{"id":11695,"date":"2010-12-20T09:50:44","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T14:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11695"},"modified":"2010-12-20T09:50:44","modified_gmt":"2010-12-20T14:50:44","slug":"pro-basketball-handicapping-dallas-mavericks-at-miami-heat-picks-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-handicapping-dallas-mavericks-at-miami-heat-picks-predictions-11695\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Handicapping: Dallas Mavericks at Miami Heat Picks & Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Miami Heat
\nMonday, 12\/20\/10, 7:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 191.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 190.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Miami Heat are 6.5-point home favorites and hope to avenge a 106-95 loss to the Dallas Mavericks tonight in South Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas picked up its 14th victory in 15 games with a 106-91 victory over the Phoenix Suns and will now be looking to win its seventh in a row in Miami.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be a very challenging game for us,\u201d said coach Rick Carlisle.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m sure they\u2019ll be thinking about revenge and all that stuff.\u00a0 It\u2019s a challenge we\u2019re looking forward to.\u201d\u00a0 The Mavericks have posted a 21-5 overall record and 8-1 mark on the road, but just one of those contests came against the Eastern Conference.\u00a0 The team picked up a 98-93 road win over the Atlanta Hawks on November 20.\u00a0 Dallas is a perfect 6-0 ATS as an underdog this season and 8-1 ATS on the road.\u00a0 The club is currently getting points on the NBA lines page.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks have won 13 straight regular season meetings with Miami, including 16 of the last 17 match-ups.\u00a0 Dallas garnered a 106-95 win in the series on November 27 at the American Airlines Center, with forward Caron Butler leading all scorers with 23 points.\u00a0 The defense held Miami\u2019s Big Three to a combined 67 points in the victory and has been a key part to the team\u2019s success.\u00a0 Offensively, Dallas has recorded a 14-0 record on the year when recording 100-plus points in a game, while the defense has allowed just six opponents to go over the century mark.<\/p>\n

Miami slipped by Washington with a 95-94 road victory and the team was pleased to come away with a win despite not having its best game.\u00a0 \u201cYou see the Boston Celtics, Lakers and Spurs pull out games when they don\u2019t play well,\u201d said guard Dwyane Wade.\u00a0 \u201cWe were able to do that.\u201d\u00a0 The Heat seem to have a capable roster in breaking its long dry spell against tonight\u2019s opponents, especially with Chris Bosh, LeBron James and Wade all averaging more than 20 points in their careers against Dallas.\u00a0 Miami\u2019s 12-game winning streak has moved its overall record to 21-8 and will look to improve upon its 12-3 mark at home.\u00a0 The squad is 5-9 ATS at home this season.<\/p>\n

The Heat are 20-28 all-time versus the Mavericks in the regular season and 11-13 in games played in Miami.\u00a0 Miami has won 10 of its last 12 contests by double-digits and is just two games shy of its longest win streak in franchise history.\u00a0 \u201cI think everything is a lot smoother on both ends of the floor,\u201d Bosh commented.\u00a0 \u201cWe knew it was going to take time for us to come together.\u201d\u00a0 The defensive unit has been very impressive in the early going, ranking first in opponent field goal percentage (.424) and 3-point field goal percentage (.304), while sitting second in points allowed (91.2).<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Mavericks are 0-3-1 ATS on two days rest, while the Heat are 4-9 ATS as a home favorite.<\/p>\n

The NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports are off to a flying start and ready for you to join in on the winning tonight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Miami Heat Monday, 12\/20\/10, 7:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 191.5 Current Total:\u00a0 190.5 Dallas picked up its 14th victory in 15 games with a 106-91 victory over the Phoenix Suns and will now be looking to win its seventh in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3564,692,19,2896,3622,66,707],"class_list":["post-11695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-caron-butler","tag-chris-bosh","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dwyane-wade","tag-eastern-conference","tag-lebron-james","tag-miami-heat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11695","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=11695"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11697,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11695\/revisions\/11697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}