Dallas Mavericks at Miami Heat 2010 NBA Preview, Odds, and Predictions: Head coach Rick Carlisle will lead the Dallas Maverick to American Airlines Arena on Monday night to take on the smoking hot Miami Heat at 7:30 PM ET. Dallas enters the game winning 2 in a row at 21-5 2nd in the Southwest while Miami is on a 12 game winning streak since it lost to Dallas and is at 21-8 1st in the Southeast. “I think everything is a lot smoother on both ends of the floor,” Chris Bosh said. “We knew it was going to take time for us to come together. It’s a lot quicker than I imagined, but we’re continuing to work. We have a long way to go, so we want to continue to build on it.” LeBron James and Dwayne Wade have been nothing short of spectacular during the run and Bosh has stepped up his play with better scoring and rebounding as well. “Our goal every night is to play the best defense we can,” coach Rick Carlisle said. “It’s gonna be a very challenging game for us,” Carlisle told the team’s website. “I’m sure they’ll be thinking about revenge and all that stuff. … It’s a challenge we’re looking forward to.” The odds makers at BetUS have the Miami Heat a -7 point favorite at home against the Dallas Mavericks.
The Heat are coming off a close road win 95-94 over the lowly Washington Wizards and now are 13-15-1 ATS for the season. Forward LeBron James scored 32 points with 7 boards and 6 dimes while Wade and Bosh both added 20 each. Bosh continued to be more aggressive grabbing 9 rebounds. “You see the Boston Celtics, Lakers and Spurs pull out games when they don’t play well,” Wade said. “We were able to do that.” Vegas odds makers have the Miami Heat +210 to win the 2010-2011 NBA Championship.
The Mavericks are coming off a win 106-91 at home against the Phoenix Suns moving them to 14-10-2 ATS for the season. Forward Dirk Nowitzki and sixth man Jason Terry scored 18 a piece to lead the Mavs. Caron Butler also chipped in 17 points and pulled down 7 boards. Dallas is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games the total has gone OVER in 6 of Dallas’s last 7 games. Vegas odds makers have the over/under for the total score at 192 points combined of Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks.
I predict a Miami win at home, go HEAT!
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