{"id":21587,"date":"2012-02-08T14:09:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T19:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21587"},"modified":"2012-02-08T14:56:42","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T19:56:42","slug":"nba-predictions-dallas-mavericks-vs-denver-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-dallas-mavericks-vs-denver-nuggets-21587\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Dallas Mavericks vs. Denver Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Denver Nuggets
\nWednesday, 2\/8\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ALT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 196
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 196.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Dallas Mavericks have struggled offensively in their past three games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas has lost three consecutive games and will be looking to gain revenge from an earlier 115-93 blowout loss to the Denver Nuggets as 4.5-point home favorites on Dec. 26.\u00a0 The Mavericks have dropped all three of those contests against the spread, while going \u201cunder\u201d the total in each game during that span.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s ugly, especially since we have to sit on this one for a couple of days,\u201d commented Mavericks star forward Dirk Nowitzki.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ll enjoy our day off and come back to work.\u201d\u00a0 Dallas is 6-5 ATS on the road this year and the \u201cunder\u201d is 7-4 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are 5-6 on the road this season, which includes a losing 3-5 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Dallas comes in averaging a league-best 44.2 bench points per game.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has struggled over its past three games, averaging just 87.0 points in that span.\u00a0 Nowitzki seems to be breaking out of his 2011-12 slump, scoring a season-high 30 points two games back, while pouring in 24 points in a 91-88 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers last time out.<\/p>\n

Denver comes in with its own set of problems and will also be looking to snap a three-game losing streak, which includes a disappointing 99-90 loss to the Houston Rockets as 6.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Nuggets have gone \u201cunder\u201d the total in four of five games and will begin life without leading scorer Danilo Gallinari, who suffered an ankle injury in that contest.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s going to be tough,\u201d commented Gallinari.\u00a0 \u201cHopefully we can make a good stretch run.\u201d\u00a0 Denver is 4-2 ATS after three or more consecutive losses the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets are 11-4 against the Mavericks in head-to-head matchups since the 2007-08 season.\u00a0 Denver has lost three straight home games for just the third time under head coach George Karl.\u00a0 There\u2019s no question that starting point guard Ty Lawson will need to up his offensive production, which could start in this contest, scoring a season-high 27 points versus the Mavericks in the team\u2019s season opener.\u00a0 The Nuggets have averaged 110.8 points during their current four-game win streak in this series.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Mavericks due to their 13-3-1 ATS mark as an underdog, while the favorite is 0-5 ATS in the last five meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks at Denver Nuggets Wednesday, 2\/8\/12, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ALT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 196 Current Total:\u00a0 196.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Dallas has lost three consecutive games and will be looking to gain revenge from an earlier 115-93 blowout loss to the Denver Nuggets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[19,212,526,20,18,216],"class_list":["post-21587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-danilo-gallinari","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-nba","tag-ty-lawson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21587","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=21587"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21591,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21587\/revisions\/21591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}