Saturday's Trends and Indexes - 4/27 (NBA, NHL, MLB, Misc.)

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NBA

Saturday, April 27

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NBA playoff notes: Westbrook out indefinitely
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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook will be out indefinitely after the team announced he will have surgery to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee. Here is a look playoff notes for Saturday's NBA action.

Westbrook to undergo surgery

Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook is going to have surgery to repair cartilage in his right knee and will no be out indefinitely, the team announced on Friday.

The injury occurred in the second quarter of Game 2 as Houston guard Patrick Beverley collided with Westbrook on an attempted steal.

"Anyone who knows me knows I don't go out there and try to hurt anybody," Beverley told ESPN. "I play at one speed and that's fast. I was just trying to make a play on the ball before they called a timeout and it's just unfortunate."

The Thunder guard has tallied 48 points and 14 assists in the first two games of the series with Houston.

Reggie Jackson could be called on to get the start in place of Westbrook.

The Thunder are 1.5-point road favorites for Game 3 Saturday. The total is 207.


Jeremy Lin hopes to play

Houston Rockets guard Jeremy Lin is cautiously optimistic about returning for Game 3 Saturday night. His status remains questionable as of Saturday morning.

Lin suffered a muscle contusion in his chest and did not play in the second half of Game 2. The point guard played 20 minutes in Houston's Game 2 loss. He scored seven points and dished 3 assists before leaving the game.

“Not going to make any promises or anything,” Lin told the Houston Chronicle. “I just don’t know. Right now, it’s just day-to-day. I’m still hopeful, still optimistic. I just learned my lesson about making guarantees.”


Johnson probable for Nets

Brooklyn Nets guard Joe Johnson is listed as probable for Game 4 Saturday.

Johnson was a game-time decision for Game 3 but logged 41 minutes of action. He scored 15 points on 6-14 shooting

Johnson has been dealing with a foot injury and got a cortisone shot for the pain in Game 3.

"I felt pretty good the whole game, other than probably about the last two to three minutes. It had kind of tightened up," Johnson told ESPN. "But other than that, I felt all right."

The Nets are 3-point road underdogs for Saturday's game. The total is 177.5.


Stephenson questionable after leaving Game 2

Indiana Pacers starting shooting guard Lance Stephenson is listed as questionable for Game 3 versus the Atlanta Hawks.

Stephenson landed on his right hip late in the first quarter of Game 2 and did not return until late in the second half. He totaled 18 minutes and scored 4 points in the Game 2 victory.

The Pacers are 2.5-point road underdogs in Game 3. The total is 190.


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MLB
Short Sheet

Saturday, April 27

National League

Philadelphia at NY Mets, 1:05 ET FOX
Pettibone: Philadelphia 11-19 SU off a combined score of 4 runs or less
Marcum: Mets 17-9 SU after having 0 extrabase hits last game

Cincinnati at Washington, 1:05 ET FOX
Leake: Cincinnati 20-8 Under off 3+ games scoring 4 runs or less
Haren: 6-12 TSR in home games

Pittsburgh at St Louis, 4:15 ET
Burnett: Pittsburgh 9-2 SU after winning 2 of their last 3 games
Westbrook: 2-7 TSR vs. Pittsburgh

Chicago Cubs at Miami, 7:10 ET
Wood: Cubs 17-5 Under after winning 3 of their last 4 games
Sanabia: Miami 15-35 SU as a home underdog of +125 or less

Colorado at Arizona, 8:10 ET
Francis: Colorado 15-5 Over after the bullpen allowed 0 runs in BB games
Miley: Arizona 2-11 SU at home off 3+ games scoring 4 runs or less

San Francisco at San Diego, 8:40 ET MLB
Zito: 14-2 TSR vs. division opponents
Stults: San Diego 3-13 SU as an underdog of +150 or less

Milwaukee at LA Dodgers, 9:10 ET MLB
Peralta: Milwaukee 13-32 SU as a road underdog
Fife: Dodgers 22-8 SU on Saturdays


American League

Baltimore at Oakland, 4:05 ET
Tillman: Baltimore 14-4 Under off a combined score of 3 runs or less
Griffin: 13-3 TSR with a total of 7 to 8.5 runs

Toronto at NY Yankees, 4:05 ET
Happ: Toronto 27-50 SU off BB road games
Sabathia: 14-5 Over as a favorite of -125 to -175

Texas at Minnesota, 4:10 ET
Holland: Texas 33-12 SU in April
Hernandez: Minnesota 17-35 SU at home with a total of 7 to 8.5 runs

Houston at Boston, 7:10 ET
Peacock: Houston 9-39 SU as a road underdog of +175 to +250
Doubront: Boston 10-2 Over in night games

Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 ET
Moore: 1-7 TSR as a road favorite
Floyd: White Sox 32-18 SU off BB wins

Cleveland at Kansas City, 7:10 ET
Kazmir: 23-11 TSR on Saturdays
Santana: 12-3 Under in April

LA Angels at Seattle, 9:10 ET
Blanton: Angels 4-11 SU in night games
Hernandez: Seattle 26-8 SU after losing 6 or 7 of their last 8 games


Interleague

Atlanta at Detroit, 1:05 ET FOX
Medlen: 12-0 TSR pitching on 5 or 6 days rest
Porcello: 2-11 TSR pitching on 5 or 6 days rest

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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, April 27

Hot pitchers
-- Leake is 1-0, 1.29 in his last two starts.
-- Burnett is 1-1, 2.31 in his last four starts.
-- Wood is 1-1, 2.42 in four starts this season.
-- Miley is 2-0, 2.81 in four starts this season.
-- Zito is 3-1, 3.42 in four starts, but his only road start was a disaster.

-- Medlen is 1-1, 2.70 in his last three starts.

-- Oakland won both of Griffin's home starts (1-0, 3.00).
-- Sabathia is 3-1, 3.00 in his last four starts.
-- Holland is 1-1, 3.25 in four starts this season.
-- Red Sox are 3-0 in Doubront's starts (2-0, 4.32), scoring 22 runs.
-- Moore is 4-0, 1.04 in four starts this season.
-- Royals won last three Santana starts (2-0, 1.96).
-- Hernandez is 1-0, 0.71 in his last couple starts.

Cold pitchers
-- Marcum is making first '13 start; he was 2-0, 2.25 in his last three starts LY. Pettibone allowed two runs in 5.2 IP in his MLB debut.
-- Haren is 1-3, 9.00 in his four starts this season.
-- Westbrook is 0-0, 7.88 in his last two starts.
-- Sanabia is 1-2, 6.88 in his last three starts.
-- Francis is 0-2, 15.75 in his last three starts.
-- Peralta is 1-1, 5.96 in four starts this season. Fife is 1-3, 4.74 in his last four starts.
-- Stults is 1-2, 6.00 in his last three starts.

-- Porcello is 0-2, 13.09 in three starts this season.

-- Tillman is 0-1, 3.64 in his last three starts.
-- Happ has a 5.49 RA in four starts this season.
-- Hernandez allowed three runs in five IP in his first '13 start.
-- Floyd is 0-3, 5.40 in four starts this season.
-- Kazmir allowed six runs in 3.1 IP in his first '13 start.
-- Blanton is 0-3, 8.27 in four starts this season.

Totals
-- Five of last six Washington games stayed under the total.
-- Ten of last thirteen Cub games stayed under the total.
-- Ten of last fourteen Met games went over the total.
-- Last three Pittsburgh games went over the total.
-- Ten of last twelve Arizona games stayed under the total.
-- Last five games at Dodger Stadium went over the total.
-- Five of last seven San Diego games stayed under the total.

-- Eigt of last eleven Detroit games went over the total.

-- 10 of last 14 Toronto games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 8-2-1 in last eleven Boston games.
-- Under is 11-4-1 in last sixteen Texas games.
-- Under is 7-1-2 in last ten White Sox games.
-- All four Santana starts stayed under the total.
-- 19 of last 23 Oakland games went over the total.
-- 14 of last 17 Angel games went over the total.

Hot teams
-- Pirates won 12 of their last 17 games. St Louis won five of last six.
-- Washington won its last two games; they've allowed 12 runs in last six.
-- Rockies won nine of their last thirteen games. Arizona won four of six.
-- Brewers won nine of their last eleven games.

-- Red Sox won 11 of their last 14 games.
-- Bronx won 12 of its last 17 games.
-- Texas won eight of its last ten games.
-- White Sox won last three games, allowing eight runs.
-- Indians won three of their last four games. Royals won four of last six.
-- Orioles won seven of their last nine games.

Cold teams
-- Phillies lost eight of their last twelve games. Mets lost seven of last ten.
-- Dodgers lost seven of their last eleven games.
-- Reds have one run, two hits in their last two games.
-- Miami lost nine of its first eleven home games. Cubs lost 12 of their last 18 games overall.
-- Padres lost seven of their ten home games. San Francisco lost their last four games on foreign soil.

-- Detroit, Atlanta both lost five of its last seven games.

-- Houston lost nine of its last twelve games.
-- Blue Jays lost eight of their last eleven games.
-- Twins lost last three games, scoring nine runs.
-- Tampa Bay lost three of its last four games.
-- Oakland lost seven of its last eight games.
-- Angels lost four of last five on road. Mariners lost 12 of their last 17 games.

Umpires
-- Phil-NY-- Under is 20-4 in last 24 Culbreth games.
-- Cin-Wsh-- Underdogs won last five Drake games.
-- Pitt-StL-- Favorites won eight of last nine Winters games.
-- Chi-Mia-- Underdogs are 6-5 in last 11 Blaser games; over is 8-4 in his last twelve games behind plate.
-- Col-Az-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Cederstrom games.
-- SF-SD-- Underdogs won six of last seven Wendelstedt games.
-- Mil-LA-- Home team is 9-4 in last thirteen Eddings games.

-- Atl-Det-- Under is 8-4 in last twelve Knight games.

-- Blt-A's-- Six of last eight Hoye games went over the total.
-- Tor-NY-- 12 of last 14 Kellogg games stayed under the total.
-- Tex-Min-- Six of last eight Marquez games stayed under total.
-- Hst-Bos-- Home team won nine of last twelve Hudson games.
-- TB-Chi-- Home side won last seven Guccione games.
-- LA-Sea-- Visitors are 9-4 in last thirteen Bell games.

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, April 27

First Post

Four of six Chicago-Brooklyn games this season were decided by 4 or less points; Nets shot 35.4/34.6% in last two games, after making 55.8% of shots in Game 1- Brooklyn guards are 18-55 from the floor in last two games. Bulls haven't had Rose all year, so you can make case that he is not missed as much as someone who played part of season. Chicago led Game 3 76-62 with 5:42 left, held on for dear life, scoring three points in rest of 79-76 win. Home favorites are 13-9 vs spread league-wide so far in playoffs, 6-5 in Eastern Conference so far.

Home side won all three LA-Memphis games; Grizzlies bench rallied to -9 last game, after being -43 in Game 2- they held their own, let starters win game. Clippers made 18-57 from arc in series- so far in series, their FG% has dropped from 55.4% to 47.4% to 38.8% in series- they need more easy baskets. Memphis outrebounded LA by 10 in last two games, after beig -24 in Game 1. Clippers won five of seven series games this year, winning two of three here- they've taken 20 less FTs than Griz so far in this series. LA's bench was just 10-26 in Game 3.

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, April 27

Early Games

Hot teams
-- Rangers won six of their last eight games. Devils won four of their last five.
-- Blackhawks won seven of their last eight games.
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Cold teams
-- Panthers lost seven of their last eight games. Tampa Bay lost eight of last ten.
-- Predators lost nine of their last ten games.
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Totals
-- Over is 4-0-2 in last six Ranger games.
-- Three of last four Lightning games stayed under total.
-- Five of last six Nashville games went over the total.
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Series records
-- Rangers won last two games with New Jersey, allowing three goals.
-- Lightning won seven of last eight games with Florida.
-- Blue Jackets won three of last four games with Nashville.
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Back-to-backs
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NHL
Short Sheet

Saturday, April 27

New Jersey at NY Rangers, 3:05 ET NBC
New Jersey: 16-7 SU off a home division win
NY Rangers: 0-5 SU off a road win by 1 goal

Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:05 ET
Florida: 0-8 SU off a loss by 4+ goals
Tampa Bay: 7-1 SU at home off a combined score of 3 goals or less

Nashville at Columbus, 7:05 ET
Nashville: 3-14 SU vs. division opponents
Columbus: 8-3 SU in April

Boston at Washington, 7:05 ET
Boston: 32-9 SU after losing 4 or 5 of their last 6 games
Washington: 2-12 SU revenging a road loss

(TC) Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:35 ET
Carolina: 3-13 SU away in Saturdays
Pittsburgh: 14-3 SU off a division game

Philadelphia at Ottawa, 7:05 ET CBC
Philadelphia: 6-12 SU off a home win by 1 goal
Ottawa: 9-2 SU at home off BB Unders

Montreal at Toronto, 7:05 ET NHL
Montreal: 6-0 SU revenging a loss by 3+ goals
Toronto: 6-18 SU at home off a road win

Minnesota at Colorado, 7:35 ET
Minnesota: 7-22 SU away off a loss
Colorado: 16-6 Over at home revenging a home loss

Chicago at St. Louis, 8:05 ET WGN
Chicago: 16-1 SU vs. division opponents
St. Louis: 7-1 Over revenging a home loss

(TC) Detroit at Dallas, 7:05 ET NBCSN
Detroit: 0-7 SU away off BB home games
Dallas: 8-1 SU at home off a home loss by 2+ goals

Vancouver at Edmonton, 10:05 ET CBC
Vancouver: 32-10 SU off 3+ Unders
Edmonton: 1-7 SU at home in April

Phoenix at Anaheim, 10:05 ET
Phoenix: 9-2 Under in April
Anaheim: 8-0 SU off 3+ road games

San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:35 ET NBCSN
San Jose: 1-7 SU away off a loss by 1 goal
Los Angeles: 11-2 SU after losing 2 of their last 3 games


(TC) = Time change

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NHL
Armadillo' Write-Up

Saturday, April 27

Update

Hot teams
-- Rangers won six of their last eight games. Devils won four of their last five.
-- Blackhawks won seven of their last eight games.
-- Capitals won ten of their last twelve games.
-- Senators won five of their last seven games. Philly won five of last six.
-- Toronto won seven of its last nine home games.
-- Blackhawks won nine of their last twelve games. St Louis won 11 of last 14.
-- Red Wings won last three games, outscoring foes 12-3.
-- Anaheim won last three games, allowing two goals.
-- Kings won their last six home games. Sharks won four of last six overall.

Cold teams
-- Panthers lost seven of their last eight games. Tampa Bay lost eight of last ten.
-- Predators lost nine of their last ten games.
-- Bruins lost five of their last seven games.
-- Pittsburgh lost its last two games, allowing seven goals, after winning 23 of previous 25 games. Hurricanes lost 18 of their last 22 games.
-- Canadiens lost five of their last seven games.
-- Colorado lost 13 of its last 18 games. Minnesota lost three of last four.
-- Dallas Stars lost five of their last six games.
-- Oilers lost nine of their last eleven games. Vancouver lost five of last seven on road.
-- Coyotes lost five of their last seven games.

Totals
-- Over is 4-0-2 in last six Ranger games.
-- Three of last four Lightning games stayed under total.
-- Five of last six Nashville games went over the total.
-- Under is 14-5-3 in last 22 Boston games.
-- Four of last five Carolina games went over the total.
-- Last nine Ottawa games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 6-1-1 in last eight Montreal games.
-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Colorado games.
-- Under is 9-1-2 in last twelve St Louis games.
-- Over is 13-6-2 in last 21 Dallas games; five of last six Detroit games stayed under.
-- Under is 6-2-1 in last nine Edmonton games.
-- Under is 7-0-1 in last eight Anaheim games.
-- Under is 4-1-1 in last six Los Angeles games.

Series records
-- Rangers won last two games with New Jersey, allowing three goals.
-- Lightning won seven of last eight games with Florida.
-- Blue Jackets won three of last four games with Nashville.
-- Bruins won four of last six games with Washington.
-- Penguins won four of last five games with Carolina.
-- Flyers lost three of last four games with Ottawa.
-- Maple Leafs won four of last six games with Montreal.
-- Minnesota is 9-4 in last thirteen games with Colorado.
-- Blackhawks won five of last six games with St Louis.
-- Red Wings won five of last six games with Dallas.
-- Canucks won six of last eight games with Edmonton.
-- Ducks lost three of last four games with Anaheim.
-- Sharks won four of last five games with Los Angeles.

Back-to-backs
-- Minnesota is 5-3 (1-3 on road) if it played night before. Colorado is 1-7.
-- Blackhawks are 10-1 when they played the night before.
-- Edmonton is 2-5 if it played the night before.
-- Coyotes are 2-5 if they played the night before.

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NBA
Armadillo' Write-Up

Saturday, April 27

Update

Home side won all six Atlanta-Indiana games this season; Pacers lost its visits to Atlanta this season, by 3-9 points, with five of six series games going over total. Atlanta is 2-7 in its last nine games overall, with six of last seven going over total. Pacers outscored Atlanta 51-17 from foul line in its first two series games; Hawks haven't figured out how to stop the Pacers' best player George, who is +42 in two games, scoring 50 points- they put him on line less in Game 2, only seven times after he 17-18 in Game 1. Under is 11-10-1 in playoffs, 6-4-1 in Eastern Conference.

Westbrook had knee surgery, is out for Thunder, huge blow to its title hopes; he was +30 in 67 minutes in series. Derek Fisher is only true PG on roster, he's little old to be playing major minutes. Thunder scored 120-124-119-120-105 in winning four of its five games with Houston this season, splitting pair here, winning 124-94 (68-50 at half), then losing 122-119, when Harden had 46 points. Lin/Harden combined to go 19-57 from floor in first two series games; team is 18-71 on arc. Asik is +9 in 61 minutes in series; Rockets are -41 other 37 minutes on series.