Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Sacramento Kings will hit the road to face the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA pro basketball game on Saturday night.
Tip time from Dallas is scheduled for 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass.
The point spread opened up with the home team Dallas Mavericks favored by -12 points with an over under of 191 ½ points.
Money early from the NBA wagering public has not moved this line as Dallas remains a -12 point favorite.
The total too has shown no early movement as the game is hung at 191 ½ points.
Dallas Mavericks money line players will lay –1100 odds with the road underdog Sacramento Kings bringing back +900 odds to earn the straight up win with no need for taking the points.
The Mavs swept the three game series meeting with the Kings last season but Sacramento backers got the money as the Kings covered two of the three games.
The total came in at over in all three contests.
Sacramento enters play with a record of 4-8 on the year. The team is 1-5 on the highway.
The Kings put up 93 points with 40.5% shooting from the floor with 27.3% coming from the three point line. Sacramento hits on 74.2% of their free throws.
Defensively the club gives up 102 points and 48.1% shooting. Opponents hit on 29.9% from three against them.
The team is coming off the 103-91 road defeat last night to the Houston Rockets as a +8 ½ point underdog.
The game went under the closing line of 200 ½ points.
The Kings came up flat in the second half as they were outscored by 14 points by the Rockets.
Sacramento shot 44.4% from the floor with 4 of 20 from the three point line.
The team was horrid in the rebounding department as they lost the battle of the boards to the Rockets by a 55-36 margin.
Tyreke Evans led Sacramento with 29 points and six rebounds with 12 of 22 shooting.
Off the bench Isaiah Thomas had 13 points with five assists with 4 of 9 from the field.
Both Donte Greene and Francisco Garcia off the bench contributed with 11 points each in the defeat.
The allowed Houston 44.9% shooting with 8 of 21 makes from the three point line.
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Dallas will host the Kings with a record of 7-5 on the year. The Mavs are 5-2 on their home court.
The club posts 93 points and hits on 43.5% from the floor with 31.7% from beyond the arc. Dallas makes 75.5% of their free throws.
On the defensive end of the court the Mavericks allow 92 points and 44.5% shooting. Teams convert on 39.2% from the three point line against them.
The Mavericks are coming off the 102-76 home blowout victory against the Dallas Mavericks last night as a -9 ½ point betting favorite.
The total came in at under the closing total of 184 ½ points.
The Mavericks laid the clamps on the Bucks in the second half as they allowed just 31 points in the win.
From the bench Jason Terry led Dallas with 17 points on 5 of 9 shooting.
Dirk Nowitzki had 11 points and five boards with 4 of 7 from the floor.
Rodrique Beaubois from the bench chipped in with 15 points and six rebounds while making 7 of his 12 shots.
Dallas allowed Milwaukee just 37.2% shooting with 5 of 24 from three.
Note this is a back to back for the Mavericks. No one starter played more than 22 minutes in this win.
Trend: The over is 5-0 in their past five games.
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