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The San Antonio Spurs play the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the Western Conference Playoff Series. Tip off at the American Airlines Center in Dallas is at 8:00 ET. TV coverage is provided by TNT.
Odds makers currently have the Mavericks as 4.5 point favorites. The total has not seen much movement since it opened at 194.
Dallas (55-27) beat San Antonio last Wednesday at home 96-89. The Spurs sat Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili for the game. Duncan has averaged 17.9 points per game with 10.1 rebounds this season. Ginobili averaged 16.5 points per game with 4.9 assists this season. The San Antonio guard has shot an average of 37.7% from beyond the three.
San Antonio (50-32) looks to avenge last year’s first round loss to Dallas in five games. The Spurs will be changing up their defensive game plan as they look to bring a different showing Sunday in Dallas.
Tony Parker’s return from his broken hand injury has been slow. He scored 16 points in the season finale against the Mavericks, which is a high since his return six games ago.
The Maverick’s season got much more exciting after they traded Josh Howard for Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood from Washington. Dallas then went on a 13 game winning streak to take the lead in the Southwest Division. Butler last scored 20 points versus San Antonio. He has been averaging 16.3 points per game in 37.6 minutes of play. Haywood went 3-6 from the field in 28 minutes of play and hit two of his five free throw attempts.
Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd continue to lead Dallas on the court. Nowitzki averaged 25 points per game this season. Kidd leads with an average of 9.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
Dallas leads head to head against the Spurs going 8-2 straight up as well as 8-2 at the spread in their last 10 games over the past two seasons.
This particular two seed versus seven seed first round match-up will be particularly interesting with two teams leading the NBA free throw percentage and in three pointers made allowed. The Mavericks shoot 81.6% from the free throw line. The Spurs allow an average of five three pointers per game.
Dallas is -150 to win the series (San Antonio +130). This maybe the best series of the first round with the Spurs coming out on top in six or seven games.
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