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

[Cnotes53]

Wednesday’s 6-pack:
— Pacers 119, Bucks 118 OT- Milwaukee led by 7 with 0:35 left.
— Third year in a row the Bucks lost in the first round.
— Pistons 106, Knicks 103- New York still leads series, 3-2.
— Celtics 120, Orlando 89- Boston wins series, 4-1.
— Nuggets 131, Clippers 113- Denver leads series, 3-2
— Jamal Murray scored 43 points for the Nuggets.

Quote of the Day
“He’s the best defender I’ve ever seen in my life.”
Steve Kerr, talking about Draymond Green

Wednesday’s quiz
Who was manager of the Toronto Blue Jays in 2016, last time they won a playoff game?

Tuesday’s quiz
Aaron Judge played his college baseball at Fresno State.

Monday’s quiz
Colorado Rockies’ catcher Jacob Stallings is the son of Kevin Stallings, who used to be the basketball coach at Vanderbilt.

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Wednesday’s Den: Trends for major league teams……​

— Arizona (15-14)
Diamondbacks lost five of their last six games.
Arizona is 13-8 vs righty starters, 2-6 vs lefties.
Over is 6-0 in their last six games.

— Braves (14-15)
Atlanta won nine of its last eleven games.
Braves are 8-3 at home, 6-12 on the road.
Over is 6-3 in their last nine games.

— Cubs (18-12)
Chicago won six of its last nine games.
Over is 9-4 in their last 13 home games.
Cubs are 1-0 vs divisional rivals; they lead NL Central by 1.5 games.

— Reds (16-13)
Reds won their last five games, scoring 30 runs.
Under is 5-1 in their last six games.
Reds are 2-4 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Rockies (4-25)
Colorado lost eight games in a row, and 16 of 17.
Rockies are 1-14 on the road (under 10-5).
Under is 6-1 in their last seven home games.

— Dodgers (20-10)
Dodgers won their last four games, scoring 39 runs.
Over is 6-1 in their last seven games.
Dodgers are 14-5 vs righty starters, 6-5 vs lefties.

— Marlins (12-17)
Marlins are 1-5 in their last six games.
Miami is 7-13 vs righty starters, 5-4 vs lefties.
Over is 5-0 in their last five games.

— Brewers (15-15)
Milwaukee won nine of its last 12 home games.
Brewers are 9-4 at home, 6-11 on the road.
Brewers scored in 1st inning in only one of 13 home games.

— Mets (21-9)
Mets are 13-1 at home, 8-8 on the road.
Mets are 8-2 in series openers.
Over is 4-1 in their last five games.

— Phillies (16-13)
Phillies are 13-8 vs righty starters, 3-5 vs lefties.
Phillies ware 10-4 at home, 6-9 on road.
Philly scored in 1st inning in eight of last 11 home games.

— Pirates (11-19)
Pittsburgh lost last four home games, scoring 11 runs.
Pirates scored in first inning in seven of their last 14 games.
Last three games, Pirates are 1-19 with runners in scoring position.

— St Louis (12-17)
Cardinals are 10-5 at home, 2-12 on road.
Four of their last five games stayed under the total.
St Louis is 3-8 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Cardinals haven’t scored in first inning in their last 11 home games.

— Padres (18-11)
Padres are 13-4 at home, 5-7 on the road.
Under is 7-2 in their last nine games.
San Diego scored 9 runs in six games with Arraez on IL; they scored 7 runs in his first game back in the lineup Tuesday.

— Giants (19-11)
Giants are 17-4 vs rightly pitchers, 2-7 vs lefties.
SF is 11-4 vs American League teams, 8-7 vs NL teams.
Under is 7-3 in their last ten home games.

— Washington (13-17)
Nationals are 9-7 at home, 4-10 on the road.
Over is 4-1 in their last five games.
Nats scored in 1st inning in 6 of 16 home games, 2 of 14 on the road.

— Famous birthdays, April 30th:
Phil Garner, 76
Isiah Thomas, 64
Al Toon, 62
Stephen Kunken, 54
Luis Scola, 45
Michael Kopech, 29

— Orioles (11-18)
Baltimore is 2-7 in its last nine games.
Orioles are 8-1 when they score 5+ runs, 3-17 when they don’t.
Over is 9-2 in their last eleven home games.

— Red Sox (17-14)
Boston won five of its last six road games.
Over is 6-1 in their last seven games.
Red Sox scored in first inning in five of last seven games.

— White Sox (7-22)
Chicago lost 19 of its last 124 games.
White Sox are 4-9 at home, 3-13 on the road.
Chicago used an opener in its last four games.

— Cleveland (16-13)
Cleveland is 8-2 in series openers.
Cleveland is 8-3 against its AL Central rivals.
Over is 11-6 in their last 17 games.

— Detroit (18-12)
Detroit is 13-3 at home, 5-9 on the road.
Tigers are 17-4 when they score 4+ runs.
Under is 12-2 in their last fourteen home games.

— Houston (16-13)
Astros won six of their last eight games.
Under is 8-4 in their road games.
Astros scored a first inning run in only one of their 17 home games.

— Royals (15-15)
Royals won seven of their last eight games.
Kansas City is 11-5 at home, 4-10 on the road.
Nine of Royals’ last 11 home games stayed under the total.

— Angels (12-16)
Halos lost six of their last seven games.
Angels are 5-4 at home, 7-12 on the road.
Angels are 6-1 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Twins (13-17)
Twins won six of their last eight games.
Minnesota is 9-6 at home, 4-11 on the road.
Under is 7-3 in their last ten road games.

— New York (18-12)
New York is 10-5 at home, 8-7 on the road.
Bronx scored in 1st inning in seven of last 12 games.
New York is 15-9 vs righty starters, 3-3 vs lefties.

— A’s (15-15)
A’s are 9-5 in their last 14 games.
A’s are 6-9 in Sacramento, 9-6 on the road.
Over is 7-3 in their last ten road games.

— Seattle (17-12)
Mariners won 14 of their last 19 games.
Over is 13-4 in their last 17 games.
Seattle is 11-6 at home, 6-6 on road.

— Tampa Bay (14-15)
Rays won their last five road games.
Under is 9-3 in their last 12 games.
Rays are 11-4 vs National League teams, 3-11 vs AL teams.

— Texas (16-14)
Texas is 11-4 at home, 5-10 on the road.
Rangers are 3-6 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.
Under is 13-2 in their home games.

— Toronto (13-16)
Blue Jays lost eight of their last nine games.
Toronto is 8-6 at home, 5-10 on the road.
Toronto is 10-13 vs righty starters, 3-3 vs lefties.

 

[Udog]

NBA

Wednesday, April 30

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Trend Report
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Golden State VS Houston
Golden State is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
Golden State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Golden State is 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games against Houston.
Golden State is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games against Houston.
Houston is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Houston's last 20 games.
Houston is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Houston's last 8 games against Golden State.

Minnesota VS Los Angeles
Minnesota is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Minnesota's last 10 games.
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games.
Minnesota is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games against LA Lakers.
LA Lakers is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
LA Lakers is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Lakers' last 8 games against Minnesota.
LA Lakers is 13-4 SU in its last 17 games at home.


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[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, April 30

 

[Cnotes53]

Wednesday, April 30​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
GS at HOU	07:30 PM	GS +4.0 O 204.5	+500 +500
MIN at LAL	10:00 PM	MIN +5.5 U 210.0	+500 +500

 

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NBA PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

04/30/2025..................3 - 1 - 0................75.00%............+ 9.50
04/29/2025..................3 - 3 - 0................50.00%............- 1.50
04/27/2025..................3 - 5 - 0................37.50%............- 12.50
04/26/2025..................4 - 3 - 0................57.14%............+ 3.50
04/25/2025..................2 - 2 - 0................50.00%.............- 1.00
04/24/2025..................1 - 3 - 0................25.00%............- 11.50
04/23/2025..................4 - 2 - 0................66.66%............+ 9.00
04/22/2025..................4 - 2 - 0................66.66%............+ 9.00
04/21/2025..................3 - 1 - 0...............75.00%.............+ 9.50
04/20/2025..................5 - 1 - 0...............83.33%.............+ 19.50
04/19/2025..................3 - 3 - 0...............50.00%.............- 1.50
04/18/2025..................0 - 3 - 0...............00.00%............- 16.50
04/16/2025..................1 - 3 - 0...............25.00%............- 11.50
04/15/2025..................2 - 2 - 0...............50.00%.............- 1.00

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

 

[Cnotes53]

Thursday’s 6-pack:
All-time leaders in pitching wins for the Toronto Blue Jays:
175— Dave Stieb
148— Roy Halladay
128— Jim Clancy
116— Jimmy Kay
107— Pat Hentgen
84— David Wells

Quote of the Day
“Keep everything light and fresh and and confident and understand that we have played good basketball. It’s not like we were getting our (expletive) kicked the whole time.”
Houston Rockets guard Fred Van Vleet

Thursday’s quiz
How many NBA teams did Shaquille O’Neal play for?

Wednesday’s quiz
John Gibbons was manager of the Toronto Blue Jays in 2016, last time they won a playoff game.

Tuesday’s quiz
Aaron Judge played his college baseball at Fresno State.

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National League teams’ records, with each starting pitcher​

NL teams’ W-L record by starting pitcher
(thru Tuesday’s games)

— Diamondbacks
Gallen 2-4
Kelly 4-2
Burnes 2-3
Pfaadt 4-2
Rodriguez 2-4

— Braves
Sale 3-3
Schwellenbach 3-3 (home team 6-0)
Smith-Shawver 2-2
Holmes 3-2
Elder 3-2
Lopez 0-1
Strider 0-1
Blewett 0-1

— Cubs
Imanaga 5-2
Steele 3-1 (over 4-0)
Taillon 2-4
Boyd 2-3
Brown 3-2 (over 5-0)
Rea 3-0

— Reds
Greene 3-3 (under 4-1 last five)
Lodolo 4-2
Martinez 1-5 (under 4-1 last five)
Singer 4-1
Spiers 0-2
Abbott 3-0
Suter 1-0

— Rockies
Freeland 0-6 (under 5-1)
Senzatela 2-4
Feltner 1-5
Marquez 0-6 (over 4-1 last five)
Dollander 1-3
Blalock 0-1

— Dodgers
Yamamoto 4-2 (under 5-1)
Snell 2-0 (over 2-0)
Glasnow 3-2
Sasaki 4-2
May 3-2
Knack 2-0
Wrobleski 0-1
Miller 1-0
Casparius 0-1
Dreyer 1-0
Gonsolin 1-0

— Marlins
Alcantara 3-2
Gillispie 1-5
Bellozo 1-1
Meyer 3-3
Quantrill 3-2
Cabrera 1-3

— Brewers
Peralta 4-3 (under 6-1)
Cortes 1-1
Civale 0-1
Patrick 2-3
Priester 1-3
Rodriguez 0-2
Alexander 2-1
Quintana 4-0
Henderson 1-0
Myers 0-1

— Famous birthdays, May 1st:
Barry Clemens, 82
Dann Florek, 75
Charlie O’Brien, 65
Tim McGraw, 58
Alex Van Pelt, 55
Curtis Martin, 52
Wes Welker, 44
Marcus Stroman, 34
Casey Mize, 28
Chet Holmgren, 23

— Mets
Holmes 5-1
Megill 3-3
Senga 3-2
Canning 5-1
Peterson 5-1
Brazoban 0-1

— Phillies
Wheeler 4-3
Luzardo 4-2
Nola 1-5
Sanchez 4-1
Walker 3-2

— Pirates
Skenes 3-3
Keller 2-4
Falter 2-4
Heaney 3-3
Mlodzinski 1-4
Harrington 0-1

— Cardinals
Gray 5-1 (over 6-0)
Fedde 1-5
Mikolas 0-5
Liberatore 1-4
Pallante 3-3
Matz 1-0

— Padres
King 4-2
Cease 4-2
Vasquez 2-4
Pivetta 5-1
Hart 3-2

— Giants
Ray 6-0
Hicks 3-3
Webb 4-3
Verlander 2-4
Roupp 4-1

— Nationals
Gore 2-5
Irvin 3-3
Parker 5-1
Williams 2-4
Soroka 0-1
Lord 1-3

— Movie of the Day: Molly’s Game (2017)- The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who went on to run the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game, becoming an FBI target in the process.
Jessica Chastain plays Molly, Idris Elba is great as her lawyer; Kevin Costner plays Molly’s father, a smallish role for him.
This was a book before it was a movie; it is a story very well-told.

— Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 6 (10)
Boston led 6-0 in the sixth inning.
Toronto hit three homers in a game for first time this season.
First time in 12 games the Blue Jays scored more than four runs.

— Cardinals 6-9, Reds 0-1
Willson Contreras hit a 3-run homer in first inning of the nightcap.
Coming into Wednesday, St Louis was 2-12 on the road.
Coming into Wednesday, Reds had won five games in a row.

— A’s 7, Rangers 1
A’s scored six runs in 9th, with homers by Rooker, Butler.
A’s have won six of their last eight games; they’re 10-6 on road.
Texas lost eight of its last 12 games.

— Rockies 2, Braves 1
Colorado snaps its eight-game losing streak.
Brenton Doyle’s home run ended his 0-for-20 skid.
Rockies’ 3B Ryan McMahon is 0 for his last 34, 2 for his last 58

— Dodgers 12, Marlins 7
Tony Gonsolin threw six strong innings in his first start since 2023.
Mookie Betts, scored twice, knocked in four runs.
Kyle Stowers went 4-4 with two homers for the Marlins.

— Mariners 9, Angels 3
Seattle won for 15th time in its last 18 games.
Leo Rivas had three hits, three RBI for the Mariners.
Mike Trout (sore knee) left the game in the 4th inning.

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

 

[Udog]

NBA

Thursday, May 1

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New York VS Detroit
New York is 12-6 ATS in its last 18 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of New York's last 14 games.
New York is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
New York is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games against Detroit.
Detroit is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games.
Detroit is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games against New York.
Detroit is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home.

Denver VS Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Denver's last 5 games.
Denver is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games.
Denver is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games against LA Clippers.
Denver is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road.
LA Clippers is 14-6 ATS in its last 20 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Clippers' last 5 games.
LA Clippers is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Clippers' last 5 games against Denver.


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[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Thursday, May 1

 

[Cnotes53]

Thursday, May 1​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
NY at DET	07:30 PM	DET -1.5 O 214.0	+500 +500
DEN at LAC	10:00 PM	DEN +6.5 O 212.0	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

NBA BEST BETS FOR MAY !

05/01/2025....................3 - 1 - 0.........................75.00%...........................+ 9.50

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NBA PLAYOFF BEST BETS !

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

 

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Friday’s 6-pack:
All-time leaders in home runs for the Oakland A’s:
363— Mark McGwire
269— Reggie Jackson
254— Jose Canseco
230— Eric Chavez
198— Jason Giambi
192— Sal Bando

Quote of the Day
“Maybe this is hard sometimes for a coach or a player to admit this: We lost to a better team. That’s just the reality. We did. And we put ourselves in a position to win Games 3, 4 and 5 and we weren’t able to do that in the fourth quarter. And that’s where I think you really have to evaluate and really try to grow from as a coach and certainly as a group, whatever that group looks like next year.”
JJ Redick

Friday’s quiz
In the movie Any Given Sunday, what well-known actor played the starting QB for the Miami Sharks, before he got hurt?

Thursday’s quiz
Shaquille O’Neal played for six teams in his 19-year career, eight of them for the Lakers.

Wednesday’s quiz
John Gibbons was manager of the Toronto Blue Jays in 2016, last time they won a playoff game.

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Friday’s Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind………​

— Knicks 116, Pistons 113
Jalen Brunson scored 40 points, scoring game-winning 3-pointer with 0:04 left.
Knicks only played three subs, who played a total of only 36:00.
New York wins the series, 4-2.
Good season ends for Detroit; they were 14-68/17-65 the last two years, but went 44-38 this year and made the playoffs for first time since 2019.

— Speaking of the Knicks, on May 8, 1970, I was 10 years old, was playing wiffle ball in the street in front of our house, at 8:15 or so. My dad stuck his head out the door and said “Get in here, now.” My friends laughed, they thought I was in trouble, but my dad never yelled at me, so I didn’t know what was up.

“Who you rooting for?” he asked me- Game 7 of the NBA Finals was about to start, Knicks vs Lakers. He and my sister were huge Knick fans; I didn’t really care who won, but I was good at being an annoying little brother so I said “Lakers”
My dad pointed to the other side of the living room and said “Sit over there, then”
Knicks killed them; they were up 27 at the half, won easily. Was cool to see my dad happy, but don’t think I said so that night.

— I bring this up because one of the Knciks’ starting guards on that team, Dick Barnett, passed away this week at age 88.
Barnett was a lefty jump shooting guard who played 14 years in the NBA, scored 15,358 points in an excellent career. He played 42:00 in that Game 7, scored 21 points. He was really good.
RIP, sir.

— By the way, the Knick-Laker playoff games started at 8:30 back then because they had the Ringling Brothers Circus in Madison Square Garden during the day; took them a while to get the court ready to play. Times have changed.

— Clippers 111, Nuggets 105
James Harden scored 28 points, Kawhi Leonard 27.
Clippers used three subs, who were a combined +20
Series is 3-3; game 7 is Saturday night in Denver.

— I have a question, actually several questions about why the Lakers played the same five players the whole second half in their Game 4 loss to Minnesota.

Minnesota led 61-58 at halftime, but the Lakers outscored them 36-23 in the third quarter. Timberwolves led the series 2-1- they outscored a tired Lakers team 32-19 in the fourth quarter and seized control of the series.
In the last 30 years, no NBA team had ever played an entire half of a playoff game without making any substitutions; Lebron James is one of the best players ever for sure, but he is 40 years old, and he didn’t score a point in the 4th quarter.

My main question is this: Lakers’ coach JJ Redick had never coached before this season; was this his decision? Did the front office approve of it? Were they even notified? What did the seven subs on the bench think about being ignored for the whole second half.

— Famous birthdays, May 2nd:
Engelbert Humperdinck, 89
Jo Ann Pflug, 84
Clay Carroll, 84
Christine Baranski, 73
Keith Moreland, 71
Dwayne Johnson, 53
David Beckham, 50
Pat McAfee, 38
Ian Anderson, 27

— May 1, 1991 was a pretty significant sports day:
Rickey Henderson set the all-time stolen bases record during a day game in Oakland.
That night, Nolan Ryan threw his 7th no-hitter, at age 44.

— So far this season, Mets have outscored opponents 50-19 in the first three innings; Francisco Lindor is hitting 14-30 in the first inning.

— Back in 2005, every major league team hit .250 or better for the season; last year, only six teams hit .250 or better.

— A’s 3, Rangers 0
Jeffrey Springs allowed two hits in six scoreless IP.
Rangers haven’t homered in their last seven games.
Right now, the A’s are tied for the last playoff spot in the AL.

— Rockies 4, Giants 3
San Francisco led 3-1 after the sixth inning.
Rockies snapped a 12-game losing skid at Oracle Park.
Colorado won its last two games, after starting the season 4-25.

— Guardians 4, Twins 3 (10)
Jose Ramirez is the first Cleveland player with 250+ homers, 250+ stolen bases.
Pinch-hitter Angel Martinez had the walk-off single for the Guardians.
Minnesota slips to 4-13 on the road.

— Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 2
Vladimir Guerrero Jr hit a 3-run homer in 8th inning.
Red Sox led 2-0 after six innings.
Alex Bregman knocked in the only two Boston runs.

— Royals 8, Rays 2
Bobby Witt homered, extended his hitting streak to 22 games.
Royals went to Tampa Bay and swept the Rays.
Rays are 9-13 in their temporary home, an outdoor minor league field.

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

 

[Udog]

NBA

Friday, May 2

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Houston VS Golden State
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Houston's last 20 games.
Houston is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games.
Houston is 5-11 ATS in its last 16 games against Golden State.
Houston is 4-16 SU in its last 20 games against Golden State.
Golden State is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games.
Golden State is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Golden State's last 9 games against Houston.
Golden State is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home.


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[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Friday, May 2

 

[Cnotes53]

Friday, May 2​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
HOU at GS	09:00 PM	GS -5.0 U 207.5	+500 +500