Friday, May 25th, 2012
It will be a critical game 5 when the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks continue their best of 7 NBA Finals playoffs on Thursday night.
Start time from Dallas is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC.
The point spread came out with the home club Dallas Mavericks lined as a -2 point favorite with an over under of 185 points.
Early money has been Heat money as the Dallas Mavericks has dropped to a -1 point favorite. The total has moved down to 184 ½ points.
Dallas Mavericks money line gamblers will lay -120 odds with the road underdog Miami Heat bringing back +100 odds to take a 3-2 series lead in the NBA Finals with a straight up win in game 5 without the benefit of points on their side.
The Dallas Mavericks has evened this best of 7 playoff series at 2 games apiece following their game four 86-83 victory as a -2 ½ point closing line favorite. The total landed under the number of 186 ½ points.
The Mavs were aided by a 21-9 fourth quarter run to earn the victory. Miami was held to just 14 fourth quarter points in the loss.
Dallas continued their woeful shooting in this series as they made just 39.7% of their shots and only 4 of 19 from beyond the arc. The team made 24 of their 30 free throws.
Playing with what he called a sinus infection Dirk Nowitzki had 21 points and 11 boards on 6 of 19 shooting and 9 of 10 makes from the free throw line.
Five Mavs were in double digits.
Off the bench Jason Terry contributed with 17 points on 6 of 15 from the field.
Shawn Marion bounced back from a bad game 3 with 16 points but only 4 rebounds on 7 of 12 shooting from the floor.
Inserted into the starting lineup Jose Barea had 8 points on 3 of 9 shooting.
Tyson Chandler pulled down 16 huge boards with his 13 rebounds.
Miami connected on 42.7% of their shots and just 2 of 14 from the three point line. The Heat struggled on the free throw line missing 7 of their 24 shots.
Dwyane Wade led the club with 32 points and 6 rebounds on 13 of 20 shooting from the floor.
Chris Bosh contributed with 24 points and six rebounds on 9 of 19 from the field.
Monday morning quarterbacks have been having a field day on Lebron James. He appeared a bit too passive with just 8 points on 3 of 11 shooting. Lebron had 9 rebounds and 7 assists but only got to the free throw line 4 times where he made 2 of his shots.
Only two Heat players scored in double figures.
The Miami bench had 15 points and was led by Mike Miller who had 6 points on just 2 of 8 shooting.
A game 6 and if a game 7 is necessary they both will be played in Miami.
This will be the third straight game played in Dallas in this series.
In game 3 held in Dallas it was the Heat posting the 88-86 victory as the +2 ½ point road underdog. The game landed under the number of 188 ½ points.
Dwyane Wade looking like the Heat MVP in this series had 29 points and 11 rebounds in the win.
Bosh and James contributed with 35 points in the win.
Dallas as they have done for most of this series struggled to make shots as they made just 40% of their shots.
The Miami defense has been outstanding. The Heat quickness on the perimeter has given the Mavericks shooters fits in this series.
Dallas is quiet fortunate to be even in this series. They still haven’t had their monster offensive performance yet that is overdue.
They have the ability to make shots when well-defended.
Trend: Dallas Mavericks is 20-3 ATS in their past 23 games.
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