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[Udog]

NEW YORK is 13-2 ATS (10.8 Units) in April games over the last 2 seasons.

BROOKLYN is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) in road games after having lost 2 of their last 3 games in the current season.

CHICAGO is 13-1 ATS (11.9 Units) in home games after a non-conference game in the current season.




NBA
Dunkel

Saturday, April 2

NBA

Saturday, April 2

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Trend Report
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Charlotte @ Philadelphia
Charlotte
Charlotte is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Charlotte is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 16-1 SU in its last 17 games when playing Charlotte
Philadelphia is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Charlotte

Cleveland @ New York
Cleveland
Cleveland is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing on the road against New York
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 6 games on the road
New York
New York is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
New York is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Cleveland

Brooklyn @ Atlanta
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Brooklyn is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games at home
Atlanta is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

Miami @ Chicago
Miami
Miami is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Miami is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games at home
Chicago is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games at home

Utah @ Golden State
Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Utah's last 10 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games when playing on the road against Golden State
Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Golden State's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Golden State's last 5 games when playing at home against Utah


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The Nets are 1-4 ATS in their last five games.
The Hawks are 5-1 ATS in their last six games.
The total has gone UNDER in four of the last six Nets' games.
The total has gone OVER in five of the last six Hawks' games
The Nets are 13-6 ATS in their last 19 matchups against Atlanta.
The total has gone OVER in six of the last nine matchups between Brooklyn and Atlanta.

 

[CNOTES]

SATURDAY, APRIL 2
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

BK at ATL 07:30 PM
ATL +2.0
O 240.0
+500 +500

MIA at CHI 08:00 PM
MIA -2.0
U 217.0
+500 +500

UTA at GS 08:30 PM
UTA -2.0
O 217.5
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

APRIL BEST BETS & OPINIONS

Date .......................W-L-T.....................%...................Units

04/02/2022..............3-3-0.............50.00%..............-1.50
04/01/2022............12-8-0 ............60.00%............+16.00


TOTALS.......... .....15-11-0 ............57.69%............+14.50
.

BEST BETS:

04/02/2022.............2-3-0..............40.00%.............- 6.50
04/01/2022.............6-5-0..............54.54%............+ 2.50


TOTALS...................8-8-0..............50.00%.............- 4.00


UPDATED ON 04/02/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Sunday’s 6-pack
Sports betting handle for February, 2022:
$1.53B— New York
$985.6M— New Jersey
$780.8M— Nevada
$597M— Pennsylvania
$440.5M— Colorado
$423.8M— Michigan

Quote of the Day
“You do what’s in your heart son, you’ll be fine.”
Robin Williams, in Good Will Hunting

Sunday’s quiz
Chicago Bulls have had a player score 50+ points in a game 36 times; Michael Jordan had 30 of those 36 games. Who is the only other player with more than one?
Hint: he is active in the NBA now, but isn’t on the Bulls

Friday’s quiz
Shannon Sharpe caught the longest TD pass in NFL postseason history, 96 yards in 2020.

Thursday’s quiz
Terry Collins was manager of the Mets the last time they made the playoffs, in 2016.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

13) Just researched an excellent NFL trend, and can’t hold it back until the 2022 schedule comes out.

Last four years, NFL coaches in their first year with a new team are 0-10 ATS as Week 1 favorites. Last one who covered? Sean McVay’s Rams, in 2017.

Just for the record, since 2013, NFL coaches in their first year with a new team are 13-7-1 ATS as Week 1 underdogs.

NFL schedule should be out in a couple weeks, so we’ll get busy with that then.

12) North Carolina 81, Duke 77:
— Duke led by 7 with 18:51 left in game.
— Caleb Love scored 28 points to lead the Tar Heels.
— Carolina’s bench played total of 13:00 in this game.
— January 22, UNC lost 98-76 at Wake Forest; they were ranked #37 in country after that game, but are 17-3 since then.

11) Kansas 81, Villanova 65:
— Villanova isn’t deep; losing Moore (achilles) last week was a huge blow.
— Kansas has won its last ten games.
— Three of Jayhawks’ five NCAA tourney wins are against Big East teams.
— Next 48 hours, Roy Williams is going to get lot of interview requests, having coached both teams.

10) Previous #8-seeds to make the championship game:
2014— #8-seed Kentucky lost 60-54 to #7-seed UConn
2011— #8-seed Butler lost 83-41 to #3-seed UConn.

UConn is lowest seed to win a national title; Kansas was a #6-seed when they won the ’88 national title, beating conference rival Oklahoma in the final.

9) Speaking of Butler, they fired basketball coach LaVall Jordan this week; he coached the Bulldogs for five years, going 14-26 in Big East play the last two seasons. Jordan got screwed over by the pandemic; Butler was 22-9 two years ago, was headed to the NCAA’s before the tournament got cancelled because of COVID.

Brad Stevens made the national title game two years in a row at Butler, an amazing job, but he bolted for the NBA just as the Bulldogs moved up to the Big East, where they’re now a small fish in a big pond. Hard to be a small fish in a big pond after you just played for the national title two years in a row.

8) LSU was supposed to have 11 basketball players back next season, but after they fired coach Will Wade, all 11 are in the transfer portal. New coach Matt McMahon has his hands full coming up with an entirely new roster, or re-recruiting some of last year’s players.

7) Is Golden State’s Jordan Poole the Most Improved Player in the NBA?

Poole has scored 20+ points in 16 consecutive games, giving the Warriors a third scoring threat to go with Steph Curry, Klay Thompson.

6) Detroit Pistons are 22-56, a bad team, but they’re getting better. In their last 21 games, Pistons are 18-2-1 ATS, so they keep competing/falling short.

5) Los Angeles Angels ate $28M when they told OF Justin Upton to take a hike Saturday; Upton hit .215, .204, .211 the last three years. He is 34 years old; Angels have young OF Jo Adell ready to step into Upton’s place, so he became expendable.

4) Mets’ pitching ace Jacob deGrom has a problem with a bone in his shoulder, has been shut down for the next four weeks.

3) LA Dodgers traded OF AJ Pollock to the White Sox for reliever Craig Kimbrel, a trade that figures to help both sides.

2) Guy sitting in front of me on the airplane flying from Las Vegas to Baltimore Friday had a Washington Commanders’ cap on, first one of those I’ve seen.

1) One of the best parts of going to Las Vegas is that, every once in a while, you realize you’re in the big leagues of gambling.

Thursday night, I’m sitting in the Aria sportsbook watching the Xavier-Florida State NIT final; two guys come in, one sits to my left, the other in front of us. We exchanged a few comments but didn’t say a whole lot to each other; with 1:30 or 2:00 left in the first half, the guy next to me leans forward and shows a betting ticket to his friend, then he shows it to me.

He had $3,200 on Florida State in the first half. Thirty-two hundred dollars!!!! He also had bets on the Boston Bruins (winner) and 76ers (loser) but this guy is a big-time gambler, and he was as calm as could be watching the game (at least outwardly).

Like I said, Las Vegas is the big leagues.

 

[Udog]

MILWAUKEE is 12-3 ATS (8.7 Units) in home games versus teams who average 7 or less steals/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 3 seasons.

BOSTON is 10-2 ATS (7.8 Units) after failing to cover the spread in 2 or more consecutive games in the current season.

LA LAKERS are 20-43 ATS (-27.3 Units) in home games after playing a home game in the last 3 seasons.

DETROIT is 13-3 ATS (9.7 Units) versus good shooting teams - making >=46% of their shots - 2nd half of the season in the current season.

PHILADELPHIA is 9-28 ATS (-21.8 Units) in road games after a combined score of 225 points or more in the last 3 seasons.

NEW YORK is 13-3 ATS (9.7 Units) in April games over the last 2 seasons.

OKLAHOMA CITY is 10-2 ATS (7.8 Units) versus good defensive teams - allowing <=108 points/game - 2nd half of the season in the current seson.

PORTLAND is 2-12 ATS (-11.2 Units) versus horrible foul drawing teams - attempting <=21 free throws/game - 2nd half of the season.

MIAMI is 13-2 ATS (10.8 Units) in road games after 2+ road games in the current season.

HOUSTON is 22-50 ATS (-33 Units) in home games after a loss in the last 3 seasons.

SACRAMENTO is 14-3 ATS (10.7 Units) versus horrible foul drawing teams - attempting <=21 free throws/game - 2nd half of the season.

 

[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Sunday, April 3

 

[Udog]

NBA

Sunday, April 3

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Trend Report
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Washington @ Boston
Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Washington's last 9 games when playing Boston
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Boston's last 9 games when playing Washington

Dallas @ Milwaukee
Dallas
Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Dallas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
Milwaukee is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Denver @ LA Lakers
Denver
Denver is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Denver's last 9 games
LA Lakers
LA Lakers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Denver
LA Lakers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Denver

Detroit @ Indiana
Detroit
Detroit is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit's last 7 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Indiana's last 7 games when playing at home against Detroit

Philadelphia @ Cleveland
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland's last 8 games at home

New York @ Orlando
New York
New York is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
New York is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Orlando
Orlando is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against New York
Orlando is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against New York

Minnesota @ Houston
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Houston
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Houston
Houston
Houston is 17-2 SU in its last 19 games when playing at home against Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Houston's last 10 games when playing at home against Minnesota

Phoenix @ Oklahoma City
Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 5 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oklahoma City's last 5 games when playing at home against Phoenix
Oklahoma City is 16-2 SU in its last 18 games when playing at home against Phoenix

Portland @ San Antonio
Portland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Portland's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Portland's last 5 games when playing San Antonio
San Antonio
San Antonio is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
San Antonio is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games

Miami @ Toronto
Miami
Miami is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Miami is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games on the road
Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Golden State @ Sacramento
Golden State
Golden State is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Sacramento
Golden State is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games when playing on the road against Sacramento
Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Sacramento's last 8 games
Sacramento is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

New Orleans @ LA Clippers
New Orleans
New Orleans is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing LA Clippers
New Orleans is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing LA Clippers
LA Clippers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Clippers's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of LA Clippers's last 11 games at home


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[Udog]

The Mavericks are 5-2 ATS in their last seven games.
The Bucks are 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games.
The Mavericks are 4-1 ATS in their last five matchups against Milwaukee.
The total has gone UNDER in four of the last six Bucks' games.


The Nuggets are 1-4 ATS in their last five games.
The Lakers are 8-3 SU in their last 11 matchups against Denver.
The total has gone OVER in seven of the last nine Nuggets' games.
The Lakers are 6-13 ATS in their last 19 games.
The total has gone OVER in six of the last eight Lakers' games.
The total has gone OVER in nine of the last 12 matchups between the Lakers and Nuggets.


The Raptors are 10-3 ATS in their last 13 games.
The Heat are 5-5 ATS in their last ten matchups against Toronto.
The total has gone UNDER in five of the last seven Raptors' games.
The total has gone UNDER in five of the last eight matchups between Miami and Toronto.


The Pelicans are 6-2 ATS in their last eight games.
The Clippers are 2-6 ATS in their last eight games.
The total has gone UNDER in seven of the last eight Pelicans' games.
The total has gone OVER in five straight Clippers' games.
The Pelicans are 6-0 ATS in their last six matchups against the Clippers.

 

[CNOTES]

SUNDAY, APRIL 3
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

WAS at BOS 01:00 PM
WAS +13.0
U 223.5
+500 +500

DAL at MIL 01:00 PM
DAL +6.5
U 227.0
+500 +500

DEN at LAL 03:30 PM
DEN -2.5
U 231.5
+500 +500

DET at IND 05:00 PM
DET +2.5
O 233.0
+500 +500

NY at ORL 06:00 PM
ORL +4.5
O 216.5
+500 +500

PHI at CLE 06:00 PM
PHI -3.5
U 224.5
+500 +500

PHO at OKC 07:00 PM
OKC +14.0
O 221.5
+500 +500

MIA at TOR 07:00 PM
TOR -3.5
U 213.0
+500 +500

POR at SA 07:00 PM
POR +14.0
O 231.0
+500 +500

MIN at HOU 07:00 PM
MIN -13.0
U 243.0
+500 +500

GS at SAC 09:00 PM
SAC +6.0
O 222.5
+500 +500

NO at LAC 09:30 PM
NO +2.5
U 223.5
+500 +500

 

[indiana]

C/Note....hope all is going well.....BOL today....indy

 

[CNOTES]

APRIL BEST BETS & OPINIONS

Date .......................W-L-T.....................%...................Units

04/03/2022............8-16-0 ............33.33%.............-48.00
04/02/2022..............3-3-0.............50.00%..............-1.50
04/01/2022............12-8-0 ............60.00%............+16.00


TOTALS.......... .....23-27-0 ............46.00%............-33.50
.

BEST BETS:

04/03/2022.............4-9-0..............30.76%............-29.50
04/02/2022.............2-3-0..............40.00%.............- 6.50
04/01/2022.............6-5-0..............54.54%............+ 2.50


TOTALS................12-17-0..............41.37%...........- 33.50


UPDATED ON 04/03/2022

 

[CNOTES]

[B]TUESDAY, APRIL 5
Game Time(ET) Pick Units[/B]

PHI at IND 07:00 PM
IND +12.5
+500

CLE at ORL 07:00 PM
CLE -8.5
+500

HOU at BK 07:30 PM
HOU +18.0
+500

CHA at MIA 07:30 PM
MIA -5.5
+500

ATL at TOR 07:30 PM
TOR -4.5
+500

WAS at MIN 08:00 PM
MIN -11.5
+500

POR at OKC 08:00 PM
OKC -3.5
+500

MIL at CHI 08:00 PM
MIL -4.0
+500

SA at DEN 09:00 PM
DEN -6.5
+500

MEM at UTA 09:00 PM
MEM +5.0
+500

NO at SAC 10:00 PM
NO -8.5
+500

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Tuesday’s 6-pack
NFL teams who have the worst salary cap situation:
$738,607 under cap— Giants
$1,093,459— Buffalo
$1,485,010— San Francisco
$2,272,456— Tennessee
$4,557,165— Atlanta
$5,026,680— New England

Quote of the Day
“I’ll get to the bottom of this, if I have to go all the way to the top.”
Colonel Flagg, M*A*S*H

Tuesday’s quiz
Who was manager of the Seattle Mariners, last time they made the playoffs?

Monday’s quiz
Roy Williams was the basketball coach at Kansas before Bill Self; he was also the hoop coach at North Carolina before Hubert Davis.

Sunday’s quiz
Chicago Bulls have had a player score 50+ points in a game 36 times; Michael Jordan had 30 of those 36 games.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

13) Kansas 72, North Carolina 69:
— Tar Heels led 40-25 at halftime.
— For Kansas:
Braun and Wilson in first half: 1-13, two points.
Braun and Wilson in second half, 10-14, 25 points.
— UNC shot only 36% inside the arc.
— Carolina outrebounded Kansas 55-35

12) Last four years, Starling Marte played 449 games in the outfield, 448 of them in centerfield. Last year, Marte played 56 games in centerfield for Oakland, where one of his teammates was Mark Canha. Marte/Canha are now teammates with the Mets.

Canha played 134 games for Oakland LY, 23 of them in CF, which were before Marte came to the A’s.

In spring training this weekend, Marte was playing rightfield, Canha centerfield. Different people see things different ways, which makes the world a more interesting place.

11) Eight NFL teams don’t have a first round draft pick this year, so now the league is worried that ratings for the first night of the draft won’t be so good, since 25% of the league isn’t invested in the first round.

I root for the Rams, who never have a first round pick (last one was Jared Goff in 2016) but I’ll be watching the first round, if that makes anyone in New York City feel better.

10) NFL Draft is in Las Vegas this year; Raiders don’t have a pick until late in the third round, which could also tone down the excitement of the first night.

9) Saints/Eagles made a trade Monday, dealing seven draft picks, no actual players; Saints get the 16th/19th picks this year, Eagles get the 18th pick this year, plus a first round pick next year, a 2nd round pick in 2024.

8) Duke basketball assistant Nolan Smith bolts the Blue Devils to become Kenny Payne’s top assistant at Louisville, where Smith’s late father played ball.

7) Mike Trout got traded in my fantasy league over the weekend, second time in three years he got dealt. I’m curious how that will work out.

6) Want to win a bar bet? Who was the first major leaguer to hit three home runs on Opening Day?

Toronto’s George Bell, in 1988.

5) Last five defending champs in NCAA Tournament all lost on the first weekend:
2023— Kansas ??????
2022— Baylor lost in 2nd round
2020— Virginia lost in first round
2019— Villanova lost in 2nd round
2018— North Carolina lost in 2nd round
2017— Villanova lost in 2nd round

4) Here is what Washington will be paying QB Carson Wentz:
2022— $22M salary, $6.294 roster bonus
2023— $20M salary, $6.176 roster bonus
2024— $21M salary, $6.235 roster bonus

3) Detroit Tigers acquired OF Austin Meadows from Tampa Bay, for IF Isaac Paredes and a pick in July’s draft.

2) Is Hank Aaron the most underrated baseball player ever? You take away his 755 career home runs and he still had more hits than Wade Boggs.

1) Jim Nantz calls the Kansas-North Carolina game on national TV, now goes to Augusta and calls The Masters golf tournament this week, starting Thursday. Pretty good week for him.

 

[Udog]

CLEVELAND is 10-1 ATS (8.9 Units) after having lost 5 or 6 of their last 7 games in the current season.

PHILADELPHIA is 28-12 ATS (14.8 Units) after failing to cover 5 or 6 of their last 7 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

TORONTO is 14-3 Over (10.7 Units) in home games after covering 4 or 5 of their last 6 against the spread in the current season.

HOUSTON is 57-88 ATS (-39.8 Units) after a loss in the last 3 seasons.

CHARLOTTE is 56-36 Under (16.4 Units) revenging a loss where opponent scored 110 or more points in the last 3 seasons.

WASHINGTON is 3-19 ATS (-17.9 Units) on Tuesday nights in the last 3 seasons.

CHICAGO is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) after 2 straight games - allowing a shooting pct. of 50% or higher in the current season.

OKLAHOMA CITY is 14-2 ATS (11.8 Units) after allowing 100 points or less in the current season.

DENVER is 11-1 Over (9.9 Units) in home games after failing to cover 4 or 5 of their last 6 against the spread in the current seas...

UTAH is 15-34 ATS (-22.4 Units) off a road loss in the last 3 seasons.

SACRAMENTO is 15-3 Over (11.7 Units) in home games off a home loss by 10 points or more over the last 2 seasons.

PHOENIX is 69-35 Over (30.5 Units) after having won 5 or 6 of their last 7 games in the last 3 seasons.

 

[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Tuesday, April 5

 

[Udog]

NBA

Tuesday, April 5

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Trend Report
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Philadelphia @ Indiana
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing Indiana
Philadelphia is 17-5 SU in its last 22 games on the road
Indiana
Indiana is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
Indiana is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Cleveland @ Orlando
Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing on the road against Orlando
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Cleveland's last 13 games when playing Orlando
Orlando
Orlando is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando's last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland

Houston @ Brooklyn
Houston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games when playing Brooklyn
Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Brooklyn's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Brooklyn's last 5 games when playing Houston

Charlotte @ Miami
Charlotte
Charlotte is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Charlotte is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Miami
Miami is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Miami is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

Atlanta @ Toronto
Atlanta
Atlanta is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Toronto
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

Milwaukee @ Chicago
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 15-1 SU in its last 16 games when playing Chicago
Milwaukee is 10-1 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chicago's last 7 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Chicago's last 19 games

Washington @ Minnesota
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Washington is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing Washington
Minnesota is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games at home

Portland @ Oklahoma City
Portland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Portland's last 5 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Portland's last 5 games when playing Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oklahoma City's last 5 games when playing at home against Portland

San Antonio @ Denver
San Antonio
San Antonio is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
San Antonio is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Denver
Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Antonio
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Denver's last 6 games at home

Memphis @ Utah
Memphis
Memphis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis's last 5 games when playing Utah
Utah
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Utah's last 5 games when playing at home against Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Utah's last 5 games when playing Memphis

New Orleans @ Sacramento
New Orleans
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Orleans's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Orleans's last 5 games
Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Sacramento's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Sacramento's last 5 games when playing New Orleans

LA Lakers @ Phoenix
LA Lakers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Lakers's last 9 games
Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing LA Lakers
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing LA Lakers


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[Udog]

The Bucks are 10-5 ATS in their last 15 games.
The Bulls are 5-13 ATS in their last 18 games.
The Bucks are 11-5 ATS in their last 16 games against Chicago.
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of the last 19 Bulls' games.
The total has gone UNDER in six of the last seven matchups between Milwaukee and Chicago.


The Grizzlies are 6-1 ATS in their last seven games.
The Jazz are 0-7 ATS in their last seven games.
The Grizzlies are 2-4 ATS in their last six matchups against Utah.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of the last 17 Jazz' games.
The total has gone OVER in seven straight matchups between Utah and Memphis.


The Lakers are 2-15 SU in their last 17 road games.
The total has gone OVER in eight of the last 12 Suns' games.
The total has gone OVER in seven of the last nine Lakers' games.
The Suns are 9-2 SU in their last 11 games.
The Lakers are 1-4 ATS in their last five games.
The total has gone UNDER in five of the last seven matchups between the Lakers and Suns.

 

[CNOTES]

TUESDAY, APRIL 5
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

PHI at IND 07:00 PM
IND +12.5
U 231.0
+500 +500

CLE at ORL 07:00 PM
CLE -8.5
U 214.5
+500 +500

HOU at BK 07:30 PM
HOU +18.0
O 242.5
+500 +500

CHA at MIA 07:30 PM
MIA -5.5
U 224.5
+500 +500

ATL at TOR 07:30 PM
TOR -4.5
U 226.5
+500 +500

WAS at MIN 08:00 PM
MIN -11.5
O 237.5
+500 +500

POR at OKC 08:00 PM
OKC -3.5
U 223.5
+500 +500

MIL at CHI 08:00 PM
MIL -4.0
U 228.5
+500 +500

SA at DEN 09:00 PM
DEN -6.5
O 234.5
+500 +500

MEM at UTA 09:00 PM
MEM +5.0
U 225.0
+500 +500

NO at SAC 10:00 PM
NO -8.5
U 226.0
+500 +500

LAL at PHO 10:30 PM
PHO -11.5
U 233.0
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

APRIL BEST BETS & OPINIONS

Date .......................W-L-T.....................%...................Units

04/05/2022...........11-13-0............45.83%.............-16.50
04/03/2022............8-16-0 ............33.33%.............-48.00
04/02/2022..............3-3-0.............50.00%..............-1.50
04/01/2022............12-8-0 ............60.00%............+16.00


TOTALS.......... .....34-40-0 ............45.94%..............-50.00
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BEST BETS:

04/05/2022.............6-5-0..............54.54%...........+ 2.50
04/03/2022.............4-9-0..............30.76%............-29.50
04/02/2022.............2-3-0..............40.00%.............- 6.50
04/01/2022.............6-5-0..............54.54%............+ 2.50


TOTALS................18-22-0..............45.00%...........- 31.00


UPDATED ON 04/05/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Wednesday’s 6-pack
Odds to win The Masters:
10-1— Jon Rahm
12-1— Justin Thomas
14-1— Cameron Smith
16-1— DJohnson, Morikawa, McIlroy, Scheffler, Spieth
18-1— Viktor Hovland
20-1— Cantlay, Koepka, Schauffle

Quote of the Day
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is is the courage to continue that counts.”
Winston Churchill

Wednesday’s quiz
What fine actor played A’s manager Art Howe in Moneyball?

Tuesday’s quiz
Lou Piniella was manager of the Seattle Mariners, last time they made the playoffs, in 2001.

Monday’s quiz
Roy Williams was the basketball coach at Kansas before Bill Self; he was also the hoop coach at North Carolina before Hubert Davis.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….

13) Cleveland OF Will Benson hit an inside-park home and a triple in Tuesday’s game against Colorado, which brought up the question: Has anyone ever hit two inside-park home runs in the same game?

Turns out it has happened 10 times, all in the American League. Last time was October 4, 1986 when Twins’ SS Greg Gagne did it. Before that, the great Dick Allen had two inside-park homers in a 1972 game.

12) Because July 31 is a Sunday this year, MLB pushed the trading deadline back to August 2.

11) MLB has OK’d PitchCom, which will reduce the amount of time pitchers take getting signals from the catcher. Early feedback has been positive; it is expected to speed up games some.

10) Saint Peter’s just had a great run, the first 15-seed to make the Elite 8; Jersey City threw the team a freakin’ parade.

Now comes the bad news. As expected, coach Shaheen Holloway is going to coach Seton Hall, his alma mater, but then Tuesday, three Peacocks entered the transfer portal, which wasn’t expected. The new coach is going to have a mess on his hands.

9) There are now 1,165 names in the transfer portal; there are 358 D-I teams.

8) Coaching carousel:
— LaSalle hired 73-year old Fran Dunphy as its new coach; Dunphy has a 580-325 record as a head coach, at Penn/Temple.
— Cleveland State is going to hire Iowa State assistant Daniyal Robinson as its new coach.

7) Elon head coach Mike Schrage quit this week; he is expected to join Jon Scheyer’s staff at Duke.

6) North Carolina lost the national title game Monday night, after leading 40-25 at halftime; they beat Baylor in the second round, after blowing a 25-point lead with 10:20 left in game. Very unusual March run; Armando Bacot had 99 rebounds in six games.

5) Remy Martin scored 14 points in 21:00 off bench for Kansas in the title game; last year he bolted Arizona State and was going to jump to the NBA. ASU coach Bobby Hurley publicly backed Martin’s decision, but then Martin didn’t go to the NBA, he transferred to Kansas instead.

Arizona State went 14-17, Hurley was suspended for a game for going nuts on a ref after one especially hideous loss. Wonder what he thinks about Kansas winning the national title?

4) Baseball happenings:
— P Johnny Cueto signed with the White Sox
— Dodgers signed reliever Dellin Betances
— Bronx signed 1B Greg Bird

3) ESPN’s daytime lineup would be so much better if they went back to showing replays of poker tournaments and stopped with their hideous talk shows, orchestrated yelling with lot of words being exchanged, but nothing substantial being said.

2) Was scrolling thru the movie channels Tuesday and stumbled onto one I left off my best movie lists couple years ago: Searching for Bobby Fischer, a movie about a sportswriter who discovers that his 7-year old son is a chess prodigy.

Joe Mantegna, Laurence Fishburne, Ben Kingsley; a great cast. Excellent movie.

1) Why would any politician vote against capping the price of insulin? I can think of a reason, but I can’t think of a good reason. How do these people look their constituents in the eye?