Dallas Mavericks versus Chicago Bulls Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 3-30-2013
- 11 years ago
The Chicago Bulls will travel to play the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA pro basketball game on Saturday night. Tip off time from Dallas is scheduled for 2PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The odds from this NBA pro basketball game will be out on Saturday afternoon as Marco Belinelli and Joakim Noah are both questionable with injuries for Chicago. On the Dallas side O.J. Mayo is questionable with a shoulder injury.
The teams went head to head on November 28th with the Bulls posting the 101-78 home victory against the Mavericks as a -6 point betting favorite. The game finished under 189 ½ points.
Chicago has a road record of 19-15 on the season. The team wins their third straight after a 101-97 home victory against the Miami Heat as a +6 ½ point underdog. The game finished over 186 points. The Bulls got off to a good start with a 32-22 lead after one period. They shot 47.1% from the floor and connected on 8 of 22 from the three point line. Chicago allowed 48.1% shooting to the Heat. The team was sloppy with 20 turnovers yet still won because the Bulls pulled down 12 more rebounds than Miami. Luol Deng had 28 points and seven rebounds as he made 10 of his 22 shots. Without Derrick Rose in the lineup the Bulls have been inconsistent on the offensive end of the court. The team ranks in the bottom five of the NBA in points per game, field goal and three point shooting. Chicago averages 92.9 points a game ranking 29th and second to last in the NBA. In the playoff race the team sits in the fifth seed in the Eastern conference and 2 ½ games behind the fourth seeded Brooklyn Nets with just 12 games remaining.
The Mavericks are 21-15 straight up on their home court. Their three game win streak was snapped on Friday in a 103-78 home defeat on Thursday to the Indiana Pacers as a -4 ½ point betting favorite. The total came in at under 193 points. It was a bad second half for Dallas as they get outscored 62-37 by Indiana in defeat. The Mavs shot 38.6% from the floor and connected on 4 of 14 from three. They allowed 47.6% shooting to Indiana and the Pacers crushed the Mavericks on the glass by a 55-34 margin. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 21 points and 7 rebounds as he made 10 of his 20 shots. The team has given up 100 or more points in six of their past seven games. They are 27 and fourth to last in the NBA in scoring defense by allowing 102.3 points a game. Dallas is on the outside looking in for a playoff spot as the team occupies the tenth seed in the Western conference and 1 ½ games behind the eighth seeded LA Lakers with 10 games remaining.
The odds from this NBA pro basketball game will be out on Saturday afternoon as Marco Belinelli and Joakim Noah are both questionable with injuries for Chicago. On the Dallas side O.J. Mayo is questionable with a shoulder injury.
The teams went head to head on November 28th with the Bulls posting the 101-78 home victory against the Mavericks as a -6 point betting favorite. The game finished under 189 ½ points.
Chicago has a road record of 19-15 on the season. The team wins their third straight after a 101-97 home victory against the Miami Heat as a +6 ½ point underdog. The game finished over 186 points. The Bulls got off to a good start with a 32-22 lead after one period. They shot 47.1% from the floor and connected on 8 of 22 from the three point line. Chicago allowed 48.1% shooting to the Heat. The team was sloppy with 20 turnovers yet still won because the Bulls pulled down 12 more rebounds than Miami. Luol Deng had 28 points and seven rebounds as he made 10 of his 22 shots. Without Derrick Rose in the lineup the Bulls have been inconsistent on the offensive end of the court. The team ranks in the bottom five of the NBA in points per game, field goal and three point shooting. Chicago averages 92.9 points a game ranking 29th and second to last in the NBA. In the playoff race the team sits in the fifth seed in the Eastern conference and 2 ½ games behind the fourth seeded Brooklyn Nets with just 12 games remaining.
The Mavericks are 21-15 straight up on their home court. Their three game win streak was snapped on Friday in a 103-78 home defeat on Thursday to the Indiana Pacers as a -4 ½ point betting favorite. The total came in at under 193 points. It was a bad second half for Dallas as they get outscored 62-37 by Indiana in defeat. The Mavs shot 38.6% from the floor and connected on 4 of 14 from three. They allowed 47.6% shooting to Indiana and the Pacers crushed the Mavericks on the glass by a 55-34 margin. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 21 points and 7 rebounds as he made 10 of his 20 shots. The team has given up 100 or more points in six of their past seven games. They are 27 and fourth to last in the NBA in scoring defense by allowing 102.3 points a game. Dallas is on the outside looking in for a playoff spot as the team occupies the tenth seed in the Western conference and 1 ½ games behind the eighth seeded LA Lakers with 10 games remaining.