PREMIUM
Rogers' *10* TOTAL MASSACRE >> Won Sunday's!
(NBA) Dallas vs. Utah,
Total: 192.00 | -110.00 Under
Result: Win
Total: 192.00 | -110.00 Under
Result: Win
The set-up: The Mavs opened 0-4 this season and will come to Salt Lake City Monday night at 1-6 overall, with their lone win coming at home over Memphis on Oct. 25th (103-94). The Jazz are 3-3 on the season but 3-0 SU and ATS at home. The Jazz have yet to win on the road but are luckily near the beginning of a stretch with eight of nine at home. This marks the second home game in that stretch, as Utah hopes to move to 4-0 at home on the season with a win over the struggling Mavs.
Dallas: The Mavericks have dropped six of their first seven games with head coach Rick Carlisle telling reporters after a 112-110 home loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, "We've just got to do better really over the course of 48 minutes.That's really the biggest thing.' Harrison Barnes leads the team in scoring a 18.1 PPG and scored a team-high 25 points on Saturday but was a minus-18 on the night and had some harsh words for himself and his fellow starters. "It's our starting unit," Barnes told reporters. "At the beginning of the first quarter and at the beginning of the third quarter we're getting off to slow starts, and it puts the whole team in a deficit. I mean, look at the way the second unit was playing with just the plus-minus. All of those guys were contributing and getting us back in the game. But as starters, we can't put ourselves in that deficit."
Utah: The Jazz lost back-to-back games at Phoenix and the Los Angeles Clippers last week but returned home and clamped down on defense in a 96-81 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday. "This team is still trying to discover who it is," Jazz coach Quin Snyder told reporters. "...I've said all along, it's a work in progress. As long as our defense stays strong, we'll have an opportunity to be competitive while we're trying to get better." With Hayward lost to Boston via free agency, a possible new go-to scorer could be rookie guard Donovan Mitchell. He had 22 points on 9-of-16 shooting in Saturday's win while knocking down 3-of-6 from beyond the arc. However, Rodney Hood is the team's top overall scorer with 15.3 PPG with the other four Jazz starters all averaging at least 11 points per contest. Derrick Favors recorded his first double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds on Saturday and is 14-of-20 from the floor in the last two contests.
The pick: The Mavs are scoring just 99.6 PPG (26th) on 41.9 percent shooting (29th), so will have their work cut out against a Utah team allowing only 94.5 PPG (2nd-best in the NBA). Utah games feature low over/under numbers but three of the four meetings last year between the two teams went over. Make the Over a 10* play.
Dallas: The Mavericks have dropped six of their first seven games with head coach Rick Carlisle telling reporters after a 112-110 home loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, "We've just got to do better really over the course of 48 minutes.That's really the biggest thing.' Harrison Barnes leads the team in scoring a 18.1 PPG and scored a team-high 25 points on Saturday but was a minus-18 on the night and had some harsh words for himself and his fellow starters. "It's our starting unit," Barnes told reporters. "At the beginning of the first quarter and at the beginning of the third quarter we're getting off to slow starts, and it puts the whole team in a deficit. I mean, look at the way the second unit was playing with just the plus-minus. All of those guys were contributing and getting us back in the game. But as starters, we can't put ourselves in that deficit."
Utah: The Jazz lost back-to-back games at Phoenix and the Los Angeles Clippers last week but returned home and clamped down on defense in a 96-81 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday. "This team is still trying to discover who it is," Jazz coach Quin Snyder told reporters. "...I've said all along, it's a work in progress. As long as our defense stays strong, we'll have an opportunity to be competitive while we're trying to get better." With Hayward lost to Boston via free agency, a possible new go-to scorer could be rookie guard Donovan Mitchell. He had 22 points on 9-of-16 shooting in Saturday's win while knocking down 3-of-6 from beyond the arc. However, Rodney Hood is the team's top overall scorer with 15.3 PPG with the other four Jazz starters all averaging at least 11 points per contest. Derrick Favors recorded his first double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds on Saturday and is 14-of-20 from the floor in the last two contests.
The pick: The Mavs are scoring just 99.6 PPG (26th) on 41.9 percent shooting (29th), so will have their work cut out against a Utah team allowing only 94.5 PPG (2nd-best in the NBA). Utah games feature low over/under numbers but three of the four meetings last year between the two teams went over. Make the Over a 10* play.
