Cnotes 2020 WNBA Season News,Trends,Picks !

[CNOTES]

WNBA
Long Sheet


Friday, September 11


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ATLANTA (6 - 14) vs. CONNECTICUT (10 - 11) - 9/11/2020, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.


Head-to-Head Series History
ATLANTA is 6-2 against the spread versus CONNECTICUT over the last 3 seasons
CONNECTICUT is 4-4 straight up against ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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CHICAGO (11 - 10) vs. DALLAS (7 - 13) - 9/11/2020, 8:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO is 4-3 against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 5-2 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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SEATTLE (17 - 3) vs. PHOENIX (13 - 8) - 9/11/2020, 10:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
SEATTLE is 6-5 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
SEATTLE is 8-4 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
7 of 12 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA


Friday, September 11


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Trend Report
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Atlanta @ Connecticut
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing Connecticut
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Connecticut
Connecticut is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Connecticut's last 5 games when playing Atlanta


Chicago @ Dallas
Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Chicago's last 7 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Chicago is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Dallas
Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Dallas's last 7 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Dallas's last 10 games


Seattle @ Phoenix
Seattle
Seattle is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Seattle's last 7 games when playing Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Phoenix's last 7 games when playing Seattle




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WNBA
Dunkel


Friday, September 11

Atlanta @ Connecticut


Game 649-650
September 11, 2020 @ 7:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Atlanta
111.241
Connecticut
107.195
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Atlanta
by 4
163
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Connecticut
by 4
166
Dunkel Pick:
Atlanta
(+4); Under


Chicago @ Dallas


Game 651-652
September 11, 2020 @ 8:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Chicago
106.939
Dallas
108.592
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Dallas
by 1 1/2
171
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
by 5 1/2
169 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Dallas
(+5 1/2); Over


Seattle @ Phoenix


Game 653-654
September 11, 2020 @ 10:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Seattle
119.556
Phoenix
111.168
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Seattle
by 8 1/2
172
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Seattle
by 5 1/2
163 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Seattle
(-5 1/2); Over

 

[CNOTES]

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11


GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS


ATL at CONN 07:00 PM
ATL +1.0
U 165.5
+500 +500


CHI at DAL 08:00 PM
DAL +5.5
O 170.5
+500 +500


SEA at PHO 10:00 PM
PHO +4.5
O 165.0
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

COMPLETED PICKS


Past Completed Picks


DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD


09/11/2020 3-3-0 50.00% -150 Detail
09/10/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/09/2020 3-3-0 50.00% -150 Detail
09/08/2020 1-5-0 16.67% -2250 Detail
09/07/2020 1-1-0 50.00% -50 Detail
09/06/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/04/2020 3-2-0 60.00% +400 Detail
09/03/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/02/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/01/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail


Sept Totals......31-24-0......56,36%.....+23.00

 

[CNOTES]

Saturday’s 6-pack


Major league leaders in OPS:


1.257— Juan Soto, Wash


1.089— Nelson Cruz, Minn


1.081— Freddie Freeman, Atl


1.065— Mike Trout, LAA


1.051— Dominic Smith, NYM


1.049— Trea Turner, Wash




Americans who have died from COVID-19: 192,616
Please wear a mask when you go out.


Quote of the Day
“It’s not real baseball, but it’s fine for this year, and I hope we never do it again.”
Clayton Kershaw, talking about the new extra inning rules


Saturday’s quiz
What eastern city did the LA Clippers call home, before they were known as the Clippers?


Friday’s quiz
In the 1976 movie All the President’s Men, Robert Redford played Bob Woodward.


Thursday’s quiz
William Henry Harrison was President for only 31 days, before he died of pneumonia.




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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Friday


13) Boston 92, Toronto 87 (Celtics win 4-3)
— Celtics held Toronto to 16 points in 4th quarter.
— Teams combined to make 17-66 on the arc.
— Jayson Tatum led Boston with 29 points.
— Celtics advance to the Eastern Conference final.


12) Nuggets 111, LA Clippers 105 (LA leads 3-2)
— Denver outscored LA 38-25 in 4th quarter to stay alive.
— Michael Porter scored Denver’s last 7 points, his only points of the game.


11) Tampa Bay 11, Red Sox 1— Rays are first team since at least 1900 to start nine lefty hitters in a game, with none of them switch-hitters.


10) Two more random facts from Thursday’s NFL games:
— There were only five plays of 20+ yards in Thursday’s game; Chiefs had two of them. Last year, Kansas City averaged 4.25 plays/game of 20+ yards
— Chiefs had a 15-yard advantage in average field position, which is unusually big.


9) Happy birthday to the great NBA player Bob Lanier, who turned 72 this week; to show how great Lanier was in college, he led St Bonaventure to the 1971 Final Four. Think about that; St Bonaventure is located in the middle of freakin’ nowhere, in the southern tier of central New York; for them to make the Final Four was amazing.


He was a great college player, but tore his knee up in the regional final, when Villanova’s Chris Ford rolled up on his knee. Ironically, Lanier/Ford later wound up as NBA teammates with the Pistons.


8) I was at an AAU tournament in Las Vegas a few years ago, at Bishop Gorman HS, two games going on at once. I’m sitting in the bleachers by myself, behind one couple.


Being AAU ball, when the coach’s cellphone buzzes that he got a text while the game is going on, the guy takes the phone out and reads the text. Why?


He turns around, looks at the couple in front of me and snaps, “If you text me again, he’ll never get in!!!”


The couple wanted their kid to play more; I couldn’t laugh in their faces, so I went to the concession stand. Good stuff.


7) Unsolicited opinions: best-ever play-by-play announcers by sport:
— MLB— Vin Scully
— NFL— Al Michaels
— NBA— Mike Breen
— NHL— Mike Emrick/Dan Kelly
— College hoop— Dick Enberg
— College football— Keith Jackson


6) Phillies’ pitcher Zach Wheeler makes $22M this year; he is now on the IL after tearing the fingernail on the middle finger of his pitching hand while he was putting his pants on.


Wheeler is 4-0, 2,47 in 8 starts; he is really good, but he got hurt putting his pants on.


5) Giant-Padre games for Friday/Saturday were postponed after a Giants’ player tested positive for COVID.


4) Dr Fauci was on TV today telling the truth, because someone needs to; the moderator said they were glad he was speaking, but they were also afraid he would get fired soon.


They can’t fire him; every TV network in the country (except FOX) would be throwing lucrative offers at him, to get his commentary on their station. He’d definitely get his own show, if he wanted one.


3) Sounds like November will be a very quiet month TV-wise, with only football going on until maybe college hoop starts around Thanksgiving. Good news, then, that the NBA now plans to hold their draft November 18, so that’ll provide one night of entertainment.


2) September 11, 1985— Pete Rose set the all-time hits record, getting a hit off of Eric Show of the Padres. Sadly, September 11 is now an infamous date in American history, because of the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and Pentagon.


1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
AL East- Tampa Bay, Toronto
AL Central- Chicago, Minnesota
AL West- Oakland, Houston
AL Wild Cards- Cleveland, New York


NL East- Atlanta, Philadelphia
NL Central- Chicago, St Louis
NL West- Los Angeles, San Diego
NL Wild Cards- Miami, San Francisco

 

[CNOTES]

WNBA
Long Sheet


Saturday, September 12


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WASHINGTON (7 - 13) vs. NEW YORK (2 - 18) - 9/12/2020, 12:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 4-3 against the spread versus NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 6-1 straight up against NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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MINNESOTA (13 - 8) vs. INDIANA (6 - 15) - 9/12/2020, 6:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 4-3 against the spread versus INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 5-2 straight up against INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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LAS VEGAS (16 - 4) vs. LOS ANGELES (15 - 6) - 9/12/2020, 3:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
LOS ANGELES is 5-3 against the spread versus LAS VEGAS over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 4-4 straight up against LAS VEGAS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA


Saturday, September 12


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Trend Report
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Washington @ New York
Washington
Washington is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing New York
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games on the road
New York
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New York's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of New York's last 12 games when playing Washington


Las Vegas @ Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Las Vegas's last 8 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Las Vegas
Los Angeles is 22-3 SU in its last 25 games at home


Minnesota @ Indiana
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games
Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Indiana's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Indiana's last 15 games when playing at home against Minnesota




WNBA
Dunkel


Saturday, September 12


Washington @ New York


Game 655-656
September 12, 2020 @ 12:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Washington
109.163
New York
97.746
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 11 1/2
155
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
New York
by 1 1/2
159 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(+1 1/2); Under


Las Vegas @ Los Angeles


Game 659-660
September 12, 2020 @ 3:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Las Vegas
111.743
Los Angeles
116.683
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 5
165
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Las Vegas
by 3 1/2
167 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(+3 1/2); Under


Minnesota @ Indiana


Game 657-658
September 12, 2020 @ 6:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
105.845
Indiana
107.278
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Indiana
by 1 1/2
175
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
by 6 1/2
168 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Indiana
(+6 1/2); Over

 

[CNOTES]

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12


GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS


LV at LA 03:00 PM
LA +4.0
O 167.5
+500 +500


MIN at IND 06:00 PM
MIN -7.0
U 169.5
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

COMPLETED PICKS


Past Completed Picks


DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD


09/12/2020 1-3-0 25.00% -1150 Detail
09/11/2020 3-3-0 50.00% -150 Detail
09/10/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/09/2020 3-3-0 50.00% -150 Detail
09/08/2020 1-5-0 16.67% -2250 Detail
09/07/2020 1-1-0 50.00% -50 Detail
09/06/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/04/2020 3-2-0 60.00% +400 Detail
09/03/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/02/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/01/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail


Totals......32-27-0........54.23%.....+11.50

 

[CNOTES]

Sunday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in runs scored:


46— Fernando Tatis, SD
43— Dansby Swanson, Atl
39— Mike Trout, LAA
38— Freeman Atl, TAnderson CWS, TTurner Wash
37— Manny Machado, SD
35— Story Col, Abreu CWS, Yastrzemski SF, Conforto NYM, Hoskins Phil




Americans who have died from COVID-19: 193,482
Please wear a mask when you go out.


Quote of the Day
“It’s not real baseball, but it’s fine for this year, and I hope we never do it again.”
Clayton Kershaw, talking about the new extra inning rules


Saturday’s quiz
LA Clippers started out as the Buffalo Braves; they had Bob McAdoo, Jim McMillian, Ernie DiGregorio, some good players- they went 49-33 in 1974-75 under Jack Ramsay, who two years later won the NBA title coaching Portland.


Friday’s quiz
In the 1976 movie All the President’s Men, Robert Redford played Bob Woodward.


Thursday’s quiz
William Henry Harrison was President for only 31 days, before he died of pneumonia.




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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday


13) Like everything else in 2020, the first real Saturday of college football was odd, capped off by a Coastal Carolina-Kansas game that kicked off at 9pm local time in Lawrence, followed by a 1am ET Korean baseball game. Fun for the whole family.


I’m not a scientist, but I’m pretty sure playing football in this environment isn’t a great idea, especially when the players do not get paid, but college sports is big business, and if you don’t believe that, well Oklahoma charged $55 or so on pay-per-view for their opener against I-AA juggernaut Missouri State. Sooners won 48-0; thrilling.


12) If the presidents/AD’s in the Big X knew what was going to happen on the field Saturday, they might’ve thought a quarantine wasn’t such a bad idea.


Coastal Carolina 38, Kansas 23— Second year in row the Chanticleers upset Kansas in Lawrence; this game was 28-0 until just before halftime.


11) Texas Tech 35, Houston Baptist 33— Houston Baptist is I-AA, so this is kind of like a loss for Tech, except it isn’t officially a loss. I mean, Tech was a 40-point favorite and won by 2.


10) Louisiana 31, Iowa State 14— Ragin’ Cajuns’ DB’s dominated the Iowa State receivers; it helped that the refs didn’t seem interested in throwing any flags for defensive holding or PI. Iowa State was a 13-point favorite.


Louisiana missed two easy field goals, but ran a punt back for a TD and also ran a kickoff back for a TD. Saturday looked like it was a very rough day for placekickers, especially young ones.


9) Arkansas State (+14.5) 35, Kansas State 31— Arkansas State’s coach is Blake Anderson; he deserves some joy in his life- his wife passed away just before last season started, and then he lost his dad this offseason. Guy is a good coach who could be moving up soon.


8) Game of the Day: Tex-San Antonio 51, Texas State 48 OT— Down 41-35, Texas State ran a punt back 91 yards for a TD with 1:13 left, but they missed the PAT, then missed a short FG in overtime, and the Roadrunners escaped with a win in Jeff Traylor’s debut as USTA’s coach.


Texas State played without its starting QB, who sat out with COVID-related issues.


7) Saturday’s football upsets:
— Louisiana (+13) 31, Iowa State 14
— Arkansas State (+14.5) 35, Kansas State 31
— Georgia Tech (+13) 16, Florida State 13
— Coastal Carolina (+6) 38, Kansas 23


6) Kansas State (8-1) won the SouthPoint’s prop bet by scoring the first touchdown of the day; the favorites were North Carolina (3-1), Appalachian State (7-2).


5) Some NFL guys had big paydays Saturday; Saints’ RB Alvin Kamara, Vikings’ RB Dalvin Cook and Rams’ WR Cooper Kupp all got contract extensions.


4) Oakland A’s got some very bad news; 3B Matt Chapman will have hip surgery, is out for the season. Thats a big loss- they somehow acquired Jake Lamb from Arizona right before I typed this. They must pay Arizona under the table to cut him, then they signed Lamb up when no one else claimed him.


3) Arizona/Red Sox are first two teams to clinch their under bets in season win total wagering.


2) Lakers 119, Rockets 96— Lakers win series 4-1; you get the feeling Mike D’Antoni will be the scapegoat for Houston’s 2nd-round exit. Now the Lakers hope Denver can force a Game 7 against the Clippers tonight, just to tire both teams out.


1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
AL East- Tampa Bay, Toronto
AL Central- Chicago, Minnesota
AL West- Oakland, Houston
AL Wild Cards- Cleveland, New York


NL East- Atlanta, Philadelphia
NL Central- Chicago, St Louis
NL West- Los Angeles, San Diego
NL Wild Cards- Miami, San Francisco


15 days left in the season, and the Marlins are still a playoff team.

 

[CNOTES]

WNBA


Sunday, September 13


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Trend Report
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Dallas @ New York
Dallas
Dallas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New York
Dallas is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
New York
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New York's last 7 games
New York is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against Dallas


Las Vegas @ Seattle
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Las Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Seattle
Seattle is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing Las Vegas


Washington @ Atlanta
Washington
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington's last 7 games on the road
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games when playing Washington
Atlanta is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games




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WNBA
Long Sheet


Sunday, September 13


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DALLAS (7 - 14) at NEW YORK (2 - 19) - 9/13/2020, 12:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.


Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 6-1 against the spread versus NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
DALLAS is 5-2 straight up against NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
5 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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LAS VEGAS (17 - 4) at SEATTLE (18 - 3) - 9/13/2020, 3:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.


Head-to-Head Series History
SEATTLE is 4-3 against the spread versus LAS VEGAS over the last 3 seasons
LAS VEGAS is 4-3 straight up against SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WASHINGTON (8 - 13) at ATLANTA (7 - 14) - 9/13/2020, 5:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 7-5 against the spread versus ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 8-4 straight up against ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons
7 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

 

[CNOTES]

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13


GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS


DAL at NY 12:00 PM
DAL -10.0
U 160.0
+500 +500


LV at SEA 03:00 PM
LV +2.0
O 166.0
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

LATE WNBA GAME:

WAS at ATL 05:00 PM
ATL +5.5
O 164.5
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

COMPLETED PICKS


Past Completed Picks


DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD


09/13/2020 2-4-0 33.33% -1200 Detail
09/12/2020 1-3-0 25.00% -1150 Detail
09/11/2020 3-3-0 50.00% -150 Detail
09/10/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/09/2020 3-3-0 50.00% -150 Detail
09/08/2020 1-5-0 16.67% -2250 Detail
09/07/2020 1-1-0 50.00% -50 Detail
09/06/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/04/2020 3-2-0 60.00% +400 Detail
09/03/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/02/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/01/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail


Totals......34-31-0........52,30%.....-0.50

 

[CNOTES]

Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack


Most popular picks this week in the Westgate SuperContest:
344— Buffalo +6.5- W
337— LA Rams +3- W
304— Atlanta +2.5- L
303— Tennessee -2.5L
280— Arizona +6.5- W
243— Pittsburgh -6- W


Americans who have died from COVID-19: 194,367
Please wear a mask when you go out.




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Armadillo: Tuesday's Den: Nobody asked me, but…….


13) Steelers 26, Giants 16:
— Pitt led 16-10 late in 3rd quarter; Giants had a 19-play drive that ended on an end zone INT.
— Last five years, Pittsburgh is 15-6 ATS against NFC teams.
— 11 of Steelers’ last 14 road openers stayed under the total.


— Barkley carried ball 15 times for 6 yards; he caught 6 passes for 60 yards.
— Giants started one drive on Pittsburgh’s 3-yard line but only kicked a FG.
— Giants started out 0-1 eight of last nine years.
— Giants are 4-14 ATS in last 18 games as a home underdog.


12) Titans 16, Denver 14
— Titans missed three FG’s and a PAT, but kicked 25-yard FG with 0:17 left for the win.
— The was the Oilers/Titans’ first win in Denver since 1980 (they also won a 1987 replacement game, but I don’t count that)
— Tennessee won seven of last eight road openers, covered nine of last 13.


— Broncos were stopped on downs on the Tennessee 1-yard line in 2nd quarter.
— Titans converted 7-16 on 3rd down, Denver only 3-9.
— Denver is 21-10-1 ATS in its last 32 home openers.


11) Why did the Houston Texans trade DeAndre Hopkins? Isn’t it important to keep your best players, especially when your young QB is growing into being an elite player? Going to be a lot of heat on Texans’ management if they regress on offense this season.


My high school Chemistry teacher was Bill Warner (no relation to Kurt); he was a great teacher, also a licensed pilot, a basketball referee, a brilliant guy. When something made no sense to him, he would call it “nonsensical” He is the only person I’ve ever heard use that word.


To me, the Texans trading Hopkins was nonsensical.


10) No NFL head coach has ever won Super Bowls with two different teams.


Only two guys (Bill Parcells, Mike Holmgren) made it to a Super Bowl with another team, after winning a title somewhere else.


9) NFL supposedly wants more scoring in their games, but two huge offensive plays in the last minute of close games were nullified Sunday by offensive pass interference calls. If you want more points to be scored, why would you point the officials towards calling more offensive PI?


Bengals scored a TD with 0:06 left that was negated; Dallas completed a long pass that would’ve set up a game-tying field goal. Wide receivers pushing off has been overlooked for decades; Michael Irvin is in the Hall of Fame because of that.


The NFL makes their rules, the officials just enforce them; I don’t understand this apparent change in direction.


8) Last 16 years, Cleveland Browns are 0-15-1 in their season openers; they threw 10 passes to Odell Beckham Sunday in Baltimore, but completed only three of them.


7) Mike D’Antoni’s NBA coaching record: 16 years, 672-527 in regular season games, 54-56 in playoff games. If he still wants to coach, hard to believe someone won’t hire him.


6) Denver Nuggets are first NBA team ever to have four straight playoff series go 7 games.


5) Overlooked with all the football Sunday was Alec Mills throwing a no-hitter for the Cubs in Milwaukee, in his 15th career start.


Earlier this season, Lucas Giolito threw a no-hitter for the White Sox; this is the first season ever that both Chicago franchises had a pitcher throw a no-hitter in the same season.


4) Over the last 21 years, Washington Redskins have started 13 different quarterbacks in their season opener. This isn’t a good thing.


3) Big day for Mets fans; the Wilpon family and Saul Katz have agreed to sell the Mets to billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen, which has to help the team a lot. The Wilpons were horrendous owners.


Trivia: If you watch Billions on Showtime, Damian Lewis’ character Bobby Axelrod is loosely based on Cohen. He is a rich guy, really rich.


2) Atlanta Braves signed Pablo Sandoval to a minor league deal, after the Giants released him. Sandoval could be a DH for the Braves down the stretch.


1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
AL East: Tampa Bay, Toronto
AL Central: Chicago, Minnesota
AL West: Oakland, Houston
AL wild cards: Cleveland, New York


NL East: Atlanta, Miami
NL Central: Chicago, St Louis
NL West: Los Angeles, San Diego
NL wild cards: Philadelphia, San Francisco

 

[CNOTES]

WNBA
Long Sheet


Tuesday, September 15


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CONNECTICUT (10 - 12) at CHICAGO (12 - 10) - 9/15/2020, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO is 6-2 against the spread versus CONNECTICUT over the last 3 seasons
CHICAGO is 4-4 straight up against CONNECTICUT over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WASHINGTON (9 - 13) at PHOENIX (13 - 9) - 9/15/2020, 9:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

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

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WNBA


Tuesday, September 15


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Trend Report
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Connecticut @ Chicago
Connecticut
Connecticut is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Connecticut's last 6 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Connecticut
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing at home against Connecticut


Washington @ Phoenix
Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games on the road
Washington is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Phoenix
Phoenix is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 6 games when playing Washington




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WNBA
Dunkel


Tuesday, September 15

Connecticut @ Chicago


Game 601-602
September 15, 2020 @ 7:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Connecticut
111.468
Chicago
107.604
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Connecticut
by 4
162
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
by 3
165 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Connecticut
(+3); Under


Washington @ Phoenix


Game 603-604
September 15, 2020 @ 9:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Washington
105.246
Phoenix
115.507
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Phoenix
by 10 1/2
168
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Phoenix
by 4 1/2
165 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Phoenix
(-4 1/2); Over

 

[CNOTES]

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15


GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS


CONN at CHI 07:00 PM
CONN +2.5
O 165.5
+500 +500


WAS at PHO 09:00 PM
PHO -4.5
U 164.5
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

COMPLETED PICKS


Past Completed Picks


DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD


09/15/2020 2-2-0 50.00% -100 Detail
09/13/2020 2-4-0 33.33% -1200 Detail
09/12/2020 1-3-0 25.00% -1150 Detail
09/11/2020 3-3-0 50.00% -150 Detail
09/10/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/09/2020 3-3-0 50.00% -150 Detail
09/08/2020 1-5-0 16.67% -2250 Detail
09/07/2020 1-1-0 50.00% -50 Detail
09/06/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/04/2020 3-2-0 60.00% +400 Detail
09/03/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/02/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail
09/01/2020 4-2-0 66.67% +900 Detail


Totals......36-33-0........52.17%.....-1.50

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday’s 6-pack


Odds to win the US Open golf tourney this week:


8-1— Dustin Johnson


9-1— Jon Rahm


14-1— McIlroy, Schauffele, Thomas


16-1— Collin Morikawa


25-1— Bryson DeChambeau, Webb Simpson


30-1— Matsuyama, Fleetwood, Day, Reed, Finau




Americans who have died from COVID-19: 195,354
Please wear a mask when you go out.


Quote of the Day
“It begins and ends with the general manager. You can talk to me all day long. I personally wouldn’t know what coach to hire. That’s why you have a basketball operations team that’s made of a half a dozen people that use all kinds of analytics and experience. They’ll make a recommendation to me. They do about everything. I’m the sign-off guy. That’s it.


“I wouldn’t know how to interview a basketball coach. You want me to go interview a CEO for a company, I’m the first one to tell you I think [I’m] better than anybody else. To be successful in business, and I say this in my book, you better know what you know and you better know what you don’t know. I surely know what I don’t know when it comes to basketball.”
Houston Rockets’ owner Tilman Fertitta


Wednesday’s quiz
Who coached the Steelers before Mike Tomlin?


Tuesday’s quiz
Joe Girardi has managed the Marlins, Bronx, Philadelphia.


Monday’s quiz
Rams’ owner Stan Kroenke also owns the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche.




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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……


13) ESPN finally found its Monday Night Football crew; Steve Levy, Brian Greise, Louis Riddick are an excellent 3-man team. Smart, unassuming, easy to listen to.


12) Baseball announced its playoff plan; AL bubble in California, NL bubble in Texas, no days off in the division or league championship series, which is a big deal. Pitching depth is going to be a lot more important than usual. Aces will only pitch once in a best-of-5 series, unless they pitch a game on short rest.


Air quality in southern California could be become a problem; I’m assuming the backup plan is Arizona’s dome, but that wasn’t mentioned Monday.


World Series will be in the Rangers’ new domed stadium in Arlington.


11) Nuggets 104, Clippers 89 (Denver wins 4-3)
— Denver held LA to 33 points in 2nd half.
— Nuggets were down 3-1 in both series this year, but won both.
— Jokic had 16 points, 22 rebounds, 13 assists. Wow.
— In their 50-year history, Clippers are now 0-8 in games where they had a chance to reach the conference final.


10) Cincinnati Bengals’ kicker Randy Bullock missed a game-tying 31-yard field goal at the end of Sunday’s 16-13 loss to the Chargers; Bullock then grabbed his leg— a calf strain was given as the reason. Bengals need a new kicker.


Problem is, Cincinnati plays on Thursday this week and if you bring someone into Ohio from another state, there is a 72-hour thing because of COVID, so the Bengals quickly scooped up kicker Austin Seibert, who was shown the door by the Browns after he missed a PAT and a field goal in Cleveland’s 38-6 loss in Baltimore Sunday.


Seibert will see his old friends Thursday, when the Bengals visit Cleveland.


9) Unusual fact: Five QB’s whose team won in Week 1 were led in rushing by their QB. More and more teams are going to running back-by-committee.


I cringe every time a quarterback takes a hit while running; they’re very valuable players, so there is a fine line between a running QB making his offense more explosive while also risking the whole thing blowing up, if that QB gets hurt.


8) NFL officials called two huge offensive pass interference penalties Sunday, but they only called offensive holding 18 times in 16 games last week, so that’s an improvement. Thats the 2nd-fewest amount of Week 1 holding calls since 2001.


7) Why some teams don’t want their head coach also being a coordinator:


Denver Broncos totally screwed up clock management in the last minute Monday night; once Tennessee got within field goal range, Denver had to use its timeouts, to preserve some time for their offense if the Titans took the lead, which they did.


Head coach Vic Fangio also coordinates Denver’s defense, and that was what he was thinking about while Tennessee was driving at the end. Game management was botched, depriving the Broncos of a last-gasp chance at a win- remember, the game was in Denver, so longer field goals are more possible.


6) Orlando’s NBA bubble on the Disney grounds will also host eight early season college basketball tournament:


— Champions Classic, Jimmy V Classic
— Wooden Legacy, preseason NIT
— Orlando Invitational, Charleston Classic
— Myrtle Beach invitational, Diamond Head Classic


5) Over the last 10 years, when NFL teams went for it on 4th and 1, they got the first down 64% of the time.


4) Tennessee Titans missed three field goals and an extra point Monday night; last year, they made only 44.4% of their FG’s, by far the worst %age in the NFL. 2nd-worst %age last year was the Jets, who made 67.9% of their field goals.


3) My preference for the NFL schedule would be Monday night doubleheaders every week but no Thursday games, except for Week 1 and Thanksgiving Day. Football wasn’t meant to be played on three days’ rest.


2) Michael O’Keefe, the actor who played Danny Noonan in Caddyshack 40 years ago, caddied for club pro Danny Balin this week at practice rounds for the US Open.


1) If you baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
AL East: Tampa Bay, New York
AL Central: Chicago, Minnesota
AL West: Oakland, Houston
AL wild cards: Cleveland, Toronto


NL East: Atlanta, Miami
NL Central: Chicago, St Louis
NL West: Los Angeles, San Diego
NL wild cards: Philadelphia, San Francisco

 

[CNOTES]

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.








Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack


MLB leaders in RBI:
49— Jose Abreu, CWS
46— Freddie Freeman, Atl
45— Luke Voit, NYY
44— Marcell Ozuna, Atl
41— Manny Machado, SD
40— Mike Trout LAA, Fernando Tatis SD
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 196,103
Please wear a mask when you go out.




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Armadillo: Thursday's Den: 13 athletes who excelled at more than one sport


(listed alphabetically)
— Danny Ainge— Played 14 years in the NBA, after a great career at BYU. He also hit .220 in 211 games over three years for the Toronto Blue Jays.


— Jim Brown— One of the best running backs in NFL history, he led the NFL in rushing in 8 of his 9 seasons. Brown also played basketball, ran track, and was a great lacrosse player while in college at Syracuse.


— Wilt Chamberlain— Scored 31,419 points in his NBA career; once scored 100 points in a game- he averaged over 30 ppg for his career. He preferred track in high school, high jumping, long jumping, running the quarter-mile and half-mile events while also throwing the shot put.


When he was in the NBA, Wilt got annoyed that he was criticized for shooting too much so the next season (1967-68) he led the league in assists.


— Bob Hayes— Played wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys for 11 years; he also won two gold medals in track at the 1964 Olympics. Hayes caught 371 passes for 20 yards/catch in his NFL career, scoring 73 touchdowns.


— Bo Jackson— Was a great running back at Auburn, and played 38 games for the Raiders, averaging 5.4 yards/carry. He played eight years in the major leagues, hitting 141 homers- he played the last two years with an artificial hip.


— Michael Jordan— Not much to add here; won a national title at North Carolina, six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls, and out of nowhere, he hit .202 for the AA Birmingham Barons in 1994, as an outfielder, during his sabbatical from the NBA.


Hitting .202 doesn’t sound like much, but I was an official scorer for two years at the AA level; there are guys who were career baseball players who didn’t hit .200 at that level. Jordan also stole 30 bases that season.


— Kenny Lofton— Played 17 years in the big leagues, with a .372 on-base %age and 622 stolen bases— hell of a ballplayer, a 6-time All Star. Lofton also played college basketball at Arizona; he is one of only two people EVER to play in the Final Four and World Series.


— Nate Robinson— Played 11 years in the NBA, he won the Slam Dunk title three times even though he is only 5-9; he scored 11 ppg for his professional career. Robinson originally went to U of Washington on a football scholarship; he played football for the Huskies as a freshman, but gave football up after that season.


— Bill Russell— Played 13 seasons in the NBA, won 11 titles, lost in the finals another year. San Francisco won consecutive NCAA titles with Russell as their center in 1955-56. Russell also was a high jumper at USF; at one time, he was ranked as the 7th-best high jumper in the world, but had to choose between track and basketball as far as the Olympics went- he chose basketball.


— Deion Sanders— Played 14 years in the NFL for five teams; he picked off 53 passes in his pro career, running back nine of them for touchdowns. He also played baseball, playing nine years in the major leagues, hitting .263 for four teams, with 186 stolen bases.


— Tim Stoddard— First person ever to play in a Final Four and a World Series; he was a starting forward on NC State’s championship team in 1974. He also pitched in the major leagues for 13 years, winning a World Series ring with the ’83 Orioles. He also got a hit in his only at-bat in a World Series game.


— Charlie Ward— He won the 1993 Heisman Trophy, leading Florida State to their first-ever national title on the gridiron. Ward also played 11 years in the NBA for three teams, mostly the Knicks, scoring 6.3 ppg for his career.


— Dave Winfield— Played both baseball/basketball for the Minnesota Gophers; his college basketball coach was Bill Musselman, who later coached in the NBA. Winfield was also drafted by the NFL’s Vikings, but he never played college football.


Winfield was a great baseball player; he played 22 years in the majors, hit .283 with 465 career homers and an on-base %age of .353.

 

[CNOTES]

WNBA
Long Sheet


Thursday, September 17


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PHOENIX (14 - 9) at MINNESOTA (14 - 8) - 9/17/2020, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

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

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CONNECTICUT (11 - 12) at LOS ANGELES (15 - 7) - 9/17/2020, 9:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
CONNECTICUT is 8-3 against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
CONNECTICUT is 7-4 straight up against LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
8 of 11 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA


Thursday, September 17


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Trend Report
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Phoenix @ Minnesota
Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Phoenix's last 7 games when playing Minnesota
Phoenix is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games
Minnesota
Minnesota is 19-2 SU in its last 21 games when playing Phoenix
Minnesota is 21-3 SU in its last 24 games when playing at home against Phoenix


Connecticut @ Los Angeles
Connecticut
Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Connecticut is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Los Angeles
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 5 games when playing Connecticut
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 5 games when playing at home against Connecticut




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WNBA
Dunkel


Thursday, September 17

Phoenix @ Minnesota


Game 605-606
September 17, 2020 @ 7:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
111.581
Minnesota
110.189
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Phoenix
by 1 1/2
160
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
by 3
164 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Phoenix
(+3); Under


Connecticut @ Los Angeles


Game 607-608
September 17, 2020 @ 9:00 pm


Dunkel Rating:
Connecticut
106.582
Los Angeles
115.789
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 9
166
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
by 4 1/2
160 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Los Angeles
(-4 1/2); Over

 

[CNOTES]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17


GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS


PHO at MIN 07:00 PM
MIN -4.5
U 167.5
+500 +500


CONN at LA 09:00 PM
LA -5.0
U 159.5
+500 +500