LA Lakers versus Dallas Mavericks Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Lines Odds Preview 4-2-2013
The 36-37 Dallas Mavericks will hit the road to face the 38-36 LA Lakers in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night with playoff implications. Tip off time from Staples Center in Los Angeles is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT.
The betting odds from this NBA pro basketball game has the home team LA Lakers favored by -3 points with an over under coming in at 207 points. So far no line movement since the odds came out a few hours ago.
Dallas has a road record of 14-22 on the year. The Mavericks win their fourth game in five attempts after a 100-98 home victory on Saturday to the Chicago Bulls as a -5 point betting favorite. The game finished over 192 points. The Mavericks shot 50.6% from the field and connected on 6 of their 18 three pointers. They give up 47.5% shooting and 12 of 21 from the three point line to Chicago and win because the Bulls missed 8 of 18 from the free throw line. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 35 points and 7 rebounds as he made 14 of his 17 shots. In the playoff race the Mavericks sits in the tenth seed trailing the LA Lakers and Utah Jazz by 1 ½ games with nine games left to be played. Dallas sits in this position because of their defense by allowing 102.2 points a game ranking 27th and fourth to last in the NBA.
The Lakers are 23-12 playing at home. They return home after a 2-2 road trip after a 103-98 road victory on Saturday to the Sacramento Kings as a -2 ½ point betting favorite. The game finished under 218 ½ points. LA overcame a 37-25 deficit after one quarter by holding the Kings to just 41 second half points. The Lakers shot 46.3% from the floor and connected on 10 of 30 from three. LA held the Kings to 45.3% from the floor and only 7 of 24 from three point land. LA Lakers win because they committed just 7 turnovers and forced 12 to Sacramento. Dwight Howard led the Lakers with 24 points and 15 rebounds as he made 10 of his 14 shots. The Lakers are tied with the Utah Jazz in the eighth seed in the Western conference with just eight games remaining. The Lakers troubles are similar to Dallas in the fact that LA does not defend well by giving up 101.5 points a game ranking 26th and fifth last in the NBA in scoring defense.
The betting odds from this NBA pro basketball game has the home team LA Lakers favored by -3 points with an over under coming in at 207 points. So far no line movement since the odds came out a few hours ago.
Dallas has a road record of 14-22 on the year. The Mavericks win their fourth game in five attempts after a 100-98 home victory on Saturday to the Chicago Bulls as a -5 point betting favorite. The game finished over 192 points. The Mavericks shot 50.6% from the field and connected on 6 of their 18 three pointers. They give up 47.5% shooting and 12 of 21 from the three point line to Chicago and win because the Bulls missed 8 of 18 from the free throw line. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 35 points and 7 rebounds as he made 14 of his 17 shots. In the playoff race the Mavericks sits in the tenth seed trailing the LA Lakers and Utah Jazz by 1 ½ games with nine games left to be played. Dallas sits in this position because of their defense by allowing 102.2 points a game ranking 27th and fourth to last in the NBA.
The Lakers are 23-12 playing at home. They return home after a 2-2 road trip after a 103-98 road victory on Saturday to the Sacramento Kings as a -2 ½ point betting favorite. The game finished under 218 ½ points. LA overcame a 37-25 deficit after one quarter by holding the Kings to just 41 second half points. The Lakers shot 46.3% from the floor and connected on 10 of 30 from three. LA held the Kings to 45.3% from the floor and only 7 of 24 from three point land. LA Lakers win because they committed just 7 turnovers and forced 12 to Sacramento. Dwight Howard led the Lakers with 24 points and 15 rebounds as he made 10 of his 14 shots. The Lakers are tied with the Utah Jazz in the eighth seed in the Western conference with just eight games remaining. The Lakers troubles are similar to Dallas in the fact that LA does not defend well by giving up 101.5 points a game ranking 26th and fifth last in the NBA in scoring defense.