{"id":22546,"date":"2012-03-30T12:28:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T17:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22546"},"modified":"2012-03-30T12:28:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T17:28:27","slug":"mavericks-vs-magic-dallas-closes-out-a-back-to-back-situation-in-the-sunshine-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/mavericks-vs-magic-dallas-closes-out-a-back-to-back-situation-in-the-sunshine-state-22546\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks vs. Magic: Dallas Closes Out a Back-to-Back Situation in the Sunshine State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Orlando Magic
\nFriday, 3\/30\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 186.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 186.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Orlando Magic are 15-11 ATS at home during the 2011-12 campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas will finish off a back-to-back set in the Sunshine State after dropping a 106-85 contest to the Miami Heat as eight-point road underdogs last night.\u00a0 The Mavericks have had troubles scoring points of late, failing to hit the century mark in four of the last five games, while putting up 101 points in an overtime game in that span.\u00a0 On the defensive end, the team has allowed 104.2 points per game over its last six road games, which is drastically higher than its season average of 93.3. Dallas is 0-4 ATS versus Southeast division opponents this year.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks have won 12 of the last 17 overall meetings in this series, including the last five in Orlando.\u00a0 Dallas has dropped nine of its last 11 road games, but is 5-2 ATS away from the Lone Star State as an underdog of 3.5 to 6 points this year.\u00a0 All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki scored a team-high 25 points last night, as he\u2019s gone over the 20-point mark in nine of his last 10 games.\u00a0 He is averaging 21.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per game on the season.<\/p>\n

Orlando returns home after splitting a two-game road trip, which includes a disappointing 108-86 loss to the New York Knicks as 1.5-point favorites on Wednesday night.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s the same thing I\u2019ve been telling the guys: Our effort has to be consistent,\u201d commented Magic center Dwight Howard about the loss.\u00a0 He leads the team in scoring 20.9 points and grabbing 14.5 rebounds per game.\u00a0 The franchise is 18-8 at home this season, including a 4-3 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Orlando is 5-0 ATS after allowing 105 points or more this season.<\/p>\n

The Magic are 23-23 all-time against the Mavericks and have split the last six regular-season meetings.\u00a0 Orlando will definitely want to get the ball inside to Howard against tonight\u2019s opponent, as he\u2019s averaged 30.0 points and 16.7 rebounds in his last three home games in this series.\u00a0 Ryan Anderson and Hedo Turkoglu will need to bounce back from a rough performance against the Knicks, combining for just eight points and six rebounds.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Magic due to their 6-1 ATS mark at home, while the Mavericks are 2-8 ATS following a straight-up loss.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks at Orlando Magic Friday, 3\/30\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Orlando -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Orlando -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 186.5 Current Total:\u00a0 186.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Dallas will finish off a back-to-back set in the Sunshine State after dropping a 106-85 contest to the Miami Heat as eight-point road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[19,20,833,18,659,3693],"class_list":["post-22546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-dwight-howard","tag-nba","tag-orlando-magic","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22546","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=22546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22547,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22546\/revisions\/22547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}