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**Udog** · 10-27-2010, 10:18 PM

Bettors' best friend: Thursday's wagering tips

Line to watch

Florida State at North Carolina State - The Seminoles opened as 3-point favorites but now sit as 3.5 or 4-point favorites. The total is at 58 points, two points up from the open.

Weather to watch

Texas Rangers at San Francisco Giants – 30 percent chance of evening showers with winds blowing at 10 mph to left field.

Florida State at North Carolina State – 11 mph winds blowing across the field with a 30 percent chance of showers.

Who’s hot

San Francisco Giants were 11-1 in their last 12 meetings with Texas heading into Game 1 of the World Series.

Boston Bruins are 9-2 in their last 11 meetings with Toronto.

Nashville Predators are 28-9 in their last 37 matchups with the St. Louis Blues.

Who’s not

Florida State Seminoles are 0-8-1 ATS in their last nine meetings with North Carolina State.

Ottawa Senators are 2-6 in their last eight home games.

Phoenix Coyotes are 3-8 in their last 11 games in Detroit.

Key stat

4 – number of teams that have lost Game 1 in the last 22 Fall Classics but rebounded to win the World Series.

Injury that shouldn’t be overlooked

Gilbert Arenas (ankle), Washington Wizards – Arenas missed his third straight practice with a sore right ankle on Tuesday and the team is said to be “preparing” to play without him in Thursday’s opener against the Orlando Magic. If he can’t go, Al Thornton will start in his place. Michael Lee of the Washington Post tweeted that Arenas was in a walking boot at Wednesday’s practice and that he could be out the first two games of the season.

Game of the day

Texas Rangers at San Francisco Giants

Notable quotable

"We're going to play Rangers baseball. If the games say you've got to bunt, you bunt. If the game says you've got to hit a ball to the right side, you go to the right side. If the game says you need to tag and go from first base to second base on a deep fly ball, you do that. It mainly comes down to whatever the game asks you to do." - Rangers manager Ron Washington on Texas' game plan.

Notes and tips

Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder suffered an injury to the bursa sac in his right throwing arm in an Oct. 16 win over Boston College and missed three practices during the bye. However, he returned to practice Saturday and says he’s throwing the ball better now than he was before because the injury forced him to concentrate on his mechanics. Coach Jimbo Fisher agrees, for what that’s worth.

The Washington Capitals’ top line of Alex Ovechkin, Niklas Backstrom, and Mike Knuble is off to a terrible start. The trio is a combined minus-7 with 14 points through eight games after going plus-21 through the first eight games last season with 33 points. The Capitals visit the Minnesota Wild Thursday.

The Dallas Stars will be without defenseman Stephane Robidas Thursday against the Los Angeles Kings as he serves a one-game for picking up his second game misconduct for boarding over the last 41 games. It's a big loss for the Stars. Robidas has three points and is plus-8 while playing about 23 minutes a night for the Stars.

**Udog** · 10-27-2010, 10:21 PM

MLB

Thursday, October 28

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Payoff pitch: Thursday's best mound matchup
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C.J. Wilson, Texas Rangers vs. Matt Cain, San Francisco Giants

C.J. Wilson (15-8, 3.35 ERA)

It’s been a bit of an odd road that C.J. Wilson has taken on his way to making a Game 2 start in the World Series. After changing his workout routine to make the switch from closer to starter, he won a job in Texas’ rotation this season and never looked back.

"With his physical conditioning, the way he takes care of his body and his offseason preparation, he’s really set himself up to pitch 200 innings," said Matt Treanor, Wilson’s personal catcher. "He’s got the mental capacity to take in all the extra information — and the workload on his body, as well."

And that’s exactly what he did, striking out 170 batters over 204 innings for the Rangers in the regular season. He started off strong in his first taste of the playoffs too, allowing two hits over 6 1/3 innings in a 6-0 win over Tampa Bay and following that up with seven innings of three-run ball in taking a no-decision during Game 1’s 6-5 loss to the Yankees.

New York got to him in his second start of the series though, pounding Wilson for five runs and a pair of home runs over five innings. That was eight days ago, so he has had lots of time to work out what went wrong.

Matt Cain (13-11, 3.14 ERA)

Cain was hammered in his last outing of the regular season but has turned over a new leaf in the postseason. So far his career postseason ERA sits at 0.00.

He gave up one unearned run over 6 2/3 innings while striking out six against the Atlanta Braves in a no-decision and then blanked the Philadelphia Phillies over seven innings, giving up just two hits while striking out five.

The 26-year-old can crank his fast ball up to the mid-90s, but that isn’t the reason why he’s having so much success in his first go at the playoffs.
"He's a big-time control guy," catcher Buster Posey told reporters after Cain’s win over Philadelphia. "Even though he throws hard, he has great control. He controls four pitches very, very well. He's pretty special."

Cain knows how important he is to this series. Manager Bruce Bochy considered starting him in the first game of the series, but elected to go with Tim Lincecum to keep the rotation rolling along. Cain will likely be scheduled to take the hill in either Game 6 or Game 7 if the series lasts that long.

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Hot Lines: Today's best MLB bets
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Texas Rangers at San Francisco Giants (N/A)

If it wasn’t enough that the Texas Rangers have to open the World Series playing by National League rules on the road, they also have to deal with the quirky AT&T park, where they headed into Game 1 winless in nine games.

None of that is phasing the Rangers.

"It's definitely quirky," Ian Kinsler told MLB.com of San Francisco’s stadium. "It's got some corners in the outfield. It's a beautiful ballpark. It's great for baseball. It's a perfect place for the World Series. They've got crazy shapes and corners and all kinds of stuff. Baseball is a game of crazy things."

Like Texas’ 8-1 record on the road in the playoffs this year, which is huge because this is the first time since 2001 that the National League has held home-field advantage.

The last time the Rangers visited AT&T Park before Game 1 was in 2009 when they dropped three close games, two by a single run and one game by two runs. Picking up close wins is what got the Giants to the World Series in the first place as they outscored their opponents by only one run while going 7-3.

The Rangers seem to be a different club right now though, especially on the road where they’re averaging more than five runs per game over their last 10.

Pick: Rangers

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This Day in Baseball
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On October 28 in Baseball History...

1953 - Red Barber resigns from the Dodgers broadcast booth and takes a job with the rival New York Yankees.

1954 - Major league owners vote down the sale of the Athletics to a Philadelphia syndicate. A week later Arnold Johnson buys a controlling interest in the Athletics from the Mack family for $3.5 million and moves the team to Kansas City.

1958 - Construction began on the new ballpark for the Giants in San Francisco. The rocks in the area resembled candlesticks.

1981 - The Los Angeles Dodgers, behind Pedro Guerrero's five RBIs, beat the New York Yankees, 9-2, to win the World Series in six games.

1961 - Ground is broken for the Flushing Meadows stadium, the future home of the New York Mets.

1979 - George Steinbrenner announces that Billy Martin is fired (again) as a result of his barroom fight with a marshmallow salesman. Dick Howser is named to replace Martin.

1989 - The Oakland Athletics completed a sweep of San Francisco in the World Series with a 9-6 win over the Giants.

1995 - The Braves won their first World Series since moving to Atlanta with a 1-0 win over Cleveland in Game 6. Tom Glavine and Mark Wohlers combined on a one-hitter and David Justice homered in the sixth inning.

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**Udog** · 10-27-2010, 10:22 PM

NBA

Thursday, October 28

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Pick 'n' Roll: Today's best NBA bets
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Washington Wizards at Orlando Magic (-13.5, 192)

No good deed goes unpunished and that’s certainly the case for Gilbert Arenas. The Wizards combo guard faked an injury in the preseason in an attempt to give teammate Nick Young some additional playing time.

But now Agent Zero is really hurt and won’t play for at least Washington’s first two games this season. The good news for Wiz backers is that the problem is with Arenas’ ankle and not the knee he’s had two major surgeries on.

Washington coach Flip Saunders knows it’ll be a tall task besting Dwight Howard and the Magic in their season and home opener.

"We hope we're not the homecoming team," Saunders told the Washington Post. "Let's face the fact, we're not going to have Gil. We're not going to have Josh [Howard]. So you're looking at your two most veteran players, they are not going to play. We started out with our roster being the third youngest team [average age 24.5], without those guys on your opening day roster, we might have the youngest opening day roster in the league."

Washington won’t have many offense weapons even with rookie John Wall making his pro debut.

Pick: Under

Phoenix Suns at Utah Jazz (-6, 208.5)

It’s hard not to love Steve Nash. He’s the ultimate teammate and nobody in the league does more with less natural athletic ability.

Still, it’s getting harder and harder to overlook his shortcomings on the court, particularly the defensive side of the ball. The Suns decided to put Nash on Blazers small forward Nicolas Batum on Tuesday night instead of having the Canadian kid keep up with Andre Miller.

The result? Batum finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds and the Blazers won 106-92.

"It's going to be (a grind) until we find some cohesion," Nash told the Arizona Republic. "That's OK. We've got to get there. I don't mind taking on a bit too much right now. I ran out of gas a little bit there but it's not going to be that way all the time. We were struggling and stagnant and I had to be more aggressive."

It helps the Suns case Thursday night that they’re catching Utah on the second night of a back to back but Phoenix will face the same problem.

Pick: Jazz

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**Udog** · 10-27-2010, 10:23 PM

NHL

Thursday, October 28

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Ice picks: Today's best NHL bets
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Colorado Avalanche at Calgary Flames (-170, 5.5)

The Avalanche took a tough loss on a terrible play by rookie Jonas Holos in overtime that Mason Raymond jumped all over to give Vancouver a 4-3 win Tuesday night. But Colorado may have suffered a much bigger loss even before the game started.

Goaltender Chris Anderson, who was scheduled to back up Peter Budaj against Vancouver, suffered a knee injury in warmup and limped off the ice. Instead of staying on the bench for the game, he headed back to Colorado for tests. There’s no official word on his status but early reports indicate Anderson will be out indefinitely.

It’s definitely a huge blow to an Avalanche team that gave him 71 starts last season, but Peter Budaj can get the job done. Last year he posted a 2.64 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage in 15 games. Anderson’s numbers over those 71 games? An identical 2.64 and .917.

Calgary was lucky to pull out a 5-4 win over Edmonton last time out after building a 4-1 lead. There might be some good value in a Colorado club that’s looking to bond in front of Budaj.

Pick: Colorado

Phoenix Coyotes at Detroit Red Wings (-210, 5.5)

The Phoenix Coyotes just can’t catch a break against the Red Wings.

Last year they took the Wings to Game 7 in the playoffs before getting pounded 6-1 in the deciding game. Detroit then got by Phoenix with a 2-1 victory in overtime the first time the two clubs hooked up this season, getting a power play goal from Niklas Kornwall with just 16 seconds left in overtime.

They Coyotes have been riding a tough stretch coming into Thursday’s game, having dropped three straight, with two of those loses coming in overtime. They started backup goalie Jason LaBarbera against the Senators and paid for it when he was yanked after the first period.

Ilya Bryzgalov should be back in goal when the puck drops on Thursday and if the Coyotes can stay out of the penalty box after giving up four power play goals in their last three games, they should play the Wings tough again this time around.

Pick: Under

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**Udog** · 10-27-2010, 10:24 PM

NOTE:
For the initial posting of trends and indexes, we have provided information available up to the time of posting.
Additional updates for today’s games will be posted ASAP.

**Udog** · 10-28-2010, 09:40 AM

Daily Sports Roundup: October 28

Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The World Series continues on the west coast, while Florida State battles N.C. State, and the NBA stages games in Orlando and Utah.

Colliding on the gridiron . . .

There's one college football game on tap for Thursday, with No. 16 Florida State at North Carolina State. The Seminoles (6-1 SU, 4-2 ATS) slipped past Boston College by a score of 24-19 last time out, as Christian Ponder threw for 170 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. The Wolfpack (5-2 SU, 4-2 ATS) are coming off a 33-27 overtime loss to East Carolina, with Russell Wilson throwing for 322 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions. Oddsmakers have North Carolina State pegged as the 3.5-point home underdog for Thursday night, with the matchup's total listed at 57.

Meeting up on the diamond . . .

The World Series continues with Game 2 in San Francisco on Thursday night, with the Giants' Matt Cain (1-0, 0.00 ERA in the playoffs) going up against the Rangers' C.J. Wilson (1-1, 3.93 ERA in the playoffs). Righthander Cain turned in a stellar outing against the Phillies at home during the NLCS, tossing seven scoreless innings and giving up just two hits in a win. Lefthander Wilson had a rough time against the Yankees in the ALCS, going 0-1 with a no-decision in his two starts. Wilson surrendered nine runs (eight earned) on 12 hits in 12 innings of work in those starts, and fanned only six.

Tipping off on the hardwood . . .

The NBA has just two games on its schedule for Thursday, with Phoenix at Utah and Washington at Orlando. The Wizards and Magic will both be playing their season-opening games on Thursday night, with the two clubs starting the year at opposite ends of the NBA championship futures list. Orlando is one of the favorites to win the title this season at 8/1 Vegas odds, while the Wizards are well back in the pack at 60/1 title odds. Point guard John Wall, the top overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, will be making his regular-season debut for the Wizards, and Gilbert Arenas (sore ankle) is day-to-day.

Taking a trip around the rink . . .

Finally, there are eight games on the ice around the NHL on Thursday, with Toronto at Boston, Edmonton at Columbus, Phoenix at Detroit, Florida at Ottawa, Washington at Minnesota, Los Angeles at Dallas, Colorado at Calgary, and St. Louis at Nashville. The 4-1-2 Blues edged the Penguins 1-0 in overtime at home in their last game on Saturday, with Erik Johnson providing the game-winning goal in the extra frame. Jaroslav Halak made 31 saves for St. Louis in that contest. The 5-0-3 Predators won 4-3 in Tampa Bay in their last game on Sunday, with backup netminder Anders Lindback stopping 42 of 45 shots. Nashville is 1-0 against St. Louis this year, beating them 4-3 at home October 14.

**Udog** · 10-28-2010, 09:41 AM

Thursday's six-pack

Some NFL trends to ponder as Week 8 approaches........
-- Buffalo is 7-3 as road underdog of 7+ points.

-- Bengals failed to cover last six tries as a home favorite.

-- Dolphins covered 12 of last 14 as a road underdog.

-- Raiders failed to cover last 11 tries as a home favorite.

-- Rams covered eight of last ten non-divisional games.

-- Jets covered game after seven of their last eight byes.

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Thursday's List of 13: Random thoughts as October winds down

13) Auburn QB Cameron Newton played JC football in Texas last year; not surprisingly, his Blinn Buccaneers won the national junior college championship. Bucs are coached by Brad Franchione, whose father Dennis used to be the coach at both Alabama and Texas A&M.

12) Interesting situation at Colorado, where starting Buffs' QB Hansen ruptured his spleen last week, in a 24-21 home loss to Texas Tech, the Buffs’ third straight loss. Colorado is now 3-4 as they struggle to save coach Dan Hawkins’ job; the new QB is the old starter, Hawkins’ son Cody. No pressure son, just go out and save your dad’s job.

11) 4,000 Oregon State students were camped out at 7:30am Monday morning, waiting to get tickets for this Saturday’s home game with Cal. When I was in college, don’t think I ever saw 7:30am, especially on a Monday.

10) Oregon State’s rival, the Oregon Ducks, have a new basketball arena this year and they’re putting it to good use; their first 10 games are all at home. Ducks don’t leave Eugene until December 17.

9) Washington QB Jake Locker would’ve been very high draft pick last spring, but he’s having a sub-par season this year, and probably won’t get drafted in the first round. In fairness, he’s banged up, but he still isn’t an accurate passer. Tim Tebow’s lack of production in Denver won’t help Locker much either, seeing as how Tebow/Locker are similar type college players.

8) NFL would be way more fun if coaches let their QB’s call the plays; coaches are just too uptight. Except for three teams (Saints-Chargers-Bears) teams with leads play very close to the vest if they’re winning, guarding against that dreaded turnover. What results is a play-not-to-lose mentality, instead of an attacking mentality where you always keep pressure on the opponent.

7) Giants’ coach Coughlin leads NFL, reversing just under half the plays he challenges. Bears’ coach Lovie Smith is 1-5 on replay challenges this year.

6) Giants scored 100 points in their last three games, but they also have 17 turnovers in their last six, and that has to worry coach Coughlin. Stuff like that always catches up to you. I know, having rooted for the Mike Martz-Rams.

5) Speaking of which, Rams are retiring Isaac Bruce’s #80 Sunday; Reverend Ike caught the winning TD pass in Super Bowl XXXIV, the greatest football game ever played. In fairness, it should also be noted that Henry Ellard was a tremendous receiver for the Rams who also wore number 80, just he never caught the winning pass in a Super Bowl.

4) How are all these celebration penalties called in the NFL every week, but the Lambeau Leap is legal? I need this explained to me.

3) Allen Iverson is going to play in Turkey? Thats worlds colliding, for sure. George Costanza would be proud.

2) Toronto Raptors have six foreign players, most in the NBA.

1) One more week of politicians’ TV commercials; I’ll be glad when we are back to avalanche of insurance and male enhancement commercials.

**Udog** · 10-28-2010, 09:45 AM

MLB
Dunkel

Texas at San Francisco
The Giants look to follow up last night's 11-7 win and build on their 5-0 record in Matt Cain's last 5 starts when their opponent scores 5 runs or more in the previous game. San Francisco is the pick (-125) according to Dunkel, which has the Giants favored by 1. Dunkel Pick: San Francisco (-125). Here are all of today's picks.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28

Game 953-954: Texas at San Francisco (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Texas (Wilson) 16.690; San Francisco (Wilson) 17.493
Dunkel Line: San Francisco by 1; 6
Vegas Line: San Francisco (-125); 7
Dunkel Pick: San Francisco (-125); Under

**Udog** · 10-28-2010, 09:46 AM

MLB
Long Sheet

Thursday, October 28

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TEXAS (97 - 77) at SAN FRANCISCO (100 - 73) - 7:55 PM
C.J. WILSON (L) vs. MATT CAIN (R)
Top Trends for this game.
SAN FRANCISCO is 99-72 (+19.9 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season.
SAN FRANCISCO is 68-48 (+15.5 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
SAN FRANCISCO is 53-47 (+6.7 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
SAN FRANCISCO is 34-23 (+12.9 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.
SAN FRANCISCO is 100-74 (+18.8 Units) against the money line in all games this season.
SAN FRANCISCO is 39-23 (+13.0 Units) against the money line when the total is 7 or less this season.
SAN FRANCISCO is 105-63 (+25.5 Units) against the money line in home games over the last 2 seasons.
CAIN is 25-10 (+11.5 Units) against the money line in home games over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
CAIN is 41-26 (+11.0 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field over the last 2 seasons. (Team's Record)
TEXAS is 130-106 (+20.7 Units) against the money line after a loss over the last 3 seasons.
TEXAS is 57-44 (+15.7 Units) against the money line when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
TEXAS is 184-152 (+12.0 Units) against the money line in all games over the last 2 seasons.
TEXAS is 20-11 (+11.3 Units) against the money line as a road underdog of +100 to +125 this season.
TEXAS is 176-138 (+16.5 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field over the last 2 seasons.
TEXAS is 75-49 (+9.0 Units) against the money line in night games this season.
TEXAS is 182-151 (+27.4 Units) against the money line against right-handed starters over the last 3 seasons.
WILSON is 25-11 (+11.6 Units) against the money line in all games this season. (Team's Record)
WILSON is 24-11 (+10.4 Units) against the money line in games played on a grass field this season. (Team's Record)
WILSON is 18-5 (+12.9 Units) against the money line in night games this season. (Team's Record)

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN FRANCISCO is 1-0 (+1.2 Units) against TEXAS this season
1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL this season . (Over=+1.0 Units)

C.J. WILSON vs. SAN FRANCISCO since 1997
No recent starts.

MATT CAIN vs. TEXAS since 1997
CAIN is 0-0 when starting against TEXAS with an ERA of 1.13 and a WHIP of 0.750.
His team's record is 1-0 (+1.0 units) in these starts. The UNDER is 1-0. (+1.0 units)

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**Udog** · 10-28-2010, 09:47 AM

MLB
Write-Up

Thursday, October 28

Rain expected for Game 2 of World Series; going back to Game 2 of 2002 Series against Angels, Giants have now scored 27 runs in last two home games in World Series. Cain is 1-0, 0.66 in his two postseason starts, allowing one run in 13.2 IP.Wilson is 1-1, 4.42 in his three postseason starts, giving up nine runs in 18.1 IP. Over is 5-1-1 in last seven Texas games. Under is 6-4-1 in San Francisco's postseason games; if you hear wind is calm, which is unusual, AT&T becomes a hitters' park.

**Udog** · 10-28-2010, 09:50 AM

MLB

Thursday, October 28

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7:30 PM
TEXAS vs. SAN FRANCISCO
Texas is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Texas is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games on the road
San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
San Francisco is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home

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**Udog** · 10-28-2010, 09:53 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Phoenix at Utah
The Jazz look to rebound from last night's 110-88 loss to Denver and build on their 9-2 ATS record in their last 11 games following a SU loss of more than 10 points. Utah is the pick (-6) according to Dunkel, which has the Jazz favored by 8. Dunkel Pick: Utah (-6). Here are all of today's picks.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28

Game 501-502: Washington at Orlando (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Washington 117.114; Orlando 130.064
Dunkel Line & Total: Orlando by 13; 196
Vegas Line & Total: Orlando by 14; 191 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Washington (+14); Over

Game 503-504: Phoenix at Utah (10:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Phoenix 118.763; Utah 126.974
Dunkel Line & Total: Utah by 8; 206
Vegas Line & Total: Utah by 6; 209 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Utah (-6); Under

**Udog** · 10-28-2010, 09:55 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, October 28

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WASHINGTON (0 - 0) at ORLANDO (0 - 0) - 10/28/2010, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 67-93 ATS (-35.3 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 8-24 ATS (-18.4 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 3 seasons.
ORLANDO is 53-38 ATS (+11.2 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
ORLANDO is 48-32 ATS (+12.8 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
ORLANDO is 27-13 ATS (+12.7 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ORLANDO is 5-3 against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
ORLANDO is 6-2 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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PHOENIX (0 - 1) at UTAH (0 - 1) - 10/28/2010, 10:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
UTAH is 54-36 ATS (+14.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
UTAH is 39-22 ATS (+14.8 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
UTAH is 29-15 ATS (+12.5 Units) in home games over the last 2 seasons.
UTAH is 93-65 ATS (+21.5 Units) in home games after a division game since 1996.
UTAH is 20-8 ATS (+11.2 Units) after allowing 105 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
UTAH is 23-12 ATS (+9.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 58-39 ATS (+15.1 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 34-14 ATS (+18.6 Units) after allowing 105 points or more over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
UTAH is 4-4 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
UTAH is 4-4 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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**Udog** · 10-28-2010, 09:56 AM

NBA
Write-Up

Thursday, October 28

NBA writeups will start for Monday's games.

Announcement

Thursday's Trends and Indexes 10/28 (MLB, NBA, NHL, Misc.)

Thursday's Trends and Indexes 10/28 (MLB, NBA, NHL, Misc.)

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