{"id":25734,"date":"2012-10-29T19:43:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T00:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25734"},"modified":"2012-10-29T19:43:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T00:43:05","slug":"nba-predictions-dallas-mavericks-vs-los-angeles-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-dallas-mavericks-vs-los-angeles-lakers-25734\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Dallas Mavericks vs. Los Angeles Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Lakers
\nTuesday, 10\/30\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 187
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 187
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Lakers SG Kobe Bryant may miss this year’s season opener due to injury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas is set to open the 2012-13 NBA season without the services of 11-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki, as he recovers from arthroscopic right knee surgery.\u00a0 The Mavericks are 24-21 all-time in regular-season games without his services, while compiling a 691-364 with his presence on the court.\u00a0 \u201cThis is what we got,\u201d commented forward Shawn Marion.\u00a0 That\u2019s the way it is.\u201d\u00a0 The franchise has lost all three season openers when taking on Tuesday\u2019s opponent.\u00a0 Dallas is 6-4 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 12 points the last two years, with the OVER going 6-4 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks open up the year with a back-to-back, as they travel to take on the Utah Jazz after leaving Southern California.\u00a0 Dallas posted a 7-15 record in the first half and 13-9 in the second half in this given situation a year ago.\u00a0 One of the key lineup changes for this franchise in the opener will be Eddy Curry getting the start at center for Chris Kaman, who will be sidelined by a strained right calf injury.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has compiled a 16-4 record in its last 20 home openers, while the team has won 17 of its last 20 season-opening affairs overall.\u00a0 The Lakers could be without star guard Kobe Bryant, who sat out Sunday\u2019s practice with a strained right foot he hurt a full week ago.\u00a0 \u201cHe hasn\u2019t really talked about it,\u201d commented Lakers center Dwight Howard. \u00a0 He averaged 27.9 points in 38.5 minutes a season ago.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 17-26 ATS as a home favorite of 6.5 to 12 points the last two years.<\/p>\n

The Lakers have won 20 of 24 regular-season meetings against the Mavericks inside the Staples Center.\u00a0 Los Angeles will have a couple new pieces on the court in this affair, including Howard and former Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash, who enters the year fifth on the league\u2019s all-time assists list.\u00a0 \u201cEverybody on the starting five has led their own team and been the go-to guy,\u201d stated Metta World Peace this week.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Mavericks due to their 9-3 ATS mark in Los Angeles, while the home team is 7-15-1 ATS in the last 23 meetings.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday, 10\/30\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 187 Current Total:\u00a0 187 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Dallas is set to open the 2012-13 NBA season without the services of 11-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki, as he recovers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[19,20,833,67,68,3624,576],"class_list":["post-25734","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-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-staples-center","tag-steve-nash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25734","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=25734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25735,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25734\/revisions\/25735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}