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

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NBA BEST BETS FOR MAY !

05/13/2025....................3 - 1 - 0...............75.00%.............+ 9.50
05/11/2025....................1 - 3 - 0...............25.00%.............- 11.50
05/10/2025....................2 - 2 - 0...............50.00%..............- 1.00
05/09/2025....................4 - 0 - 0.............100.00%..............+ 20.00
05/08/2025....................1 - 1 - 0..............50.00%...............- 0.50
05/07/2025....................2 - 2 - 0..............50.00%...............- 1.00
05/06/2025....................3 - 1 - 0..............75.00%...............+ 9.50
05/05/2025....................2 - 1 - 1..............66.66%...............+ 4.50
05/04/2025....................0 - 4 - 0..............00.00%...............- 22.00
05/03/2025....................1 - 1 - 0...............50.00%...............- 0.50
05/02/2025....................0 - 2 - 0...............00.00%...............- 11.00
05/01/2025....................3 - 1 - 0...............75.00%...............+ 9.50

TOTALS.......................22 -19 - 0...............53.65%.................+ 5.50

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NBA PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

TOTALS.....................38 - 34 - 0...............52.77%.............. + 3.00

 

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Wednesday’s 6-pack:
All-time leading scorers for the Indiana Pacers:
25,279— Reggie Miller
12,871— Rik Smits
10,780— Billy Knight
10,058— Roger Brown
9,580— Jermaine O’Neal
9,571— Danny Granger

Quote of the Day
“The winning team writes the script.”
Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle

Wednesday’s quiz
Last time the Indiana Pacers made the NBA Finals was in 2000; who was their coach?

Tuesday’s quiz
In the old TV show Batman, Burgess Meredith played the Penguin; he later played Rocky Balboa’s boxing trainer in the great Rocky movies.

Monday’s quiz
When the Arizona Diamondbacks acquired P Zac Gallen from the Marlins in 2019, they sent Jazz Chisholm to Miami in the trade.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

2025 NFL schedule gets released Wednesday night; here is what we know:

— Cowboys @ Eagles opens the season September 4th; these division rivals play twice a year, but this is the first time since 2000 that they’ll meet in Week 1.

— Chargers are going to start their season in Brazil the next night, September 5th; they haven’t announced who their opponent will be.

— Vikings are going to be the first team in NFL history to play consecutive international games in different countries; they’re playing the Steelers September 28 in Ireland, then they’re playing the Browns in England October 5th.

— Bears @ Eagles is a Friday afternoon game the day after Thanksgiving, the game Amazon shows because they want to you to stay home and go Christmas shopping on their website.

— Rams-Jaguars are playing a game in England October 19th, I think they said.

— Tomorrow’s Den will be loaded with info on the 2025 schedule.

— Famous birthdays, May 14th:
Tony Perez, 83
Dave LaRoche, 77
Dennis Martinez, 71
Mike Quick, 66
Pat Borders, 62
Pooh Richardson, 59
Sofia Coppola, 54
Rob Gronkowski, 36
Kyle Freeland, 32
Tony Gonsolin, 31
Brenton Doyle, 27
Zach Edey, 23

— Pacers 114, Cavaliers 105
Indiana eliminates top-seeded Cleveland in five games.
Pacers outscored Cleveland 33-20 in third quarter.
Tyrese Halliburton scored 31 points, was +27.

— Thunder 112, Nuggets 105
Shea Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points.
Nikola Jokic scored 44 points, had 15 rebounds.
Nuggets led 86-78 after the third quarter.
Oklahoma City leads series, 3-2

— New York Knicks are first NBA team ever to have three wins in the same playoff series, when they trailed by 9+ points at halftime in all three games.

— Boston Celtics’ star Jayson Tatum ruptured his Achilles tendon late in Monday night’s loss to the Knicks; he had surgery on his leg Tuesday afternoon.

— Top 4 picks in the 2025 NBA Draft:
Dallas
San Antonio
Philadelphia
Charlotte

— Movie of the Day: The Fugitive (1993)- A well-known surgeon is unjustly accused of murdering his wife, so he tries to find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a veteran U.S. Marshal.
Harrison Ford is the surgeon, Tommie Lee Jones is the Marshal, Julianne Moore, Sela Ward and Joe Pantoliano are also in the cast.
This is an excellent movie, really, really good.

— A’s 11, Dodgers 1
If the season ended right now, the A’s would be in the playoffs.
Jacob Wilson went 4-5, with two homers, 4 RBI
A’s are a major league-best 14-7 on the road.
1B Nick Kurtz hit his first major league home run.

— Guardians 2, Brewers 0
Cleveland shut the Brewers out for the second day in a row.
Logan Allen allowed three hits and a walk in six IP.
Milwaukee is 12-7 at home, 8-16 on the road.

— Rays 11, Blue Jays 9
Junior Caminero hit a grand slam in the ninth inning.
Rays gave up five runs in the last two innings but still won.
Daulton Varsho homered twice for Toronto.

— Phillies got rained out Tuesday; Kyle Schwarber has a 47-game on-base streak. The all-time best on-base streak is 84 games, by Ted Williams.

— Tigers 10, Red Sox 9 (11)
Javier Baez hit two homers, knocked in six runs; he had the walk-of HR in this game.
Red Sox tied game 8-8 with two runs in 8th inning.
Detroit is 28-15 now, 16-5 at home.

— Astros 2, Royals 1
Isaac Paredes hit a walk-off home run for Houston.
Framber Valdez threw 8 innings, on only 89 pitches.
Jeremy Pena has 13 RBI in 15 games since moving to the leadoff spot.

— Padres 6, Angels 4
Fernando Tatis hit a walk-off home run for San Diego.
Angels led this game 4-2 in the 8th inning.

— If the playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Padres, Phillies, Giants
AL: New York, Tigers, Mariners. Wild Cards: Guardians, Royals, A’s

 

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NBA
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Wednesday, May 14

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Wednesday, May 14

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Trend Report
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New York VS Boston
New York is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
New York is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
New York is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against Boston.
New York is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games against Boston.
Boston is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games.
Boston is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home.
Boston is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
Boston is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Division division.

Golden State VS Minnesota
Golden State is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games.
Golden State is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games against Minnesota.
Golden State is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games against Minnesota.
Golden State is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games on the road.
Minnesota is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Minnesota's last 15 games.
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games.
Minnesota is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home.


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Armadillo Sports

Thursday’s 6-pack:
— Celtics 127, Knicks 102- Boston shot 22-49 on the arc.
— T’wolves 121, Warriors 110- Minnesota wins series, 4-1
— Twins 6-8, Orioles 3-6- Minnesota has won 10 games in a row.
— Astros 4, Royals 3- Jeremy Pena was 4-4, with two RBI
— Marlins 3, Cubs 1- Kyle Stowers homered twice, hit a triple.
— Diamondbacks 8, Giants 7- Ketel Marte homered twice.

Quote of the Day
“We did what was necessary to do what we needed to do to get it back to New York. You don’t get to pick the test that you have, you pick how you respond to them.”
Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla

Thursday’s quiz
Last time Cowboys-Eagles played in a season opener was in 2000; who was the Dallas coach back then?

Wednesday’s quiz
Last time Indiana Pacers made the NBA Finals was in 2000; Larry Bird was their coach.

Tuesday’s quiz
In the old TV show Batman, Burgess Meredith played the Penguin; he later played Rocky Balboa’s boxing trainer in the great Rocky movies.

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Thursday’s Den: Our first look at this year’s NFL schedule

Notes on the 2025 NFL schedule:
AFC East
Bills
Four of their first five games are at home.
Three of their first five games are in primetime.
Chiefs visit Buffalo in Week 9
Weeks 12-16, four road games in five weeks.

Dolphins
3/last 5 games are in cold weather: @ Jets, Steelers, Patriots.
Five primetime games, plus a game vs Washington, in Spain
Don’t play any 4:00 games.

Patriots
Weeks 5-7: 3 straight road games, at Buffalo, New Orleans, Tennessee
Week 7, Patriots @ Titans; Vrabel coached Tennessee from 2018-23.
Three of first four games at home.
Week 1, Raiders @ Patriots (Tom Brady owns part of Raiders now)

Jets
Week 1: Steelers @ Jets- Justin Fields played for Pittsburgh last year.
3/last 4 games are on the road.
Play Broncos in London in Week 6, don’t have a bye in Week 7.
Right now, 14 of their 17 games are at 1:00; low expectations.

AFC North
Ravens
Five of their first seven games are at home.
Weeks 5-8, have three home games and a bye week.
Weeks 9-11, 3 straight road games, at Miami, Minnesota, Cleveland
Play the Bengals in weeks 13/15.
Three of their last four games are on the road.

Bengals
Last three years, Bengals are 5-10 in Weeks 1-5, 25-10 from Week 6 on.
Three of their first four games are on the road.
Have four primetime games, plus four 4:25 games that aren’t on West Coast.
Weeks 7-10: three home games, then their bye week.

Browns
Browns have 40-year old QB Flacco, and two rookie QB’s,
Cleveland plays its first game and its last game against Cincinnati.
14 of their 17 games are in the Eastern time zone.
No primetime games; they play the Vikings in England in Week 5.

Steelers
Who will the QB be? Right now, it would be Mason Rudolph.
Only 5 of their 17 games are vs teams that were in playoffs last year.
Steelers have four primetime games, plus a game vs Vikings in Ireland.
Their games with the Ravens are in Weeks 14/18.

AFC South
Texans
Weeks 8-10, have three straight home games.
Visit SoFi Stadium twice; Week 1 vs Rams, Week 17 vs Chargers
Chargers beat Houston 32-12 in playoffs last year.
Visit Chiefs in Week 14; KC beat them 23-14 in playoffs LY.

Colts
Four of their first six games are at home.
Also visit SoFi Stadium twice; vs Rams in Week 4, Chargers in Week 7
Only one primetime game, Week 16 vs 49ers.
12 of their 17 games are in domed stadiums.

Jaguars
Play only one game in England this year, Week 7 vs Rams
Play only one primetime game, Week 5 vs Chiefs.
Two games vs Colts are in Weeks 14/17.
Two games vs Tennessee are in Week 13/18.

Titans
Weeks 4-6- 3 straight road games, at Houston, Arizona, Las Vegas (all domes)
No primetime games; league has low expectations for them.
Weeks 9-13- have four home games and their bye week.
Only cold weather game figures to be Week 14 in Cleveland.

AFC West
Broncos
First three games are against their three AFC West rivals.
Open season vs Chiefs on a Friday night in Brazil.
Five primetime games; league has high expectations for them.

Chiefs
Open season in Brazil vs Chargers; host the Eagles in Week 2.
5 of their first 8 games are in primetime.
Weeks 6-8, have three straight home games.
Play on both Thanksgiving/Christmas this year.

Raiders
Two of first three games are on East Coast, at New England/Washington
Raiders open season vs Patriots; Pete Carroll coached Patriots from 1997-99.
Weeks 15-16 are only time they play consecutive weeks on the road.

Chargers
Open season against the Chiefs, in Brazil.
Have two trips to east coast in Weeks 4, 6; lot of travel early on.
Three of their last four games are on the road. .
Five primetime games; league has high expectations for them.

Thanksgiving Day games:
Packers @ Detroit
Chiefs @ Dallas
Bengals @ Baltimore

Christmas Day games
Cowboys @ Washington
Lions @ Minnesota
Broncos @ Kansas City

NFC East
Cowboys
Open season at Super Bowl champion Eagles in Week 1.
Play four of their games on Thursdays.
Weeks 12-16, play four home games in five weeks.
Play on both Thanksgiving/Christmas this year.

Giants
Open season with road games at Washington/Dallas.
Two games vs Cowboys are in Weeks 2/18.
Have a late bye week, Week 14.
Have only one road game in the last five weeks.

Eagles
Don’t have back/back home games all season.
Two games vs Washington are in Weeks 16/18.
Two games vs Giants are in Weeks 6/8.
Host Bears on Black Friday afternoon, the day after Thanksgiving

Commanders
Washington is 18-1 to win Super Bowl; this time last year, they were 150-1
Their last four games are against NFC East rivals.
Weeks 4-8, play four road games in five weeks.
Have five primetime games, plus a Week 8 game in Spain.

NFC North
Bears
Their games vs Detroit are in Weeks 2/18
Three of their last four games are at home.
Weeks 4-9, have tour road games and a bye week.
Thought it was odd that Ben Johnson turned down Washington job LY, but left the Lions to coach division rival Chicago this year. Both teams have promising young QB’s.

Lions
Detroit has two new coordinators this year, the price of success.
Weeks 12-14, have three straight home games.
Week 15, they visit the Rams, a renewal of the Stafford-Goff thing.
Play on both Thanksgiving/Christmas this year.

Packers
Open season with home games vs Lions/Commanders.
Play three of last four games on the road.
Have four primetime games, four 4:25 games.
Two games with the Bears are in Weeks 14/16.

Vikings- unusual schedule
Week 1- visit Chicago on Monday night
Weeks 2-3- two home games
Weeks 4-5- a game in Ireland, a game in England
Week 6- bye
Week 7- host the Eagles
Weeks 8-16- six road games in nine weeks.
Weeks 17-18- home games vs Lions/Packers.

NFC South
Falcons
Week 5 is an early bye week.
Week 2 is at Minnesota, interesting if Kirk Cousins is still a Falcon.
12 of their 17 games are in domed stadiums.
Four primetime games, plus a Week 9 game in Germany,
They don’t have a bye week the game after playing in Germany.

Panthers
Three of their first four games are on the road.
Week 9 game in Germany, against the Falcons.
They don’t have a bye week the game after playing in Germany.
Two games with Tampa Bay are in Weeks 16/18.

Saints
It is unclear who Saints’ QB will be, but whoever it is will be young.
Open with home games vs Cardinals/49ers.
Finish with road games at Tennessee/Atlanta.
No primetime games; league has low expectations for them.

Buccaneers
Open season with road games, at Atlanta/Houston.
Weeks 13-15, have three straight home games.
Have four primetime games, three of them on road.
Four of their last five games are vs NFC South rivals.

NFC West
Cardinals
Three of their last four games are on the road.
12 of their 17 games are in domed stadiums.
Two games with the Rams are in Weeks 14/18.
Have only two games in the eastern time zone.

Rams
Three of their first four games are vs AFC East teams.
Play Jaguars in England in Week 7.
Week 8-12, have three home games and a bye week.
Two of their last three games are in primetime.

49ers
Open season with road games, against teams with new QB’s (Seattle/NO)
Three of their last four games are at home.
Have five primetime games, including two of last three weeks.
First game and last game are both against the Seahawks.

Seahawks
Sam Darnold faces his old team (Vikings) in Week 13.
Cooper Kupp plays against his old team (Rams) in Weeks 11/16
Seahawks have five trips to the eastern time zone.
Seattle finishes with road games, at Panthers/49ers.

 

[Udog]

NBA
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Thursday, May 15

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Thursday, May 15

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Trend Report
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Oklahoma City VS Denver
Oklahoma City is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Oklahoma City's last 10 games.
Oklahoma City is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games.
Oklahoma City is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games against Denver.
Denver is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Denver's last 14 games against Oklahoma City.
Denver is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Denver's last 7 games when playing at home against Oklahoma City.


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Thursday, May 15​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
OKC at DEN	08:30 PM	DEN +4.5 O 217.5	+500 +500

Friday, May 16​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
BOS at NY	08:00 PM	BOS +2.5 O 210.0	+500 +500