NBA Handicapping Predictions – Mavs vs Suns
A few years ago a matchup between the Mavericks and Suns would have been a track meet, but both teams have changed their style of play.
A few years ago a matchup between the Mavericks and Suns would have been a track meet, but both teams have changed their style of play.
Jeremy Lin lit up the Mavs in his last outing against them, but he has struggled lately, as the Knicks (18-19) have lost 2 straight road games.
It’s a rematch of the Western Conference Finals from last year tonight in Oklahoma City. The Mavericks outlasted the Thunder in a terrific season last year, but the Thunder have the best record in the West so far this season.
Both the Lakers (19-13) and the Mavs (21-12) did not start the season well, but each has gotten back on track. The Lakers beat the Mavs earlier this season in La La Land, but this season they have struggled on the road going 5-11.
The defending NBA Champions seem to have hit their stride of late. After a slow start to the year, the Mavericks have won five straight games to get to 19-11 on the season.
The Dallas Mavericks have hit a rough patch as of late, and after losing three straight, will aim to take advantage of a Denver Nuggets team that will be without forward Danilo Gallinari who is expected to miss a month with a severely sprained left ankle.
Not much was expected of the Utah Jazz coming into this year, but they are 9-4 and right in the middle of the hunt in the Western Conference.
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.
The Mavericks will be coming off a road game in Detroit, while the Celtics should be well-rested and ready to put Friday night’s home loss to the Indiana Pacers behind them as they look to post their third win of their current five game home stand.
This isn’t the way the defending champions envisioned their title defense starting out. Dallas was blown out by Miami in a rematch of last year’s title in the season opener.
The playoffs begin early in the NFC East when the Dallas Cowboys square-off against the New York Giants this Sunday night in a winner-take-all battle for the division title at MetLife Stadium.
It seems ironic that the best game that the New York Giants have played this season actually ended with a loss, as despite pushing the defending Super Bowl champions to the limit, they eventually fell to the Green Bay Packers 38-35.
The Dallas Cowboys will look to take one step closer to this season’s NFC East Division title with a win over a past East rival, the Arizona Cardinals this Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.
The Miami Dolphins bring a three-game winning streak into Cowboy Stadium for a Thanksgiving Day matchup with the Dallas Cowboys, who have strung together three victories of their own. Game time is set for 4:15 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on CBS.
The Dallas Cowboys will look to extend their winning streak to three games while handing the Washington Redskins their sixth-straight loss when the two NFC East foes square-off this Sunday afternoon at FedEx Field. The kick-off is slated for 1 p.m. (ET) and the game will be broadcast nationally on FOX.
In a battle between two teams in desperate need of a win to keep pace in their division race, the Buffalo Bills and the Dallas Cowboys square-off this Sunday afternoon at Cowboys Stadium.