{"id":21746,"date":"2012-02-20T10:53:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T15:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21746"},"modified":"2012-02-20T10:53:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T15:53:04","slug":"nba-picks-boston-celtics-vs-dallas-mavericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-boston-celtics-vs-dallas-mavericks-21746\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Boston Celtics vs. Dallas Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks
\nMonday, 2\/20\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 181
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 182
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki has always performed well against the Boston Celtics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boston will look to snap a three-game losing streak Monday night when taking on the Dallas Mavericks, dropping a 96-81 contest to the Detroit Pistons as 4.5-point road favorites on Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cWe just pretty much gave them everything they wanted tonight,\u201d stated Celtics forward Paul Pierce.\u00a0 He came into the contest leading four double-digit scorers in the starting lineup, averaging 17.3 points per game.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has averaged just 84.2 points over the past six games.\u00a0 Boston is 3-5 ATS when playing on back-to-back days and the \u201cunder\u201d is 5-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Celtics have played just 10 road games this year, which includes just a single game against a Western Conference opponent.\u00a0 Boston was handed a 90-85 loss as five-point home favorites in the first series meeting between Dallas this year, while the \u201cunder\u201d has cashed in five of the past six games.\u00a0 Pierce led the team in scoring in dropping both meetings a year ago, averaging 18.0 points.<\/p>\n

Dallas returns home after splitting its two-game road trip that includes a 104-97 loss to the New York Knicks as two-point road favorites on Sunday afternoon.\u00a0 The Mavericks came into that game riding a six-game win streak.\u00a0 \u201cI thought we had the game under control, and then the fourth quarter, that really got the crowd back into it,\u201d stated Mavericks star forward Dirk Nowitzki.\u00a0 He will likely lead the charge offensively in this affair, averaging 27.5 points per game versus the Celtics since the 2002-03 campaign.\u00a0 Dallas is 9-7 ATS at home and the \u201cunder\u201d is 11-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The matchup between these two teams features five of the top seven active NBA scoring leaders, with Nowitzki ranking third on that list.\u00a0 Dallas point guard Jason Kidd hopes to play better after being outperformed by Jeremy Lin on Sunday, scoring just eight points and finishing with more turnovers (five) than assists (four).\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the squad has won three straight games in the series, but all of them have been decided by five points or less.\u00a0 The Mavericks have also won 12 of the last 16 series meetings in the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Mavericks due to their 13-4 ATS mark as a home favorite of 5.0 to 10.5 points, while the Celtics are 1-5 ATS versus winning home teams.<\/p>\n

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Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks Monday, 2\/20\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 181 Current Total:\u00a0 182 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Boston will look to snap a three-game losing streak Monday night when taking on the Dallas Mavericks, dropping a 96-81 contest to the […]<\/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":[120,19,20,3349,6440,18,846,3693],"class_list":["post-21746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-boston-celtics","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-jason-kidd","tag-jeremy-lin","tag-nba","tag-paul-pierce","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21746","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=21746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21747,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21746\/revisions\/21747"}],"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=21746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}