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Las Vegas - Utah was the number one seed out West for a few reasons. But mostly because they WIN! And they WIN at home BIG TIME! The Jazz posted a fabulous 31-5 record at home, and did not lose back-to-back games at the Vivint Arena all season long. If you're not familiar with Vivint, it started life as the Delta Center, then EnergySolutions, then the Vivint. So, why did they lose to Memphis in the opener? Got a few thoughts.
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Las Vegas - On the baseball board, not sure what kind of diet 41 year old Rich Hill is following, but heard that he might have spoken to Phil Mickelson a few weeks ago. How else would you explain his last four starts for Tampa Bay. After a so-so April, Hill has allowed one teeny, tiny earned run over the last 21 innings, for an invisible 0.43 ERA in May. And since the Rays have won 11 in a row, gotta jump into the wallet, climb Hill's back, and BOOK IT!!!
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Las Vegas - Looking at the Heat/Bucks game tonight, and thinking that the dog is gonna bark. Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo combined to go 8/37 on field goal attempts. That's like 21% and that's like HORRIBLE! And yet Miami still took Milwaukee to OT and wound up losing by ONLY two. The Heat have not lost two in a row since mid-April and have covered six of the last seven (86%). Sure the Bucks & Giannis might post another W, but they've covered just one of the last eight (13%).
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Las Vegas - Matt Harvey has finally become the pitcher we expected. ATROCIOUS! Just take a look at his last two starts. Cover your eyes and hold your nose because The Dark Knight has been absolutely DESTROYED, allowing 15 hits and 13 earned runs in just 5 innings. Yea, FIVE INNINGS. That works out to a 23.4 ERA. Yea, TWENTY THREE POINT FOUR! It looks like Patrick Corbin will get the start for the Nationals, but don't really care who pitches for Washington.
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Las Vegas - A little over 100 days till college football takes center stage, and the South Point Hotel here in Vegas has posted some DELICIOUS opening lines. Defending national champs Alabama take on Miami-Florida in Atlanta on September 4, and the Crimson Tide open at -13. The other tasty matchup for that day is Clemson vs. Georgia at Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Tigers open at -3.5 over the Dawgs.
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