtics lost three of their last four road games. Knicks lost seven of their last eight games, covered one of last six.

Back-to Back
-- There are no back-back situations on today's card.

Totals
-- Seven of last ten Orlando games stayed under the total.
-- Five of Wizards' last six games stayed under the total.
-- Six of last nine Baltimore games stayed under the total.
-- Nine of last twelve Dallas games stayed under the total.
-- Four of last five Boston games stayed under the total.
-- Five of last six Portland games stayed under the total.

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[pm530]

Six-pack for Sunday

-- Tennessee Titans have to be glad to see the Colts go home early.

-- Falcons had a great year, but just like that, its over. They'll be a lot of Vick-related drama before they take the field again.

-- There is a guy negotiating to buy part of the Raiders, with option to buy whole team eventually, and move them back to LA. Wow.

-- Darren Sproles' 328 total yards Saturday night is third most in playoff history, behind Ed Podolak (350), Keith Lincoln (329).

-- Chargers have now won last eight games in powder blue jerseys.

-- You got feeling listening to Tony Dungy that this was it for him with the Colts-- very bad news for Indy, if its true.

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Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday........

13) What in the name of Edward R. Murrow is NBC thinking when it puts Matt Millen on its airwaves, as an "expert"? This guy was one of the most inept executives in NFL history, yet he is rewarded for his incompetence with a spot on a pre-game show. Terrible idea.

12) Luckily, NBC doesn't have the NBA contract, or they'd be hiring Isiah Thomas to analyze NBA games.

11) Colt-Charger game was a tremendous NFL game; didn't seem like a Wild Card game. After San Diego fumbled on the 1 and threw a pick in end zone, you didn't think they'd win, but they did. Norv Turner is not considered to be much of a head coach, but he seems to have the Colts' number. Funny how that works sometimes.

10) You look at how Darren Sproles saved the Chargers against Indy, and you realize once again that the most important person on an NFL team is the personnel director, who has to find good players to add depth to a team. Same with the Giants and their running backs, and it is why Dallas missed the playoffs, not having a decent backup QB.

9) Larry Fitzgerald is one great WR who doesn't act like a baby-- he has tremendous hands, catches everything thrown to him, then goes back to the huddle like an adult. Good for him.

8) Funny about the Colt-Charger game: Indy had been 8-1 in games decided by eight or less points, San Diego 2-7. Could be there was a little luck involved in those numbers, and it evened out somewhat in Saturday night's game.

7) Ironic that Kurt Warner and Edgerrin James are teammates, since it was the Colts' drafting James that led Indy to trade Marshall Faulk to the Rams, which helped make Warner's Rams world champions.

6) San Diego beat the Colts in last two playoffs, despite Tomlinson's combined 12 rushes for only 53 yards in the two games.

5) Big win out west for Wake Forest last night, snapping long home court win streak that BYU had--- 94-87 game that BYU led 48-45 at the half, but deep, talented Deacons prevailed in second half.

4) Pitt controlled their game at Georgetown from the start and kept its undefeated record intact; Panthers could be 2nd-best team, behind a North Carolina squad that could very well go unbeaten this season.

3) Illinois State pulled away from Creighton in the second half, won 86-64, keeping Redbirds unbeaten and establishing them as the team to beat in Missouri Valley this year-- league is little down, but ISU is a really good team and could make some noise in March.

2) Wonder how baseball executives feel about ESPN promoting their televising The Masters already? Baseball season starts way before that, but you don't see any commcials for that anywhere.

1) The more I think about Matt Millen getting a TV gig, the worse it seems to me; imagine if you put CNBC on, and Bernie Madoff was an expert on how to build wealth-- it would be offensive, no?

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