NBA Gambling: L.A. vs Dallas
The Los Angeles Clippers (33-19) and Dallas Mavericks (35-18) are both fighting for a playoff position in the Western Conference. As always, visit Cappers Picks daily for our free NBA picks all season long.
As it stands now, the Mavericks are 5th in the West while the Clippers are 6th in the West.
NBA Free Prediction
LAC vs Dallas
When: Monday, Feb 9th 2015 at 8:35pm ET
Where: American Airlines Center
TV: NBA TV
NBA Gambling Line: OFF
NBA Gambling O/U Line: OFF
NBA Gambling O/U Line: 211 Points
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Both teams are heading in opposite directions, as the Mavs have won two in a row and the Clips have lost four in a row.
We don’t have a line for this match-up at the time of writing, but we’ll update this preview with the odds as soon as they’re released. The Mavericks will be small favorites with them being at
home for this one.
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Blake Griffin is also ruled out already, but so is Rajon Rondo. Griffin is obviously a bigger injury, but I don’t expect the line to open up too high in favor of the Mavs because the Clips are still a strong team.
The Clippers have lost four in a row, but the schedule has been tough. The losses have come against the Nets, Cavaliers, Raptors and Thunder. The schedule doesn’t get any easier for LAC after this game either.
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A big problem for the Clips has been defense. They just allowed 131 points to the Thunder last night in a road loss. On the season the Clips allow 100.3 PPG (19th) while scoring an average of 106.5 PPG (3rd).
Dallas is similar, as the Mavs are scoring 106.9 PPG (2nd) and allowing 101.1 PPG (22nd). Both teams rank outside of the top 20 in rebounds, which is insane. I’d expect both of these teams to be better.
Jordan and Chandler are both beasts on the glass, but the rest of the players on these two teams aren’t contributing on the boards enough. This game will likely come down to the team that owns the glass.
Chris Paul is going to have to lead his team to a win tonight in Dallas. Paul has the best match-up of any Clippers player with Rondo out. He has to flirt with a triple double for the Clips to stand a chance.
Monta Ellis is playing great and he’ll dominate at SG in this match-up. Parsons has been playing better with Rondo out as well. The Mavs are too deep for the Clips when they’re missing Griffin in the paint.
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Griffin has the highest usage rate on the team and with him out they’re going to struggle. I really don’t think this line will open up that high. If we can jump on the Mavs at –6.5 or better I’m willing to bet that.
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Keep an eye on the over/under when it opens as well because I expect a lot of points.
Dallas Mavericks at –6.5 or better & Final Score: Clippers 110 Mavericks 119
Dallas isn’t known for their defense, so even without Griffin the Clips will score plenty. This will be a great game to watch.
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