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Dallas Mavericks vs. L.A. Clippers NBA Lines & Free Pick

Dallas Mavericks vs L.A. Clippers Free Pick

The Clip Joint (7-4) is coming off a blowout loss where they had their worst shooting night of the young season and they will be facing a Mavs (8-6) team that only scored 73 points in their Monday night loss to the Lakers.

Venue/ Stadium: STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, CA
Time/Date: 10:30 PM EST Wednesday, January 18, 2012
NBA Odds From: BetOnline
Moneyline: OFF
Spread (ATS): Clippers -4.5
Over/Under: OFF

The Clippers may be without Chris Paul again with a hamstring injury.

NBA lines have the Clippers as 4.5-home favorites in this game.

In their last games the Mavs lost to the L.A. Lakers 73-70 and the Clippers lost to the Utah Jazz 108-79.

This season the Clippers are 6-5 ATS with an O/U record of 5-6 and the Mavs are 10-4 ATS and have an O/U record of 4-10.

This game will be all about the Clippers and their 9th ranked offense facing Dallas and their 3rd ranked defense.

The Mavs are hoping that Paul cannot go tonight with his hamstring injury, as the Dallas PG combo of Jason Kidd and Jason Terry are a combined 400 years of age and there is no way they could keep up with Paul. OK, well maybe not 400 years, but the Mavs’ PG duo are no spring chickens.

Both teams shot around 36% from the floor in their last games and it is key that the Clippers really get it going since their D only ranks 20th in the league in opponents’ points allowed. Blake Griffin (21.9 ppg) scored 10 points in the loss to the Jazz and he and Chauncey Billups (16 ppg) and Caron Butler (16 ppg) have to play well on offense for L.A. to win this game.[soliloquy id=”82219″]

Dirk Nowitzki (17.9 ppg) and Jason Terry (14.4 ppg) are the only 2 Mavs players that are averaging in double digits.

Griffin is also the leading rebounder for the Clippers, but he will need help in this game. L.A. is one of the worst rebounding teams in the league and Griffin and DeAndre Jordan (5.3 rpg) have to man up against a deep Dallas team that ranks 14th in the league in rebounding.

The Clippers are, obviously, a new team this season, but they have lost to the Mavs 10 straight times.

Betting Trends

The Mavs are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a S.U. loss and they have an Under record of 10-1 in their last 11 games.

The Clippers are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games, 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games against teams with a winning S.U. record, and they have an Over record of 4-0 in their last 4 games against teams with a winning S.U. record.

Jason’s Pick: The Mavs have covered the spread in their last 7 games against the Clippers and that trend will continue tonight. I think the Clippers will struggle, again, with Paul out and the Mavs will play solid D and cover the 4.5-point spread.

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By Jason Green

Jason Green is back with Cappers Picks again to give out his free sports plays. As always he's hoping the Braves and Redskins can win a championship since their last one in the 90’s was long ago. He’s starting to know the pain of Cubs fans.