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NBA Gambling: Houston vs Dallas

The Houston Rockets (51-24) will be playing the Dallas Mavericks (46-29) tonight. Houston are already locked into the playoffs in the West, while the Mavs are 7th in the West and still fighting.

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Houston vs Dallas
When: Thursday, April 2nd 2015 at 8:35pm ET
Where: American Airlines Center
TV: FS-Southwest
NBA Gambling Line: Mavericks –2
NBA Gambling O/U Line: 210.5 Points
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Both teams won their last game, but the Rockets are playing much better. Houston are 8-2 in their last 10 games compared to the Mavericks who are just 5-5 in their last 10 games.

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The home teams have dominated this H2H series. Houston are 2-1 in the series, but the Mavs won the last meeting (111-100) at home. This is also a much bigger game for the Mavs than the Rockets.

These two teams are high scoring. Houston averages 103.5 PPG (7th) and Dallas averages 104.5 PPG (3rd). I expect a lot of points, but the total is high at 210.5 points and I’ll be passing on the over/under market.

Defensively, both teams are allowing over 100+ points per game, as the Rockets allow 100.2 PPG (16th) and the Mavericks allow 101.3 PPG (22nd). Houston also has a small edge in rebounding.

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I’m betting on the Mavericks and I haven’t given it a second thought. Dallas need to win this game much more than the Rockets do, the home team has dominated the series and Dallas is much healthier.

In fact, the Mavs don’t have a single injury right now. Rondo, Ellis, Parsons, Nowitzki and Chandler are all ready to go tonight. Houston have several players out, including Beverley and Howard is a GTD.

Motiejunas and Papanikolaou are both ruled out already too. Houston’s bench has limited depth now due to the injuries and I’m sure they’re more worried about getting healthy than beating Dallas tonight.

If Howard ends up sitting out, which I think is likely, the Mavs are going to be able to dominate in the paint with Chandler. He’ll be able to grab 15+ rebounds and put away several offensive rebounds.

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Rondo should have a huge game too. He likely won’t breakout and score a bunch of points, but he’ll be able to run all over the court and dish it out, as Jason Terry is starting at PG for the Rockets.

Free NBA Picks: Houston Rockets vs. Dallas Mavericks

Everything is pointing towards a Mavericks win and I’m going with the numbers in this one. Dallas is still in good shape in the West, but they don’t want to keep losing and end up playing GSW in R1 of the playoffs.

Dallas Mavericks –2 (-110)

Most of the point spread action has come in on Dallas, which I don’t like, but the public wins too and this is one game where I can’t see the Mavs losing against a banged up Rockets team.

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By Scott Jack

Scott is new to Cappers Picks, but has been in the industry for 7 years and he’s only 25 years old. He lives in Toronto, Canada and bleeds blue and white. He grew up playing sports and still has a love for the competitiveness.