NBA Thursday

[TazaD]

Dallas -7 League: 66.69-4 (Av. won 8.3) home 5+ fav, 1 day off 10- ats loss as home 10+ fav. [Dallas] 7-2-1 (Av. win 13.8) if opp off any ats win as 5+ fav. 5-0-1 (6-0 this no...Av. win 20.3!) if opp off 10- ats win as 5+ fav. League: 39-46-2 (Av. loss 10.9) away 5+ dog, no rest off 10- ats win as home 5+ fav. [sA] 2-9-1 (Av. loss 18.6!) if opp last 10+ fav. 0-5-1 (0-6 this no...Av. loss 22.0!) if opp lost ast as 10+ fav. Couple of great trends involved in this game....also from Dallas News..... "Morale booster: There are no moral victories in the NBA, but the Mavericks are in need of a real win tonight, Michael Finley believes. "We don't want to go 0-4 to anyone," Finley said. "For them to get four wins against us is not something you want hanging over your head." Finley has the veteran voice, but rookie Devin Harris couldn't agree more. "I think it's very important for us to get a win here, just for confidence going into the playoffs," he said. "We haven't really been able to touch them. But with or without Tim Duncan, for us to move forward, we want to get a win." The Spurs won the first three meetings this season, but the Mavericks were missing at least one starter in every game. Also the 'Spurs are limiting Ginobili's minutes coming into the play-offs as they are worried about his health and fitness. Dallas in a fight for 3rd spot out West with Seattle, SA can afford to drop a couple with second spot all but sewn up. Like Dallas to get the job done over a makeshift Spurs team tonight.

[aliensyndm]

Re: NBA Thursday Hardly anyone seems to have a line out on this game at the moment. It was -7 at 1.85 at pinnacle for a while. It went offline for quite a while and them reappeared at -9 at 1.952 so something has obviously changed. I notice however you can get dallas at -4.5 at 1.72 at ladbrokes which surely now is a very good bet ? Took some of that anyway, doubt it will be around much longer.