Dallas Mavericks versus San Antonio Spurs Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 12-30-2012
- 12 years ago
The 23-8 San Antonio Spurs will hit the highway to face the 8-5 Dallas Mavericks in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday afternoon. Tip off time from Dallas is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The point spread from this NBA game has the road team San Antonio Spurs favored by -5 points with an over under line of 208 ½ points. When the odds came out a few hours ago the Spurs were -5 ½ point favorites with the over under set at 208 points. There has been a ½ point move towards Dallas and the over.
The teams faced off on December 23rd and it was San Antonio Spurs with the 129-91 home win against the Mavericks as a -11 point betting favorite. The game went over 207 points.
The Spurs are riding a three game win streak. They beat a hot Houston team on Friday 122-116 as a -8 ½ point home favorite. It was a great shooting performance for the Spurs making 57% of their shots with 50% from three. San Antonio forces 24 Rockets turnovers. San Antonio is the second ranked offense it the league averaging 105 points and 48% shooting from the floor. Tony Parker leads the Spurs with 19 points and 50% shooting. Veteran Tim Duncan scores 17 points and grabs 10 boards on the current year.
The Mavericks are 8-5 on their home court. They can’t afford too many more losses as it will be difficult to earn a playoff spot this year in the Western Conference as many of the down teams from last season have improved dramatically. Dallas has lost five straight games playing extremely difficult opponents. Losses came to Miami, at Memphis, at San Antonio, at Oklahoma City and on Friday the team drops a 106-85 home decision to the Denver Nuggets as a +3 point underdog. Dirk Nowitzki has played three games as he returns from offseason knee surgery and rehabs into playing shape. Nowitzki averages 21 minutes a game and averages just 7 points a game making 32% of his shots. Dallas has been poor defensively allowing 103 points a game 28th ranked in the NBA.
The point spread from this NBA game has the road team San Antonio Spurs favored by -5 points with an over under line of 208 ½ points. When the odds came out a few hours ago the Spurs were -5 ½ point favorites with the over under set at 208 points. There has been a ½ point move towards Dallas and the over.
The teams faced off on December 23rd and it was San Antonio Spurs with the 129-91 home win against the Mavericks as a -11 point betting favorite. The game went over 207 points.
The Spurs are riding a three game win streak. They beat a hot Houston team on Friday 122-116 as a -8 ½ point home favorite. It was a great shooting performance for the Spurs making 57% of their shots with 50% from three. San Antonio forces 24 Rockets turnovers. San Antonio is the second ranked offense it the league averaging 105 points and 48% shooting from the floor. Tony Parker leads the Spurs with 19 points and 50% shooting. Veteran Tim Duncan scores 17 points and grabs 10 boards on the current year.
The Mavericks are 8-5 on their home court. They can’t afford too many more losses as it will be difficult to earn a playoff spot this year in the Western Conference as many of the down teams from last season have improved dramatically. Dallas has lost five straight games playing extremely difficult opponents. Losses came to Miami, at Memphis, at San Antonio, at Oklahoma City and on Friday the team drops a 106-85 home decision to the Denver Nuggets as a +3 point underdog. Dirk Nowitzki has played three games as he returns from offseason knee surgery and rehabs into playing shape. Nowitzki averages 21 minutes a game and averages just 7 points a game making 32% of his shots. Dallas has been poor defensively allowing 103 points a game 28th ranked in the NBA.