{"id":11227,"date":"2010-12-03T12:35:53","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T17:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11227"},"modified":"2010-12-03T12:35:53","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T17:35:53","slug":"nba-western-conference-dallas-mavericks-vs-utah-jazz-basketball-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-western-conference-dallas-mavericks-vs-utah-jazz-basketball-picks-11227\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Western Conference: Dallas Mavericks vs Utah Jazz Basketball Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Utah Jazz
\nFriday, 12\/3\/10, 10:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 193
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 193<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Dallas Mavericks are a perfect 7-0 ATS on the road this season, but have dropped five straight in Salt Lake City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas shares the league\u2019s longest winning streak with tonight\u2019s opponent as it travels on the road to face the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.\u00a0 The Mavericks picked up is seventh straight victory with a 100-86 win over Minnesota on Wednesday.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s progress,\u201d said coach Rick Carlisle.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to continue it.\u00a0 I like this group a lot.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been very business-like with our approach.\u201d\u00a0 The team has posted a solid 8-3 mark against Western Conference foes, including a 5-1 mark on the road.\u00a0 Dallas has dropped the last five games in Utah and 10 of the last 13 meetings on tonight\u2019s court.\u00a0 The Mavericks are 15-55 all-time against the Jazz in Utah.\u00a0 In the early going of the 2010-11 season, the squad is a perfect 7-0 ATS on the road and the NBA lines page has them as an underdog.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks enter tonight\u2019s contest owning the second-best opponents\u2019 field goal percentage in the league, with the Jazz ranking first in the NBA.\u00a0 \u201cUtah is always tough to play,\u201d said Carlisle.\u00a0 \u201cWe haven\u2019t won there since I\u2019ve been here and I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve been close.\u00a0 Rebounding has been a determining factor in this series in Salt Lake, with Dallas being out-rebounded by 6.8 a contest.\u00a0 The team has also had trouble defending the paint in this series, surrendering 47.2 points in the lane over the five-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

Utah has garnered victories in its last seven games by an average of 8.7 points and tallied an impressive 110-88 victory over Indiana on Wednesday.\u00a0 The Jazz have been shooting 49.8 percent and holding the opposition to 90.4 points per game during the streak, its longest since a nine-game run that took place on January 20 to February 9.\u00a0 The team was particularly strong in holding onto the basketball versus the Pacers, committing a season-low seven turnovers.\u00a0 Point guard Deron Williams posted a double-double with 24 points and 16 assists while not turning the ball over once.\u00a0 Utah is 7-4 ATS at home this season.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are 7-5 versus the Western Conference and posted a 4-3 mark in those contest on their home floor.\u00a0 Utah is 86-54 all-time against the Mavericks and Williams had led the team in scoring in five of the last six meetings.\u00a0 It\u2019s very important for the team to reach the 100-point plateau in games, posting a 10-1 record when doing so, while going 4-4 when going under the mark. Head coach Jerry Sloan\u2019s squad is also a perfect 5-0 in games decided by six points or less.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Mavericks are 18-6-2 ATS versus the Western Conference, while the Jazz are 40-17 ATS Versus the Southwest Division.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss a single play on the hard court and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports show you the way to the winner\u2019s circle.\u00a0 Get a winning package today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Utah Jazz Friday, 12\/3\/10, 10:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 193 Current Total:\u00a0 193 Dallas shares the league\u2019s longest winning streak with tonight\u2019s opponent as it travels on the road to face the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.\u00a0 The Mavericks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[19,2895,3635,3684,3651,838,3693],"class_list":["post-11227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-deron-williams","tag-jerry-sloan","tag-rick-carlisle","tag-salt-lake-city","tag-utah-jazz","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11228,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11227\/revisions\/11228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}