{"id":26723,"date":"2012-12-18T11:10:03","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T16:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26723"},"modified":"2012-12-18T11:10:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T16:10:03","slug":"nba-betting-predictions-philadelphia-76ers-vs-dallas-mavericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-predictions-philadelphia-76ers-vs-dallas-mavericks-26723\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Predictions: Philadelphia 76ers vs. Dallas Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia 76ers at Dallas Mavericks
\nTuesday, 12\/18\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSSW
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 192
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 192.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Philadelphia 76ers are 0-5 ATS in their last five games versus Western Conference opponents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia has dropped three games in a row, including a 111-98 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers as three-point home underdogs on Sunday, while the OVER is 3-0-1 in the team\u2019s last four contests.\u00a0 The 76ers are hoping that starting point guard Jrue Holiday can return back to the court, as he\u2019s missed the last two games with a foot injury.\u00a0 \u201cI gotta see how I react to it,\u201d commented Holiday about playing on Tuesday night.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 18-9 ATS in December the last two-plus seasons, which makes them dangerous when looking at the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The 76ers are 4-5 on the road this season, which includes a victory in their only such game versus a Western Conference opponent.\u00a0 Philadelphia snapped a three-game losing streak versus Dallas in a 100-98 victory as three-point home favorites on Nov. 27, but the franchise has lost its last six games in this series when playing in the Lone Star State.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks 26th in the league in scoring 92.5 points per game, which is why it\u2019s important for Holiday to return.<\/p>\n

Dallas returns home after losing all three of its games on a recent road trip, including a 114-106 overtime defeat to the Minnesota Timberwolves as five-point underdogs on Saturday, while going OVER the total for the fourth time in five contests.\u00a0 The Mavericks averaged 21.7 turnovers in their last three games.\u00a0 \u201cTo be honest, we\u2019ve done uncharacteristically stupid things,\u201d stated Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle.\u00a0 Dallas is 3-1 ATS when playing with two days rest this season, something to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are 7-3 at the American Airlines Center this year, including a perfect 5-0 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 Despite losing the first game of this series, Dallas did manage to have six players finish with double figures in scoring, with center Chris Kaman leading the way with 20 points.\u00a0 The franchise hasn\u2019t lost four straight games this season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Mavericks due to their 11-5 ATS mark on two days rest, while the 76ers are 0-5 ATS versus Western Conference foes.<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia 76ers at Dallas Mavericks Tuesday, 12\/18\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSSW Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 192 Current Total:\u00a0 192.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Philadelphia has dropped three games in a row, including a 111-98 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers as three-point home underdogs on Sunday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3920,19,3622,943,832,3693],"class_list":["post-26723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-american-airlines-center","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-eastern-conference","tag-jrue-holiday","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26723","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=26723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26724,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26723\/revisions\/26724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}