New York Knicks vs Dallas Mavericks NBA Betting Preview & Odds
NBA action on Wednesday night and we will see the New York Knicks travel to American Airlines Center to take on the Dallas Mavericks. Local TV will carry this game, which has a start time of 8:30 pm EST.
Current betting odds for this game have the have the Mavericks listed as 5.5 point favorites, while the total has been set at 200.5.
Head-To-Head This Year: Dallas won the lone matchup 104-97 as 1 point road favorites.
New York is just looking forward to the offseason and getting another high draft pick that they can botch. New York comes in off a bad 99-91 loss at New Orleans, which has been hit hard by injuries. They are now just 30-45 on the year overall, including just 13-25 on the road. Just another long year in New York. The Knicks are led by Carmelo Anthony, who comes in averaging 22.0 ppg, while also leading them in rebounding at 7.9 rpg. Kristaps Porzingis has has a solid first year in the league as he comes in averaging 14.3 ppg and is 2nd on the team in rebounding at 7.3 rpg. Rounding out the double digit scorers for the Knicks is Arron Afflalo (13.7 ppg), who also hits 38.9% of his shots from downtown, and Robin Lopez (10.3 ppg). New York enters this game ranked 27th in the league in scoring, putting up just 98.7 ppg, while also ranking 24th in shooting overall and 21std in 3-point shooting, but they are tops in the league at the charity stripe. At the defensive end of the floor they have been decent as they come in at 11th in points allowed, giving up 101.4 ppg, while also ranking 11th in defensive FG% overall and 8th in 3-point defense. On the road the Knicks have averaged 98.0 ppg on 43.8% shooting, while allowing 102.1 ppg on 44.4% shooting.
Trends: The Road team is 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings, but the Knicks are just 4-10 ATS in their last 14 games playing on 1 days rest and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 vs. the Southwest. The Over is 5-2 in their last 7 vs. the Southwest, while the Under is 13-3 in their last 16 vs the Western Conference.
The Dallas Mavericks are fighting for a playoff spot and they are just a half game behind Houston for the 8th slot in the West and a full game behind Utah for the 7th slot, but they are not playing well at all right now as they have dropped 10 of their last 13 games, including 5 of their last 6 at home. Dallas still has 8 games left on their schedule with 4 on the road and 4 at home and three of the road games include Detroit, the Clippers and Utah, while two of their home games are vs Houston and the Spurs. Dallas just may not have what it takes to make the playoffs. The Mavs have been hit by key injuries of late as Chandler Parsons (13.7 ppg) has been lost for the season and now Deron Williams (14.0 ppg) is out indefinitely with an abdominal strain. Leading the Mavs in scoring is Dirk Nowitzki at 18.6 ppg, while Wesley Matthews (12.3 ppg), David Lee (10.2 ppg) and Jose Juan Barea (10.2 ppg) also average in double figures for Dallas. Zaza Pachulia is the team’s leading rebounder at 9.7 rpg, while chipping in with 9.0 ppg. The Mavs check in at 11th in the league in scoring, putting up 103.2 ppg, while also ranking 19th in shooting overall, 20th from long range and 3rd from the charity stripe. The defensive numbers are not super as they are 19th in points allowed, giving up 103.9 ppg, while also ranking 17th defensive FG% overall and 10th in 3-point defense. At home the Mavericks have averaged 105.5 ppg on 45.4% shooting, while allowing 103.1 ppg on 45.5% shooting.
Trends: Dallas is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 vs. the Atlantic and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a straight up win, but just 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games vs. a team with a losing straight up record and 1-5 ATS their last 6 games at home. The Over is 6-1 in their last 7 vs the Atlantic, while the Under is 4-1 in their last 5 games on Wednesday.
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