Dallas Mavericks versus San Antonio Spurs ESPN TV NBA Playoffs 4-23-2010 Game 3 Pro Basketball Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on April 23, 2010 by admin · No Comments

The Dallas Mavericks will look to bounce back after defeat when they travel to take on the San Antonio Spurs in a game 3 of their best of 7 Western conference playoff series on Friday night. They tip off this NBA playoff game from San Antonio at 9:35PM Eastern Time and you can watch it on ESPN.

The LVSC NBA odds makers have set the betting odds in this playoff game and it was the home team San Antonio Spurs posted as 3 ½ point favorites with an over under lined at 193.

This game has seen the early movement come on the side of the road underdog Dallas Mavericks, as the San Antonio Spurs are currently 3 point betting favorites. The total has been bet early towards the over, as the game is lined at 193 ½.

San Antonio money line supporters will find –155 odds with the road underdog Dallas Mavericks retuning +155 to pull off the upset win without the aid of getting the points.

The San Antonio Spurs were able to bounce back in game 2 off their 102-88 victory at Dallas as a 3 point underdog. The Spurs shot well again with 48.2% shooting from the field and this time limited Dallas to just 36.5%. The Spurs did a better job on the glass winning the rebounding battle by a 58-48 margin.

Center Tim Duncan had a solid game 2 producing 25 points on 11 of 19 shooting and a huge 17 rebounding performance. Duncan is enjoying a very good playoff series hitting on 59% of his shots and averaging 26 points per game. Coming into game 2 the Spurs desperately needed contributions from their supporting cast and they got just that as Richard Jefferson contributed with 19 points on 7 of 12 shooting and 7 rebounds. In game 1 it was only the big three as Duncan, Ginobili and Parker contributed with most of the points for the Spurs. The Spurs were very fortunate to pull away in this game because they team missed 8 of 22 free throws.

Dirk Nowitzki cooled off his game 2 as though he had 24 points in game 2 he could only make 9 of 24 of his shots from the floor. Shawn Marion and Jason Kidd shot terribly combining for 11 points on 3 of 14 shooting. After a poor game 1 it was Jason Terry contributing with 27 points on 9 of 19 shooting. Caron Butler making his playoff debut with the Mavericks has averaged 19.5 points per game in this series. In their playoff series with the Spurs last season it was Dallas after dropping game 2 they went on to win three straight to win their playoff series 4-1.

Trend: Dallas Mavericks are 9-3 ATS in their past 12 meetings

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