Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Dallas Mavericks will travel to face the Portland Trailblazers in game 6 of their best of 7 Western conference quarterfinal NBA pro basketball playoff series on Thursday night.
Tip off time for game 6 is scheduled in Portland at 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT.
The point spread came out in this NBA playoff game with the home standing Portland Trailblazers lined as a –4 1/2 point favorite with an over under of 182 points.
Early money has shown up on the side of the Mavericks as the Portland Trailblazers are now favored by -4 points.
The over under has moved down to 181 ½ points.
Portland Trailblazers money line bettors will lay –200 odds with the road underdog Dallas Mavericks bringing back +175 odds to earn the straight up win without the aid of getting the points.
Dallas has taken a 3-2 series lead off their 93-82 home victory against the Portland Trailblazers as a -5 point home favorite. The game went under 183 ½ points.
The Mavericks tightened up defensively as the club allowed the Trailblazers just 39 second half points in victory.
Dallas after a 15 point first quarter got in gear offensively with 60 points combined in the second and third quarters.
The club connected on 41% of their shots and just 3 of 17 from the three point line. The team survived missing 9 of 35 from the free throw line.
The Mavs crushed the Trailblazers on the glass by a 57-45 margin.
Dirk Nowitzki led the team with 25 points and 8 rebounds on 8 of 18 from the floor and 8 rebounds.
Tyson Chandler came up huge for Dallas with 14 points and 20 rebounds.
Off the bench Jason Terry had 20 points on 8 of 18 shooting from the field.
Portland made 43.2% from the floor and 4 of 16 shooting from the three point line.
Andre Miller led the team with 18 points and 7 assists with 8 of 14 shooting from the floor.
Gerald Wallace had 16 points and nine rebounds with 5 of 11 shooting.
LaMarcus Aldridge could not come through in this huge game 5 as the forward produced only 12 points on 6 of 15 shooting from the floor. Aldridge did pull down 9 rebounds.
Game four hero Brandon Roy could not give the team anything from the bench on Monday night as the veteran had just 5 points on 2 of 7 shooting in 26 minutes.
Nicolas Batum led the bench players for the Trailblazers with 12 points and our boards on 5 of 12 from the floor.
Portland won both home games in this playoff series.
Game three went the way of the Trailblazers in a 97-92 win as a -5 ½ point favorite. The game went under 187 ½ points.
Portland enjoyed a big fourth quarter lead in this game but had to survive a late run by the Mavericks. Dallas shot 51.5% in defeat.
The Trailblazers overcame a 23 point third quarter deficit in their game four 84-82 home victory against the Mavericks as a -3 ½ point betting favorite.
The game went well under the closing number of 186 ½ points.
Brandon Roy had a huge game off the bench in the Trailblazers fourth quarter rally in victory.
Trend: Dallas Mavericks is 8-0 ATS in their past eight games.
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