{"id":21226,"date":"2012-01-23T15:13:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T20:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21226"},"modified":"2012-01-23T15:13:57","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T20:13:57","slug":"nba-picks-phoenix-suns-vs-dallas-mavericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-phoenix-suns-vs-dallas-mavericks-21226\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Phoenix Suns vs. Dallas Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Suns at Dallas Mavericks
\nMonday, 1\/23\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSSW
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 181
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 183.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Dallas Mavericks have won six straight home games against the Phoenix Suns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phoenix will close out a five-game road trip Monday night in traveling to Dallas and will be seeking revenge from an earlier 98-89 loss to the Mavericks on Jan. 4.\u00a0 The Suns have won and covered their last two games, while both went \u201cunder\u201d the posted total.\u00a0 Center Marcin Gortat has been playing great basketball, recording his seventh consecutive double-double last time out versus the Knicks, scoring 24 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to start winning,\u201d commented Gortat after the game.\u00a0 \u201cWe tripped up a couple times at home.\u201d\u00a0 Phoenix is 3-0 ATS off an upset win as an underdog.<\/p>\n

The Suns are still being led offensively by the play of point guard Steve Nash, who is averaging 14.8 points and 10.0 assists per game.\u00a0 He leads the league in assists and will look to help the team break a six-game losing streak in this particular series.\u00a0 Phoenix has dropped 26 of the last 38 meetings.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to pay attention to the halftime score in this contest, with the Suns posting a 6-0 mark when leading at the break, while going a winless 0-9 when trailing.<\/p>\n

Dallas returns home after splitting a four-game road trip and will look to get a stagnant offense going that failed to score more than 94 points over that span.\u00a0 The Mavericks will be playing without star forward Dirk Nowitzki, who will sit for at least the next three games due to a sore right knee.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve gone through this last year when we lost him for nine games,\u201d stated Mavericks point guard Jason Kidd.\u00a0 \u201cEverybody has to step up.\u201d\u00a0 Former Lakers forward Lamar Odom will be filling the role, coming off a season-high 16 points last time out versus New Orleans.\u00a0 Dallas is 7-14 ATS after playing three consecutive road games.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks played some very close games in their recent road trip, with all four being decided by a total of 10 points.\u00a0 Dallas will be seeking its seventh straight home win over Phoenix.\u00a0 There\u2019s no question that defense is the name of the game around this squad, holding its last 14 opponents to under 100 points, which is a new franchise record.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Mavericks due to their 11-2 ATS mark as a home favorite of 5 to 10.5 points, while the Suns are 2-6 ATS as a road underdog in the same point range.<\/p>\n

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Phoenix Suns at Dallas Mavericks Monday, 1\/23\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSSW Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 181 Current Total:\u00a0 183.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Phoenix will close out a five-game road trip Monday night in traveling to Dallas and will be seeking revenge from an earlier 98-89 […]<\/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":[19,20,3344,1002,577,576],"class_list":["post-21226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-lamar-odom","tag-marcin-gortat","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-steve-nash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21226","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=21226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21227,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21226\/revisions\/21227"}],"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=21226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}