Thunder vs Mavs NBA Picks
The Thunder are playing their usual high quality brand of basketball and are looking really good having won their last three road games after dropping a couple in a row. [ad-4468020]
Oklahoma City Thunder (51-18) vs. Dallas Mavericks (41-29)
Tuesday March 25
American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX
8:00PM
Moneyline: No moneyline currently listed
Spread: Thunder -3
Total: 213.5
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Oklahoma City
The most recent of those was a double overtime thriller in Toronto which will forever be burned in the minds of Raptors fans. Home or away Oklahoma City is always a threat but check the health report on Tuesday.
The injury tip is to check on PG Russell Westbrook, whose status is probably questionable from here until the playoffs. In that OT winner up north Kevin Durant went for 51 and has pushed his scoring average up to 32ppg.
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For those who think he shoots too much you might be surprised to see that he also averages just under 6 assists per game too, plus, who else do you want to shoot it.
As often as the Thunder win they are not a very good spread team just 6 games over .500. It seems like it makes not matter where they play and there really shouldn’t be much surprise as despite the market they are very public.
This is the Thunder so backing them is never a stupid play really.
Dallas
The Mavericks have lost two of their last three, both in overtime, and will be looking to rebound on Tuesday night. The last time they played the Thunder they rolled over them on the road, a surprising result they will look to repeat at home.
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They are catching the Thunder on 0 days rest so things may be setting up nicely for one of the surprise teams in the league. They are currently in the last playoff spot in the West, just a half game ahead of Phoenix.
Dallas was without the services of PG Jose Calderon for most of the last game and he could have easily been the difference in the OT loss. This is a team that needs steady direction at the point and he has provided it all season long.
Even though Devin Harris is an experienced backup he is not the kind of table setter that makes this team go. All you have to do is look at Dirk’s production. It was his second lowest scoring game of the year.
Beware because Calderon in questionable.
Dallas has been good against the number this season but they have done all of their damage on the road where they are 10 games over. It is encouraging how they beat up the Thunder the last time but if Calderon is out I don’t like their chances.
Even if Westbrook is out too the Mavs might be missing the more important cog.
Spread prediction: OKC -3
Total prediction: UNDER
Score prediction: Oklahoma City 102 – Dallas 97
