Dallas Mavericks Houston Rockets Free Pick and Betting Odds. The 50-32 Dallas Mavericks head into the 56-26 Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center tonight April 21, 2015 for this 2nd in a 7 playoff series. Tip-off time is scheduled for 9:30PM EST.
Wagering Odds
Point Spread: Rockets -6.5
O/U Total: 215
The Dallas Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki played like a star on Sunday night but unfortunately the rest of the team didn’t handing the Mav’s a 118-108 loss. Despite hitting for 24 points and 18 rebounds from Tyson Chandler, the rest of Dallas’s offensive was sluggish at best. Starters Rondo, Ellis and Parsons went a combined 17-47 for a 36% shots from the field. Parson’s has a bit of an excuse coming off a knee injury after missing the last 6 games of the season but the rest of the starters do not if they want to continue this journey to the Championship.
Surprisingly the Mavericks ranked No.5 in offensive efficiency this years and they will have to return to that game play in order to win against the Rockets in this series. The biggest issue on the Mav’s side of the court is the inability to prevent the 3 pointers as they sat last in the league in that category and this might come back to haunt them. On the Houston side super star James Harden is still proving he has what it takes to win. The offensive game of the Rockets was outstanding with Harden acquiring 24 points and 11 assists and the rest of the starters all scoring double digits.
Former Mavericks team mates Jason Terry and Corey Brewer both had a combined effort for 31 points and 7 of 11 from behind the arc. The Mavericks will have a long climb against this powerhouse offense tonight especially if they can’t shut down the game of Harden.
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Dallas at Houston Betting Trends
The Mavericks are 6-15 against the spread in their last 21 games.
Dallas is 3-10 against the spread in their last 13 road games.
The game total has gone over in 5 of Dallas’s last 5 road games.
Houston is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
The Rockets are 5-1 straight up in their last 6 when playing at home against Dallas
The game total has gone under in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games against Dallas
Injury Report
DALLAS
Devin Harris
Chandler Parsons
HOUSTON
Patrick Beverley
K.J. McDaniels
Donatas Motiejunas
Consensus Betting
Dallas: 48%
Houston: 52%
Free NBA Playoff Pick
There are a lot of trends that would support going right back to the well and laying on the Rockets again. The home team has won and covered in four of the five games played in this match-up this season and the Rockets have been the victor straight up and against the betting odds in four of the five matches. The thing is this is the NBA and this is the playoffs and we’re going to lay our action on what should be a spirited effort by the visitor. They may not win it but they’ll stay within the number.
Take the Dallas Mavericks +6.5
