{"id":26617,"date":"2012-12-11T18:55:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T23:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26617"},"modified":"2012-12-11T18:55:36","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T23:55:36","slug":"dallas-mavericks-vs-boston-celtics-pro-basketball-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/dallas-mavericks-vs-boston-celtics-pro-basketball-betting-odds-and-predictions-26617\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks vs. Boston Celtics: Pro Basketball Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics
\nWednesday, 12\/12\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 195
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 195
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Celtics<\/a>
The Boston Celtics are led by PG Rajon Rondo on the offensive end<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas has won three games in a row, including a 119-96 victory over the Sacramento Kings as six-point home favorites, while going OVER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Mavericks are 4-7 on the road this season, including a 1-5 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 The franchise swept two meetings against Boston a year ago, but will not have forward Dirk Nowitzki to lean on, who averaged a team highs in points and rebounds.\u00a0 Dallas is 3-9 ATS in its last 12 games versus a team with a winning straight-up record.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are led offensively by guard O.J. Mayo, who is averaging 20.8 points per game, which has been made possible due to ranking second in the NBA in 61 makes from beyond the arc.\u00a0 Dallas had six players score in double figures against Sacramento, while it posted its second-highest scoring total of the 2012-13 campaign.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 110.7 points on 50 percent shooting during its current win streak, with opponents scoring just 99.7 points per game.<\/p>\n

Boston has alternated wins and losses over its last seven games, as it comes off a 92-79 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers as six-point home favorites on Saturday.\u00a0 The Celtics are 6-4 at home this season, including a 3-1 mark when facing Western Conference foes.\u00a0 The franchise has gone 1-3 ATS in the last four meetings in this particular series, with the UNDER cashing in three of those affairs.\u00a0 Boston is 4-10-1 ATS in its last 15 games versus Southwest division opponents.<\/p>\n

The Celtics averaged just 79.0 points per game versus the Mavericks a year ago, while they were out-rebounded by a 47.0-to-39.5 margin.\u00a0 Boston\u2019s offense is directed by Rajon Rondo, who is actually leading all guards in shooting 51.4 percent from the field, as he\u2019s averaging 13.0 points and 12.8 assists per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Celtics due to their 6-1-1 ATS mark at home versus a team with a road win percentage of 40 percent or less, while the Mavericks are 2-6 ATS following a SU win.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics Wednesday, 12\/12\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Boston -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Boston -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 195 Current Total:\u00a0 195 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Dallas has won three games in a row, including a 119-96 victory over the Sacramento Kings as six-point home favorites, while going OVER […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[120,19,3622,18,3355,197,3693],"class_list":["post-26617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-boston-celtics","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-eastern-conference","tag-nba","tag-o-j-mayo","tag-rajon-rondo","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26617","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=26617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26618,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26617\/revisions\/26618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}