{"id":11736,"date":"2010-12-21T10:22:35","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T15:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11736"},"modified":"2010-12-21T10:22:35","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T15:22:35","slug":"mavericks-magic-nba-betting-picks-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/mavericks-magic-nba-betting-picks-and-predictions-11736\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks-Magic NBA Betting Picks and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Orlando Magic
\nTuesday, 12\/21\/10, 7:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 190
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 190.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Dallas Mavericks have covered all seven games this season as an underdog and are getting points tonight in Orlando<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas put an end to Miami\u2019s 12-game winning streak with a 98-96 win on Monday night and now will be focused on handing Orlando its eighth loss in nine games.\u00a0 The Mavericks were led offensively by forward Dirk Nowitzki\u2019s 26 points and held the Heat to 40.5 percent shooting from the floor.\u00a0 \u201cWe mixed up our zone and man-to-man nicely,\u201d said Nowitzki about the team\u2019s defense.\u00a0 \u201cAnytime you hold a good offensive team to 40 percent shooting, it\u2019s a good thing.\u201d\u00a0 With the victory, the team moved its record to an impressive 9-1 on the road, including a perfect 2-0 mark versus the Eastern Conference.\u00a0 Dallas is a perfect 7-0 ATS as an underdog this season and is currently getting points on the NBA lines page.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks split two games between the Magic in the 2009-10 series and the all-time series is currently tied at 22 wins apiece.\u00a0 Dallas has proven victorious in 11 of the last 15 meetings with Orlando.\u00a0 Nowitzki averaged 23.5 points and 5.0 rebound against the Magic last season, helped by guard Jason Terry scoring 16.0 points and grabbing 4.0 rebounds a contest.\u00a0 Playing close games has been a winning venture for this club, posting a 9-4 record in games decided by five points or less.\u00a0 Dallas also comes into this highly-anticipated match-up winners of 15 of its last 16 games overall.<\/p>\n

Orlando made some major moves to shake up its roster over the past week and will look to turn things around after averaging just 88.1 points in losing seven of the last eight games.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re starting from scratch,\u201d said coach Stan Van Gundy.\u00a0 \u201cWe would have all liked it to have been better but it wasn\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0 The Magic suffered a 91-81 loss to the Hawks on Monday night, with four new players on the roster, many NBA experts expected a slow beginning.\u00a0 Center Dwight Howard had 19 points and 20 rebounds in the contest, but looked out of sorts at times with new faces on the floor.\u00a0 Orlando is 1-6 ATS when playing on back-to-back days.<\/p>\n

The Magic definitely gained some major offense with the recent additions of Gilbert Arenas and Jason Richardson on the perimeter.\u00a0 \u201cThis is a great opportunity for me, coming here, playing with a great group of guys,\u201d Richardson commented.\u00a0 \u201cDwight is the most dominant player in the league right now.\u201d\u00a0 Arenas was utilized as the sixth man against the Hawks, making only 2 of 11 shots for 11 points.\u00a0 Orlando has a good chance of starting to right the ship at the new Amway Center, posting a 9-4 record at home this season.\u00a0 The Magic have an average margin of victory of 17.1 points at the venue.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Mavericks are 4-0 ATS versus the Southeast Division, while the Magic are 9-3 ATS as a favorite of 0.5 to 4.5 points.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on the best picks anywhere and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports go to work for you.\u00a0 Get a season package today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Orlando Magic Tuesday, 12\/21\/10, 7:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 190 Current Total:\u00a0 190.5 Dallas put an end to Miami\u2019s 12-game winning streak with a 98-96 win on Monday night and now will be focused on handing Orlando its eighth loss […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3648,19,20,833,3622,659],"class_list":["post-11736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-amway-center","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-dwight-howard","tag-eastern-conference","tag-orlando-magic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11736","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=11736"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11738,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11736\/revisions\/11738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}