{"id":4332,"date":"2009-05-03T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-03T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mavericks-nuggets-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-03T07:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-03T12:15:00","slug":"mavericks-nuggets-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mavericks-nuggets-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks-Nuggets Odds Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Dallas Mavericks and the Denver Nuggets will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:place><st2:PlaceName>Pepsi<\/st2:PlaceName> <st2:PlaceType>Center<\/st2:PlaceType><\/st2:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Nuggets listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Mavericks, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dirk Nowitzki went for 31 points and nine rebounds to lead the Mavericks past the Spurs 106-93 to win their series 4-1 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:City><st2:place><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:Sn>Dallas<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> cashed as 5-point road underdogs as the game played over the 188.5-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Nuggets clinched their first-round playoff series with a convincing 107-86 win over the Hornets last time out. The Nuggets covered the 10.5-point spread, while the combined score fell UNDER the posted total of 197.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Carmelo<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Anthony<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> shot 13-for-25 from the field with 34 points, six rebounds and three assists. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Dallas<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 50-32 SU, 40-42 ATS <br \/>Denver: 54-28 SU, 45-36-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dallas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Denver are 8-2<br \/>After playing San Antonio are 7-3<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Denver most recently:<br \/>When playing on Sunday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Dallas are 5-5<br \/>After playing New Orleans are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Dallas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Dallas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Dallas&#8217;s last 20 games when playing Denver<br \/>Dallas is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games on the road<br \/>Denver is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Dallas<br \/>Denver is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Dallas<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Dallas<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> at <st2:City><st2:place>Denver<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>, Tuesday, May 5<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Denver<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Dallas<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Tuesday, May 5<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Mavericks and the Denver Nuggets will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Pepsi Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Nuggets listed as 6\u00bd-point favorites versus the Mavericks, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Dirk Nowitzki went for 31 points and nine rebounds to lead the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mavericks-nuggets-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mavericks-Nuggets Odds Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}