{"id":6507,"date":"2009-05-13T05:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mavericks-nuggets-odds-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-13T05:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T10:39:00","slug":"mavericks-nuggets-odds-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mavericks-nuggets-odds-preview-2\/","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 Wednesday 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 9-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 44 points and 13 rebounds to lift the Mavericks past the Nuggets 119-117 in Game 4 of their Western Conference semifinals series on Monday 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> covered as 1-point home favorites as the game played over the 209.5-point total listed by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Josh<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Howard<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> had 21 points and 11 boards for the Mavericks, who now trail the best-of-seven series 3-1. <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> led the way for <st2:City><st2:place>Denver<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> with 41 points, 11 rebounds, and five steals, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Chauncey<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Billups<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> added 24 points and seven assists for the Nuggets. <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 Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>After playing Denver are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 6-4<\/p>\n<p>Denver most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 7-3<br \/>After playing Dallas are 7-3<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 \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Dallas is 10-5 SU in its last 15 games <br \/>Dallas is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Dallas is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games on the road<br \/>Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Denver is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Denver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas<br \/>Denver is 8-0-1 ATS in its last 9 games <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 Wednesday when they meet at Pepsi Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Nuggets listed as 9-point favorites versus the Mavericks, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Dirk Nowitzki went for 44 points and 13 rebounds to lift the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/mavericks-nuggets-odds-preview-2\/\" 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-6507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6507","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=6507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}