{"id":28497,"date":"2013-04-07T14:22:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T19:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28497"},"modified":"2013-04-07T14:22:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T19:22:11","slug":"nba-betting-preview-dallas-mavericks-vs-portland-trail-blazers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-preview-dallas-mavericks-vs-portland-trail-blazers-28497\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Preview: Dallas Mavericks vs. Portland Trail Blazers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks at Portland Trail Blazers
\nSunday, 4\/7\/13, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 204
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 207
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Dallas Mavericks are 19-47 all-time on the road against the Portland Trail Blazers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas snapped a two-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 117-108 victory over the Sacramento Kings as 1.5-point road underdogs Friday night, while going OVER the posted total of 212.5.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re playing game to game and trying to win every one and give ourselves a chance,\u201d commented Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle.\u00a0 The Mavericks are 2.5 games back of the Utah Jazz for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference entering Sunday, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread.\u00a0 Dallas is 7-12 ATS as road favorites of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 11-8 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are 15-24 overall on the road this season, including an 8-16 mark versus conference opponents.\u00a0 Fourteen of the last 18 regular-season meetings between Dallas and Portland have been decided by six points or less, with eight of the last 14 being decided by three points or fewer.\u00a0 The franchise is just 19-47 all-time on the road in this series.\u00a0 Forward Dirk Nowitzki is averaging 21.0 points in 34.5 minutes in two starts in the series during the 2012-13 NBA campaign.<\/p>\n

Portland has dropped seven consecutive games, including a 116-98 blowout loss to the Houston Rockets as 5.5-point home underdogs Friday night, while going OVER the total for the fifth time in six contests.\u00a0 \u201cTo have a losing streak at this time of year and playing against playoff teams, it\u2019s a difficult task,\u201d stated Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts.\u00a0 The Trail Blazers did get a major performance out of power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who finished with 32 points and 13 rebounds in 40 minutes.\u00a0 Portland is 4-6 ATS as home underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Blazers have won three of their last four games against the Mavericks at the Rose Garden, while Aldridge is averaging 25.3 points and 10.0 rebounds in three overall games in the series this year.\u00a0 Portland will need to do a better job defending the perimeter in this affair, as Dallas has knocked down 50.1 percent of its shots from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Mavericks due to their 8-3-1 ATS mark in the last 12 meetings, while the Trail Blazers are 1-7 ATS versus conference rivals.<\/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 Portland Trail Blazers Sunday, 4\/7\/13, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 204 Current Total:\u00a0 207 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Dallas snapped a two-game losing streak last time out, as it picked up a 117-108 victory over the Sacramento Kings as 1.5-point […]<\/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":[19,20,3303,18,830,3914,3693],"class_list":["post-28497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-lamarcus-aldridge","tag-nba","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-rose-garden","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28497","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=28497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28498,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28497\/revisions\/28498"}],"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=28497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}