NBA Free Picks and Odds: Dallas Mavericks at Phoenix Suns Experts Predictions – NBA Betting 2/17/11: Forward Dirk Nowitzki will lead the Dallas Mavericks on the road to US Airways Center to take on point guard Steve Nash’s Phoenix Suns in the last game before the All Star break on Thursday night at 10:30 PM ET on TNT Sports. The Suns enter the game as the 10th seed in the Western Conference 2 games behind the Jazz for the 8th playoff spot at 27-26 2nd in the Pacific and coming off a victory. The Mavericks are 2nd in the Western Conference 2 games ahead of the Lakers but a distant 7 games behind the Spurs at 39-16 2nd in the Southwest and winner of 2 straight and 9 of their last 10.
“I don’t know if I envisioned eight guys in double figures, but we wanted to win the game,” coach Rick Carlisle told NBA.com regarding last night’s victory. “It’s always good when you can keep the minutes reasonable heading into a back-to-back, so those were positives.” The Suns have also been hot coming into the break and have won 7 of their last 9 games including Tuesday on hot shooting. “I guess I got to do the playground thing and tell them when the guy is hot we need to try and find him,” coach Alvin Gentry said. This should be a great game to finish the part of the season leading up to the All Star Game Sunday night. The odds makers at Bodog have the Dallas Mavericks a -1 1/2 point favorite on the road against the Phoenix Suns.
The Mavericks hot streak continued recently with a 116-100 victory over the Sacramento Kings at home to move them to 29-24-2 ATS for the season. Jason Kidd led 3 starters in double figures with 20 points 2 rebounds and 4 assists while Shawn Marion led 5 reserves in double figures with 14 points 6 boards and 5 dimes. Dallas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road. Vegas odds makers have the Dallas Mavericks +1100 to win the 2011 NBA Finals.
The Phoenix Suns are coming off a home victory 102-101 over the Utah Jazz to move to 24-28-1 ATS for the season. Channing Frye had a career shooting night with 31 points and 11 rebounds while Steve Nash chipped in 20 points and dished 14 dimes to move into 7th place in NBA history. The total has gone OVER in 6 of last 7 games when playing at home against Dallas. Vegas odds makers have the over/under for the NBA betting odds today on the Spurs at Bulls total at 188.5 points combined.
Recent Trends:
San Antonio: SA are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 vs. NBA Central.
SA are 18-7-1 ATS in their last 26 games overall.
Under is 14-6 in SA last 20 overall.
Chicago: CHI are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games overall.
Over is 6-2 in CHI last 8 overall.
Under is 6-2 in CHI last 8 vs. NBA Southwest.
Head to Head: Under is 6-2 in the last 8 meetings in Chicago.
SA are 6-2 ATS in the last 8 meetings in Chicago.
Spurs @ Bulls Free NBA Predictions from NSAwins.com: OVER 188.5
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