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

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CNOTES NBA PLAYOFFS BEST BETS !

05/30/2026.............1 - 1 - 0..................50.00%..........- 0.50
05/28/2026.............1 - 1 - 0..................50.00%.........- 0.50
05/26/2026............1 - 1 - 0..................50.00%.........- 0.50
05/25/2026............0 - 2 - 0..................00.00%.........- 11.00
05/24/2026............0 - 2 - 0..................00.00%..........- 11.00
05/23/2026............1 - 1 - 0..................50.00%...........- 0.50
05/22/2026............2 - 0 - 0................100.00%..........+ 10.00
05/21/2026............2 - 0 - 0................100.00%..........+ 10.00
05/20/2026............2 - 0 - 0................100.00%..........+ 10.00
0/19/2026...............2 - 0 - 0................100.00%..........+ 10.00
05/18/2026.............2 - 0 - 0................100.00%.........+ 10.00
05/17/2026.............1 - 1 - 0.................50.00%...........- 0.50
05/13/2026.............1 - 1 - 0.................50.00%...........- 0.50
05/12/2026.............1 - 1 - 0.................50.00%...........- 0.50
05/11/2026.............3 - 1 - 0.................75.00%............+ 9.50
05/10/2026.............3 - 1 - 0.................75.00%............+ 9.50
05/09/2026.............2 -2 - 0.................50.00%............- 1.00
05/08/2026.............2 - 2 - 0................50.00%............- 1.00
05/07/2026.............4 - 0 - 0..............100.00%...........+ 20.00
05/06/2026.............1 - 3 - 0................25.00%...........- 11.50
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................44 - 28 - 0...............61.11%............+ 66.00

CNOTES NBA PLAYOFFS BEST BETS!

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

 

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Sunday’s 6-pack
NFL Week 1 pointspreads:
— 49ers vs Rams (-2.5) (@ Australia)
— Commanders @ Philadelphia (-4.5)
— Packers (-2.5) @ Minnesota
— Dolphins @ Las Vegas (-3)
— Cardinals @ LA Chargers (-8.5)
— Broncos @ Kansas City (-2.5)

Quote of the Day
“The players did what they’ve been doing all year, and they met the biggest moment.”
San Antonio Spurs coach Mitch Johnson

Sunday’s quiz
Who was the Knicks’ coach, last time they played in the NBA Finals?

Saturday’s quiz
Former Florida Gators coach Billy Donovan played 44 games for the Knicks, in 1987-88.

Friday’s quiz
First time the Tampa Bay Rays played in a World Series, Joe Maddon was their manager.

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

— Spurs 111, Thunder 103
San Antonio is in the NBA Finals for the first time in 12 years.
Spurs were +16 in 38:00 Julian Champagne played, minus-8 in the 10:00 he sat out.
Spurs shot 17-40 behind the arc.
NBA Finals start Wednesday: Knicks at San Antonio.

— A’s 6, New York 4
A’s get a much-needed win, snapping a six-game home losing skid.
JT Ginn allowed four hits, an unearned run in six IP.
Kurtz, Langeliers, Soderstrom all homered for the A’s.

— Phillies 4, Dodgers 3
Edmundo Sosa hit a two-run homer in the top of the 8th.
Jhoan Duran recorded his 12th save, pitching a scoreless 9th inning.
Under is 16-2 in Phillies’ last eighteen games.

— Pirates 10, Twins 9
Pirates led 7-1 in 2nd inning; game was 7-7 after four innings.
Jake Mangum was 3-for-4, scored twice, had two RBI.
Minnesota is 15-14 at home, 12-18 on the road.

— Rangers 7, Royals 6
Texas led 3-0 after six, Royals led 6-3 in the 8th.
Rangers scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth.
Ezequiel Duran had a walk-off single for the Rangers.

— Famous birthdays, May 31st:
Clint Eastwood, 96
Joe Namath, 83
Sharon Gless, 83
Tom Berenger, 77
Susie Essman, 71
Roma Maffia, 68
Chris Elliott, 66
Lea Thompson, 65
Jake Peavy, 45
Andrew Bailey, 42
Nate Robinson, 42
Emerson Hancock, 27

— Carolina Hurricanes are -155 favorites to win the Stanley Cup final over the Vegas Golden Knights. Carolina last won the Stanley Cup 20 years ago; Golden Knights won the Cup three years; they’ve been in the Finals three times in their nine years as an NHL franchise.

— Poinsettia Bowl is making a comeback this fall; Pac-12 champ is going to play one of the teams that bolted from the Pac-12, in San Diego.

— Freddy Peralta has finished the 6th inning in only four of his 12 starts; the Mets’ defense is suspect, which hasn’t helped much, but in his last three starts, Peralta allowed 11 runs in 16.2 IP.

Friday against the Marlins, Peralta threw 94 pitches, but didn’t finish the 5th inning; Marlins fouled off 21 of those pitches, whiffed on 12 of them. Mets need more length from Peralta, but they need to put a better defensive infield behind him.

— Chicago White Sox put 1B Munetaka Murakami on the IL; he is expected to miss 4-6 weeks with a Grade 2 hamstring strain.

— Movie of the Day: Against All Odds (1984)- A gangster hires a retired football player to find his ex-girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love and things get complicated.
Jeff Bridges is the football player, Rachel Ward is the girlfriend, James Woods is the gangster; Alex Karras, Richard Widmark are also in this movie.

— Orioles 6, Blue Jays 5
Baltimore scored five runs in the bottom of ninth inning.
Pete Alonso had a walk-off single for the Orioles.
Toronto pitchers walked 11 Baltimore hitters.

— White Sox 7, Tigers 1
Chicago’s bullpen tossed four scoreless IP, allowing one baserunner.
White Sox have won 15 of their last 18 home games.
Detroit has lost 20 of its last 24 games overall.

— Nationals 9, Padres 4
San Diego led 3-1 in 7th inning, when Nationals scored six runs.
Luis Garcia Jr was 2-for-4, with two RBI.
Fernando Tatis Jr hit his first HR this year, in his 233rd plate appearance.

— Mets 6, Marlins 1
Hayden Senger hit his first major league home run.
Christian Scott is 1-0, 2.97 in seven starts this season.
Marlins are 18-15 at home, 8-18 on the road.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cubs-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Blue Jays

 

[Udog]

No games today. The NBA finals begin Wednesday.

 

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Monday’s 6-pack
Teams with the most stolen bases this season:
68— Marlins
57— Brewers, Nationals
56— Pirates
55— Guardians
54— Padres
53— Rays

Quote of the Day
“We’re coming from two different areas, but we both have to understand our game is in a great position right now to succeed, and we can’t lose that momentum……..so wherever we’re at — whatever they’re coming with, whatever we’re coming with — you have to come to an agreement before any of that happens because there’s other things to do.”
Bryce Harper, talking about baseball’s labor situation

Monday’s quiz
In his Hall of Fame career, Nolan Ryan threw seven no-hitters; how many different teams did he pitch for in those seven games?

Sunday’s quiz
Jeff Van Gundy was the Knicks’ coach, last time they played in the NBA Finals.

Saturday’s quiz
Former Florida Gators coach Billy Donovan played 44 games for the Knicks, in 1987-88.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up the last day of May……..​

— Bronx 13, A’s 8
Bronx scored all 13 of its runs in the third inning.
A’s pitchers threw 74 pitches in that inning.
Bronx didn’t have any other hits, except for the third inning.
A’s have lost seven of their last eight home games.

— White Sox 2, Tigers 1
Chicago scored both its runs in the seventh inning.
White Sox have won five games in a row.
Detroit has lost 21 of its last 25 games

— AL Central standings…….
Cleveland 34-27
Chicago 32-27
Minnesota 27-33
Kansas City 22-37
Detroit 22-38

— Mariners 3, Diamondbacks 2 (10)
Victor Robles’ infield hit drove in the game-ending run.
Bryce Miller/Luis Castillo both threw five innings for Seattle.
Mariners have won six games in a row.

— AL West standings…….
Seattle 31-29
A’s 28-31
Texas 28-31
Houston 27-34
LA Angels 23-37

— Oklahoma City Thunder were 4-8 against San Antonio this season, which just beat them in seven games in the playoffs. Against the rest of the NBA, Thunder was 71-14 this year.

— Nationals 4, Padres 2
James Wood, Luis Garcia hit solo homers for Washington.
Zack Littell is 4-0, 1.96 in his last four starts.
Keibert Ruiz had two hits, threw out three Padres trying to steal a base.

— Nationals’ SS CJ Abrams has challenged seven pitches at the plate this year; all seven were changed from a strike to a ball, best record by a hitter so far this year.

— Famous birthdays, June 1st
Brian Cox, 80
Larry Centers, 58
Tony Bennett, 57
Teri Polo, 57
Derek Lowe, 53
Santana Moss, 47
Nick Young, 41
Andrew Abbott, 27
Ivan Herrera, 26
Monday would’ve been Andy Griffith’s, Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday.

— Teams who have hit the most home runs this year:
86- Bronx
82- Braves
80- Dodgers
79- White Sox, Astros
75- Nationals

— Teams who have hit the fewest home runs this year:
39- Brewers
43- Red Sox
46- Marlins
47- Rays
49- Diamondbacks

— Cardinals 5, Cubs 1
St Louis led 5-0 after three innings.
Matthew Liberatore got 16 outs, didn’t allow a run.
Hunter Dobbins got the last 11 outs, earned his first MLB save.

— Brewers 2, Astros 0
Jacob Misiorowski threw seven shutout IP.
Jake Bauers hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning.
Milwaukee has won five of its last six games.

— Pirates 9, Twins 3
Braxton Ashcroft struck out 11 Twins in six IP.
Ryan O’hearn, Nick Gonzales homered for the Pirates.
Minnesota has lost five games in a row, giving up 46 runs.

— NL Central standings……..
Milwaukee 35-21
St Louis 31-26
Pittsburgh 32-28
Cubs 32-28
Cincinnati 30-28

— Orioles 9, Blue Jays 5
Colton Cowser homered, had five RBI
Orioles went 7-3 on their homestand.
Toronto OF Jesus Sanchez left the game in the sixth inning; someone in the stands threw a baseball on the field, and it hit Sanchez on his right wrist.

— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres-Cardinals-Arizona
AL: Rays, Guardians, Mariners. Wild Cards: New York-White Sox-Blue Jays

 

[Udog]

No games today. The NBA finals begin Wednesday.