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NBA

IND @ MIA: Miami, after a loss. Lebron, after an all time low in points and minutes (approximately).  The Pacers probably a little high on themselves after a “huge” win. Larry Bird taking some of the air out from under Stephenson.  None of this bodes well for the Pacers, and there is little reason to believe that the Heat are going to let anything get in the way of them today.  The NBA wants the Heat in the finals, and there won’t be much funny business.  The line started at 6, is as high as 8 in places, and it might still go up.  In the end, the Heat win by a landslide, and the Pacers will have to look to Larry Bird to fix their chemistry.  Does 2 wins against the Heat save Vogel’s job?  Lean MIA-7

NHL

CHI @ LAK: The Blackhawks, back against the wall at home took on the mighty Kings, to the tune of a 3-1 start, 3-2 at the intermission.  And then the Kings took over, leading 4-3 going into the 3rd.  Sneaking out a 5-4 OT win at home, does not mean the Blackhawks are back in the series.  The Kings, behind Quick (at home and off a tough outing) take care of business today.  And it might get ugly because they have business to attend to against the Rangers.  Lean LAK ML

FOR FUN: LAK ML/MIA ML PARLAY

Rangers had allowed 11 goals in previous seven games before 7-4 loss in Game 5 debacle that resembled pond hockey; NY won six of last eight games overall, but is just 5-4 at home so far in playoffs. Montreal is 9-5 in last 14 series games, but needs win here to keep series alive; they’re 2-3 in last five road games- five of their 16 playoff games went OT. Habs are 10-6 in the playoffs, 5-3 on road. Over is 45-26-14 in playoffs, 6-2-2 this round. Rangers tied Game 5 with three goals in 4:24 span of second period after they pulled Lundqvist; Bourque scored twice after that to get hat trick, keep Montreal alive in series.

Hot pitchers
— Buchanan won his first MLB start, allowing two runs in five IP.
— Vogelsong is 3-1, 1.64 in his last six starts.
— Cole is 2-1, 3.86 in his last four starts.

— Rangers won last three Martinez starts (1-0, 1.64 in last two). Deduno is 1-1, 3.09 in his last two starts.
— Porcello is 6-1, 3.80 in his last seven starts.
— Shields is 3-0, 2.67 in his last four starts. Dickey is 4-1, 3.89 in his last six.
— Shoemaker is 2-0, 3.38 in his three starts.

— Minor is 2-1, 2.29 in his last three starts.

Cold pitchers
— Wheeler is 0-2, 6.88 in his last three starts.
— Garcia has a 4.26 RA in his first two ’14 starts.
— Cingrani is 0-2, 6.19 in his last three starts. Collmenter has a 5.59 RA in his last five starts, but won his last two.
— Haren is 1-3, 5.76 in his last four starts.

— Chavez is 2-2, 4.50 in his last four starts.
— Jimenez is 0-2, 10.00 in his last couple starts. Peacock is 1-3, 5.09 in his six starts this season.
— Maurer is 0-3, 8.22 in his last three starts.

— Peavy is 0-2, 6.59 in his last five starts.

Pitchers allowing runs in first inning:
— Wheeler 4-10; Buchanan 0-1
— Vogelsong 1-10; Garcia 1-2
— Cingrani 5-8 (5 of last 5); Collmenter 4-8 (4 of last 5)
— Cole 3-10; Haren 4-10 (4 of last 5)

— Martinez 1-4; Deduno 2-4
— Porcello 4-9; Chavez 4-10
— Shields 1-11; Dickey 1-11
— Jimenez 4-10; Peacock 2-6
— Shoemaker 0-3; Maurer 2-6

— Minor 1-5; Peavy 1-10

Totals
— Four of last five Wheeler road starts went over total.
— Last eight Vogelsong starts stayed under the total.
— Eight of last ten Arizona games stayed under total.
— Under is 7-1 in Pittsburgh’s last eight road games.

— Over is 5-2-1 in last eight Texas road games.
— Nine of last ten Detroit games went over the total.
— Under is 5-2 in last seven Toronto home games.
— Three of four Peacock home starts went over.
— Under is 9-4-2 in last fifteen Angel games.

— Five of six Peavy home starts stayed under total.

Hot teams
— Phillies are 5-3 in their last eight home games.
— San Francisco won seven of its last nine games. Cardinals won ten of their last fourteen games.
— Arizona won four of its last five home games.
— Dodgers won six of their last nine games.

— Rangers won six of their last eight games.
— A’s won eight of their last ten home games, lost five of last seven overall.
— Toronto won last nine games, scored 22 runs in last three.
— Houston won its last five games.
— Angels won 13 of their last 19 games.

— Red Sox won their last three games,scoring 18 runs.

Cold teams
— Mets lost nine of their last fourteen games, but won last two.
— Reds lost ten of last fourteen road games.
— Pirates lost 16 of their last 20 road games.

— Detroit lost eight of its last ten games.
— Royals lost six of their last eight games.
— Minnesota lost five of its last six games.
— Orioles lost six of their last seven road games.
— Mariners are 6-7 in their last thirteen home games.

— Atlanta is 6-9 in its last fifteen games.

Pacers outscored Heat 29-10 on foul line in Game 1; since then, Miami has 56-40 edge on charity stripe, winning last three games by 4-12-12 points. Heat is dominant in 4th quarter this spring. Home side won 11 of last 12 Miami-Indiana games; eight of last 11 series games went over the total. Miami is 11-3 in playoffs, 4-2 on road; they’re 9-5 as favorite in playoffs. Indiana is 9-8 in playoffs, 5-3 vs spread when they are getting points (0-3 in last three). Hibbert was scoreless four 4th time in playoffs last game. Question now becomes Indiana’s will to compete to extend a series it is doubtful they can win.

Over is 46-34 in playoffs this season, 4-4 in this round..
Favorites are 31-49 in playoffs this season, 7-1 in this round.

Kings scored 14 goals in last seven periods, with five power play goals, to take 3-1 lead and can end series here; LA won five of last six games overall, is 6-4 on road in playoffs Chicago . had won ten of last 12 games vs Kings before losing last three games- they’re 7-1 at home in playoffs, with only loss in Game 2 of this series. LA is 29-22 on road this season. Chicago was down 2-0 in first round to St Louis; they’re 36-13 overall at home this year, they’ve given up 15 goals in last three games- they need to tighten up here, or season is over. Over is 10-5-4 in Los Angeles playoff games this spring,

Hot pitchers
— Alvarez is 2-1, 3.06 in his last seven starts.
— Lincecum is 2-1, 2.75 in his last three starts.
— Hernandez is 1-1, 1.45 in his last three starts. Lyles is 1-0, 2.50 in his last three road starts.
— Stauffer threw five shutout innings in his only ’14 start.
— Kershaw is 3-1, 3.49 in five starts, only one of which was at home.

— Cosart is 2-1, 4.15 in his last three starts. Duffy has a 2.74 RA in four starts but only one win.
— Hendriks allowed one run in 5.2 IP in his first ’14 start.
— Sanchez is 2-0, 2.57 in his last three starts. Kazmir is 3-2, 3.34 in his last six.
— Hernandez is 3-0, 2.78 in his last three starts. Wilson is 2-0, 0.59 in his last two starts.

— Lackey is 3-1, 2.83 in his last six starts.
— Miller is 5-1, 3.18 in his last six starts.

Cold pitchers
— Zimmerman is 1-1, 6.11 in his last three starts.
— Colon is 1-2, 6.44 in his last five starts. Morton is 1-2, 4.34 in his last three.
— Jackson is 1-2, 5.82 in his last three starts.
— Anderson has a 7.24 RA in three starts this year.
— Bailey is 0-2, 8.04 in his last three road starts.

— Archer is 1-1, 6.68 in his last six starts.
— Noesi is 0-3, 5.74 in five starts this season. House allowed five runs in six IP in his first MLB start.
— Gibson is 1-2, 7.71 in his last three starts. Saunders allowed five runs in 3.2 IP in his first ’14 start April 4– he got hit by a line drive, went on DL.

— Floyd is 0-1, 4.91 in his last three starts.
— Gallardo is 0-3, 6.33 in his last four starts. Norris is 1-2, 3.71 in his last four.
— Kuroda is 1-2, 6.69 in his last six starts.

Pitchers allowing runs in first inning:
— Alvarez 4-10; Zimmerman 1-10
— Morton 2-10; Colon 3-10
— Jackson 4-10; Lincecum 4-10
— Lyles 3-10; Hernandez 4-8
— Stauffer 0-1; Anderson 0-3
— Bailey 3-10; Kershaw 0-5

— Cosart 5-10; Duffy 0-4
— Archer 2-10; Hendriks 0-1
— House 0-1; Noesi 3-5
— Saunders 1-1; Gibson 3-9
— Sanchez 3-7; Kazmir 2-10
— Wilson 3-10; Hernandez 1-11

— Floyd 0-4; Lackey 3-10
— Norris 2-9; Gallardo 2-10
— Kuroda 5-10 (4 of last 5); Miller 0-10

Totals
— Under is 6-1 in Pittsburgh’s last seven road games.
— Seven of last ten Miami road games went over.
— Eight of last eleven Cub games stayed under.
— Eight of last eleven Colorado road games stayed under.
— Eight of last nine Arizona games stayed under total.
— Under is 10-6 in last sixteen Cincinnati road games.

— Over is 5-1-1 in last seven Texas road games.
— Over is 9-6 in White Sox’ last fifteen games.
— Last nine Detroit games went over the total.
— Under is 8-4-2 in last fourteen Angel games.
— Under is 4-2 in last six Toronto home games.
— Ten of last fourteen Houston road games stayed under.

— Under is 16-5-2 in last 23 Atlanta home games.
— Under is 7-4-2 in last thirteen Milwaukee games.
— Five of last seven St Louis home games stayed under.

Hot teams
— Pirates won five of last seven games, but are 5-14 in last 19 on road.
— Dodgers won six of their last eight games.
— San Francisco won six of its last eight games.

— Rangers won five of their last seven games.
— Angels won 13 of their last 18 games.
— Blue Jays won ten of their last twelve games. Tampa Bay won four of its last six games.
— Houston won its last four games.

— Milwaukee won five of its last seven home games.
— Cardinals won ten of their last thirteen games. Bronx is 9-6 in last fifteen road games.

Cold teams
— Mets lost nine of their last thirteen games.
— Miami lost seven of its last 11 away games. Washington lost five of its last six games.
— Cubs lost eight of their last twelve road games.
— Rockies lost six of their last eight road games. Phillies lost five of their last seven games.
— Arizona lost 17 of its 24 home games. San Diego lost six of its last nine games overall.
— Reds lost ten of last thirteen road games.

— Minnesota lost four of its last five games.
— White Sox are 6-7 in their last thirteen home games. Cleveland lost five of its last six games.
— Detroit lost seven of its last nine games. Oakland lost five of its last six.
— Mariners are 5-7 in their last twelve home games.
— Kansas City is 5-10 in its last 15 home games.

— Red Sox lost 10 of their last 12 games, but won last two. Atlanta is 6-8 in its last 14 games.
— Orioles lost five of their last six road games.

Umpires
— Mia-Wsh– Under is 4-0-1 in last five Buckminster games.
— Col-Phil– Home side won all eight Rackley games; under is 5-1-1 in his last seven games behind the plate.
— Pitt-NY– Five of last six Nelson games stayed under.
— SD-Az– Underdogs won seven of last eight Barber games; over is 6-1-1 in those games.
— Cin-LA– Visiting team won four of last five Cuzzi games.
— Chi-SF– Six of seven Segal games went over the total.

— TB-Tor– Seven of nine O’Nora games stayed under the total.
— Cle-Chi– Over is 7-1-1 in LBarrett games.
— Hst-KC– Four of last five Barksdale games went over total.
— Tex-Min– Four of last five Hoberg games stayed under.
— Det-A’s– Five of last seven Meals games went over total.
— LA-Sea– Under is 5-1-1 in last seven Scott games.

— Bos-Atl– Seven of ten Hoye games stayed under.
— Blt-Mil– Favorites won seven of nine Kellogg games.
— NY-StL– Last four Vanover games went over the total.

We all saw 50 cent come closer to taking out a cameraman than home plate last night (If you missed it click here ).  It got me looking at other horrible attempts and these are five of the funniest/worst I came across

Baba Booey:

Carly Rae Jepsen (h/t @TJD8686):

John Wall:

Mark Mallory:

Mariah Carey:

Solid effort from the ladies.

Canadiens -+100

Oklahoma City got big man Ibaka back in Game 3, Spurs shot 39.6% in a Thunder win; OC has now won 11 of last 15 games with San Antonio, is 8-0 in last eight series games played here. Thunder was +16 on boards in Game 3; Spurs are 28-67 from arc in series, +11 in turnovers. Eight of last eleven series games stayed under total. Thunder is 5-3 at home in playoffs. Spurs are 4-3 on road in playoffs. One guy makes a difference; Spurs shot 58%/50% in first two series games. Home team covered six of seven games in this round of playoffs so far.

Over is 46-33 in playoffs this season, 4-3 in this round..
Favorites are 30-49 in playoffs this season, 6-1 in this round.

Hot pitchers
— Alvarez is 2-1, 3.06 in his last seven starts.
— de la Rosa is 5-0, 1.85 in his last six starts. Hamels is 1-0, 2.14 in last three.
— Simon is 2-0, 0.61 in his last couple starts.
— Greinke is 2-0, 2.25 in his last three starts.
— Hudson is 3-1, 2.16 in his last five starts. Arrieta is 2-0, 2.79 in four starts this season.

— Cobb is 1-0, 0.00 (20.2 IP) in his last three starts. Buehrle is 4-0, 2.43 in his last five starts.
— Sale is 4-0, 1.89 in his five starts this season.
— Hughes is 5-0, 1.83 in his last six starts. Darvish is 3-1, 2.10 in his last four.
— Weaver is 5-1, 1.70 in his last seven starts.
— Scherzer is 6-0, 2.54 in his last seven starts. Gray is 2-0, 1.75 in his last five.

— Chen is 2-0, 3.79 in his last three starts.
— Lynn is 1-0, 2.77 in his last two starts. Phelps is 1-1, 1.50 in his last two.

Cold pitchers
— Treinen is 0-2, 4.22 in two starts this season.
— Volquez is 1-4, 5.97 in his last six starts. Niese is 1-1, 5.82 in his last three.
— Stults is 0-2, 5.56 in his last two starts.
— Miley is 1-3, 5.23 in his last five starts.

— Masterson is 0-2, 9.98 in his last three starts.
— McHugh is 0-3, 5.56 in his last four starts. Guthrie is 0-2, 4.54 in his last five outings.
— Elias is 0-1, 5.19 in his last three starts.

— Lester is 0-2, 6.17 in his last two starts. Harang is 1-3, 7.07 in his last five.
— Garza is 0-1, 4.91 in his last three starts.

Pitchers allowing runs in first inning:
— Alvarez 4-10; Treinen 0-2
— de la Rosa 3-10; Hamels 2-6
— Volquez 4-9; Niese 4-9
— Stults 3-10; Miley 2-11
— Simon 4-9; Greinke 1-10
— Arrieta 1-4; Hudson 0-9

— Cobb 1-4; Buehrle 2-10
— Masterson 2-11; Sale 0-5
— McHugh 1-6; Guthrie 3-10
— Darvish 1-9; Hughes 2-9
— Scherzer 3-10; Gray 3-10
— Weaver 2-10; Elias 3-10 (2 of last 2)

— Lester 3-10; Harang 1-10
— Chen 2-9; Garza 5-10 (4 of last 5)
— Phelps 0-4; Lynn 3-10

Totals
— Under is 5-1 in Pittsburgh’s last six road games.
— Seven of last ten Miami road games went over.
— Seven of last ten Cub games stayed under.
— Eight of last ten Colorado road games stayed under.
— Seven of last eight Arizona games stayed under total.
— Under is 10-5 in last fifteen Cincinnati road games.

— Over is 5-0-1 in last six Texas road games.
— Over is 9-5 in White Sox’ last fourteen games.
— Last eight Detroit games went over the total.
— Under is 8-3-2 in last thirteen Angel games.
— Under is 4-1 in last five Toronto home games.
— Nine of last thirteen Houston road games stayed under.

— Under is 16-4-2 in last 22 Atlanta home games.
— Under is 7-3-2 in last twelve Milwaukee games.
— Four of last six St Louis home games stayed under.

Hot teams
— Pirates won five of last six games, but are 5-13 in last 18 on road.
— Dodgers won five of their last seven games.
— San Francisco won five of its last seven games.

— Rangers won five of their last six games.
— Angels won 12 of their last 17 games.
— Blue Jays won nine of their last eleven games. Tampa Bay won four of its last five games.
— Houston won its last three games.

— Cardinals won nine of their last twelve games. Bronx is 9-5 in last fourteen road games.

Cold teams
— Mets lost nine of their last twelve games.
— Miami lost seven of its last 11 away games. Washington lost five of its last six games.
— Cubs lost seven of their last eleven road games.
— Rockies lost six of their last seven road games. Phillies lost four of their last six games.
— Arizona lost 16 of its 23 home games. San Diego lost six of its last eight games overall.
— Reds lost nine of last twelve road games.

— Minnesota lost its last four games.
— White Sox are 5-7 in their last dozen home games. Cleveland lost four of its last five games.
— Detroit lost seven of its last eight games. Oakland lost four of its last five games, but won eight of last nine at home.
— Mariners are 5-6 in their last eleven home games.
— Kansas City is 5-9 in its last 14 home games.

— Red Sox lost 10 of their last 11 games. Atlanta is 6-7 in its last 13 games.
— Milwaukee lost six of its last nine games. Orioles lost four of their last five road games.

Umpires
— Mia-Wsh– Under is 4-0-1 in last five Buckminster games.
— Col-Phil– Five of last six Gorman games stayed under.
— Pitt-NY– Underdogs won last seven Fagan games; last five stayed under.
— SD-Az– Over is 6-0-1 in last seven Cooper games.
— Cin-LA– Eight of eleven GGibson games stayed under.
— Chi-SF– Under is 5-1-1 in last seven Fletcher games.

— TB-Tor– Underdogs won eight of last nine Hudson games.
— Cle-Chi– Underdogs won seven of nine Hickox games.
— Hst-KC– Last three Danley games stayed under total.
— Tex-Min– Five of last six Estabrook games went over.
— Det-A’s– Over is 54-36 in Campos games since 2008.
— LA-Sea– Underdogs won four of last seven HGibson games.

— Bos-Atl– Eight of last nine Davidson games stayed under.
— Blt-Mil– Five of last seven Reyburn games went over.
— NY-StL– Underdogs are 6-4 in Morales games this season.