Portland Trailblazers at Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks will host Damian Lillard and the Portland Trailblazers in a Western Conference showdown when the Blazers come to the Metroplex to square off with the Mavericks. The scheduled tip-off time of the game is 8:35 PM ET. The game is scheduled for viewing on FSN for regional audiences. Dallas has won the previous two against the Blazers. Most notably, Dallas beat Portland in Rip City 108-104 on February 3rd.
Portland Trailblazers at Dallas Mavericks Betting Overview:
Portland comes in to this fixture in poor form as they have lost their previous two contests. Most recently, the Blazers fell at Oklahoma City. As for Dallas, the Mavs had won four in a row before their success was snapped in egregious manner when they were routed by the Denver Nuggets in Denver by 23 points, last night.
Key Betting Trends:
Portland is a “what you see is what you get” kind of basketball club. On the year, they stand at 22-30 both straight up and against the spread. On the road, Portland has been abysmal as they are 8-19 overall. On the year, Dallas stands at 22-31 SU while owning a profitable 27-24 record against the spread.
Portland at Dallas Public Money:
So far we have seen the public opt in on the Blazers in the early going dropping this market by 2.5 points in some markets. As an option both the Mavericks and Blazers came on in as a -105 Pick Em by virtue of the fact neither team is spotting nor taking back any amount of points. As a result of the Pick-Em scenario, the Money Line is currently abolished for this contest. As for the Over/Under, we have seen the market remain stationery at 204.5, indicating no early action on the Under or the Over.
