{"id":27154,"date":"2013-01-07T10:28:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T15:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27154"},"modified":"2013-01-07T10:28:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T15:28:06","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-dallas-mavericks-vs-utah-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-dallas-mavericks-vs-utah-jazz-27154\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Predictions: Dallas Mavericks vs. Utah Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Utah Jazz
\nMonday, 1\/7\/13, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSSW
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 199.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 198
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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The Dallas Mavericks will have star forward Dirk Nowitzki in the starting lineup for the second time Monday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas will look to snap a two-game losing streak, which includes a 99-96 overtime setback to the New Orleans Hornets as six-point home favorites Saturday, while going OVER the total for a third consecutive time.\u00a0 \u201cIt feels like rock bottom,\u201d stated Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle.\u00a0 The Mavericks could start turning things around of star forward Dirk Nowitzki continues to progress after returning from knee surgery, as he scored 20 points in 34 minutes last time out.\u00a0 Dallas is 9-9 ATS on the road this season, with the OVER going 11-8 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks have lost the last two meetings in this series, including a 113-94 defeat as 8.5-point road underdogs on Oct. 31, while the last five meetings in the series have gone OVER the total.\u00a0 Nowitzki dropped 40 points in the final two games against Utah a year ago, averaging 30.7 points and 6.7 rebounds in three starts in the series during the 2011-12 campaign.\u00a0 With Nowitzki getting the start versus the Hornets, the team has now used 15 different lineups to open up a game.<\/p>\n

Utah had its two-game win streak snapped last time out, suffering a 110-91 defeat to the Denver Nuggets as 10-point road underdogs, while going UNDER the total for a third straight time.\u00a0 The Jazz can definitely bounce back in this spot due to their 10-4 overall record at EnergySolutions Arena, while they\u2019ve averaged 101.6 points per game in Salt Lake City.\u00a0 Center Al Jefferson is leading the team on the offensive end, scoring 16.8 points per game, which includes 15 double-doubles in 35 affairs.\u00a0 Utah is 2-1 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points, with the UNDER going 2-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are worth a look on the pro basketball odds page, as they\u2019ve gone 88-61 all-time against the Mavericks, including a 57-18 mark at home.\u00a0 Jefferson was able to knock down just 4 of 13 shots last time out, but he\u2019s averaged 19.9 points at home compared to 14.9 on the road.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 11-5 in the last 16 meetings in Utah.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Utah Jazz Monday, 1\/7\/13, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSSW Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 199.5 Current Total:\u00a0 198 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Dallas will look to snap a two-game losing streak, which includes a 99-96 overtime setback to the New Orleans Hornets as six-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[676,19,20,3652,18,838,3693],"class_list":["post-27154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-al-jefferson","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-energysolutions-arena","tag-nba","tag-utah-jazz","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27154","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=27154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27155,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27154\/revisions\/27155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}