The Dallas Mavericks take on the cross state rivals San Antonio Spurs tonight in a NBA Picks matchup of two of the top teams in the Western Conference Southwest Division. If the Mavericks can pull off a win tonight on the Spurs home court they would pull into a tie for the top spot with the Spurs. Currently they are in a tie for second place with the New Orleans Hornets. Dallas is riding a three game winning streak following their 102-94 win over the Chicago Bulls back on Monday. In that game Dirk Nowitzki scoured 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. This will be the third meeting between these two teams this season after splitting the first two where each one won on their home court. The Mavericks traded for Jason Kidd and are hoping he can ignite an offense that currently averages 95.4 points per game no the road this season. The current line at BetOnline.com seems to believe that the Mavericks’ winning streak will end as they are listed as a +5 point road underdog.
The San Antonio Spurs come into this NBA Picks contest riding a winning streak of their own. After Monday’s win over the Atlanta Hawks 89-74, the Spurs sport a six game winning streak and currently own first place in the division with a 38-17 SU mark. In that game Tim Duncan had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead San Antonio while Manu Ginobili added 13 points, five rebounds and three assists. San Antonio has been the most prolific scoring team in the league but they have been tough on the defensive end allowing only 88.5 points per game at home. On the season the Spurs have held the rebounding edge by a 49-46 margin but weren’t able to control the boards in their last meeting versus the Mavericks as Dallas out rebounded the Spurs by a rather larger 50-40 edge.
San Antonio certainly knows how to use their home court advantage as the season goes along as they are a perfect 9-0 ATS in home games in February games over the last 3 seasons and are 15-3 ATS in home games versus good shooting teams who are making greater than 46% of their shots during 2nd half of the season over the last 2 years.
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