{"id":22485,"date":"2012-03-24T11:01:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T16:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22485"},"modified":"2012-03-24T11:01:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T16:01:05","slug":"nba-predictions-dallas-mavericks-vs-houston-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-dallas-mavericks-vs-houston-rockets-22485\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Dallas Mavericks vs. Houston Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Houston Rockets
\nSaturday, 3\/24\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 195
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 195
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Houston Rockets will still be without the services of point guard Kyle Lowery when taking on the Dallas Mavericks Saturday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas has suffered two straight losses since winning four in a row, including a 104-87 defeat to the San Antonio Spurs as four-point road underdogs on Friday night.\u00a0 The Mavericks have actually covered just three of their last 10 games, but will be looking for their fifth consecutive win in this Western Conference series.\u00a0 All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki will look to put last night\u2019s effort behind him, scoring just 16 points on 5-of-21 shooting, while tying a season low in grabbing just two rebounds.\u00a0 Dallas is 9-5 ATS as an underdog and the \u201cunder\u201d is 8-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are 9-14 overall on the road, which includes a lackluster 6-12 record versus opponents out West.\u00a0 Dallas registered a 4-0 sweep over Houston in the 2010-11 regular-season series, but the last three meetings were decided by seven points or less.\u00a0 Nowitzki averaged a team-high 20.8 points in the series a year ago, while small forward Shawn Marion pitched in by scoring 14.8 points and grabbing 7.3 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n

Houston will look to move its current win streak to three games and has gone \u201cover\u201d the total in seven of 10 games overall.\u00a0 The Rockets tallied an impressive 109-83 win over the Golden State Warriors as 7.5-point home favorites on Thursday, as the defense held an opponent under 100 points for the fourth time in five games.\u00a0 Rookie forward Chandler Parsons has really been coming on of late, scoring 20 points and grabbing 11 rebounds versus the Warriors.\u00a0 He is averaging 8.8 points and 4.4 rebounds on the season.\u00a0 Houston is 16-8 ATS at home and the \u201cunder\u201d is 14-10 in those games.<\/p>\n

The Rockets will be playing without their starting backcourt once again, as Kyle Lowery (illness) and Kevin Martin (shoulder) are both listed as out for this contest.\u00a0 Houston has won the battle on the boards in three straight games, which could continue versus a Dallas Mavericks squad that has been hammered on the glass the last two games.\u00a0 The Mavericks have lost the battle on the glass by 37 rebounds in that span.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the franchise is 127-28 all-time in games when hitting the century mark on the scoreboard inside the Toyota Center.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Mavericks due to their 17-6-1 ATS mark as an underdog, while the Rockets are 2-5 ATS as a favorite.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks at Houston Rockets Saturday, 3\/24\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 195 Current Total:\u00a0 195 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Dallas has suffered two straight losses since winning four in a row, including a 104-87 defeat to the San Antonio Spurs as four-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[19,20,831,1197,6620,18,6619,3693],"class_list":["post-22485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-houston-rockets","tag-kevin-martin","tag-kyle-lowery","tag-nba","tag-toyota-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22485","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=22485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22486,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22485\/revisions\/22486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}