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[CNOTES]

Preview: Fever (4-7) at Stars (2-7)
Date: June 17, 2016 8:00 PM EDT

Indiana is searching for chemistry in an effort to stabilize an uneven start to the season. San Antonio knows the feeling.


The Fever host the Stars on Friday in a battle of two struggling squads looking to turn around disappointing starts. Indiana (4-7) has lost three straight to drop into sixth place in the Eastern Conference. The Stars (2-7) broke a four-game slide with an upset of Seattle on Tuesday, but remain in last place in the top-heavy Western Conference.


Neither team has been able to find any consistency on the offensive side of the court. San Antonio is shooting 40.6 percent from the field and averaging the fewest points in the league (70.7). Indiana isn't much better, shooting 40.0 percent and averaging 78.5 points.


The Stars are led by former Notre Dame star Kayla McBride, who leads the team with 17.1 points. No other San Antonio player is averaging double figures in points. But the Stars looked better in their win over Seattle. Moriah Jefferson scored a career-high 19 points, and Dearica Hamby had 15 points and 18 rebounds in a 77-70 win over a Storm team that upended Indiana last week.


Indiana is coming off an 87-63 blowout loss to unbeaten and defending-champion Minnesota on Tuesday. The Fever lost to the Lynx in last season's WNBA Finals.


Rookie Tiffany Mitchell leads the Fever in scoring at 13.4 points, and veteran Tamika Catchings is averaging 11.3 points. But coach Stephanie White, who has announced this will be her last season with the Fever, isn't happy about the team's togetherness or effort.


"We are a team on a journey, a journey to find cohesiveness," White told reporters after losing to Seattle at home on Sunday. "We have to find our rotations and we have to find cohesion on both ends of the floor. That is going to take time, and I'm OK with that. But what we can't have is lack of effort."


The Fever is 3-3 at home this season, but has beaten San Antonio in five of the last seven meetings. The Stars did win the last meeting, however, crushing the Fever 80-62 last July.




WNBA HEAD TO HEAD


Jul 21, 2015 Score ATS Results
IND 62 Under: 142
SA « 80 Cover: 20.5
Tools: Recaps


Jul 10, 2015 Score ATS Results
SA 76 Cover: 0.5
IND « 83 Over: 159
Tools: Recaps

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Mercury (4-6) at Sparks (10-0)
Date: June 17, 2016 10:30 PM EDT

The Los Angeles Sparks will try to keep their perfect record intact when they play host to the Phoenix Mercury on Friday Night at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif.


Los Angeles (10-0) has an opportunity to match the idle Minnesota Lynx (11-0), who broke their own WNBA record for most wins to start a season. Minnesota won't play again until Sunday.


"We want to be the ones to go in there and ruin that for them by giving them their first loss, so hopefully we can do that," Phoenix forward Candice Dupree said on the team website.


Phoenix (4-6) has won two in a row after losing six of eight to start the season. The Mercury is coming off an 86-80 victory over the Chicago Sky. Diana Taurasi, the WNBA scoring leader at 24.1 points per game, scored 31 points in that contest to help her team overcome a 14-point deficit.


Los Angeles is also coming off a win over Chicago. The Sparks beat the Sky 98-85 on Tuesday. Nneka Ogwumike recorded her sixth double-double of the season, posting 27 points and 12 rebounds to help the Sparks set a franchise record with their 10th consecutive victory to start the season.


Ogwumike missed her first shot of the second half against Chicago after setting a WNBA record with 23 consecutive made field goals over a span of three games. She leads the league in field-goal percentage, shooting a scorching 70.4 percent.


Ogwumike is fifth in the WNBA in scoring and fourth in rebounding, averaging 18.4 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. Teammates Kristi Toliver and Candace Parker rank third and fourth, respectively, in 3-point shooting. Toliver is shooting 46.2 percent from beyond the arc. Parker is shooting 44.1 percent.


This is the first meeting of the year between Los Angeles and Phoenix.


If Los Angeles beats Phoenix and Minnesota beats Seattle (4-7) on Sunday, both teams will be unbeaten when they collide for the first time on Tuesday at Staples Center. They will clash again three days later at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.



WNBA HEAD TO HEAD


Sep 11, 2015 Score ATS Results
LOS 65 Cover: 0.5
PHO « 70 Under: 135
Tools: Recaps


Aug 21, 2015 Score ATS Results
LOS « 78 Cover: 15
PHO 68 Over: 146
Tools: Recaps


Jul 21, 2015 Score ATS Results
PHO 65 Under: 134
LOS « 69 Cover: 8
Tools:


Jul 5, 2015 Score ATS Results
PHO « 94 Over: 185
LOS 91 Cover: 0.5
Tools: Recaps

 

[CNOTES]

6/16 - WNBA Results Yesterday: 1 - 3
Overall Record: ATS 26 - 23 53.06 % Total: 31 - 20 60.78 %

 

[CNOTES]

FRIDAY, JUNE 17


GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS


CHI at ATL 07:30 PM


ATL +4.5


O 176.0




IND at SA 08:00 PM


SA +5.0


U 150.5




PHO at LA 10:30 PM


PHO +8.5


O 168.0

 

[CNOTES]

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

-- They drew 4,595 fans to Opening Night of NY-Penn League in Troy last night; an Eastern League game in Altoona drew 5,152. Minor league ball is affordable fun.

-- Colorado Rockies' starting pitchers have an ERA that is 2+ runs higher at home than on the road. Not sure how they'll ever fix that.

-- Tigers' OF JD Martinez broke his elbow Wednesday night when he ran into the wall chasing a double. Looked like a harmless play, but he is out 4-6 weeks.

-- Kolten Wong came back from AAA and is now a centerfielder; Cardinals have so many middle infielders, they made Wong an outfielder.

-- Bengals/Vikings will have joint practices for a couple days this summer; think that really helps, to practice against other teams instead of your teammates every day.

-- Michael Saunders had three homers, eight RBI for the Blue Jays last night.

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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind.......

13) NBA's salary cap will be around $94M next year, higher than expected, so the league is doing really well. Next time Steph Curry's wife wants to bitch about things, , maybe she should remember that Mr Curry brings home a huge chunk of that money, so she should keep her comments to herself.

12) I went to the eye doctor Friday and my eyes are dilated when I leave; luckily I have sunglasses in the car, which was huge or I might've been there until the sun went down. As I'm leaving, I'm thinking, this might be the most dangerous place in America to drive, an eye doctor's parking lot. Luckily, got home without incident.

11) Miami Marlins are skipping a Jose Fernandez start now and then, to preserve him as best they can, since he had an arm operation not that long ago. If the Marlins are a contender, will they ask Terry Collins to leave Fernandez off the All-Star team? If he is skipping starts now and then, why should he pitch in an exhibition game?

10) Young man named Derryck Thornton scored 7.1 ppg LY while playing 26 mpg for Duke, but he transferred to USC this week. Kid left high school a year early to plug a hole in Duke's rotation, then bolted after one year. Interesting.

9) Jose Altuve walked 33 times in 671 plate appearances last year; this year, he has walked 35 times in 269 PAs. He is still an aggressive hitter, too.

8) The mayor of Washington DC was on MSNBC yesterday, saying she wants DC to be the 51st state. Washington DC has balanced its budget 21 years in a row, which is very impressive, but if they're doing so well, why do they want to change?

7) Julio Urias struck out eight in five shutout innings last night, but the Dodgers are keeping a lid on his pitches this year, so he came out after 85 pitches. Home fans did not have a positive reaction when Milwaukee scored twice in the sixth inning.

6) Every person with the Pittsburgh Penguins gets a day with the Stanley Cup; you can basically do anything you want with it. One of the years Scotty Bowman won a Cup as a head coach, he put the thing on a lawn chair in his backyard and anyone who walked by could come behind the house and have their picture taken with it. One of the really cool traditions in sports.

5) Owner of the Chicago Cubs has done a great job making Wrigley Field look nicer and more modern; the team is doing great, so the stands are always full and that is always a help, but the owner has definitely created a positive atmosphere.

4) Pirates got shut out at Wrigley yesterday; they were the last team in majors to get shut out this season.

3) Nationals are 23-13 on the road; 0-4 in Wrigley, 23-9 everywhere else.

2) It makes no sense that Dodger games are blacked out in Las Vegas; who thought that was a good idea? Baseball should step in and reverse that. Makes no sense.

1) Six games in the NBA Finals; Warriors have scored 610 points, Cavaliers have scored 610 points. ABC will get huge ratings if Game 7 is a competitive one- so far in the Finals, the games haven't been very close.

 

[CNOTES]

WNBA
Long Sheet


Saturday, June 18


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ATLANTA (7 - 3) at WASHINGTON (5 - 7) - 6/18/2016, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ATLANTA is 17-7 ATS (+9.3 Units) as an underdog over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 38-22 ATS (+13.8 Units) revenging a home loss versus opponent since 1997.
ATLANTA is 89-63 ATS (+19.7 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent since 1997.
ATLANTA is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games over the last 3 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 284-340 ATS (-90.0 Units) in all games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 31-50 ATS (-24.0 Units) as a home favorite of 3 points or less since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 89-118 ATS (-40.8 Units) in home games in May, June, or July games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 17-32 ATS (-18.2 Units) in home games on Saturday games since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 31-53 ATS (-27.3 Units) in home games when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 178-223 ATS (-67.3 Units) vs. division opponents since 1997.
WASHINGTON is 170-215 ATS (-66.5 Units) after a division game since 1997.


Head-to-Head Series History
ATLANTA is 7-2 against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
ATLANTA is 7-2 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons


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DALLAS (4 - 7) at PHOENIX (4 - 6) - 6/18/2016, 10:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 17-29 ATS (-14.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.


Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 6-5 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
PHOENIX is 8-3 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
6 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons


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WNBA


Saturday, June 18


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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
ATLANTA vs. WASHINGTON
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Atlanta's last 16 games on the road
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Washington is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing Atlanta


10:00 PM
DALLAS vs. PHOENIX
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Dallas's last 12 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Dallas is 3-12 SU in its last 15 games when playing Phoenix
Phoenix is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Phoenix is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games when playing Dallas




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WNBA
Dunkel


Saturday, June 18






Atlanta @ Washington


Game 601-602
June 18, 2016 @ 7:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Atlanta
103.603
Washington
111.145
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 7 1/2
173
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
by 3 1/2
166 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(-3 1/2); Over


Dallas @ Phoenix


Game 603-604
June 18, 2016 @ 10:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Dallas
106.123
Phoenix
115.307
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Phoenix
by 9
178
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Phoenix
by 7
174 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Phoenix
(-7); Over

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Dream (8-3) at Mystics (5-7)
Date: June 18, 2016 7:00 PM EDT

The Washington Mystics have been hard to figure.


They have gone 5-2 on the road but will be looking for their first home victory of the WNBA season when they play host to the Atlanta Dream at Verizon Center on Saturday.


Washington, 0-5 at home, defeated the Dream 86-79 in Atlanta on June 5.


"It's going to take our best game," Mystics forward Emma Meesseman told The Washington Post about ending the team's home losing streak. "We have to play the type of game we played in Atlanta, and better. More blockouts, being aggressive, attack the basket. Just everything trying to be as perfect as possible."


Atlanta entered Friday night's home game against Chicago leading the Eastern Division with a 7-3 record.


Washington had won three of its past four games, with Meesseman at the center of the action. She is the reigning Eastern Conference Player of the Week, and the fourth-year pro scored a team-high 23 points on Tuesday night in a 109-106 triple-overtime victory at the Connecticut Sun.


Better health has helped the Mystics recently, although starting point guard Tierra Ruffin-Pratt has missed practice this week to rest a sprained ankle. Her availability for Saturday was in question.


Washington forward LaToya Sanders, a staunch defender who this week helped Turkey clinch a spot in the Olympics in the FIBA qualifying tournament in France, should rejoin the team next week.


Atlanta forward Angel McCoughtry scored a game-high 28 points when the teams met earlier this month. She entered Friday night's game averaging 20.3 points, third best in the WNBA behind New York forward Tina Charles (21.6) and Phoenix guard Diana Taurasi (21.4).


Saturday's game at Washington will mark the only time this season that Atlanta will play on consecutive days. That follows a four-game homestand.


The Dream will be without forward Sancho Lyttle (6.8 points, 8.9 rebounds per game) for the third consecutive game because of Olympic qualifying in France. She scored 24 points on Friday to lead Spain to victory and a clinching berth. She is expected to return Wednesday against New York.


Washington is 0-5 at home for the first time since 1999.




WNBA HEAD TO HEAD


Jun 5, 2016 Score ATS Results
WAS « 86 Cover: 16.5
ATL 79 Over: 165
Tools: Recaps


Sep 13, 2015 Score ATS Results
ATL « 73 Cover: 6
WAS 71 Under: 144
Tools: Recaps


Sep 6, 2015 Score ATS Results
WAS 67 Under: 140
ATL « 73 Cover: 3.5
Tools: Recaps


Jun 26, 2015 Score ATS Results
WAS 69 Under: 141
ATL « 72 Cover: 6
Tools: Recaps


Jun 12, 2015 Score ATS Results
ATL « 64 Cover: 9
WAS 61 Under: 125
Tools: Recaps

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Wings (4-7) at Mercury (4-7)
Date: June 18, 2016 10:00 PM EDT

The Phoenix Mercury will play host to the Dallas Wings in the first game of a home-and-home set on Saturday night at Talking Stick Arena Resort in Phoenix, Ariz.


Phoenix (4-7) had won two in a row and four of six before losing to unbeaten Los Angeles on Friday night.


The Mercury trailed by only four points with 3:56 remaining after being down by nine early in the fourth quarter, but they couldn't complete the comeback.


Candice Dupree scored 16 points in the loss. Diana Taurasi had 15 points but made just 5 of 14 shots from the field, including 1 of 8 from 3-point range.


Dallas (4-7) beat the Seattle Storm 88-79 on Thursday to snap a six-game losing streak. The Wings won three of their first four games before losing their next six, including 97-73 to Los Angeles.


Karima Christmas and Odyssey Sims scored 17 points apiece in the victory over Seattle. Courtney Paris posted her second consecutive double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.


The Wings shot 52.4 percent from the field against the Storm. They also amassed a 35-24 rebounding advantage. Dallas is fifth in the WNBA in rebounding and could have a decided advantage in that department over Phoenix, which ranks 10th.


Sims is 11th in the WNBA in scoring at 15.8 points per game. Paris is second in rebounding, averaging 9.6.


Phoenix is led by Taurasi, who is second in the league in scoring at 20.8 points per game. Penny Taylor is fourth in 3-point shooting (.457). Brittney Griner is fourth in blocked shots (1.9 bpg).


Phoenix has been good offensively this season, ranking fifth in the WNBA in scoring at 84.4 points per game and fifth in shooting at 44.3 percent. Dallas is seventh in scoring at 81.9 points per game and 11th in the 12-team league in field-goal percentage (.399).


Phoenix and Dallas will meet again Tuesday at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. They will also play each other on July 5 in Arlington and Aug. 26 in Dallas.

 

[CNOTES]

6/17 - WNBA Results 3 - 3


Overall : WLT PCT UNITS RANK


ATS Picks 28-24-2 53.85% +800


O/U Picks 32-22-0 59.26% +3900




SATURDAY, JUNE 18


GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS


ATL at WAS 07:00 PM


ATL +4.5


O 165.0




DAL at PHO 10:00 PM


PHO -7.5


U 174.0

 

[CNOTES]

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack


-- James Shields has now allowed 31 runs in 11 IP in his last four starts.


-- 10 Cincinnati Reds have made their major league debut this year.


-- Patricia Ford was named Miss Georgia; she is a former Weather Channel intern.


-- Mets are 5-17 this season when they do not hit a home run.


-- Stuart Appleby's golf bag weighed in at 36.35 pounds; caddying is tough.


-- Miami Marlins have had five no-hitters, but never had a guy hit for the cycle.


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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there


13) First of all, Happy Father's Day to all the dads reading this; I was lucky to have a great dad. He passed away last year and I miss him very much, so if your dad is still alive, give him a hug and tell him you love him.


12) Get well soon to Michael Lee Aday, aka Meat Loaf; the 68-year old singer collapsed during a show in Edmonton this week. He was released from the hospital and is said to be in good condition now, which is very good news.


11) I'm watching NFL Network the other day and a guy is trying to make a big deal out of the fact that the Rams haven't named Jared Goff the #1 QB yet. Oy. It is really hard to be an NFL quarterback; rushing someone into starting can be very stupid.


10) Here are the Rams' first four games:
@ 49ers, Seahawks, @ Buccaneers, @ Cardinals.


Three road games, three division games. I'm a big fan of easing a guy into being the QB of the future, especially with the Cal offense being lot different than an NFL offense.


9) Kurt Warner started nine games for '04 Giants, before prize rookie Eli Manning took over. Giants went 1-7 in Manning starts, scoring 37 points in his first four starts; he was 6-21 in one start, 4-18 in another. Eli has turned out pretty well, but make no mistake about it, he was terrible in his rookie season.


Steve McNair started six games his first two years with Tennessee; he turned out to be a pretty good QB, too. Goff will be fine, but it will take time.


8) Brewers-Dodgers game last night was only second game in majors this year where both teams scored in each of the first three innings of the game. Red Sox-Orioles game on June 1 was the first game like that this season.


7) Wally Szczerbiak, who is a pretty good basketball analyst these days, predicted that there might not be anyone in this draft class who becomes an NBA All-Star.


6) Then there are mock drafts, which are fine if you do one; but once you start having new ones every other day, then you're just screwing around trying to get page views. Anyone can shuffle the top 15 names around; lets stick to one mock per analyst.


5) There was something on Twitter about the Warriors flying home after Game 6 and three of their guys are doing homework from online classes, trying to earn their college degrees. Pretty cool that really rich guys still want their degree.


4) One of the highlights this weekend was in San Diego, wehre they showed a guy playing ping pong outdoors, while wearing stilts. Don't see that every day.


3) If you owned one of the top five picks in the NBA Draft, would you trade it to the Lakers for D'Angelo Russell, after Russell's display of immaturity last year? I'd have to say no; you can't make mistakes when you have a top five pick.


2) Clipper coach Doc Rivers has quietly dumped two of his assistant coaches already; when you spend a ton of money on a team and it underachieves, heads will roll.


1) A person paid $99,000 for two tickets to tonight's Game 7 in Oakland. Wow.

 

[CNOTES]

WNBA

Sunday, June 19

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Trend Report
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1:00 PM
SAN ANTONIO vs. CONNECTICUT
San Antonio is 1-20 SU in its last 21 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Antonio's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Connecticut's last 6 games when playing San Antonio
Connecticut is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against San Antonio

2:00 PM
NEW YORK vs. INDIANA
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New York's last 5 games
New York is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Indiana is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing New York
Indiana is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing New York

7:00 PM
MINNESOTA vs. SEATTLE
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 9 games
Seattle is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Seattle's last 8 games when playing at home against Minnesota

 

[CNOTES]

WNBA Basketball Trend Report


SAN ANTONIO (2 - 8) at CONNECTICUT (2 - 10) - 6/19/2016, 1:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CONNECTICUT is 18-6 ATS (+11.4 Units) in June games over the last 3 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 13-4 ATS (+8.6 Units) against Western conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 30-17 ATS (+11.3 Units) after a division game over the last 3 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 13-4 ATS (+8.6 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in road games against Eastern conference opponents over the last 3 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in road games in non-conference games over the last 3 seasons.


Head-to-Head Series History
CONNECTICUT is 4-1 against the spread versus SAN ANTONIO over the last 3 seasons
CONNECTICUT is 4-1 straight up against SAN ANTONIO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons




NEW YORK (7 - 4) at INDIANA (5 - 7) - 6/19/2016, 2:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
INDIANA is 27-15 ATS (+10.5 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 3 seasons.
NEW YORK is 31-19 ATS (+10.1 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 18-5 ATS (+12.5 Units) in road games over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 12-3 ATS (+8.7 Units) in road games vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in road games after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 13-4 ATS (+8.6 Units) in road games after scoring 75 points or more over the last 2 seasons.


Head-to-Head Series History
INDIANA is 7-6 against the spread versus NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
INDIANA is 9-4 straight up against NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
7 of 13 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons


MINNESOTA (11 - 0) at SEATTLE (4 - 8) - 6/19/2016, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SEATTLE is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) in home games when playing with 2 days rest over the last 3 seasons.
SEATTLE is 113-77 ATS (+28.3 Units) in home games vs. division opponents since 1997.
SEATTLE is 2-10 ATS (-9.0 Units) after playing 3 consecutive road games over the last 3 seasons.


Head-to-Head Series History
SEATTLE is 7-3 against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 7-3 straight up against SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
7 of 10 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

 

[CNOTES]

WNBA (WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL)


DUNKEL'S HIGHLIGHTED GAME


San Antonio at Connecticut - Sunday June 19, 2016
The Stars head to Connecticut today to face a Sun team that is coming off an 80-72 loss to New York on Thursday and is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on 2 days rest.


Connecticut is the pick (-4 1/2) according to Dunkel, which has the Sun favored by 8. Dunkel Pick: Connecticut (-4 1/2).


SUNDAY JUNE 19, 2016


San Antonio
@
Connecticut
Game 651-652
June 19, 2016 @ 1:00 pm


Dunkel Rating: San Antonio
102.529
Connecticut
110.434
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total: Connecticut
by 8
147
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total: Connecticut
by 4 1/2
152
Dunkel Pick: Connecticut
(-4 1/2); Under




New York
@
Indiana
Game 653-654
June 19, 2016 @ 2:00 pm


Dunkel Rating: New York
111.607
Indiana
113.129
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total: Indiana
by 1 1/2
164
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total: New York
by 3
160
Dunkel Pick: Indiana
(+3); Over




Minnesota
@
Seattle
Game 655-656
June 19, 2016 @ 7:00 pm


Dunkel Rating: Minnesota
119.331
Seattle
110.907
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total: Minnesota
by 8 1/2
166
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total: Minnesota
by 11
160
Dunkel Pick: Seattle
(+11); Over

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Stars (2-8) at Sun (2-10)
Date: June 19, 2016 1:00 PM EDT

The Connecticut Sun hosts the San Antonio Stars on Sunday in a battle of two teams looking to turnaround tough starts to the WNBA season.


The Sun has won four straight against San Antonio, including a 72-68 road victory on May 19 in the second game of the season. Kelsey Bone had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Connecticut.


The Sun (2-10) fell 80-72 to the New York Liberty on Thursday, dropping its third straight game. The Sun has lost nine of 10 overall and have not found a rhythm on either end of the court.


Connecticut is 11th in points allowed (86.9) and ninth in points per game (79.8).


The Stars (2-8) are coming off of an 84-75 loss to the Indiana Fever on Friday and are in last place in the Western Conference.


San Antonio leading-scorer Kayla McBride had 21 points in defeat, including a 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter that put the Stars up by three.


But San Antonio couldn't withstand a closing run by the Fever.


"If anything, maybe we could have locked in more on defense," San Antonio's Monique Curry said. "But I think perhaps maybe we ran out of gas after working from 13 down and coming back.


"So again, we have to keep ourselves out of holes like that so that we have to extend that extra energy and be able to finish games."


Inconsistent offense has plagued the Stars this season. They rank 12th in points per game (70.7). McBride (17.5 points per game) and Dearica Hamby (10.2 points per game) are the only two Stars averaging in double figures.


Sunday's game kicks off a three-game trip for the young Stars.


"You don't ever want to get too high or too low, especially with such a young team," the Stars' Jayne Appel-Marinelli told reporters after the loss to Indiana.


"You want to be the baseline and be supportive, but also give a little constructive criticism. We're babies. We just got to learn quickly and on the fly. It'll be tough, especially with this road stretch coming up."


Connecticut heads on a three-game trip after Sunday's game.





WNBA HEAD TO HEAD


May 19, 2016 Score ATS Results
CONN « 72 Under: 140
SA 68 Cover: 0
Tools: Recaps


Sep 4, 2015 Score ATS Results
CONN « 73 Cover: 5.5
SA 72 Under: 145
Tools: Recaps


Aug 4, 2015 Score ATS Results
SA 51 Under: 133
CONN « 82 Cover: 27.5
Tools: Recaps

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Liberty (7-4) at Fever (5-7)
Date: June 19, 2016 2:00 PM EDT

The New York Liberty handed the Indiana Fever their worst loss of the season, a 32-point beat-down on June 3.


Two weeks later, the Eastern Conference contenders meet again on Sunday in Indianapolis.


The Fever (5-7) snapped a three-game slide with an 84-75 victory over San Antonio on Friday, but are still looking to develop some chemistry, after last year's run to the WNBA Finals.


The Fever is 11th in points per game (78.5) and 10th in assists.


Indiana had only 11 assists to the Liberty's 22 in the blowout loss in early June. The Fever shot 32.8 percent from the floor and made only 3-of-20 3-pointers. They scored only nine points in the second quarter and 13 in the fourth.


"Out toughed us, out worked us, out executed us, out efforted us, really kicked our (butt)," Fever coach Stephanie White told reporters after the game. "That's all there is to it. That's all I have to say about that."


White has since announced that this will be her last season with the Fever. She has agreed to become head coach at Vanderbilt after the season.


Indiana veteran Tamika Catchings also has announced that this will be her last season. Catchings is the WNBA's second all-time leading scorer.


The Liberty (7-4) sits in second place in the Eastern Conference, one game behind the Atlanta Dream. They have won three straight games, including an 80-72 victory at Connecticut in their last outing Thursday.


New York leads the WNBA in rebounding, averaging 38.8 boards per game. Veteran forward Tina Charles bolsters the Liberty's front line. She's averaging 21.6 points and 9.4 rebounds, and is among the WNBA leaders in both categories.


Charles had a career-high 32 points in the win over Connecticut, and veteran Swin Cash became the 14th player in WNBA history to reach 5,000 points.


The teams met eight times last season, including in the playoffs. Indiana won six of the eight games.




WNBA HEAD TO HEAD


Jun 3, 2016 Score ATS Results
IND 59 Under: 150
NEW « 91 Cover: 27
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Sep 29, 2015 Score ATS Results
IND « 66 Cover: 19
NEW 51 Under: 117
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Sep 27, 2015 Score ATS Results
IND « 70 Cover: 10
NEW 64 Under: 134
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Sep 23, 2015 Score ATS Results
IND 67 Over: 151
NEW « 84 Cover: 15
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Sep 13, 2015 Score ATS Results
NEW 76 Cover: 0.5
IND « 81 Over: 157
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Aug 23, 2015 Score ATS Results
NEW 79 Cover: 1
IND « 80 Over: 159
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Jul 29, 2015 Score ATS Results
NEW 72 Over: 156
IND « 84 Cover: 14.5
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Jun 19, 2015 Score ATS Results
IND « 80 Cover: 20.5
NEW 63 Under: 143
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Jun 9, 2015 Score ATS Results
IND 79 Over: 165
NEW « 86 Cover: 4
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[CNOTES]

Preview: Lynx (11-0) at Storm (4-8)
Date: June 19, 2016 7:00 PM EDT

The Minnesota Lynx will try to extend their WNBA record for consecutive victories to start a season when they visit the Seattle Storm on Sunday at Key Arena in Seattle.


Minnesota (11-0) beat Indiana on Tuesday to break its league record with its 11th consecutive win to start the season. The Los Angeles Sparks (11-0) tied that record with a win over Phoenix on Friday night.


"It's just one of those things that is a result of what we've done since training camp," Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve said. "We look up 11 games into it and say, 'Things are going pretty well for the first third of the season.' It's nice to have."


Maya Moore scored 16 points to lead five Minnesota players in double figures in the win over Indiana. Seimone Augustus scored 12 points and Sylvia Fowles had 11 points and eight rebounds.


Seattle (4-8) has lost two in a row and four of its last five. The Storm is coming off an 88-79 loss to the Dallas Wings. Breanna Stewart had 29 points, six rebounds and four blocked shots, but it wasn't enough.


Moore is fourth in the WNBA in scoring at 19.8 points per game and fourth in assists, averaging 4.7 assists per game. Fowles is fourth in the league in field-goal percentage, shooting 58.2 percent.


Seattle is led by Jewell Loyd, who is eighth in the WNBA in scoring, averaging 16.8 points per game. Stewart ranks 10th in scoring at 16.3 points and leads the league in rebounding at 9.8 per game.


Minnesota and Seattle have met once this year. The Lynx handed the Storm a 78-71 loss on May 22 in Seattle.


In that game, Moore had 17 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Alysha Clark had 20 points and seven rebounds, and Stewart finished with a double-double of 14 points and 13 rebounds.


Another win over Seattle would set up a battle of unbeaten teams when Minnesota visits Los Angeles on Tuesday. The Lynx and Sparks will meet again Friday at the Target Center in Minneapolis.



WNBA HEAD TO HEAD


May 22, 2016 Score ATS Results
MIN « 78 Under: 149
SEA 71 Cover: 2.5
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Sep 11, 2015 Score ATS Results
MIN 64 Under: 142
SEA « 78 Cover: 17.5
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Sep 8, 2015 Score ATS Results
SEA 67 Cover: 6
MIN « 73 Under: 140
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Jul 3, 2015 Score ATS Results
SEA 57 Under: 139
MIN « 82 Cover: 12.5
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Jun 25, 2015 Score ATS Results
MIN « 76 Over: 149
SEA 73 Cover: 7.5
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Jun 11, 2015 Score ATS Results
SEA 70 Over: 164
MIN « 94 Cover: 10.5
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[CNOTES]

6/18 - Yesterday's Results: 0 - 4


Overall: WLT PCT UNITS RANK


ATS Picks 28-26-2 51.85% -300 729 of 1366


O/U Picks 32-24-0 57.14% +2800 104 of 1366




SUNDAY, JUNE 19


GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS


SA at CONN 01:00 PM


SA +5.5


O 152.5




NY at IND 02:00 PM


NY -3.0


U 158.5




MIN at SEA 07:00 PM


SEA +10.5


U 159.5

 

[CNOTES]

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack


-- Golden State Warriors were 73-9 in regular season, 15-9 in playoffs.


-- Braves' 1B Freddie Freeman was 17-31 last week with eight RBI in seven games.


-- Trevor Story swung and missed at a pitch last night that hit him in the shoulder; I've never seen that happen before. He hit a homer on the next pitch.


-- ESPN had to be thrilled that Steven Strasburg (back) got scratched from last nite's start; they had promoted Strasburg vs Kershaw national TV game all weekend.


-- Tigers 8, Mariners 7 (12)-- Melvin Upton hit a walkoff homer for Detroit.


-- Rockies 5, Marlins 3-- Game set MLB record for most runs scored in a game, if all the runs came on solo home runs. Reynolds and Ozuna both homered twice.


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Armadillo: Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but.......


13) Awkward Christmas Department: On June 20, 1997, the Cincinnati Reds called Aaron Boone up to make his major league debut; to make room on the roster for him, the Reds sent Bret Boone back to the minor leagues. His brother.


12) Donald Trump fired his campaign manager Monday; someday there will be a movie made about all this and it will be wildly entertaining, although I'm not sure if there is an actor out there who could pull off portraying Trump.


The Republican convention in Cleveland should be momentous; its setting up to be quite a year on Lake Erie, with the Cavaliers winning their first title, the Indians being in first place and the chaos of the Republican party headed their way next month.


11) Speaking of which, Cavaliers' team plane took a detour to Las Vegas on its way home from Oakand Sunday night. Team did some partyng at the Wynn Casino, before getting back to Ohio Monday afternoon. Winning is fun.


10) Senators failed to pass legislation that would have made it illegal for suspected terrorists to buy guns; If these nitwits don't tighten gun laws, they should all be fired on the spot, every one of them-- they're expensive and totally bleeping useless.


Seriously, who votes against a law that says suspected terrorists can't buy guns? .


9) Pretty cool scene in Chicago last night; Pitt's new basketball coach Kevin Stallings was at Wrigley Field, watching his son Jacob catch for the Pirates in his MLB debut. Young Stallings played his college baseball at noth Carolina; he was born in Lawrence, kansas when his dad was an assistant coach for the Jayhawks.


8) Matt Holliday's brother Josh coaches Oklahoma State's baseball team, which is in the College World Series for first time since 1999; their father Tom was the coach back then. In between, the Cowboys were coached by Brett Anderson's dad; had to be a little awkward when Anderson, Matt Holliday were teammates in Oakland in 2009.


7) Stanford's football schedule is hard this year; its three non-league games are Notre Dame/Kansas State/Rice and the Rice game is the last game of the year. Cardinal has to play USC-UCLA-Washington on consecutive Saturdays in September.


6) Have to admit, since daytime TV during the week is so awful, sometimes I wind up watching re-runs of NFL games on NFL Network. I often spend NFL Sundays, watching 5-6 games on one screen, so i don't hear much of hat is being said, so it is interesting to listen to what is being said, seeing if I can pick up anything of note.


5) Three women dressed as nuns were at Phillies game Monday afternoon, taking selfies, drinking Miller Lite and later dancing on the Phillies dugout during the 7th inning stretch with the Philly Phanatic. Turns out they are actresses in a play about nuns and were in costume to promote the play.


4) There is an actor named Oliver Platt; he's been in a lot of stuff-- he was a lawyer in the John Grisham movie, A Time to Kill. Platt was actually related to Princess Di-- his grandmother and Princess Di's grandfather were brother/sister.


3) Staten Island-Brooklyn opened the NY-Penn League season last week by playing a 20-inning game, then played extra innings again the next night. Players who just got drafted aren't used to hitting with wood bats-- its not as much fun, so you wind up with a lot of low-scoring games at that level.


2) Mets scored total of two runs in Jacob deGrom's last four starts; he hasn't won a game since April and his body language is beginning to look that way.


1) Wouldn't you love to know what David Blatt was thinking Sunday night, while the Cavaliers won their first NBA title, after firing Blatt this season, despite the team having a 30-11 record. Winning an NBA title with a neophyte head coach increases a notion that, for better or worse, the NBA is so much of a player-driven league.

 

[CNOTES]

WNBA
Long Sheet


Tuesday, June 21


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MINNESOTA (12 - 0) at LOS ANGELES (11 - 0) - 6/21/2016, 3:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 14-27 ATS (-15.7 Units) in home games over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 50-77 ATS (-34.7 Units) in a home game where where the total is greater than or equal to 150 since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 8-19 ATS (-12.9 Units) in home games in May, June, or July games over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 158-197 ATS (-58.7 Units) after scoring 75 points or more since 1997.


Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 6-5 against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 8-3 straight up against LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
7 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons


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PHOENIX (4 - 8) at DALLAS (5 - 7) - 6/21/2016, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 18-30 ATS (-15.0 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 12-22 ATS (-12.2 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
PHOENIX is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.


Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 7-5 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
PHOENIX is 8-4 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
7 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons


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SAN ANTONIO (2 - 9) at CHICAGO (5 - 7) - 6/21/2016, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN ANTONIO is 11-2 ATS (+8.8 Units) in road games against Eastern conference opponents over the last 3 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 11-2 ATS (+8.8 Units) in road games in non-conference games over the last 3 seasons.
CHICAGO is 11-25 ATS (-16.5 Units) in home games on Tuesday since 1997.
CHICAGO is 10-23 ATS (-15.3 Units) against Western conference opponents over the last 3 seasons.
CHICAGO is 10-23 ATS (-15.3 Units) in non-conference games over the last 3 seasons.
CHICAGO is 10-19 ATS (-10.9 Units) after allowing 75 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 12-22 ATS (-12.2 Units) after scoring 75 points or more over the last 2 seasons.


Head-to-Head Series History
SAN ANTONIO is 4-1 against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
SAN ANTONIO is 3-2 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
5 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons


WNBA


Tuesday, June 21


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Trend Report
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3:30 PM
MINNESOTA vs. LOS ANGELES
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Minnesota's last 17 games when playing Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Los Angeles's last 9 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Los Angeles's last 17 games when playing Minnesota


8:00 PM
PHOENIX vs. DALLAS
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix's last 6 games when playing Dallas
Phoenix is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing Phoenix


8:00 PM
SAN ANTONIO vs. CHICAGO
San Antonio is 1-21 SU in its last 22 games on the road
San Antonio is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Chicago is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Chicago is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Antonio




WNBA
Dunkel


Tuesday, June 21




Minnesota @ Los Angeles


Game 601-602
June 21, 2016 @ 3:30 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
123.042
Los Angeles
121.263
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 2
157
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
by 3
162
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(+3); Under


Phoenix @ Dallas


Game 603-604
June 21, 2016 @ 8:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
113.987
Dallas
109.443
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Phoenix
by 4 1/2
179
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Phoenix
by 1 1/2
174 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Phoenix
(-1 1/2); Over


San Antonio @ Chicago


Game 605-606
June 21, 2016 @ 8:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
San Antonio
102.319
Chicago
117.569
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 15 1/2
164
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
by 13 1/2
159 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago
(-13 1/2); Over

 

[CNOTES]

WNBA Betting Recap - 6/6-6/12
June 14, 2016


League Betting Notes (Monday, June 6 through Sunday, June 12)


-- Favorites went 10-3 straight up (SU)


-- Favorites went 7-6 against the spread (ATS)


-- Road teams posted a 7-6 SU record


-- Road teams posted a 8-5 ATS record


-- The 'over' went 10-3



Team Betting Notes


-- The 'over' continues to hit for Washington (4-7), as the Mystics are a perfect 11-0 so far this season. They have allowed at least 76 points in each of thier games, and 79 or more in 10 of his 11 outings. The Mystics are also 3-0 ATS over the past three outings after starting out just 2-6 ATS over the first eight.


-- Connecticut (2-8) covered each of their games in the past week, and despite a rough overall win-loss record they are a solid 4-1 ATS over the past five outings. They'll face the high-octane and defensively-challenged Mystics in Tuesday's game.

-- Los Angeles (9-0) remained perfect in the win-loss column with two wins and covers this week. They're 7-2 ATS this season, and their past three victories are by an average of 20.0 points per game. However, as double-digit favorites, the Sparks are just 1-2 ATS.

-- Minnesota (10-0) kept their overall record unblemished with three victories in the past week. They were just 1-2 ATS during the span, but the 'over' connected in all three outings. They're on a collision course with the Sparks, with a home-and-home set to begin June 21 in L.A.


-- Dallas (3-6) has been having tremendous difficulty straight-up and against the number lately. They started the season 3-1 SU/2-2 ATS, but they have now dropped five in a row and failed to cover in their past six. One thing that is consistent about the Wings has been the 'over', hitting in six of the past seven.

-- Seattle (4-6) won their second road games of the season, surprising Indiana (4-6) despite being six-point underdogs. The Fever are having their troubles lately, going 1-3 SU/ATS over the past four outings. It won't get any easier for them, either, as they travel to Minnesota Tuesday.

-- San Antonio (1-7) aren't winning, and lately they haven't covered the spread, either. After opening 3-1-1 ATS through the first five games, the Stars have failed to cover each of their past three.


-- Chicago (5-5) had their four-game cover streak snapped in their loss at Phoenix (4-6). The Mercury opened 0-4 SU/ATS, but they have won back-to-back games and covered three in a row.