The Mavericks are trying to pull themselves out of a big hole. \u00a0They have won 6 of 8 and are sneaking back into the picture in a very competitive Western Conference. <\/p>\n
Dallas Mavericks (19-25) vs Portland Trailblazers (22-22)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n They are healthy now and showing some depth even if it looks like this team was put together with no particular plan in mind.<\/p>\n The scoring is there but the defensive mindset that won them a championship a couple of seasons ago is long gone.<\/p>\n One of the additions I do like is shooting guard O.J Mayo. \u00a0<\/p>\n There is no doubting his ability to put the ball in the basket and he can take some of the scoring load off of Dirk. \u00a0This team has great scoring depth with 6 players averaging in double figures and they could get even better once Dirk rounds his game into shape.<\/p>\n To me PG Darren Collison isn\u2019t fitting in all that well. \u00a0He seems tentative but it could be because this team is old and can\u2019t really run with him.<\/p>\n It is no coincidence that as their play has improved so has their ATS record too. \u00a0They have covered in 8 of their last 10 and rattled off 7 straight ATS wins at one point. \u00a0It seems the death sentence of the Mavs might have been premature. \u00a0But since this is a hard team to figure you have to be careful in some situations.<\/p>\n The Trailblazers are just hanging in there in the Western Conference. \u00a0They don\u2019t really scare anybody but they are not awful either. \u00a0They have not been sharp recently losing 7 of their last 10 including 6 in a row at one point. \u00a0The thing they have going for them most of all is a solid home court advantage where they are winning 2 of out every 3 games.<\/p>\n They have to maintain that to stay in the hunt in the West. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n A pleasant surprise for Portland has been the play of rookie point guard Damian Lillard. \u00a0It seemed a stretch to me to draft him as high as they did but they are getting great production out of him and it hasn\u2019t taken much away from the output of forward, LeMarcus Aldridge, one of the league\u2019s most underrated players.<\/p>\n When they go to their bench the Blazers don\u2019t get much so they need the entire lineup to contribute.<\/p>\n Against the number is another area where this team is in the middle of the pack at 20-22. \u00a0They are just one game over .500 ATS at home and do well with short numbers – they have won their last 4 when the number was -3.5 or smaller.<\/p>\n If they can can get up early on Dallas than this ticket should cash.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Portland -2<\/strong> Mavs vs Blazers CBB Basketball Spread\/Handicapping The Mavericks are trying to pull themselves out of a big hole. \u00a0They have won 6 of 8 and are sneaking back into the picture in a very competitive Western Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":27821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[5253,26805,26802,8667,8154,1599,57484,2381,4934],"class_list":["post-59577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallas-mavericks-vs-portland-trailblazers","tag-mavericks-vs-trailblazers","tag-nba-basketball-lines","tag-nba-basketball-odds","tag-nba-free-picks","tag-nba-hoops-predictions","tag-nba-picks","tag-portland-trailblazers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59577"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59591,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59577\/revisions\/59591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Tuesday January 29<\/strong>
\n Rose Garden – Portland, OR<\/strong>
\n 10:00PM<\/strong>
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Portland -140, Dallas +120 at Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\n Spread: \u00a0POrtland -2<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a0201.5<\/strong><\/p>\nDallas<\/h3>\n
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Portland<\/h3>\n
\n O\/U Pick: \u00a0Over<\/strong>
\n Score Prediction: \u00a0Portland 107 – Dallas 100<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"