{"id":33198,"date":"2014-02-27T21:07:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T02:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33198"},"modified":"2014-02-27T21:07:35","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T02:07:35","slug":"nba-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-dallas-mavericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-dallas-mavericks-33198\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Chicago Bulls vs. Dallas Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls vs. Dallas Mavericks
\nFriday, 2\/28\/14, 8:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 193
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 191.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>
Dallas Mavericks F Dirk Nowitzki is averaging 21.6 points per game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago has won eight of its last nine games, including a 103-83 victory over the Golden State Warriors as 3.5-point home underdogs Wednesday, while going UNDER the betting total of 186.5.\u00a0 The Bulls have four of five probable starters averaging double figures, with forward Carlos Boozer leading the way at 14.7 points a contest\u2014posting his 17th double-double of the 2013-14 campaign last time out.\u00a0 Chicago is 4-5 SU and 6-3 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points this season, with the UNDER going 5-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are 14-16 SU on the road this season, including a 4-9 mark versus Western Conference opponents, which is hard to ignore when making your NBA betting picks Friday night.\u00a0 Since Jan. 1, Chicago has held its opponent under 90 points a league-high 14 times\u2014posting a 13-1 SU record in that situation.\u00a0 Over the last 10 games, the franchise has outscored its opponent by an average of 7.2 points in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

Dallas has won four games in a row, including a 108-89 blowout victory over the New Orleans Pelicans as 6.5-point home favorites Wednesday, while going UNDER the betting total for the first time in five contests.\u00a0 The Mavericks are 19-9 SU at home this season, including an 8-3 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents, which is important to consider when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 The squad has taken the last two games in this series, including a 105-83 win on Dec. 28.\u00a0 Dallas is 8-0 SUATS versus Central division teams this season.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are averaging 113.8 points over the course of their current win streak\u2014shooting 52.4 percent from the field and 40.4 percent from beyond the arc.\u00a0 Dallas is 17-6 SU when hitting 10 or more three-point shots this season, but that mark will be hard to reach against one of the best defensive teams in the league.\u00a0 Star forward Dirk Nowitzki is averaging 21.6 points per game and shooting an NBA-high 91.6 percent from the charity stripe.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the OVER is 4-1-1 in the last six meetings in Dallas.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Bulls vs. Dallas Mavericks Friday, 2\/28\/14, 8:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 193 Current Total:\u00a0 191.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago has won eight of its last nine games, including a 103-83 victory over the Golden State Warriors as 3.5-point home underdogs Wednesday, while going […]<\/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":[2067,174,19,20,8153,18],"class_list":["post-33198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-carlos-boozer","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-eastern-conference-western-conference","tag-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33198","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=33198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33199,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33198\/revisions\/33199"}],"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=33198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}