The 12-19 Dallas Mavericks will travel to play the 4-24 Washington Wizards in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night. Tip off time from Washington is scheduled for 6PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The betting odds in this NBA game will come out on Tuesday afternoon as Jordan Crawford is listed as questionable for Washington with an ankle injury that forced him to miss Saturday’s game.
The teams met back on November 14th and it was Dallas with the 107-101 home win against the Wizards as a -8 ½ point betting favorite. The game ended over 192 points.
The Mavs are 4-13 straight up on the road this season. The team is on a six game losing streak after a 111-86 home defeat on Monday night to the San Antonio Spurs as a +6 point underdog. The game went under 207 ½ points. Dallas has struggled for offense as the team has been held to 95 points or less in five of their past six games. Defensively the Mavericks give up 101 points a game ranking 28th in the NBA. Dirk Nowitzki has returned to the lineup after rehabbing his surgically repaired knee. In four games the veteran forwards has averaged 21 minutes a game with 7 ½ points a game and 32% shooting.
The Wizards are 3-11 on their home court. They are the 30th ranked and worst offense in the NBA by averaging 88 points a game with a 40.6% shooting percentage. They have lost nine of ten games. Washington is coming off the 87-77 road defeat on Sunday to the Chicago Bulls as a +11 point underdog. The game landed under 180 ½ points. Jordan Crawford is the Wizards leading scorer with 16 points a game and 41% shooting. Bradley Beal a guard makes just 35% from the floor and guard A.J. Price makes 36% of his shots. Trevor Ariza is only making 35% from the field.
