{"id":28119,"date":"2013-03-14T09:31:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T14:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28119"},"modified":"2013-03-14T09:31:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T14:31:02","slug":"nba-expert-picks-dallas-mavericks-vs-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-expert-picks-dallas-mavericks-vs-san-antonio-spurs-28119\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Expert Picks: Dallas Mavericks vs. San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at San Antonio Spurs
\nThursday, 3\/14\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 206
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 206
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Dallas Mavericks have lost eight of their last 10 games versus the San Antonio Spurs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas has won four games in a row, including a 115-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks as 2.5-point road underdogs Tuesday night, while going OVER the posted total of 210.\u00a0 \u201cWe know time is short, and urgency is high,\u201d commented Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re going to let it all hang out.\u201d\u00a0 The Mavericks might be playing without forward Shawn Marion for a fourth consecutive game, as he\u2019s dealing with a left calf injury.\u00a0 Dallas is 11-3 ATS on the road when the total is between 205 and 209.5 the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 10-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are 13-21 overall on the road this season, including a 7-13 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Dallas has dropped eight of the last 10 meetings in this series, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Thursday.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that forward Dirk Nowitzki has made just one start in three games versus San Antonio, averaging 10.3 points and 5.0 rebounds.<\/p>\n

San Antonio has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it looks to bounce back from a 107-83 setback to the Minnesota Timberwolves as nine-point road favorites Tuesday, while going UNDER the total for the fourth time in five contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get things together,\u201d commented Spurs guard Manu Ginobili.\u00a0 The Spurs have won 22 of their last 24 games at the AT&T Center, which is important to consider when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 San Antonio is 23-10 ATS off a upset loss the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 19-14 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Spurs are 26-4 overall at home this season, including a 17-3 mark versus conference foes.\u00a0 San Antonio is second in points per game differential this season, averaging 8.1 more points than its opponent.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks fourth in the league in scoring 104.4 points per game, while ranking second in shooting 48.7 percent from the floor.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER is 5-3 in the Mavericks\u2019 eight games as road underdogs of 6.5 to 9 points.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks at San Antonio Spurs Thursday, 3\/14\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 206 Current Total:\u00a0 206 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Dallas has won four games in a row, including a 115-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks as 2.5-point road underdogs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[4195,19,20,18,141,3693],"class_list":["post-28119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-att-center","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28119","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=28119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28120,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28119\/revisions\/28120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}