{"id":4389,"date":"2009-05-09T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nuggets-mavericks-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-09T06:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-09T11:16:00","slug":"nuggets-mavericks-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nuggets-mavericks-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets-Mavericks 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 fans at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>American<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Airlines<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> will be treated to a game between the Denver Nuggets and the Dallas Mavericks when they take their seats on Saturday. <?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 Mavericks listed as 4-point favorites versus the Nuggets, 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\">Nene went for 25 points and eight rebounds, as the Nuggets took out the Mavericks 117-105 to take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinals series on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 6-point home favorites as the teams played over the 206-point total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Carmelo<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Anthony<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> also dropped 25 points for the Nuggets, who got 21 points off the bench from <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>J.R.<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Smith<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dirk Nowitzki had 35 points and nine boards to lead <st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Dallas<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while reserve <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Jason<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Terry<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> added 21 points and six assists for the Mavericks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 54-28 SU, 45-36-1 ATS <br \/>Dallas: 50-32 SU, 40-42 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Denver most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Dallas are 7-3<br \/>After playing Dallas are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Dallas most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Denver are 7-3<br \/>After playing Denver are 5-5<br \/>After a loss 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 \/>Denver is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Dallas<br \/>Denver is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Dallas<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Denver&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Dallas is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home<br \/>Dallas is 19-4 SU in its last 23 games when playing at home against Denver<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 18 of Dallas&#8217;s last 22 games when playing at home against Denver<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Monday, May 11<br \/><st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Dallas<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, May 11<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 fans at American Airlines Center will be treated to a game between the Denver Nuggets and the Dallas Mavericks when they take their seats on Saturday. Oddsmakers currently have the Mavericks listed as 4-point favorites versus the Nuggets, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Nene went for 25 points and eight &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/nuggets-mavericks-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nuggets-Mavericks 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-4389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389","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=4389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}