Dallas Mavericks at San Antonio Spurs Betting Odds


Opening Betting Lines: Mavericks +2.5 / Spurs -2.5 O/U 193

Time: 7 PM EST Sunday April 25, 2010 on TNT

The Spurs lead this best of 7 series 2-1.

Tonight in the Lone Star State in Game 4 of an opening round series in the Western Conference the San Antonio Spurs host the Dallas Mavericks. The Spurs lost Game 1 of the series, but have won the last 2 games and now the Mavs have to win this game or they will be down 3-1 in this series.

The Spurs are the 7th seed in the playoffs and the Spurs are the 2nd seed, but that really does not matter, as San Antonio now has the series lead and now has the home court advantage.

The Spurs beat the Mavericks 94-90 on Friday night in Game 3.

This season the Spurs were 29-12 at home and 43-39 ATS and the Mavericks were 27-14 on the road and 36-44-2 ATS.

The Mavs shot a solid FG% and 3-pt FG% in Game 3, but Dirk Nowitzki needs more help from the other Dallas starters in tonight's game. In Game 3 Nowitzki scored 35 points, but the other 4 Mavs' starters combined to score a grand total of 16 points. Caron Butler only played 15 minutes and the Mavs will need him to play well and have a solid scoring game tonight.

Tony Parker has come off the bench after coming back from an injury and it seems to be working for the Spurs, as he had 23 points and hit several clutch shots late in Game 3 to help San Antonio win.

The Spurs shot a good FG% in Game 3 (48.7%), but were 0-7 from 3-point land.

San Antonio had the same rebounding total as Dallas in Game 3, but they hit the boards as a team with Antonio McDyess leading the team in the game with 6 boards.

The Mavs' frontcourt has to play good D on Tim Duncan and now let him have another big scoring night after dropping 25 on them on Friday night.

The Mavs need to get out and run and score, as in they have only scored 88 and 90 points in the last 2 games in the series. If tonight's game is another low scoring affair the Spurs definitely have the advantage.

Betting Trends

5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games, 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games, 0-4 ATS in their last 4 playoff games as an underdog, and has an Under record of 4-1 in their last 5 games as a road underdog.

San Antonio is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games, 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games as a home favorite, and has an Under record of 3-0-1 in their last 4 games.

In the last 4 games between these 2 teams the Under record is 3-0-1.

Our Selection : Take the Spurs -2.5 at Bodog.


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