Dallas Mavericks versus Oklahoma City Thunder Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 1-18-2012
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The 31-18 Oklahoma City Thunder will travel to play the 17-23 Dallas Mavericks in an NBA pro basketball game on Friday night. Tip off time from Dallas is set for 9:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The NBA point spread in this game has the road team Oklahoma City Thunder favored by -4 ½ points with an over under line of 205 ½ points. When the odds were released a few hours ago OKC was favored by -4 with a total of 205 ½ points. There has been a ½ point move on the Thunder.
The teams met back on December 27th with Oklahoma City posting the 111-105 home overtime win as a -10 ½ point betting favorite. The total landed over 207 points. Trend: Oklahoma City Thunder is 6-1-1 ATS in their past eight games.
Oklahoma City is 12-5 on the road this season. They are on a five game win streak. The Thunder is coming off the 117-97 home win on Wednesday to the Denver Nuggets as a -9 point betting favorite. The total came over 209 points. The Thunder shot nearly 52% from the floor and hit on 9 of 19 from three. Russell Westbrook had 32 points and four assists hitting 12 of 20 shots. OKC sits as the top scoring team in the league as they average 105 points a game. They are also the best in the NBA in three point and free throw shooting. Even with these solid offensive numbers the team can defense by allowing 42.7% shooting good for second in the NBA in field goal defense.
The Mavericks are 11-7 on their home court. The team is riding a four game win streak with three of the wins on their home court. They come off the 105-100 home win on Wednesday against the Houston Rockets as a -4 point favorite. The game ended under 213 points. Dallas got to the free throw line 43 times and converted on nearly 80% of their shots. Dirk Nowitzki scored 19 points and grabbed 8 rebounds on 7 of 14 shooting. With Nowitzki slowly starting to approach good form the Mavs have averaged 112 points per game during this four game win streak.
The NBA point spread in this game has the road team Oklahoma City Thunder favored by -4 ½ points with an over under line of 205 ½ points. When the odds were released a few hours ago OKC was favored by -4 with a total of 205 ½ points. There has been a ½ point move on the Thunder.
The teams met back on December 27th with Oklahoma City posting the 111-105 home overtime win as a -10 ½ point betting favorite. The total landed over 207 points. Trend: Oklahoma City Thunder is 6-1-1 ATS in their past eight games.
Oklahoma City is 12-5 on the road this season. They are on a five game win streak. The Thunder is coming off the 117-97 home win on Wednesday to the Denver Nuggets as a -9 point betting favorite. The total came over 209 points. The Thunder shot nearly 52% from the floor and hit on 9 of 19 from three. Russell Westbrook had 32 points and four assists hitting 12 of 20 shots. OKC sits as the top scoring team in the league as they average 105 points a game. They are also the best in the NBA in three point and free throw shooting. Even with these solid offensive numbers the team can defense by allowing 42.7% shooting good for second in the NBA in field goal defense.
The Mavericks are 11-7 on their home court. The team is riding a four game win streak with three of the wins on their home court. They come off the 105-100 home win on Wednesday against the Houston Rockets as a -4 point favorite. The game ended under 213 points. Dallas got to the free throw line 43 times and converted on nearly 80% of their shots. Dirk Nowitzki scored 19 points and grabbed 8 rebounds on 7 of 14 shooting. With Nowitzki slowly starting to approach good form the Mavs have averaged 112 points per game during this four game win streak.