{"id":13986,"date":"2011-03-09T13:26:13","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T18:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=13986"},"modified":"2011-03-09T13:26:13","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T18:26:13","slug":"dirk-vs-west-dallas-mavericks-at-new-orleans-hornets-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/dirk-vs-west-dallas-mavericks-at-new-orleans-hornets-betting-preview-13986\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirk vs. West: Dallas Mavericks at New Orleans Hornets Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks AT New Orleans Hornets<\/strong>
\nMar 9, 2011 at 8:00 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 Dallas -3.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 Dallas -4.5<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 189.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 189.5<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 Dallas -205 \/ N.O. +175<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Dallas -200 \/ N.O. +170<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dirk will matchup against David West tonight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chris Paul has been out of action for the Hornets, and it has shown how reliant the team is on their All-Star point guard.\u00a0 He sustained a concussion that has left him unable to engage in basketball related activities and New Orleans is not rushing him back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know he\u2019s in some pain,\u201d Hornets coach Monty Williams said Monday. \u201cYou don\u2019t take a hit like that and not be in some pain, but people don\u2019t realize how tough that kid is. He\u2019s played through pain all year long, with his knee and his hip. \u2026 He takes falls all the time, but last night was a different scenario. I almost have to be the uncle\/father\/brother, and just say, \u2018Look, dude, you\u2019re not playing tonight.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

It now, more than ever, makes sense that the Hornets traded for Jarrett Jack.\u00a0 They knew they were a Chris Paul injury away from certain doom, but with Jack they still stand a chance of righting the ship while Paul is out.\u00a0 Jack led the team in scoring in the absense of Paul with 23 points, but his 3:5 A\/TO ratio was disgusting, and he is not the distrubutor that Paul is in any sense whatsoever.\u00a0 Jack is going to have to find a way to involve his teammates if New Orleans is to be able to beat the Mavericks without their best player.\u00a0 David West must also step up.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

Dallas is 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games and the total has gone OVER in 10 of Dallas’ last 12 games.\u00a0 Dallas is 19-2 SU in their last 21 games and the total has gone OVER in 9 of their last 11 on the road.\u00a0 Dallas is 5-0 SU in their last 5 on the road and the total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas’ last 6 games against the Hornets.\u00a0 Dallas is 4-8 SU in their last 12 against New Orleans and they are 1-4-2 ATS in their last 7 against the Hornets.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 7 of the last 10 road games against New Orleans.\u00a0 Dallas is 0-5 SU in their last 5 on the road against the Hornets and the Mavericks are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against the Hornets on the road.<\/p>\n

New Orleans is 5-11 SU in their last 16 games and they are 6-13 ATS in their last 19 games.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 7f of New Orleans’s last 8 games and they are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games at home.\u00a0 New Orleans is 12-6 SU in their last 18 at home and they are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games at home.\u00a0 The total has gone UNDER in 6 of their last 8 home games and the total has gone OVER in 5 of the last 6 against the Mavericks.\u00a0 New Orleans is 8-4 SU in their last 12 against Dallas and they are 5-0 SU in their last 5 home games against Dallas.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER In 7 of New Orleans’\u00a0 last 10 games at home against Dallas.<\/p>\n

Key Matchups:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason Kidd vs. Jarrett Jack<\/strong><\/p>\n

As previously mentioned, Jack will start in place of Chris Paul.\u00a0 He’s capable of scoring a lot, and he is also a decent facilitator, though he is often criticized for making a good number of poor decisions on offense.\u00a0 He averages 4 assists per game over his career, in an average of 27 minutes per game.<\/p>\n

Kidd is a master craftsman at point and is 5th all time in three pointers made.\u00a0 He doesn’t offer a lot scoring-wise, especially at this point in his career, but he is still a top point guard in the league.\u00a0 His numbers are down a little from last year, but are comparable to his numbers from 08-09.\u00a0 Over two-thirds of his field goal attempts are three point shots, so it’s easy to determine what he does on offense when he isn’t creating for others.<\/p>\n

Dirk Nowitzki vs. David West<\/strong><\/p>\n

West knows he needs to step up his scoring in the absense of Chris Paul, but he struggled badly against the Bulls, going just 4 of 17 from the field and scoring only 11 points.\u00a0 He won’t be able to relax on defense against Nowitzki, so it’s going to take a strong effort from West who is outmatched against the much taller and longer Dirk Nowitzki.\u00a0 Dirk is a legit 7 footer and West is about 6’8″\u00a0 Neither Nowitzki or West are great rebounders.\u00a0 Dirk is averaging the lowest rebounds he has since his second year in the league and West is only at about 7.6 a game as well.<\/p>\n

Tonight’s game should be good, even without Paul.\u00a0 The Hornets are tough at home and Jarrett Jack is a decent replacement at point.\u00a0 Dallas obviously has the upper hand talent wise, but sometimes that isn’t enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks AT New Orleans Hornets Mar 9, 2011 at 8:00 PM EST Opening Line:\u00a0 Dallas -3.5 Current Line:\u00a0 Dallas -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 189.5 Current Total:\u00a0 189.5 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 Dallas -205 \/ N.O. +175 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Dallas -200 \/ N.O. +170 Chris Paul has been out of action for the Hornets, and it has shown […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":9365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[837,19,20,4630,836],"class_list":["post-13986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chris-paul","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-jarrett-jack","tag-new-orleans-hornets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13986","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\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13986"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13988,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13986\/revisions\/13988"}],"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=13986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}