{"id":11607,"date":"2010-12-17T11:21:23","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T16:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11607"},"modified":"2010-12-17T11:21:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T16:21:23","slug":"nba-handicapping-phoenix-suns-at-dallas-mavericks-betting-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-handicapping-phoenix-suns-at-dallas-mavericks-betting-predictions-11607\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Handicapping: Phoenix Suns at Dallas Mavericks Betting Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Suns at Dallas Mavericks
\nFriday, 12\/17\/10, 9:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 210.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 211<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki averaged 26.7 points against the Phoenix Suns last year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phoenix enters with an even 12-12 overall record and is coming into Dallas off a 128-122 home win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.\u00a0 The Suns welcomed back starting center Robin Lopez to the lineup in that contest, as the squad posted a 6-8 record in the 14 games that he missed.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m really excited to continue play with Robin and he did a good job tonight,\u201d said Channing Frye.\u00a0 \u201cHe really helped out.\u201d\u00a0 The biggest impact that Lopez made was on the boards, as the Suns out-rebounded the Timberwolves by seven.\u00a0 Phoenix was out-rebounded by at least that amount seven times when he was out injured.\u00a0 The club is 9-8 versus Western Conference opponents, including an even 4-4 mark on the road.\u00a0 Phoenix is 20-8 ATS versus the Southwest division and is currently a seven-point underdog on the NBA lines page.<\/p>\n

The Suns will be meeting the Mavericks for the first of four meetings in the 2010-11 season and dropped the season series, 1-2, in 2009-10.\u00a0 Phoenix is 9-12 versus Dallas in the regular season since point guard Steve Nash left the Mavs and returned to the Valley of the Sun prior to the 2004-05 campaign.\u00a0 The club embarks on a highly-difficult three-game road trip that will have them play teams with a combined record of 59-16.\u00a0 There are seven teams in the NBA with 18 or more wins and Phoenix gets to visit three of them on this trip.\u00a0 The high level of competition will not end there, coming back home to face the Miami Heat on December 23.<\/p>\n

Dallas nearly dropped a second consecutive game in picking up a 103-98 victory over Portland on Wednesday and the team\u2019s defense has been lackluster over that span.\u00a0 The Mavericks held opponents to 93.0 points and 43.4 percent shooting during a 12-game winning streak, but have allowed an average of 100.5 points in the last two contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re not where we need to be yet,\u201d said coach Rick Carlisle.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re trying to be a great team.\u201d\u00a0 The squad has recorded a 12-4 home record on the season, including a 6-2 mark versus conference opponents.\u00a0 Dallas is 8-3 ATS versus the Pacific division.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks have captured six of the last eight games against the Suns, including the last five at home.\u00a0 All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki led the offense during last year\u2019s series, averaging 26.7 points and 6.7 rebounds, while the team scored 105.0 points.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that the squad is 11-1 this year when at least five players score in double figures, which could be an easy accomplishment in facing the worst defense in the league tonight.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Suns are 1-3-1 ATS in the last five meetings in Dallas, while the home team is 5-2 ATS in the last seven in the series.<\/p>\n

The NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports have a full board of games to shoot at tonight and can\u2019t wait for you to come along for the ride.\u00a0 Join them today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Suns at Dallas Mavericks Friday, 12\/17\/10, 9:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 210.5 Current Total:\u00a0 211 Phoenix enters with an even 12-12 overall record and is coming into Dallas off a 128-122 home win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.\u00a0 The Suns welcomed back starting […]<\/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":[19,20,577,4171,576,3693],"class_list":["post-11607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-robin-lopez","tag-steve-nash","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11607","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=11607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11608,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11607\/revisions\/11608"}],"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=11607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}