Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Dallas Mavericks will travel to face the LA Lakers in a special holiday NBA pro basketball game on Martin Luther King Day.
Tip off time from Staples Center in Los Angeles is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT.
The point spread came out with the home team LA Lakers favored by -4 ½ points with an over under of 183 points.
Money early has landed on the side of the road underdog as the LA Lakers are now favored by -4 points.
The total has moved down to 181 ½ points.
LA Lakers money line supporters will lay –165 odds with the road underdog Dallas Mavericks paying +155 odds to win outright without taking the points.
These two teams met in the playoffs last year with the Mavericks pulling out the sweep with a straight up in in all four games with four point spread covers.
There were three overs and one under in their playoff series.
During the regular season a year ago the Lakers won two of three with LA covering the point spread in their two wins. The over came in twice with the under once in those regular season encounters.
The Dallas Mavericks will travel to face the Lakers with a record of 8-5 on the year. The team is 2-3 on the road.
Dallas averages 94 points and hits on 43.7% from the floor with 32.4% coming from the three point line. The Mavericks make 75.2% of their free throws.
On defense the Mavs allow 89 points and 42.8% shooting. Teams connect at 36.5% from three against them.
Dallas has won five straight games.
They are coming off the 99-60 home win on Saturday night against the Sacramento Kings as a -12 ½ point betting favorite.
The total landed under the closing total of 195 points.
The Mavericks crushed Sacramento out of the gate as they held a 52-23 lead after two quarters.
Dallas was able to hit on 45.7% from the floor and 7 of 16 from three.
They out rebounded the Kings by a 47-34 margin.
Jason Terry off the bench led Dallas with 21 points on 8 of 13 from the floor.
Vince Carter poured in 16 points with six rebounds and made 6 of his 8 shots.
Dirk Nowitzki had 14 points on a night he hit on 6 of 14 from the field.
Dallas allowed Sacramento just 25.6% shooting with 2 of 21 coming from the three point line.
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The LA Lakers will host Dallas with a record of 9-5 on the year. The club is 8-1 at home.
The Lakers average 94 points and 46.2% shooting with just 25.7% coming from the three point line. The club converts on 74.9% of their free throws.
Defensively LA allows 90 points and 41.3% shooting. Opponents hit on 31.5% from three against them.
The Lakers streak of five straight wins was broken on Saturday night in their 102-94 defeat to the LA Clippers as a +2 ½ point underdog.
The total landed over the closing line of 188 points.
LA Lakers shot 45.5% from the floor with 5 of 12 coming from the three point line. They allowed the worst rebounding team in the NBA to pull down eight more rebounds.
Kobe Bryant led the team with 42 points and seven rebounds on 14 of 28 shooting and 12 of 14 from the free throw line.
Pau Gasol had 14 points and pulled down 10 boards with 7 of 17 from the floor.
Andrew Bynum had 12 points and 16 rebounds with 6 of 13 shooting.
The Lakers allowed the in town rivals to hit on 41.2% of their shots with 9 of 21 coming from the three point line.
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