{"id":33622,"date":"2014-03-23T12:16:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T17:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33622"},"modified":"2014-03-23T12:16:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-23T17:16:50","slug":"nba-picks-brooklyn-nets-vs-dallas-mavericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-brooklyn-nets-vs-dallas-mavericks-33622\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Brooklyn Nets vs. Dallas Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Nets vs. Dallas Mavericks
\nSunday, 3\/23\/14, 7:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 207
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 204.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Mavericks-Blazers<\/a>
The Dallas Mavericks are 23-11 SU at home this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brooklyn has won three games in a row, including a 114-98 victory over the Boston Celtics as 8.5-point home favorites last Friday, while going OVER the betting total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Nets have three probable starters averaging double figures, with Joe Johnson leading the way at 15.4 points a contest, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 He led the team with 27 points on 10 of 16 shooting last time out.\u00a0 Brooklyn is 0-3 SU and 1-2 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points this season.<\/p>\n

The Nets are 13-20 SU away from home this season, including a 6-7 mark when taking on Western Conference opponents, which is important to consider when making your NBA betting picks.\u00a0 Brooklyn has compiled a solid 26-10 SU record since the start of January, which marks the best record in the East over that span .\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to point out that the squad leads the league in turnovers forced per game in that period of time.<\/p>\n

Dallas has won four of its last five games, including a 122-106 blowout victory over the Denver Nuggets as eight-point home favorites last Friday, while going OVER the betting total for a second consecutive affair.\u00a0 The Mavericks continue to be led by forward Dirk Nowitzki, who is averaging 21.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.\u00a0 The franchise is 23-11 SU when playing inside the American Airlines Center, including a 10-4 mark versus non-conference foes.\u00a0 Dallas is 3-3 SU and 2-4 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks have won 20 of their last 26 meetings with the Nets, but they\u2019ve dropped the most recent two, including a 107-106 road loss on Jan. 24.\u00a0 Dallas is shooting 50.5 percent from the field over its last five affairs\u2014averaging 111.0 points over that span.\u00a0 Since Devin Harris made his debut on Jan. 18, the team\u2019s bench is averaging 41.0 points per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Nets due to their 9-3 ATS mark in their last 12 overall games.<\/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":"

Brooklyn Nets vs. Dallas Mavericks Sunday, 3\/23\/14, 7:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 207 Current Total:\u00a0 204.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Brooklyn has won three games in a row, including a 114-98 victory over the Boston Celtics as 8.5-point home favorites last Friday, while going OVER […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[7131,19,20,2897,18],"class_list":["post-33622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-joe-johnson","tag-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33622","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=33622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33623,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33622\/revisions\/33623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}