Thread watched CNOTES 2025-206 NBA TRENDS, NEWS, BEST BETS AND OPINIONS THRU THE PLAYOFFS !

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Friday, May 1

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Detroit VS Orlando
Detroit is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games.
Detroit is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games.
Detroit is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games against Orlando.
Detroit is 5-13 SU in its last 18 games against Orlando.
Orlando is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Orlando's last 9 games.
Orlando is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games.
Orlando is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home.

Cleveland VS Toronto
Cleveland is 7-13 ATS in its last 20 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland's last 9 games.
Cleveland is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games.
Cleveland is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games against Toronto.
Toronto is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games.
Toronto is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home.
Toronto is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against Cleveland.

Los Angeles VS Houston
LA Lakers is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of LA Lakers' last 9 games.
LA Lakers is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games.
LA Lakers is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games against Houston.
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Houston's last 18 games.
Houston is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games when playing at home against LA Lakers.

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Friday, May 1​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
DET at ORL	07:00 PM	ORL +3.5***** U 209.5*****	+500 +500
CLE at TOR	07:30 PM	TOR +4.5***** O 218.5*****	+500 +500
LAL at HOU	09:30 PM	HOU -3.5***** U 205.5*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NBA PLAYOFFS BEST BETS !

05/01/2026.............4 - 2 - 0................66.66%.............+ 9.00

TOTALS...................4 - 2 - 0................66.66%.............+ 9.00

CNOTES NBA PLAYOFFS BEST BETS!

TOTALS..................36 -28 - 0..............56.25%.............. + 17.00

 

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Saturday’s 6-pack
Major League leaders in batting average:
.404— Ildemaro Vargas, Ariz
.342— Vladimir Guerrero Jr., To
.341— Yordan Alvarez, Hous
.333— Yandy Diaz TB/Otto Lopez Mia/Nick Gonzales Pitt
.331— Xavier Edwards, Mia
.330— Ben Rice, NYY

Quote of the Day
“When things get sideways, people splinter. And this group does just the opposite, it finds a way to just come together. There’s a lot of pride in that locker room, not wanting to go out like that.”
Detroit Pistons’ Duncan Robinson

Saturday’s quiz
Houston Rockets won consecutive NBA titles in the mid-90’s; who was their coach?

Friday’s quiz
Dave Martinez was manager of Washington Nationals when they won the 2019 World Series.

Thursday’s quiz
Stephen Curry’s father Dell played in the NBA for 16 years; Dell Curry played his college basketball at Virginia Tech.

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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up the first day of May…….​

— Braves 8, Rockies 6
Colorado led 6-2 after seven innings.
Mauricio Dubon hit a bases loaded double in 8th inning.
Michael Harris hit the game-winning HR in 9th inning.

— Mets 4, Angels 3
Angels led 3-0 after five innings; their pitcher got hit by a line drive, had to leave the game.
Ronny Mauricio hit the game-winning HR in 7th inning.
Last 21 Angel batters were retired in order.

— Cardinals 7, Dodgers 2
Jordan Walker went 4-for-4, with two doubles, two RBI.
St Louis has won four games in a row.
Dodgers are 5-8 in their last thirteen games.

— Pirates 9, Reds 1
Catcher Henry Davis hit his first two home runs of the year.
Pittsburgh snaps a five-game losing skid.
Reds are 12-0 in games decided by 1 or 2 runs.

— Red Sox 3, Astros 1
Jarren Duran hit a three-homer in the third inning.
Chad Bennett threw five innings, won his MLB debut.
Houston is 8-8 at home, 4-13 on the road.

— Phillies 6, Marlins 5
Bryson Stott hit a three-run HR in 7th inning.
Zach Wheeler allowed three hits in six IP.
Kyle Schwarber was 0-for-5, with five strikeouts.

— Rays 3, Giants 0
Shane McClanahan allowed five baserunners in six IP.
Yandy Diaz, Junior Caminero hit home runs.
Giants were shut out for the seventh time this season.

— Famous birthdays, May 2nd:
Jo Ann Pflug, 86
Clay Carroll, 85
Christine Baranski, 74
Jamaal Wilkes, 73
Keith Moreland, 72
Russ Grimm, 67
Dwayne Johnson, 54
Pat McAfee, 39
Paul George, 36
Jonathan Villar, 35
Ian Anderson, 28
Alec Pierce, 26

— Pistons 93, Magic 79
Orlando led 60-36 at halftime.
Orlando got outscored 57-19 in second half. 57. to, 19,
At one point, the Magic missed 23 shots in a row.
Series is tied, 3-3.

— Raptors 112, Cavaliers 110 OT
RJ Barrett hit a 3-pointer with 0:01.2 left.
Cavaliers outscored Toronto 23-12 in 4th quarter.
Series is tied, 3-3; home team has won all six games.

— Lakers 98, Rockets 78
Los Angeles won 49-31 at halftime.
Lebron James scored 28 points, had 8 assists.
Houston shot 35% from the floor.
Lakers win series, 4-2.

— Movie of the Day: Lucky You (2007)- A poker player tries to win a big tournament in Las Vegas, but is fighting a losing battle with his personal problems.

Eric Bana is the poker player, Robert Duvall plays his famous father, Drew Barrymore is the woman he tries to impress. Debra Messing, Robert Downey Jr have smaller roles, as well as several real-life poker players.

— Virginia Cavaliers were 11-3 last year; they’re the only football team from a Power 4 league that didn’t have a player taken in this year’s NFL Draft.

— NFL’s Cleveland Browns are getting a new stadium in 2029; the 67,500-seat stadium will be located fifteen miles south of Cleveland.

— When the college football magazines start popping up on newsstands next month, the Pac-8 will be back in business.
Boise State, Colorado State, Florida State, Oregon State
San Diego State, Texas State, Utah State, Washington State
When basketball rolls around, Gonzaga will make it the Pac-9.

— Speaking of Gonzaga, they won a recruiting battle over St John’s for the services of 7-foot-2 Arizona State transfer Massamba Diop, who scored 13.6 ppp last year, grabbing 5.8 rebounds a game for the Sun Devils.

— Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer still works some Orioles games on TV; he was saying recently how he has never had eaten chicken wings. Ever.
Palmer said if the Orioles hit a grand slam while he was working a game, he’d eat a chicken wing. Sure enough, Baltimore hit two grand slams, Adley Rutschman and Jeremiah Jackson the other day, and Palmer ate a chicken wing for the first time.

— Alex Cora isn’t going to be too anxious to get back to work after the Red Sox fired him; Boston owes him $13.7M over the next year and a half.

— Average salary in the major leagues this season is $5.34M, up 3.4% from last season.

 

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Philadelphia VS Boston
Philadelphia is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 7 games.
Philadelphia is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
Philadelphia is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against Boston.
Boston is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston's last 7 games.
Boston is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Boston's last 9 games against Philadelphia.

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Saturday, May 2​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
PHI at BOS	07:30 PM	PHI +8.5***** U 205.5*****	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

CNOTES NBA PLAYOFFS BEST BETS !

05/02/2026.............1 - 1 - 0................50.00%............- 0.50
05/01/2026.............4 - 2 - 0................66.66%.............+ 9.00

TOTALS...................5 - 3 - 0................62.50%.............+8.50

CNOTES NBA PLAYOFFS BEST BETS!

TOTALS..................36 -28 - 0..............56.25%.............. + 17.00

 

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Sunday’s 6-pack
Major League leaders in OPS:
1.164— Ben Rice, NYY
1.123— Yordan Alvarez, Hous
1.085— Ildemaro Vargas, Ariz
1.017— Shea Langeliers, A’s
1.012— Matt Olson, Atl
1.003— Aaron Judge, NYY

Quote of the Day
“We had a chance to beat them three years ago, didn’t do it. We came in and got it done.”
Philadelphia 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey

Sunday’s quiz
Who was manager of the Mets, last time they made the playoffs?

Saturday’s quiz
Houston Rockets won consecutive NBA titles in the mid-90’s; Rudy Tomjanovich was their coach.

Friday’s quiz
Dave Martinez was manager of Washington Nationals when they won the 2019 World Series.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday……..​

— Pirates 17, Reds 7
In the 2nd inning, Pittsburgh drew seven consecutive walks, first time that happened in a game since 1983.
Pirates scored 5 runs in the first, 5 runs in the 2nd, 5 more in the 4th inning.
Reds are 20-13; they’ve given up 21 more runs than they’ve scored.

— Cubs 2, Diamondbacks 0
Shota Imanaga allowed four hits in seven IP.
Ildemaro Vargas’ hitting streak ends at 27 games.
Cubs improved to 13-5 at home.

— Blue Jays 11, Twins 4
Down 4-3, Toronto scored 8 runs in the top of 8th inning.
Kazuma Okamoto hit his third home run in two games.
Last six games, Twins’ bullpen gave up 20 runs in 20.1 IP

— Marlins 4, Phillies 0
Max Meyer and two relievers combined on a one-hitter.
Xavier Edwards homered for the Marlins.
Loss snaps Phillies’ four-game win streak under Don Mattingly.

— White Sox 4, Padres 0
Sean Burke allowed four hits in six shutout IP
Miguel Vargas knocked in two runs for Chicago.
Pale Hose have won five in a row, 10 of last 14 games.

— Angels 4, Mets 3 (10)
Oswald Peraza had the game-winning hit for the Angels.
Halos led 3-1 after six innings.
Mets slip to 11-22, worst record in National League.

— Royals 3, Mariners 2 (10)
Mikael Garcia drove in the winning run with a sac fly.
Jax Caglianone tied the game with a 9th inning single.
Emerson Hancock struck out 14 guys with no walks in seven IP.
Mariners retired Randy Johnson’s #51 before the game; they had previously retired #51 for Ichiro Suzuki.

— Famous birthdays, May 3rd:
Chris Mulkey, 78
Jeff Hornacek, 63
Bobby Cannavale, 56
Dule Hill, 51
Tyronn Lue, 49
Ryan Dempster, 49
Homer Bailey, 40
Domantas Sabonis, 30
Luis Medina, 27

— Movie of the Day: Let It Ride (1989)- A gambling-addicted cab driver gets a hot tip on a race horse and when he wins that bet, it begins a hot streak for him.
Richard Dreyfuss is the cab driver, Teri Garr is his wife. Jennifer Tilly, David Johansen, Robbie Coltrane, Michelle Phillips and Allen Garfield are also in this movie, which is very funny.

— 76ers 109, Celtics 100
Joel Embiid had 34 points, 12 rebounds, six assists.
Jayson Tatum (knee) didn’t play.
76ers won a Game 7 on the road for the first time since 1982.
In their history, Celtics were 32-0 when they led a series 3-1.
In their history, 76ers were 0-18 when they trailed a series 3-1.

— Astros 6, Red Sox 3
Brice Matthews hit a three-run homer for the Astros.
Christian Walker also hit a 3-run HR, but got hit in the head by a pitch in 9th inning.
Houston is 8-8 at home, now 5-13 on the road.

— Rays 5, Giants 1
Tampa Bay is 8-2 in its last ten games.
Jonathan Aranda was 2-for-4, with two RBI.
Giants have scored only one run in first two games of this series.

— Brewers 4, Nationals 1
Milwaukee scored three runs in the top of first inning.
Kyle Harrison tossed six IP, is now 3-1, 2.12 this season.
Nationals are 3-12 at home, 12-7 on the road.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cardinals-Reds-Padres
AL; Bronx, Guardians, A’s. Wild Cards: Rays-Tigers-3 teams tied for last spot

 

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Sunday, May 3

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Orlando VS Detroit
Orlando is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Orlando's last 10 games.
Orlando is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games against Detroit.
Orlando is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games against Detroit.
Detroit is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games.
Detroit is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit's last 9 games against Orlando.

Toronto VS Cleveland
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games.
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against Cleveland.
Toronto is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games against Cleveland.
Cleveland is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 7 games.
Cleveland is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games against Toronto.

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Sunday, May 3​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
ORL at DET	03:30 PM	ORL +8.5***** O 201.5*****	+500 +500
TOR at CLE	07:30 PM	TOR +8.5***** U 211.5*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NBA PLAYOFFS BEST BETS !

05/03/2026.............2 - 2 - 0 ...............50.00%............- 1.00
05/02/2026.............1 - 1 - 0................50.00%............- 0.50
05/01/2026.............4 - 2 - 0................66.66%............+ 9.00

TOTALS...................7 - 5 - 0................58.33%............+ 7.50

CNOTES NBA PLAYOFFS BEST BETS!

TOTALS..................36 -28 - 0..............56.25%.............. + 17.00

 

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Monday’s 6-pack
Major League leaders in total bases:
89— Matt Olson, Atl
88— Yordan Alvarez, Hous
84— Shea Langeliers, A’s
82— Ben Rice, NYY
76— Aaron Judge, NYY
75— Jordan Walker, StL

Quote of the Day
“Credit to [the Magic], they pushed us. They really made us take a look in the mirror. I think we got a lot better from this series. I got a lot better. I learned a lot about myself, learned a lot about the team. So, I think this series really is going to set us up for our next series, and we’ll be a lot better for it.”
Cade Cunningham

Monday’s quiz
In the movie Invincible, where a 30-year old bartender tries out for the Philadelphia Eagles and makes the team, what well-known actor played Eagles coach Dick Vermeil?

Sunday’s quiz
Carlos Mendoza was manager of the Mets, last time they made the playoffs, in 2024.

Saturday’s quiz
Houston Rockets won consecutive NBA titles in the mid-90’s; Rudy Tomjanovich was their coach.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy weekend……..​

— Braves 11, Rockies 6
Atlanta manager Walt Weiss managed the Rockies from 2013-16, going 283-365. Tough place to win.
Now he is managing a team with a better organization, and he has the Braves off to a 25-10 start- they lead the NL East by 8.5 games already. Atlanta swept the Rockies this weekend, scoring 27 runs in the three games.
Ronald Acuna went on the IL with a Grade 1 (lesser) hamstring strain.

— Rays 2, Giants 1 (10)
Giants went 0-6 on this road trip; they’ve scored a total of nine runs in their last seven road games. They’re 13-24, tied for the 2nd-worst record in the NL.
After the game, Giants called up 1B prospect Bryce Eldridge.

— Phillies 7, Marlins 2
Phillies scored six runs in the top of the first.
Bryson Stott hit his second three-run homer of the weekend.
After the game, Marlins sent down C Agustin Ramirez, who was supposed to be a really good hitter and a lesser defensive catcher, but he’s hit only .231 in the last year and a half. Marlins are bringing up rookie Joe Mack to replace him.

— Pirates 1, Reds 0
Game was scoreless after seven innings.
Oneil Cruz had the game-winning hit in the bottom of the inning.

NL Central standings:
21-12- Cubs
20-13- Cardinals
20-13- Reds
18-14- Brewers
18-16- Pirates

— Royals 4, Mariners 1
Royals went to Seattle and swept the three-game series.
Cal Raleigh sat out the last two games with side soreness.

AL West standings:
18-16- A’s
16-18- Rangers
16-19- Mariners
14-21- Astros
13-22- Angels

— Famous birthdays, May 4th:
Rene Lachemann, 81
Richard Jenkins, 79
Ken Oberkfell, 70
Rick Leach, 69
Tim Sherwin, 68
Cleveland Gary, 60
Ben Grieve, 50
George Hill, 40
Victor Oladipo, 34
Nathan Peterman, 32

— Pistons 116, Magic 104
Cade Cunningham had 32 points, 12 assists.
Pistons shot 16-33 on the arc.
Detroit wins series, 4-3
Pistons advance to play Cleveland in the next round, because…….

— Cavaliers 114, Raptors 102
Jarrett Allen scored 22 points, had 19 rebounds.
Game was 49-49 at halftime.
Cavaliers outscored Toronto 38-19 in third quarter.
Cleveland wins series, 4-3; home team won all seven games.

— When the 76ers beat Boston in Game 7 of their playoff series this weekend, it was the ninth time the two rivals had played a Game 7, more than any other teams have met in a Game 7.

— Merrimack College won the regular season in MAAC basketball this past winter; they were expecting to have both players back next year, but instead, one of them will be playing at Wake Forest, the other one at Boston College, two ACC teams.
Coaching mid-major college basketball is a lot more difficult that it used to be.

— Movie of the Day: Because it is May 4th, I was going to do Star Wars (may fourth be with you) but I’ve never seen it, so that was out.
Up In the Air (2009)- Guy has a job traveling around the country firing people, but his company decides to start firing people via Zoom calls, which upsets him, because he likes spending his life living in hotels.

George Clooney is the guy, Jason Bateman is his boss, Anna Kendrick is the young lady who is promoting the Zoom calls, Vera Farmiga is the woman Clooney’s character is screwing around with on the road.
Good movie, with an unexpected turn at the end.

— Twins OF Byron Buxton has 10 home runs this season, but only 14 RBI, which is unusual. So far this season, he is 0 for 19 when he bats with a runner in scoring position.
Twins P Joe Ryan left the game after two batters Sunday, with a sore elbow. No bueno.

— Padres 4, White Sox 3
Xander Bogaerts had the game-winning single in 8th inning.
Loss ends the White Sox’ five-game winning streak.
Miguel Andujar/Manny Machado homered for the Padres.

— Mets 5, Angels 1
Mark Vientos homered twice, had four RBI.
Clay Holmes is 4-2, 1.69 so far this season.
Mets have the worst record in the National League, Angels the worst record in the American League.

— Astros 3, Red Sox 1 (10)
Red Sox were 0-11 with RISP, left 13 guys on base.
Boston P Ranger Suarez (hamstring) left after four IP.
Red Sox are 3-4 since they changed managers.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Reds
AL; Bronx, Clev/Det, A’s. Wild Cards: Rays-Clev/Det- 4 teams tied for last spot

 

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Philadelphia VS New York
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Philadelphia's last 14 games.
Philadelphia is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games.
Philadelphia is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games against New York.
New York is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of New York's last 15 games.
New York is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New York's last 6 games against Philadelphia.

Minnesota VS San Antonio
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games.
Minnesota is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Minnesota is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games against San Antonio.
San Antonio is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Antonio's last 5 games.
San Antonio is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Antonio's last 5 games against Minnesota.

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Monday, May 4​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
PHI at NY	08:00 PM	NY -7.5***** O 213.5*****	+500 +500
MIN at SA	09:30 PM	MIN +11.5***** O 218.5*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NBA PLAYOFFS BEST BETS !

05/04/2026.............3 - 1 - 0................75.00%............+ 9.50
05/03/2026.............2 - 2 - 0 ...............50.00%............- 1.00
05/02/2026.............1 - 1 - 0................50.00%............- 0.50
05/01/2026.............4 - 2 - 0................66.66%............+ 9.00

TOTALS.................10 - 6 - 0................62.50%............+ 17.00

CNOTES NBA PLAYOFFS BEST BETS!

TOTALS..................36 -28 - 0..............56.25%.............. + 17.00

 

[Udog]

Tuesday’s 6-pack
Major League teams who have scored the most runs:
205— Braves
185— Cubs
180— Pirates, Bronx, Nationals
178— Astros
175— Dodgers
172— Brewers

Quote of the Day
“This is something that I’ve been dealing with all season. It’s good to get an answer, honestly. From my understanding, you just go take it out. I think length of the rehab is probably just getting your spring training buildup up again, getting your volume up. But the procedure itself I think is pretty simple as far as what I’ve been explained.”
Tarik Skubal

Tuesday’s quiz
Who was the Dodgers’ manager, before Dave Roberts?

Monday’s quiz
In the movie Invincible, where a 30-year old bartender tries out for the Philadelphia Eagles and makes the team, Greg Kinnear was the actor who played Eagles coach Dick Vermeil.

Sunday’s quiz
Carlos Mendoza was manager of the Mets, last time they made the playoffs, in 2024.

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

— Detroit Tigers’ pitching ace Tarik Skubal will have arthroscopic surgery for loose bodies in his left elbow; the procedure usually sidelines players for 2-3 months.
Skubal won a Cy Young award the last two years; he is a free agent after this season.

— Red Sox 5, Tigers 4
Game was scoreless after five innings.
Down 2-0, Red Sox scored five runs in the 7th inning.
Jarren Duran’s three-run HR was the game’s big blow.

— Cubs 5, Reds 4
Pinch-hitter Michael Conforto hit a walk-off HR in 9th inning.
Cubs have won six in a row, 16 of last 19 games.
Cincinnati lost its last four games.

— Mariners 5, Braves 4
Atlanta hit three HR’s in top of the 6th to take a 4-0 lead.
Seattle scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth.
JP Crawford’s home run was the game-winner.

— White Sox 6, Angels 0
Davis Martin allowed five baserunners in seven IP.
Munetaka Murakami has 14 HR’s; he hasn’t hit a double or a triple.
Angels have lost 13 of their last 15 games.

— Phillies 1, Marlins 0
Bryce Harper hit a third-inning homer for the game’s only run.
Aaron Nola allowed five hits in his six shutout IP.
Phillies are 6-1 since they changed managers.

— Famous birthdays, May 5th:
Ron Oester, 70
LaPhonso Ellis, 56
Harold Miner, 55
PJ Tucker, 41
Adele Adkins, 38
Logan Gilbert, 30

— Knicks 137, 76ers 98
Knicks led 74-51 at halftime.
Jalen Brunson scored 27 points in the first half.
Knicks made 19 of 37 shots behind the arc.
New York leads series, 1-0.

— Timberwolves 104, Spurs 102
Game was 45-45 at halftime.
Anthony Edwards scored 18 points in 25:00 off the bench.
Minnesota was minus-11 in 24:00 Mike Conley was off the floor.
Minnesota leads series, 1-0.

— Orlando Magic fired coach Jamahl Mosley, after the Magic lost in seven games to Detroit in the first round of the playoffs, after leading the series, 3-1.
Mosley was Orlando’s coach for five years, going 7-12 in the playoffs, which is why they fired him. Last three regular seasons, Orlando was 47-35/41-41/45-37.

— Movie of the Day: Rounders (1998)— Law student decides he’d rather play high stakes poker than finish law school. The scenes with Matt Damon and his law professor (Martin Landau) are excellent. Same guys who wrote this wr0te the great Showtime series Billions.
Matt Damon is the law student, Edward Norton is his friend who is a cruddy person, Martin Landau is a law professor, John Malkovich is a Russian gangster, John Turturro is a veteran gambler who tries to be the law student’s mentor.
Very good movie, one of my favorites.

— Lot of times very late at night, I listen to podcasts on YouTube. Found a good one Sunday; Starkville, with Jason Stark and Doug Glanville. Two smart, good natured guys just talking about baseball; in this episode, they had former big league pitcher Ron Darling as their guest.
If you like baseball, it is fun to listen to them exchange ideas.

— Thanks for nothing: backup C Jonah Heim homered, drove in five runs for Atlants Sunday, then on Monday, the Braves activated C Sean Murphy- they DFA’d Heim, and traded him to the Sacramento/Las Vegas A’s.

— Was watching a Milwaukee Brewers game over the weekend; Brewers were out of ABS replay challenges in the second inning— not good. They won the game so it wound up not mattering, but I’m surprised at how early in games some teams risk their challenges in situations that don’t seem that important.

— After Saturday night’s games, all five NL West teams were on losing streak of 3+ games, which is the first time that has happened in any division, since divisional play started in 1969.

— Mets 4, Rockies 2
Mets scored four runs in 6th inning; they didn’t have a hit in first five innings.
Carson Benge’s home run broke up a scoreless tie.
Colorado is 1-6 since they swept the Mets in New York last month.
Juan Soto batted leadoff for only the third time in his career.

— Rays 5, Blue Jays 1
Ryan Vilade hit a three-run homer in the first inning.
Bryan Baker earned his ninth save of the season.
22-12 Rays have won four in a row, and 10 of their last 11 games.

— Dodgers 8, Astros 2
Dodgers led the game 7-2 in the third inning.
Kyle Tucker went 2-for-5, hit a home run.
Astros are 14-22, second worst record in the AL.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cardinals-Padres-Reds
AL; Bronx, Clev/Det, A’s. Wild Cards: Rays-Cle/Det-White Sox

 

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Cleveland VS Detroit
Cleveland is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games.
Cleveland is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games.
Cleveland is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games against Detroit.
Detroit is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Detroit's last 16 games against Cleveland.
Detroit is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit's last 8 games when playing at home against Cleveland.

Los Angeles VS Oklahoma City
LA Lakers is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of LA Lakers' last 10 games.
LA Lakers is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games.
LA Lakers is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games against Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Oklahoma City's last 7 games.
Oklahoma City is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oklahoma City's last 9 games against LA Lakers.

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Tuesday, May 5​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CLE at DET	07:00 PM	DET -3.5***** O 216.5*****	+500 +500
LAL at OKC	08:30 PM	OKC -16.5***** O 213.5*****	+500 +500

 

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Tuesday, May 5​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CLE at DET	07:00 PM	DET -3.5***** O 216.5*****	+500 +500
LAL at OKC	08:30 PM	OKC -16.5***** O 213.5*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NBA PLAYOFFS BEST BETS !

05/05/2026.............2 - 2 - 0................50.00%............- 1.00
05/04/2026.............3 - 1 - 0................75.00%............+ 9.50
05/03/2026.............2 - 2 - 0 ...............50.00%............- 1.00
05/02/2026.............1 - 1 - 0................50.00%............- 0.50
05/01/2026.............4 - 2 - 0................66.66%............+ 9.00

TOTALS.................12 - 8 - 0................60.00%............+ 16.00

CNOTES NBA PLAYOFFS BEST BETS!

TOTALS..................36 -28 - 0..............56.25%.............. + 17.00