The 6-7 LA Lakers will play a back to back when they face the 7-6 Dallas Mavericks in an NBA pro basketball game on Saturday night. Tip off time from Dallas is scheduled for 8:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The check of the NBA odds and it’s the road team LA Lakers favored by -1 point and the total is lined at 209 points. When the odds were released a few hours ago the Lakers were favored by -1 point and the total was lined at 208 points. We have seen no movement on the side and a one point move towards the over. Trend: The over is 4-0 in their past four head to head meetings.
The teams met on October 30th and it was Dallas with the 99-91 road win at the Lakers as a +8 ½ point underdog. Dallas played without Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Kamen. The Lakers are 0-4 on the road after a 106-98 road loss at Memphis as a +4 ½ point underdog. They allow Memphis nearly 51% shooting. In the D’Antonio era with the Lakers the team has allowed 102 points or more in four of their past five games. In their loss on Wednesday they allow 113 points on a back to back to Sacramento. LA is 0-2 on the back end of back to backs. This is their fourth game in five nights. The Lakers looked bad on defense. They don’t communicate or rotate as they play as individuals and not as team with help defense.
The Mavericks are 5-2 straight up on their home court on the year. They are the rested team having last played on Wednesday in a 114-111 home win against the New York Knicks as a +3 ½ point underdog. They are without Dirk Nowitzki who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery and is expected back in the middle of December. Their offense is holding up as the team averages nearly 102 points a game good for 4th in the league and connect on 46% from the floor with is 6th best in the NBA. O.J. Mayo leads the team with 22 points a game and 50% shooting. Chris Kamen is scoring 14 a game and grabbing 7 boards.
