{"id":14004,"date":"2011-03-10T08:38:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T13:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=14004"},"modified":"2011-03-10T08:38:30","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T13:38:30","slug":"amare-vs-dirk-new-york-knicks-vs-dallas-mavericks-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/amare-vs-dirk-new-york-knicks-vs-dallas-mavericks-betting-preview-14004\/","title":{"rendered":"Amar’e vs. Dirk: New York Knicks vs. Dallas Mavericks Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks AT Dallas Mavericks<\/strong>
\nMar 10, 2011 at 9:30 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 Dallas -7<\/strong>
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 Dallas -6<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 215.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 215<\/strong>
\nOpening Moneyline:\u00a0 Dal -225 \/ NY +205<\/strong>
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Dal -225 \/ NY +201<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dirk will need to get his offense cooking to hold off Amar'e and 'Melo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York is riding a four game win streak and has definitely looked improved since adding forward Carmelo Anthony.\u00a0 Anthony has already paid dividends.\u00a0 He has scored 30+ in both his last two games and just hit a game winning shot against Memphis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was one of them shots, that you know is going to go in,\u201d Anthony said<\/p>\n

New York is making a run at Atlanta for the 5th seed in the East and it is possible they could face the Magic in the first round.\u00a0 Keeping their momentum tonight may be difficult, given the fact that Dallas has won 16 of the last 18 meetings.\u00a0 Little has changed in the Dallas nucleus over the past few seasons while the Knicks are revamped, thus making the recent history between the teams of less importance.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

New York is 4-1 SU in their last 5 games and 4-2 SU in their last 6 on the road.\u00a0 New York is 4-8 SU int heir last 12 games on the road and they are 1-9 SU in their last 10 games against the Mavs.\u00a0 New York is 5-13 ATS in their last 18 games against Dallas and the total has gone OVER in 4 of New York’s last 5 games against Dallas.\u00a0 New York is 1-9 SU in their last 10 games on the road in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Dallas is 19-3 SU In their last 22 games and they are 9-1 SU in their last 10 at home.\u00a0 The total has gone OVER in 10 of Dallas’ last 12 games at home and the total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas’ last 5 games against the Knicks.\u00a0 Dallas is 9-1 SU in their last 10 games against the Knicks and they are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games at home against the Knicks.\u00a0 Dallas is 2-4 ATS in their last 6 home games against the Knicks.<\/p>\n

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

Amar’e Stoudemire vs. Dirk Nowitzki<\/strong><\/p>\n

While it is doubtful that either player covers the other, this the matchup in terms of offensive output.\u00a0 Amar’e has scored more this season (26.3 ppg) than Dirk has (23.0 ppg), and since acquiring Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e has been even more dominant.\u00a0 Over the last 4 games, Amar’e is averaging 31 points per game.\u00a0 Dirk and Amar’e games are very different.\u00a0 Dirk relies on an array of finesse shots and is able to get off his fade away against any opponent.\u00a0 Amar’e has an outside shot but takes it to the hole a lot more than Nowitzki.\u00a0 Both players are average defenders at best, which is why they probably won’t cover one another; that and the need to avoid foul trouble.<\/p>\n

Chauncey Billups vs. Jason Kidd<\/strong><\/p>\n

This battle of two dinosaur point guards should be a good one.\u00a0 Neither is particularly athletic at this point in their respective careers, but their guile and veteran leadership has rendered them valuable deep into their thirties.\u00a0 Billups may not necessarily be an upgrade over Felton in terms of how D’Antoni’s offense works, but he’s obviously more than just a “capable” point guard.\u00a0 He also gives New York a legitimate third option since they lost Galinari in the deal to bring in Melo.<\/p>\n

New York is an entirely different team since the Carmelo trade, but the Knicks are still somewhat erratic on the road and sit at .500 on the season on the road.\u00a0 For the Knicks to cover the spread and possibly win the game they are going to have to get off to a good start and play some defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks AT Dallas Mavericks Mar 10, 2011 at 9:30 PM EST Opening Line:\u00a0 Dallas -7 Current Line:\u00a0 Dallas -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 215.5 Current Total:\u00a0 215 Opening Moneyline:\u00a0 Dal -225 \/ NY +205 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Dal -225 \/ NY +201 New York is riding a four game win streak and has definitely looked improved […]<\/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":[669,49,19,20,115],"class_list":["post-14004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-amare-stoudemire","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-new-york-knicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14004","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=14004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14006,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14004\/revisions\/14006"}],"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=14004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}