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(NBA) San Antonio vs. Dallas,
Total: 189.00 | -102.00 Under
Result: Loss
Total: 189.00 | -102.00 Under
Result: Loss
The set-up: The Spurs and Mavs are longtime rivals and meet for the second time in 10 days Wednesday night in Dallas. However, it hardly seems like much of a rivalry these days with San Antonio (14-4) off to the second-best start in team history, despite having a nine-game winning streak snapped in a 95-83 loss to Orlando at home last night, while Dallas (3-13) is off to the worst start in Mark Cuban's ownership tenure. Dallas just recently ended an eight-game slide, the longest since Cuban bought the club in 2000.
San Antonio: San Antonio is 4-4 at home after losing just twice at the AT&T Center a season ago. "It's hard to explain even for us, as players who are on the floor competing," Spurs center Pau Gasol said. "It's not like we're trying to lose games at home and then go on the road and get all of them. We understand the importance of each and every game, but it's going to have to translate into better play at home, especially." Gasol is part of a deep group of San Antonio role players (seven average between 5.9 and 10.9 PPG) supporting the team's dominant one-two punch of SF Leonard (24.6 & 6.0) and PF Aldridge (18.3 & 6.7). While the Spurs are .500 at home, they are 10-0 on the road, which is also a franchise-best winning streak away from home.
Dallas: Free agent Harrison Barnes has picked up the scoring load with Nowitzki's continued absences. Barnes scored at least 20 points nine times in 16 games after doing so on only six occasions last season with Golden State and is averaging a career-high 20.8 PPG. The Mavericks will be without Dirk Nowitzki (12.2 & 6.4) for at least the next two games recovering from a right Achilles tendon injury and he's already missed 11 games this season. "He's making gradual progress, but not enough to play him right now," Dallas head coach Rick Carlisle said. The struggling Mavericks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a much-needed 91-81 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday but they still own an NBA-worst record of 3-13. The Mavs currently own an unwanted ‘trifecta' of ranking last (30th) in the league in points scored (91.5), FG percentage (41.0%) and three-point percentage (31.5%).
The pick: San Antonio has won six straight and 20 of the last 24 regular-season meetings with Dallas and it shouldn't be much different here, although I have a better way to go. The team's Nov. 21st meeting saw a 96-81 Spurs win in San Antonio but a closer look art the SA stat sheet shows that in going 10-0 on the road, the Spurs are averaging 110.9 PPG and allowing 100.8 PPG, as eight of the 10 have gone over. Make that nine of 11 here, as the Over is a 10* play.
San Antonio: San Antonio is 4-4 at home after losing just twice at the AT&T Center a season ago. "It's hard to explain even for us, as players who are on the floor competing," Spurs center Pau Gasol said. "It's not like we're trying to lose games at home and then go on the road and get all of them. We understand the importance of each and every game, but it's going to have to translate into better play at home, especially." Gasol is part of a deep group of San Antonio role players (seven average between 5.9 and 10.9 PPG) supporting the team's dominant one-two punch of SF Leonard (24.6 & 6.0) and PF Aldridge (18.3 & 6.7). While the Spurs are .500 at home, they are 10-0 on the road, which is also a franchise-best winning streak away from home.
Dallas: Free agent Harrison Barnes has picked up the scoring load with Nowitzki's continued absences. Barnes scored at least 20 points nine times in 16 games after doing so on only six occasions last season with Golden State and is averaging a career-high 20.8 PPG. The Mavericks will be without Dirk Nowitzki (12.2 & 6.4) for at least the next two games recovering from a right Achilles tendon injury and he's already missed 11 games this season. "He's making gradual progress, but not enough to play him right now," Dallas head coach Rick Carlisle said. The struggling Mavericks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a much-needed 91-81 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday but they still own an NBA-worst record of 3-13. The Mavs currently own an unwanted ‘trifecta' of ranking last (30th) in the league in points scored (91.5), FG percentage (41.0%) and three-point percentage (31.5%).
The pick: San Antonio has won six straight and 20 of the last 24 regular-season meetings with Dallas and it shouldn't be much different here, although I have a better way to go. The team's Nov. 21st meeting saw a 96-81 Spurs win in San Antonio but a closer look art the SA stat sheet shows that in going 10-0 on the road, the Spurs are averaging 110.9 PPG and allowing 100.8 PPG, as eight of the 10 have gone over. Make that nine of 11 here, as the Over is a 10* play.
