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CNOTES OCTOBER NBA BEST BETS !

10/23/2025........................0 - 4 - 0.....................00.00 %...................- 22.00
10/22/2025....................... 3 - 5 - 1......................37.50%...................- 12.50
10/21/2025........................2 - 0 - 0....................100.00%...................+ 10.00

TOTALS..............................5 - 9 - 1.....................35.71%.................... - 24.50
 
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Friday’s 6-pack:
— Chargers 37, Vikings 10- LA outgained Minnesota, 419-164.
— Justin Herbert threw for 227 yards, three TD’s.
— South Alabama 38, Georgia State 31- Jaguars led 28-14 at half, held on.
— Warriors 137, Nuggets 131 OT- Steph Curry scored 42 points, had 7 assists.
— Thunder 141, Pacers 135 2OT- Gilgeous-Alexander scored 55 points.
— Thunder are first NBA team ever whose first two games in a season both went to double overtime.

Quote of the Day
“I think you don’t know where the line is until you cross it. And then you make an adjustment. I don’t want our guys, if they give them a coloring book, I don’t want them just coloring inside the lines. You know, come up with something different.”
San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello

Friday’s quiz
Who is the all-time leader in passing yards for the Ole Miss Rebels?

Thursday’s quiz
Shawn Green is the only baseball player that hit 100+ home runs for both the Blue Jays and the Dodgers.

Wednesday’s quiz
Kevin Durant played his college basketball at Texas.

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Friday’s Den: An early look at college basketball; the WCC​

— Gonzaga
Gonzaga is bolting to the Pac-12 next season.
Zags haven’t missed the NCAA’s since 1998.
LY, Zags lost in 2nd round of NCAA’s, earliest exit since 2014.
Gonzaga was a #8 seed LY, its lowest seed since 2016.
Senior G Miller is playing at his 4th school (Illinois, LSU, Arizona State)

— Loyola Marymount
Lions haven’t been in the NCAA’s since their great run in 1990.
In five years under coach Johnson, LMU is 32-45 in the WCC.
LMU is deeper this year, but not as experienced.

— Oregon State
Beavers head back to the Pac-12 next year, which will help, but that’s next year.
Oregon State last made NCAA’s in 2021; they went to the Elite 8.
Last year’s starters have bolted for greener pa$ture$ ($4M worth)
Beavers are rebuilding (again); LY, they had #49 eFG% in country.

— Pacific
Haven’t been to the NCAA’s since 2013.
Last four years, they’re 14-50 in the WCC.
Their point guard was a sub at national champ Florida LY.
Coach Smart used to coach at Carleton in Canada; Pacific has six Canadians.
Tigers are expected to be much deeper this year.

— Pepperdine
Haven’t been to the NCAA’s since 2002.
Last four years, they’re 12-54 in the WCC.
LY, Waves won three games in WCC tourney, lost in semi-finals.
Waves lost 91.7% of LY’s scoring; they added seven D-I transfers.

— Portland
Haven’t been to the NCAA’s since 1996.
Last three years, they’re 17-33 in the WCC.
Brought in 8 new players, should be deeper this year.
Timo George Jr is a promising 6-8 forward.

— Famous birthdays, October 24th:
Kevin Kline, 78
Chester Marcol, 76
Ron Gardenhire, 68
Mark Grant, 62
Corey Dillon, 51
Eric Hosmer, 36
Jalen Ramsey, 31
Rafael Devers, 29
Jaylen Brown, 29
Amon-Ra St. Brown, 26
Wednesday would’ve been the great Johnny Carson’s 100th birthday.

— Saint Mary’s
Made the NCAA’s last four years, going 3-4 in tournament.
Last four years, Gaels are 56-7 in WCC play.
Lost three seniors from LY, two of whom were 5-year players.
Gaels have only one senior this season.
Coach Bennett is unclear who the new point guard will be.

— San Diego
School opened a $35M basketball performance center last spring.
Toreros haven’t been to the NCAA’s since 2008.
Three years under Steve Lavin, they’re 13-37 in the WCC.
PG Johnson has played at Louisville, Wake Forest.
San Diego’s backcourt appears to be improved this year.

— San Francisco
Last time they were in the NCAA’s: 2022.
Last four years, they’re 41-25 in the WCC.
Last two years, Dons are 25-3 in WCC, other than Zags/St Mary’s.
Have 2 starters back TY, which in this day/age, is a lot.
Have high expectations; the pre-conference schedule is hard.

— Santa Clara
Haven’t been to the NCAA’s since 1996 (Steve Nash was there).
Last four years, they’re 43-22 in the WCC.
64.4% of LY’s scoring, 49.8% of rebounding, 58.7% of assists are gone.
Five players transferred last spring, including two starters.
Broncos added three transfers, four freshmen this year.

— Seattle
First year in WCC; last four years, they were 44-28 in the WAC.
Haven’t been to the NCAA’s since 1969.
Redhawks have pretty good guards; they need to shoot better.
Big guy Junseok Yeo is a transfer from Gonzaga.

— Washington State
Coogs head back to the Pac-12 next year; they were 8-10 in WCC LY.
3 starters from LY’s team bolted to greener pa$ture$.
Riley can coach; Wazzu was #6 in country LY in 2-point FG%.
Wazzu could help its power rating with a good showing at Maui Classic.
 
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Milwaukee VS Toronto
Milwaukee is 10-4 ATS in its last 14 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Milwaukee's last 5 games.
Milwaukee is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games.
Milwaukee is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against Toronto.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games against Milwaukee.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing at home against Milwaukee.

Atlanta VS Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Atlanta's last 8 games.
Atlanta is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games against Orlando.
Atlanta is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games against Orlando.
Atlanta is 12-5 ATS in its last 17 games on the road.
Orlando is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Orlando's last 5 games.
Orlando is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Orlando's last 8 games against Atlanta.

Boston VS New York
Boston is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games.
Boston is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games.
Boston is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games against New York.
Boston is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games against New York.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of New York's last 15 games at home.
New York is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Boston.
New York is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Division division.
New York is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games played in October.

Cleveland VS Brooklyn
Cleveland is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Cleveland's last 11 games.
Cleveland is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
Cleveland is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games against Brooklyn.
Brooklyn is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 6 games.
Brooklyn is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 7 games against Cleveland.

Detroit VS Houston
Detroit is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games.
Detroit is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against Houston.
Houston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games.
Houston is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 6 games against Detroit.

Miami VS Memphis
Miami is 13-7 ATS in its last 20 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 6 games.
Miami is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games.
Miami is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games against Memphis.
Memphis is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games.
Memphis is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Memphis' last 7 games against Miami.
Memphis is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home.

San Antonio VS New Orleans
San Antonio is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
San Antonio is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games.
San Antonio is 3-10 ATS in its last 13 games against New Orleans.
San Antonio is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games against New Orleans.
New Orleans is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans' last 5 games.
New Orleans is 0-8 SU in its last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of New Orleans' last 20 games against San Antonio.

Washington VS Dallas
Washington is 5-12 ATS in its last 17 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington's last 9 games.
Washington is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games.
Washington is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games against Dallas.
Dallas is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas' last 5 games.
Dallas is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Dallas' last 9 games against Washington.

Minnesota VS Los Angeles
Minnesota is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games.
Minnesota is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games.
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against LA Lakers.
LA Lakers is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games.
LA Lakers is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of LA Lakers' last 9 games against Minnesota.
LA Lakers is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games at home.

Utah VS Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Utah's last 7 games.
Utah is 3-17 SU in its last 20 games.
Utah is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games against Sacramento.
Utah is 0-8 SU in its last 8 games against Sacramento.
Sacramento is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Sacramento's last 6 games.
Sacramento is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
Sacramento is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games at home.

Golden State VS Portland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Golden State's last 6 games.
Golden State is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
Golden State is 9-0 SU in its last 9 games against Portland.
Golden State is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games on the road.
Portland is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games.
Portland is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Portland's last 7 games at home.
Portland is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Golden State.

Phoenix VS Los Angeles
Phoenix is 3-9 ATS in its last 12 games.
Phoenix is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games.
Phoenix is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against LA Clippers.
Phoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games against LA Clippers.
LA Clippers is 0-4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Clippers' last 5 games.
LA Clippers is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Clippers' last 5 games against Phoenix.


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Friday, October 24​

GameTime(ET)PickUnits
MIL at TOR06:30 PMTOR -2.0*****
O 235.5		+500 +500
ATL at ORL07:00 PMATL +6.0*****
O 235.5		+500 +500
CLE at BK07:30 PMCLE -11.5
U 230.0*****		+500 +500
BOS at NY07:30 PMNY -3.5
U 231.0*****		+500 +500
MIA at MEM08:00 PMMEM -2.5
U 231.0*****		+500 +500
SA at NO08:00 PMSA -4.5*****
O 233.5		+500 +500
DET at HOU08:00 PMHOU -6.5*****
O 227.0*****		+500 +500
WAS at DAL08:30 PMDAL -9.5
O 228.5*****		+500 +500
UTA at SAC10:00 PMUTA +6.0
O 234.5*****		+500 +500
GS at POR10:00 PMPOR +2.5
O 227.5*****		+500 +500
MIN at LAL10:00 PMMIN -1.5
O 225.5*****		+500 +500
PHO at LAC10:30 PMPHO +9.5*****
O 223.5*****		+500 +500
 
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CNOTES OCTOBER NBA BEST BETS !

10/24/2025........................5 - 9 . 0.....................35.71%....................- 24.50
10/23/2025........................0 - 4 - 0.....................00.00 %...................- 22.00
10/22/2025....................... 3 - 5 - 1......................37.50%...................- 12.50
10/21/2025........................2 - 0 - 0....................100.00%...................+ 10.00

TOTALS..........................10 - 18 - 1.....................35.71%.................... - 49.00+
 
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Saturday’s 6-pack:
— Spurs 120, Pelicans 116 OT- Wembanyama had 29 points, 11 boards, nine blocks
— Pistons 115, Rockets 111- Detroit was +15 with Duncan Robinson on the floor.
— Knicks 105, Celtics 95- Knicks outscored Boston 42-14 in second quarter.
— Hawks 111, Magic 107- Hawks outscored Orlando 33-21 in fourth quarter.
— Cavaliers 131, Nets 124- Mitchell scored 35 points, had five assists.
— Wizards 117, Mavericks 107- George scored a career-high 34 points.

Quote of the Day
“I am going to get myself in trouble, but I listen to people talk about how kids changed. Kids aren’t the problem, we’re the problem. This was sprung on us again yesterday where a guy can be in the G League for two or three years and then all of a sudden, he’s eligible.”
Tom Izzo

Saturday’s quiz
Where did Aaron Rodgers play his college football?

Friday’s quiz
Jaxson Dart is the all-time leader in passing yards for the Ole Miss Rebels.

Thursday’s quiz
Shawn Green is the only baseball player that hit 100+ home runs for both the Blue Jays and the Dodgers.

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

— Blue Jays 11, Dodgers 4
Game was tied 2-2 after five innings.
Toronto scored nine runs in the bottom of the 6th.
Addison Barger hit a pinch-hit grand slam.
Game 2: Yamamoto vs Gausman Saturday night.

— Kind of cool that Toronto bench coach Don Mattingly is in his first World Series. Mattingly was a really good player who hit .307 in his 14-year career with 222 home runs, but he never played in a World Series. He also managed the Dodgers and Marlins.

— Virginia Tech 42, California 34 OT
Golden Bears led 20-10 at halftime.
Tech ran ball 58 times for 357 yards (6.2 yards/carry)
Hokies improve to 3-5; California is 5-3.

— North Texas 54, Charlotte 20
QB Mestemaker threw for 608 yards, four TD’s. 608 yards!!!!
Game was tied 17-17 at halftime.
North Texas was minus-2 in turnovers, but they gained 754 yards.

— Chargers 37, Vikings 10
Chargers outgained Minnesota, 419-164.
Chargers in first half: 38 plays, 282 yards, 24 points
Vikings in first half: 26 plays, 83 yards, 3 points
Minnesota only ran the ball 11 times, for 34 yards.

— So far this season, NFC teams are 25-12 SU against AFC teams.

— NFL replay challenges, thru seven games, the last five years:
2021- 46 challenges, 16 overturns 34.9%
2022- 51 challenges, 18 overturns 35.3%
2023- 55 challenges, 24 overturns 42.9%
2024- 53 challenges, 21 overturns 39.6%
2025- 60 challenges, 36 overturns 60%
Coaches have access to better technology in the booth this year, which is allowing them to make better challenges..

— Vikings’ QB Carson Wentz has had an unusual career:
2016-20- Eagles 35-33-1
2021- Colts 9-8
2022- Redskins 2-5
2023- Rams 1-0
2024- Chiefs 0-1
2025- Vikings 2-3
Six different teams the last six years.

— Famous birthdays, October 25:
Marion Ross, 97
Dan Issel, 77
Gifford Nielsen, 71
Danny Darwin, 70
Marc Vlasic, 62
Pat Swilling, 61
Mike Harkey, 59
Terrell Lowery, 55
Pedro Martinez, 54
Katy Perry, 41
Chandler Parsons, 37
Juan Soto, 27

— Oklahoma City Thunder is the first NBA team EVER whose first two games of a season both went to double overtime. Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played 92:00 in those two games, scoring a total of 90 points.

— Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat G Terry Rozier were indicted this week on charges that involved illegal sports betting and rigged poker games. Two separate cases that have some overlap, but they are separate cases.
I don’t want to say a whole lot about this; I’m not a lawyer and this process is likely to drag out a while, but I’ll say this:
Rozier has earned $135,085,373 in his career, was scheduled to earn another $26,643,031 this season.
Billups earned $107,227,720 in a playing career that ended 12 years ago; he’s been coaching since then, which is still good money.
Why the BLEEP would these guys be involved in a mess like this?

— Tiago Splitter is the interim coach in Portland; he was the coach of Paris Basketball Club during the 2024-25 season, where he led the team to a French Basketball Cup championship.
Four of Portland’s six assistant coaches this season are new to the team.
Splitter played seven years in the NBA, most of which came with the Spurs after being drafted 28th overall in the 2007 Draft. He was a key player in San Antonio’s 2014 championship run and also had a long international basketball career.

— Have been reading thru college basketball stuff, getting ready for the season; reading up on the WCC, I was getting a headache. Just about every team has a mostly-new roster, think one team had as many as two starters back. Players don’t stay anywhere anymore.
On teams that do well, players get bought up by bigger $$$ teams; on teams that do poorly, teams clean house and poach players from other schools, as well as add freshmen.
Used to be fun handicapping games in November; the teams with more continuity usually did pretty well. These days, no one has continuity; we have to learn on the fly.

— Louisville, Santa Clara have recently signed players who have played in the G League, which seems to defy the NCAA’s previous amateurism/eligibility rules, which barred any players who had previously competed for money at a professional level from playing Division I basketball.
Coaches around the country are confused by this. Does the NCAA know what its doing?

— Was surprised to see that Mike Trout wound up this season as the #56 outfielder in fantasy baseball, then you read that he testified in court this week in a civil trial brought by the family of former Angels P Tyler Skaggs, who died in 2019 of an accidental drug overdose- the family is suing the Angels for $118M.
Messy situation, has to be a huge distraction to people who were with the Angels back then.

— Watching YouTube late at night this week, I found an 11-minute clip about the old TV show The White Shadow, about a retired NBA player who gets a job coaching basketball in urban Los Angeles. It was a really good show that was on when I was in college (late 70’s); the guy who wrote it was Bruce Paltrow, Gwyneth Paltrow’s father.
We used to joke that one of the characters, Salami was a hacker; he fouled a lot. They said in this show that Timothy Van Patten, who played Salami, had been a high school wrestler in real life and was the only player on the Carver High team who had no actual basketball experience, so at least we were right about that.
 
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