NBA Sportsbook – Hot Dallas Battles Sizzling Suns

The super hot Dallas Mavericks take on the sizzling Phoenix Suns as -1 point road faves in the NBA sports betting book on Thursday, February 17th.

The Mavs have won 9 out of their last 10 games straight up. The Suns have won 7 out of their last 10 games straight up. The battle on Thursday night pits two of the bestest friends in the entire NBA world against each other when Dirk “Call Me Viking” Nowitzki suits up for Big D and Steve “Put the Hair Behind the Ears” Nash puts on his Suns’ short-shorts.

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Dallas Mavericks (39-16) at Phoenix Suns (27-26)

Where: US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ

When: Feb. 17th, 2010 at 10:30 pm EST

TV: TNT

NBA Betting Lines

Dallas Mavericks -1 -110 O 208 -110

Phoenix Suns +1 -110 U 208 -110

Check out some trends for this game.

• The Dallas Mavericks are 8 and 2 ATS in their last 10 games overall.
• The Dallas Mavericks are 5 and 1 ATS in their last 6 games on the road.
• The Phoenix Suns are 6 and 2 ATS in their last 8 games as an underdog.
• The Phoenix Suns are 8 and 3 ATS in their last 11 games following a straight up victory.

Sometimes a huge surprise knocks a hoops handicapper out of his chair. That surprise in the game versus the Mavs and Suns on Thursday night has everything to do with the fact that the total, right now, is only 208 in the online sportsbook for this game. That’s an incredibly short total in my opinion.

The over is 6 and 1 in the last 7 meetings between these two teams. Sure, the last time these two teams played the score ended up Dallas 106 and Phoenix 91 but that game occurred in 2010 and Phoenix still had Jason Richardson and Hedo Turkoglu on that squad. This Suns team is much quicker and more aggressive in the second unit.

Not only that, but Dallas has been more prone to scoring in bunches since Dirk came back from the injury. The Mavs have scored 100 points or more in 9 out of their last 10 games. The over is 8 and 2 in Dallas’ last 10 games. The over is 16 and 10 overall this season in the Mav’s away games.

For Phoenix, the over is only 14 and 14 in the Suns’ home games this season and it is only 4 and 6 in the Suns’ last 10 games, but versus high scoring teams the over has been the way to go in the NBA online sports betting book. Phoenix lost 107 to 111 to Oklahoma City on Feb. 4th. The Suns lost to Sacramento 108 to 113 on Feb. 13th.

Phoenix is giving up 105.4 points per game. Their defense is ranked 26th in the NBA in terms of points allowed. Dallas scores only 98.7 points per game on average but has put up at least 100 points or more in 8 out of their last 10 games. It’s obvious to me that both of these teams are going to come out guns blazing on Thursday night.

Phoenix prefers to push the pace. Since the Mavericks have become accustomed to doing the same thing, the game between the Mavericks and Suns should go over the total on Feb. 17th.

I’m going over the total when the Suns take on the Mavericks on Thursday, February 17th.

NBA Basketball Betting Pick: Over 208

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