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Played for the great, legendary Coach Ed Palubinskas of Olympic fame and college history. Ed Palubinskas set Olympic scoring records while playing for the Australian Olympic Basketball National Team and is well kwown for shooting accuracy so much that he tutored the great NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal while with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and currently the NBA World Champion Miami Heat! Ed Palubinskas was great to play for, he made me work really hard and taught me to shoot to convert and with accuracy!
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I can remember, as well as I’m sure my teammates can recall ‘Coach Palubinskas’ singling me out after practice to run sprints! I remember vividly ‘Coach P’ stating to me ‘on the line,’ over and over again, so many times that I soon understood how important the game was. The irony is that I didn’t walk out of practice, I ran every sprint he demanded of me and I returned to practice the next day…the rest is history! The State of Idaho’s leading scorer that year at 24 pts/gm. Hard work pays off!” —Coach Jamaal Al-Din

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All-State Varsity Basketball Mountain Home High School
Averaged 24 pts/game as State’s Leading Scorer

 

NBA is no doubt the most watched sport league in United States or even in the world. If you are a fan like me, you would not want to miss it right? Sometimes we just are preoccupied with our job that stop us from going home, sit on the sofa to watch our favorite team in action. Some of you didn’t buy the ticket to the game because it runs out. But there is a solution, Yes Watch NBA games online.

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One very interesting pattern that has emerged in the NFL since the early part of this decade concerns teams that have been involved in a higher-than-normal percentage of plays where the score late in a game was ‘tight’–meaning, teams were with-in a touchdown of each other.

The variable that I use to measure this situation is LC%, or, Late/Close%. LC% is the percentage of overall plays, looked at from either an offensive perspective (LC%F), or defensive perspective (LC%A), that occurred in the 4th quarter when the score was within a margin of 8 points, along with any plays called in overtime, where of course, teams are tied until the final snap of the ball.

Because a Late/Close situation can only occur from the start of the 4th quarter onwards, the league average for LC% is low–most teams find themselves in this situation only 12.5-13% of the time.

The particular LC% value that is of the most interest with regards to this article, involves teams with a season LC%F of at least 14% and since 2001, teams in this situation (that also happen to be playing before Week 15 of the regular season) are a dismal 458-521 (46.8%) ATS, creating a modest profit of $1,720 with wagers of $110 to win back $100, betting against the team in question.

Based on this information, it would appear that teams who have found themselves in a larger-than-normal amount of situations where the game is on the line, happen to be a lousy wager in future contests.

Considering the large number of games involved here, it’s clear from a statistical standpoint that the connection between a high LC%F in previous games, and poor performance versus the spread in upcoming ones, is real, and will probably repeat itself in 2008 and beyond. The biggest question has to be: why does this trend exist?

A potential answer to this question surfaces when another important condition is considered and that is, to include only teams that have a Clutch Loss percentage of < 25%. The value of 25% is significant in this particular case, as you will see below.

Clutch Loss percentage is a stat that I use to reveal the portion of a team’s losses that came in ‘heart-breaking fashion’, namely, those losses where a team was tied or winning to start the 4th quarter, but, eventually went on to give up what proved to be the final score of the game that put them behind for good.

In addition to these 4th quarter situations, any loss in overtime is also deemed to be ‘Clutch’ in my calculation.

Typically, the majority of a teams losses during a season are not that close, and only 23-24% of these will meet the criteria for a ‘Clutch’ defeat, which just happens to be the cut-off percentage that we are using for this situation.

Once a teams Clutch Losses are capped at 24.9% or less, the record for this trend is reduced to 190-258 (42.4%) for a profit of $4,900 over the past 7 seasons.

The interesting relationship between these two closely related factors (higher than average LC%F and a lower than average Clutch loss percentage), along with the fact that teams in this situation have a winning record over 66% of the time (0.500 or better), sheds light on why this trend is so negative for those teams involved.

Essentially, this trend is a classic example of the proverbial ‘let-down’ situation. In this instance, we are talking about winning teams (in most cases) that have had their fair share of closely played games over the course of the season in which they escaped with a limited number of painful defeats, and this combination of factors works toward setting up teams up for a disappointing performance versus the line in upcoming matches.

Whether it be from an overvaluation of team strength by a betting public that often looks at only wins and losses as opposed to the closeness of the games involved, thereby creating an advantageous line for the opponent of the team in question, or, simply players that have become overconfident in their abilities due to their teams winning record and past success in tightly fought contests. Whatever the reasons, teams in this situation are a lousy wager in the long-run.

The above 2 Primary conditions are a potent combination, but, in addition to these, there is one other significant condition that I like to add and it concerns the Over/Under for the current game.

This trend is actually far more effective when higher scoring teams are removed from the equation. Once games with an Over/Under of greater than or equal to 42 points are excluded, the record for this situation is drastically reduced to 104-168 (38.2%) ATS, providing a bigger profit ($5,360) even with the 40% reduction in the number of wagers involved.

There are a handful of Secondary conditions that round out the logic behind this trend: Teams that are coming up on a Bye week are excluded as well as those who have faced an extremely tough schedule (opposition with a cumulative winning percentage > .650 to be exact). Lastly, those teams that found themselves in a 2 touch-down hole at the start of the 4th quarter in their previous game are also removed.

Here are all the details.

(Notes: ASMR stands for Average Spread Margin Rating. A positive rating indicates a trend that is stronger than average versus the line, negative–weaker than average. TDIS% is the percentage of teams in the league that have been involved in this situation at one time or another. WT% is the percentage of teams that are .500 or better and SPR is the average spread for teams in this situation. For more details, please consult Page 13 of my 2008 NFL Game Sheets Guide.)

Situational Trend #2 Summary

Primary Conditions (Building Blocks)

1) Late Close % For (LC%F) > 14.

2) Clutch Loss % (CL%) < 25.

3) Current Over/Under < 42.

Secondary Conditions (Tighteners)

1) Game is before Week 15.

2) Team not coming up on a Bye Week.

3) Exclude Strength of Schedule (SOS) > 0.65.

4) Exclude S4Q Deficit in Last Game of >= 14.

Situation Stats

ASMR: -1.2

Home%: 52.1

Dog%: 45.1

TDIS%: 96.9

WT%: 66.7

SPR: -0.4

Top Teams: DEN(16); NYJ(14); TEN(14); JAC(12)

Situation Record

Overall (Since ‘01): 61-146 ATS

2007 Season: 12-24 ATS

2006 Season: 13-23 ATS

2005 Season: 9-17 ATS

2004 Season: 10-35 ATS

Dennis Arthur, a self-professed statistics junkie and American Football fanatic, has been providing innovative NFL analysis based against the Vegas point spread since 1999. For more wagering orientated articles like this one along with specialized team ratings and winning selections versus the spread, visit his site at http://www.armchairanalysis.com.

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It is very common for a city to have a great sporting culture. It is so in the case of Chicago also. The city has a tradition, culture and affinity for the sports. Being one of the largest cities in the country, it will be apt only if the city has a tradition and a quest to excel in sports. The city doesn’t disappoint you in this regard as it has a rich tradition of being one of the hot spots of the country when it comes to sports. The city, in fact has teams for all the four major American sports, namely Football, Baseball, Basketball and Hockey. The teams from the city feature in all of these leagues which are namely Bears in National Football League (NFL), White sox and Clubs in Major League Baseball (MLB), Bulls in National Basketball Association (NBA), and the Blackhawks in National Hockey League (NHL). With this, it satisfies the criteria for being one of the major sports hot spots in the country. The teams from the city also feature in the women’s sports as well. It has women team in all the major sports. Each team has its own venue, called the home ground, in the city.

The city also features excellent infrastructure for the sports and also has a great fanfare following their sporting icons. The city has produced many sporting icons who have been acclaimed all over the world, as one of the best sportsman to have ever played the game. The major stadiums that one can see for sporting action include U.S. Cellular Field, which is the home stadium for the Chicago White Sox, Wrigley Field, the home ground of Chicago Clubs Baseball team, United Center for Basketball team and so on. Chicago has given the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The city was chosen to represent United States in the bid. The city has also once hosted the Pan American Games. It was in the year 1959, that the city hosted the games. The city has also many university teams participating in several games. All the teams have their own home stadiums in the city, providing excellent infrastructure and a good platform for training and excelling in the sports. The city has teams in almost all the professional sports that give this city, a tradition in sports arena. The teams have been performing well all throughout the years and have won the respective league titles several times. The city also hosts a marathon event each year, and that is one of the five major marathon events in all over the world.

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