CNOTES 2024-2025 NBA TRENDS, NEWS, BEST BETS AND OPINIONS THRU THE PLAYOFFS !

[Udog]

NBA

Tuesday, February 4

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Trend Report
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Dallas vs Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Dallas's last 9 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Dallas's last 9 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Boston vs Cleveland
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Cleveland is 22-3 SU in its last 25 games at home
Cleveland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Boston

Houston vs Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Houston's last 8 games when playing Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Houston's last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 5 games
Brooklyn is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Houston

New York vs Toronto
New York is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
New York is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Toronto
Toronto is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Toronto is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games

Miami vs Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Miami's last 8 games on the road
Miami is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Chicago's last 14 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Chicago's last 23 games

LA Lakers vs LA Clippers
LA Lakers is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 6 games on the road
LA Clippers is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games at home
LA Clippers is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against LA Lakers

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


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[Udog]

 

[CNOTES]

Tuesday, February 4​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
DAL at PHI	07:00 PM	PHI -4.0 U 228.5	+500 +500
HOU at BK	07:30 PM	HOU -10.0 O 212.0	+500 +500
BOS at CLE	07:30 PM	CLE -1.0 U 238.5	+500 +500
NY at TOR	07:30 PM	TOR +6.0 O 228.5	+500 +500
MIA at CHI	08:00 PM	MIA -3.5 U 228.5	+500 +500
IND at POR	10:00 PM	IND -4.5 U 234.0	+500 +500
LAL at LAC	10:00 PM	LAC -8.5 O 221.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

BEST BETS FOR FEB. 2025

02/04/2025..............4 - 7 - 0...............36.36%...............- 18.50
02/03/2025..............5 - 2 - 0..............71.42%...............+ 14.00
02/02/2025..............3 - 3 - 0..............50.00%...............- 1.50
02/01/2025..............4 - 5 - 0..............44.44%...............- 7.50

TOTALS..................16 - 17 - 0..............48.48%................- 13.50

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Players who took the most called 3rd strikes last year:
65- Elly De La Cruz, Cin (29.8% of his K’s)
54- Michael Busch, Cubs (33.3%)
53- Christopher Morel, Cubs/TB (33.3%)
53- Lane Thomas Wsh/Clev (38.7%)
52- Marcell Ozuna, Atl (30.6%)
51- Corbin Carroll, Ariz (39.2%)

Quote of the Day
“I enjoy being around the guys. I enjoy the football games. You can’t put in the hours that we do and not enjoy it. So, I really love the game.”
Chiefs coach Andy Reid

Wednesday’s quiz
Which team did Anthony Davis break into the NBA with?

Tuesday’s quiz
Vince Ferragamo played QB for the Rams, the first time they played in a Super Bowl.

Monday’s quiz
Ron Jaworski was the Philadelphia Eagles’ QB, the first time they played in a Super Bowl.

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Wednesday’s Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind……..​

— NBA has taken over the headlines this week, with the trade deadline this Thursday; the Doncic-Davis trade was unusual, on several levels:
Doncic is 25; Davis will be 32 next month. Why trade a 25-year old star?
Last year was the first time since 2018 that Davis played more than 62 games in a season.
Lakers are 29-19, are the #5-seed in the West right now; Dallas is 26-26, just outside the playoff picture. Neither team seems like a serious threat to win this year’s championship.

— Mark Cuban doesn’t have any input with the Mavericks anymore; he is still a minority owner, but the majority owners/decision makers are the Adelson family from Las Vegas- they run the Sands casino company.
There is a conspiracy theory out there that says the Mavericks are quietly tanking so they can move the team to Las Vegas, then when the NBA expands in a couple years, Dallas would get one of the two new franchises (Seattle would probably get the other one).
Trading the popular Doncic would soften the blow if/when the team tries to move.

— Then there are the Utah Jazz, the third team involved in the trade; Danny Ainge runs the Jazz- he didn’t know the details of the whole deal until an hour before it was announced.
Ainge used to play for the Celtics, the Lakers’ rival; apparently he wasn’t very happy when he found out the magnitude of the trade, but by that point, it was too late to back out of the deal.
The next couple days should be pretty interesting.

— Mavericks have offered refunds to fans who canceled season tickets because they’re mad about the trade.

— Florida State basketball coach Leonard Hamilton will retire after the season, after 23 years coaching the Seminoles. The 76-year old Hamilton got FSU to the NCAA’s eight times, to the Sweet 16 four times.

— Major League Baseball fired umpire Pat Hoberg for “sharing” legal sports betting accounts with a friend who bet on baseball. The friend, who is apparently a professional poker player,

Hoberg adamantly denied betting on baseball directly or indirectly; MLB even said that there is “no evidence” that Hoberg directly bet on games or manipulated the outcomes of any games in any way, but he was reckless in having a friend bet on baseball using his account.
The strange part of all this is that Hoberg was probably the best balls/strikes umpire in the big leagues; he had a couple games where his ball/strike calls were prefect, which is unusual.
He can re-apply for his job in 2026; will be interesting to see what happens then.

— Random stat: underdogs are 11-5 ATS in the last sixteen Super Bowls.

— Famous birthdays, February 5th
Roger Staubach, 83
Craig Morton, 82
Vic Correll, 79
Barbara Hershey, 77
Mike Heath, 70
Roberto Alomar, 57
Terrence Ross, 34
Nick Lodolo, 27

— UCLA 63, Michigan State 61
UCLA was +13 in turnovers (16-3)
Bruins have won six in a row, are 8-4 in the Big 18.
Famous alums Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson were at the game.

— Georgia Tech 89, Clemson 86 3OT
Tech survived going 12-25 on the foul line.
Yellow Jackets had 24 offensive boards, out-rebounded Clemson 56-46
Tech’s Nathan George had 28 points, seven assists.

— St John’s 70, Marquette 64
Red Storm has won nine games in a row.
St John’s is 11-1 in Big East, despite shooting 23.8% on arc in those games.
St John’s out-rebounded Marquette, 50-28

— Ole Miss 98, Kentucky 84
Ole Miss scored 1.38 points/possession, a huge number.
Rebels led 54-31 at halftime.
Kentucky lost four of last five games, after a 14-3 start.

— Texas Tech 73, Baylor 59
Red Raiders are the quietest 18-4 team in America.
Baylor shot 33.9% from the floor.
Tech has #24 eFG% offense, #34 eFG% defense in country.

— Drake 55, Murray State 45
Very, very slow game, a 49-possession game.
Drake has won nine in a row, is 21-2 this season.
Murray State lost six of its last seven games.

— Upsets of the Night:
Georgia Tech (+13.5) 89, Clemson 86 3OT
Minnesota (+8.5) 69, Penn State 61
Kansas State (+3.5) 71, Arizona State 70

 

[Udog]

NBA

Wednesday, February 5

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Trend Report
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Milwaukee vs Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Milwaukee's last 7 games when playing on the road against Charlotte
Milwaukee is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Charlotte's last 7 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Charlotte's last 12 games at home

Cleveland vs Detroit
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Cleveland's last 10 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Detroit's last 10 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland

San Antonio vs Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 8 of San Antonio's last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Antonio's last 7 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 18 of Atlanta's last 25 games at home

Washington vs Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington's last 8 games when playing Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games when playing on the road against Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 5 games

Memphis vs Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Memphis's last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing at home against Memphis
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing Memphis

Miami vs Philadelphia
Miami is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Miami's last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Philadelphia's last 9 games at home
Philadelphia is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games

Chicago vs Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Chicago's last 9 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chicago's last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Minnesota's last 9 games when playing Chicago
Minnesota is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games when playing at home against Chicago

Golden State vs Utah
Golden State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Golden State's last 14 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Utah's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Utah's last 9 games when playing at home against Golden State

New Orleans vs Denver
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of New Orleans's last 19 games when playing Denver
Denver is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Denver is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

Phoenix vs Oklahoma City
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Phoenix's last 10 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games at home
Oklahoma City is 20-3 SU in its last 23 games when playing at home against Phoenix

Orlando vs Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Orlando's last 5 games when playing on the road against Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Orlando's last 10 games when playing Sacramento
Sacramento is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Sacramento's last 5 games when playing at home against Orlando


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[Udog]

 

[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, February 5

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday, February 5​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CLE at DET	07:00 PM	CLE -6.5 U 237.0	+500 +500
MIL at CHA	07:00 PM	MIL -10.0 U 222.5	+500 +500
SA at ATL	07:00 PM	ATL +4.5 O 243.0	+500 +500
MIA at PHI	07:30 PM	PHI +1.0 O 220.0	+500 +500
WAS at BK	07:30 PM	BK -4.0 U 217.5	+500 +500
MEM at TOR	07:30 PM	TOR +10.5 U 238.0	+500 +500
CHI at MIN	08:00 PM	MIN -11.5 O 225.5	+500 +500
GS at UTA	09:00 PM	GS -6.0 U 224.5	+500 +500
NO at DEN	09:00 PM	DEN -10.5 U 239.0	+500 +500
PHO at OKC	09:30 PM	OKC -13.0 O 229.0	+500 +500
ORL at SAC	10:00 PM	SAC -5.5 O 219.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

BEST BETS FOR FEB. 2025

02/05/2024..............8 - 6 - 1................57.14%..............+ 7.00
02/04/2025..............4 - 7 - 0...............36.36%...............- 18.50
02/03/2025..............5 - 2 - 0..............71.42%...............+ 14.00
02/02/2025..............3 - 3 - 0..............50.00%...............- 1.50
02/01/2025..............4 - 5 - 0..............44.44%...............- 7.50

TOTALS..................24 - 23 - 1..............51.06%................- 6.50

 

[Udog]

Thursday’s 6-pack:
Patrick Mahomes betting props for the Super Bowl:
Passing yards— 254.4
Completions— 24.5
Rushing yards— 28.5
Longest run— 12.5 yards
Longest pass completion— 35.5 yards
Passing TD’s— 1.5

Quote of the Day
“There’s nothing you have to know, you just have to work. I’m never not working on material. Every second of my existence, I’m thinking, could I do something with that?”
Jerry Seinfeld

Thursday’s quiz
Which NBA team drafted Kevin Durant?

Wednesday’s quiz
Anthony Davis broke into the NBA with the New Orleans Hornets, in 2012.

Tuesday’s quiz
Vince Ferragamo played QB for the Rams, the first time they played in a Super Bowl.

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Thursday’s Den: My list of the best 13 NFL QB’s of the Super Bowl era​

I screwed this up the first time I posted this..….here is the updated list.
Here is my list of the 13 best QBs of the Super Bowl era; I left Johnny Unitas out, because he was at the end of his career when I saw him play, couldn’t really evaluate him. Otto Graham was also really, really good, but he retired five years before I was born.
Make your own list; this was harder than I’d thought it would be, to get them ranked where I think they should be.

13) Kurt Warner
Started three Super Bowls for two different teams……
Before the Rams won the Super Bowl 25 years ago, in Warner’s first year as an NFL starter, they hadn’t made the playoffs in ten years.
Warner led the Cardinals to the Super Bowl in the 2008 season; before that year, Arizona also hadn’t made the playoffs in ten years.
Not only did he lead two franchises to a Super Bowl, he transformed two losing franchises into conference champions. Thats why he’s a Hall of Famer.

12) Terry Bradshaw
121-56 as an NFL starter, 14-5 in playoff games; was the underrated field general for a Steeler team that won four Super Bowls in a six-year span.
He played when teams ran ball more and threw less, but his TD pass to Franco Harris in a 1972 playoff game (the Immaculate Reception) is one of the most famous plays in NFL history.
Bradshaw won and he won a lot; he parlayed that winning into a TV career that is still going on.
Bradshaw played in college at Louisiana Tech; the QB at Tech before him was Phil Robertson, the father on the TV show Duck Dynasty.

11) Jim Kelly
110-67 as an NFL starter, won four consecutive AFC titles. Was 9-8 in playoff games, albeit 0-4 in Super Bowls. His teams were great fun to watch.
He also went 23-15 with the USFL’s Houston Gamblers.
He threw for 35,467 yards in the NFL, 237 TD’s.

10) Matthew Stafford
The two greatest seasons by a receiver, in terms of yardage, in NFL history:
1,964 yards- Calvin Johnson, 2012 Lions
1,947 yards- Cooper Kupp, 2021 Rams
The common thread between those two seasons? Stafford was the QB both years.
From 2014-18, Lions were 36-28 with Stafford at QB under coach Jim Caldwell, but he got fired and they stupidly hired Matt Patricia as coach, because he worked with Belichick/Brady in New England. Matt Millen was the GM then; he wasn’t good at his job.
Three years later, Detroit traded Stafford to the Rams; he is 5-2 in playoff games with LA, with a Super Bowl title, and he ain’t done yet.

9) Drew Brees
Played five years for the Chargers, 15 years for the Saints; he was 181-123 as a starter, 9-9 in the playoffs, winning a Super Bowl for New Orleans 15 years ago.
As a rookie, Brees backed up Doug Flutie as the Chargers’ QB.
In 2005, Brees tore up his shoulder, when he was hit by John Lynch, who is now GM of the 49ers; a free agent, Saints/Dolphins were interested in signing him.
Miami’s doctors wouldn’t endorse signing Brees, because of his injured shoulder, so Miami signed Daunte Culpepper instead, and Brees signed with the Saints.
Dolphins went 6-10 that next year; their coach quit and went back to a college job, where he became arguably the greatest college coach ever.
Drew Brees’ shoulder is why Nick Saban became the coach at Alabama.

8) Dan Marino
He was 155-103 as a starter, 8-10 in playoff games.
Marino threw for 61,361 yards, 420 TD’s. Tremendous passer.
Somehow, he was the 27th pick of the 1983 draft, the sixth (6th!!!) QB taken that year. Three of those six QB’s are in the Hall of Fame.

The other QB’s picked in the first round that year:
John Elway
Todd Blackledge
Jim Kelly
Tony Eason
Ken O’Brien
Dan Marino…….every team in the AFC East picked a QB that year.

— Famous birthdays, February 6th
Mike Farrell, 86
Richie Zisk, 76
John Dutton, 74
Tom Tupa, 59
Kris Humphries, 40
Pavin Smith, 29
Kevon Looney, 29
Adley Rutschman, 27

7) Bart Starr
Won five NFL titles, including the first two Super Bowls.
Was 9-1 in playoff games, back when there weren’t as many playoff games.
Green Bay was 105-35 with Vince Lombardi as coach; Starr was his field general.
His only playoff loss was 17-13 to the Eagles in the 1960 NFL title game.
I decided not to mention that he ruined my 8th birthday party, but he did, when Green Bay beat the Rams 28-7 in the playoffs. There is a chance I was a weird kid.

6) Peyton Manning
200-92 as an NFL starter, 14-13 in playoff games. He threw for 71,940 yards, 539 TD’s.
He won Super Bowls for the Colts/Broncos; he and Tom Brady are the only guys on this list who won a Super Bowl for multiple teams.
He also threw for 11,201 yards, 89 TD’s in college at Tennessee; the QB at Tennessee before him was baseball Hall of Famer Todd Helton. As excellent as Manning was, the Vols won a national title the year after he left, with Tee Martin under center.
Manning was 32-32 in his first four years as a starter, but then he won 10+ games the next 12 years he played. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2021, the first year he was eligible.

5) Roger Staubach
96-35 as an NFL starter, 11-6 in playoff games.
Played at the Naval Academy, served four years in the Navy after that; he didn’t play in the NFL until he was 27 years old, didn’t become a full-time starter until he was 31. Dallas was 45-14 in his starts his last four years in the NFL.
He won two Super Bowls for the Cowboys (1971/1977 seasons); he was so universally respected, thought that if he had wanted to become President, he would’ve been.
Today (Wednesday) is his 83rd birthday.

4) Joe Montana
Won four Super Bowls with the 49ers, one of them before they had the great WR Jerry Rice.
Why is the NFL Draft awesome? Montana was a 3rd round draft pick, the 82nd player taken in the 1979 draft. Go figure.
Montana ruined a lot of my Sunday afternoons; he won back/back titles in 1988/89, but lost the NFC Championship Game 15-13 to the Giants in 1990, when they were trying to three-peat, like the Chiefs are trying to do Sunday.

3) Patrick Mahomes
When I do this list ten years from now, chances are Mahomes will be #1 on the list.
He is 17-3 in playoff games, winning three Super Bowls, and he is only 29. His career record is 106-26; before he got the Chiefs, from 1994-2016, the Chiefs were 1-8 in playoff games.
Why is the NFL Draft awesome? Mahomes was the 10th player taken in the 2017 draft; he didn’t play until the last game of his rookie season. He’s made up for it since.
By the way, Bears had the #3 pick in 2017; they traded two extra draft picks to the 49ers to move up to the #2 spot, so they could draft QB Mitch Trubisky.
Whoops.

2) Tom Brady
Brady has accomplished the most of any NFL QB ever, winning seven Super Bowls. He was 286-65 as an NFL starter, 35-13 in playoff games.
He threw for 89,214 yards, 649 TD’s. Not bad for a 6th round draft pick. He’s become pretty good as a TV analyst, too.
That said, if we were choosing up sides on the playground and I had the first pick of any QB ever, I’d choose the last guy on this list.

1) John Elway
Elway was 162-89-1 as an NFL starter, 14-7 in playoff games; he won the Super Bowl the last two years he played in the NFL. He was mobile, he was clutch, throwing for 51,475 yards, 300 TD’s in his career. He also played pro baseball for a year, in the NY-Penn League.
Baltimore Colts drafted Elway with the first pick of the 1983 draft; they traded him to Denver, four years before the Colts moved to Indianapolis. Mike Pagel/Art Schlichter played QB for the Colts after that, a big part of why the Colts wound up moving.
Remember the Stanford Band play in 1982, when Stanford led 20-19 with 0:04 left, but Cal ran the kickoff back for TD, while the Stanford Band marched on the field before the game was over?
That was John Elway’s last college game; the loss prevented Stanford from going to a bowl that year. Elway never played in a bowl (they were a lot fewer back then) other than the Super Bowl.

 

[Udog]

NBA

Thursday, February 6

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Dallas vs Boston
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Dallas's last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas
Boston is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Dallas

Houston vs Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Houston's last 9 games on the road
Minnesota is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing Houston

Orlando vs Denver
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Orlando's last 5 games when playing on the road against Denver
Orlando is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Denver
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Denver's last 5 games when playing at home against Orlando
Denver is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Orlando

Sacramento vs Portland
Sacramento is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Portland
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Sacramento's last 8 games on the road
Portland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Portland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Golden State vs LA Lakers
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Golden State's last 8 games when playing LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Golden State's last 15 games on the road
LA Lakers is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Lakers's last 8 games when playing Golden State

Indiana vs LA Clippers
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Indiana's last 8 games when playing LA Clippers
Indiana is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Clippers's last 8 games when playing Indiana
The total has gone OVER in 6 of LA Clippers's last 7 games when playing at home against Indiana


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[Udog]

 

[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Thursday, February 6

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday, February 6​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
DAL at BOS	07:30 PM	BOS -11.0 O 230.5	+500 +500
HOU at MIN	08:00 PM	MIN +1.5 O 214.0	+500 +500
ORL at DEN	09:00 PM	ORL +7.0 O 220.0	+500 +500
SAC at POR	10:00 PM	POR -1.0 O 230.5	+500 +500
GS at LAL	10:00 PM	GS +7.5 O 222.5	+500 +500
IND at LAC	10:30 PM	IND +5.5 O 228.5	+500 +500

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Friday’s 6-pack:
Teams with the most stolen bases last year:
233— Nationals
217— Brewers
207— Reds
178— Rays
148— Phillies, Guardians
144— Red Sox

Quote of the Day
“It’s been a pretty quiet offseason, and I think that’s reflective of a team that didn’t have a whole lot of holes to fill. And you know we we feel great about our farm system, we feel great about the stability in our team, and we feel like our offense doesn’t get enough credit for the things that they do well.”
Seattle Mariners GM Jerry DiPoto

Friday’s quiz
When was the last time the Golden State Warriors finished a season under .500?

Thursday’s quiz
Seattle SuperSonics drafted Kevin Durant in 2007, the year before they moved the franchise to Oklahoma City.

Wednesday’s quiz
Anthony Davis broke into the NBA with the New Orleans Hornets, in 2012.

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here……..

— NBA trade deadline passed Thursday; Miami finally unloaded Jimmy Butler to Golden State, getting four players and a draft pick in return. Miami had suspended Butler for a total of 11 games as the inevitable divorce became hostile at the end- they got a lot for him, considering they really didn’t have much leverage to unload a disgruntled star player.

— One of the players who wound up on Miami was Dennis Schröder, who is now on his fourth team this season, though he never played for Utah.

In 2021, Schröder turned down an $84M contract extension with the Lakers; Miami will be his 8th NBA team since he turned down that extension. He’s made roughly $48M since then.

— Speaking of the Lakers/trades/contracts, the Doncic/Davis trade will cost Luka Doncic over $100M; he’s moving from Texas to California, a disaster tax-wise, and Doncic is not going to be eligible for a super max extension, which could have netted him $346M for five years.

Instead, Doncic will be eligible for a 5-year, $229M deal, so his family will still be able to eat, but that is big difference in $$$.

— It is kind of amazing how much Lakers’ general manager Rob Pelinka looks like Rob Lowe, the actor. Rob Lowe is seven years older, but they could be brothers.

— One result of the trade deadline: Charlotte Hornets now have 11 first round draft picks over the next seven years.

— Andy Reid will be back coaching the Chiefs next year, good news for Kansas City fans. Reid has been the Chiefs’ coach since 2013, going 161-60, 18-7 in playoff games.

In their last 18 playoff games, Chiefs haven’t allowed any player to run the ball for 100+ yards; will be interesting to see how Saquon Barkley does Sunday night.

— Las Vegas Raiders announced that their new offensive line coach will be Brennan Carroll, son of Raiders’ coach Pete Carroll. Brennan Carroll was offensive coordinator for the Washington Huskies this past season.

— Famous birthdays, February 7th:
Burt Hooton, 75
Rolf Benirschke, 70
Carney Lansford, 68

Mike O’Koren, 67
James Spader, 65
Rick Neuheisel, 64

Chris Rock, 60
Billy Joe Tolliver, 59
Juwan Howard, 52

Steve Nash, 51
Ashton Kutcher, 47
Matthew Stafford, 37

— San Francisco 65, Saint Mary’s 64
USF snaps an 11-game losing skid against the Gaels.
Saint Mary’s led by 11 with 9:32 left to play.
Gaels were 3-23 on arc, 9-16 on foul line, lost by a point.

— Ohio State 73, Maryland 70
Maryland led by 17 late in the first half.
Junior G Thornton played all 40:00, scored 31 points, had six assists.
Ohio State has won four of its last five games.

— South Florida 100, Temple 91, 2OT
USF shot 59.1% inside the arc.
USF big man Reynolds had 25 points, 12 boards; he didn’t start.
Third straight overtime game for Temple.

— Fairfield 59, Marist 56
Kid on Fairfield drained a 60-footer for the walk-off win.
Fairfield was 21-26 on foul line, Red Foxes 7-13.
Stags survived a taunting technical and missed dunk in second half.

— Montana 86, Northern Colorado 78
Both teams are now 9-2, tied for first in Big Sky.
Montana was 10-16 on arc, Bears were 13-27.
Montana has won five games in a row.

— Albany 68, Bryant 63
First loss in nine America East games for Bulldogs.
Albany led led 41-28 at halftime.
Bryant shot only 39.5% inside the arc.

— South Dakota State 102, St Thomas 86
Jackrabbits shot 10-19 on the arc.
South Dakota State scored 1.34 points/possession.
6-2 frosh Larson scored 22 points, had 10 rebounds.

 

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Friday, February 7

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Trend Report
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San Antonio vs Charlotte
The total has gone OVER in 9 of San Antonio's last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Antonio's last 5 games on the road
Charlotte is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing San Antonio
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Charlotte's last 13 games at home

Cleveland vs Washington
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Cleveland is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing Cleveland

Philadelphia vs Detroit
Philadelphia is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Detroit
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Detroit's last 13 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Milwaukee vs Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Milwaukee's last 11 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Milwaukee's last 14 games
Atlanta is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games

Miami vs Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Miami's last 7 games when playing on the road against Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami's last 6 games when playing Brooklyn
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Brooklyn's last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Brooklyn's last 8 games at home

Toronto vs Oklahoma City
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Toronto's last 8 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
Toronto is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Oklahoma City's last 8 games when playing at home against Toronto

Utah vs Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Utah's last 7 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Utah's last 8 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Utah
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 5 games


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NBA
Dunkel

Friday, February 7

 

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Saturday’s 6-pack:
Pitchers who had the most called 3rd strikes last year:
71- Zack Wheeler, Phil
63- Brandon Pfaadt, Ariz
60- Michael King, SD
Tarik Skubal, Det
59- Chris Bassitt, Tor
Mitch Keller, Pitt
Ranger Suarez, Phil

Quote of the Day
“It’s the most remarkable thing and it’s not hyperbole: He has probably taught more people about the game of basketball than anybody that’s ever lived.”
ESPN’s Mike Breen, talking about 91-year old Hubie Brown, who will broadcast his last game on TV Sunday

Saturday’s quiz
Hubie Brown went 121-72 coaching which team in the last two years of the ABA?

Friday’s quiz
2019-20 was the last time the Golden State Warriors finished a season under .500; they went 15-50, but won their 4th championship in eight years in 2022.

Thursday’s quiz
Seattle SuperSonics drafted Kevin Durant in 2007, the year before they moved the franchise to Oklahoma City.

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Saturday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..​

— St John’s 68, UConn 62
UConn led 26-12 early in the game.
St John’s was +15 in turnovers (22-7)
St John’s has won 10 in a row, 16 of last 17 games.
Red Storm is 12-1 in Big East, despite shooting 23.4% on arc in those games.

— VCU 73, Dayton 68
Dayton led 59-54 with 3:39 left to play.
Rams have won nine of their last ten games.
VCU had 23 offensive boards, out-rebounded Flyers 44-34.

— Purdue 90, USC 72
Purdue has won 11 of its last 12 games.
Purdue shot 67.5% inside the arc.
Boilers out-rebounded USC, 48-31.

— Former Panthers/Redskins coach Ron Rivera is going back to work for the Cal Bears, where he went to college and was an All-American linebacker.
Rivera’s role will primarily be administrative, and he would be involved in oversight of the program and its big-picture needs, including budget, coaching staff and the student-athlete experience.
Rivera played nine years for the Chicago Bears, was on their 1985 championship team; he was an NFL assistant/head coach from 1997-2023.

— Ohio State football coach Ryan Day signed a 7-year contract worth $12.5M/year; Day is 70-10 coaching the Buckeyes, winning the national title last month.

— Georgia Southern signed football coach Clay Helton to a 3-year deal with $1M/year; Helton has gone 20-19 in three years with the Eagles, going to bowl games all three years.
Helton had previously gone 46-24 as coach at USC, winning the Rose Bowl in 2016.

— Mid-American Conference and Sun Belt Conference have a basketball challenge Saturday; 12 games between the two leagues, designed to help the teams’ non-conference resumes.
Sun Belt is the #18-ranked league, MAC is #24.

— Famous birthdays, February 8th
Nick Nolte, 84
Mary Steenburgen, 72
Marques Johnson, 69
Mary McCormack, 56
Alonzo Mourning, 55
Jamie Martin, 55
Susan Misner, 54
Aaron Cook, 46
Johnny Hekker, 35
Klay Thompson, 35
Saturday would’ve been Jack Lemmon’s 100th birthday.

— There must be a boatload of $$$$ in hosting fantasy baseball/football leagues; with spring training starting next week, I’ve been listening to 2-3 podcasts every night, trying to learn stuff.
There are a lot of podcasts out there; some of them are bad, guys sitting in their cellars trying to get attention by yelling instead of talking.
There will be a lot more information out there next week, once pitchers/catchers report.

— Pittsburgh Pirates signed OF Tommy Pham to a one-year deal with $4M; Pham will be 37 a month from today- he hit .248 last year with 9 home runs for three different teams. Pittsburgh will be his 10th major league team in 12 seasons.

— Minnesota Twins signed OF Harrison Bader to a one-year, $6.25M deal; Bader hit .236 for the Mets last year. Minnesota will be Bader’s fifth team in a nine-year career.

— Los Angeles Angels signed IF Yoan Moncada to a one-year, $5M deal; Moncada only played in 12 games for the White Sox last year- he’s hit .275 with a .756 OPS in his nine-year career.

— Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan has his 400-foot yacht in New Orleans for the Super Bowl this week; the yacht is worth $360M, has a crew of 37 people, sleeps 12 guests.
Not sure why a boat would have three pools and four fireplaces, but Khan’s yacht has them.

— Pittsburgh Steelers are playing a game in Ireland next year; there will be six international NFL games next year- three in London, one each in Ireland, Germany and Spain.

— Curious which NFL team will be featured on HBO’s Hard Knocks leading up to the NFL Draft; there are four teams eligible- Atlanta, Carolina, Seattle, Tennessee.
Titans have the first pick in the draft, so it would be logical for them to be the team NFL Films follows for the draft, with one of the other three teams to be followed during training camp.
Teams are exempt from being in Hard Knocks, if:
1) They’ve appeared on Hard Knocks in the last 10 years.
2) They have a first-year head coach
3) They made the playoffs in either of the previous two seasons.