Brooklyn Nets versus Dallas Mavericks NBA Pick 3-1-2013

  • 11 years ago
The 25-32 Dallas Mavericks will travel to play the 34-24 Brooklyn Nets in an NBA pro basketball game on Friday night. Tip off time from Brooklyn is set for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.

The pro basketball odds from this game has the home team Brooklyn Nets favored by -3 ½ points. There has been no line movement since the odds came out a few hours ago.

The teams met once during the lockout year with the Nets posting the 93-92 road win at the Mavericks as a +10 ½ point underdog. The total came in at under 187 ½ points.

Dallas has a road record of 9-20 on the year. They suffer their third straight loss in a 90-84 road defeat to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday as a +7 ½ point underdog. The total finished under 187 ½ points.

The Mavs blows a 38-19 lead after one period. They are held to just 29 second half points. Dallas shot 43.4% from the floor and made just 3 of 12 from three. The Mavericks allowed Memphis just 37.7% shooting and lose because Dallas gave away the game with 21 turnovers. Shawn Marion had 16 points and 8 rebounds on 8 of 12 shooting. In the playoff chase the Mavericks sit in the 11th seed and trails the eighth seeded Houston Rockets by five games. Dallas has allowed their past three opponents under 100 points and sadly could not earn a win. They are 27th and fourth from last in the NBA from points allowed by giving up 102 points a game.

The Nets are 20-12 playing at home. They break their two game losing streak after a 101-97 road win at the New Orleans Hornets as a +2 ½ point underdog. The game landed over 185 points. Brooklyn posted at 57-41 lead at the half in the win. They shot 48.7% from the floor and connected on 12 of 20 from three. The Nets allowed New Orleans 46% from the field. Brooklyn is 5th in the NBA in scoring defense by allowing just 94.8 points a game. The Nets are tied with the Atlanta Hawks for the fourth seed in the Eastern conference.