Saturday Night NBA

By Divol

Dallas Mavericks v Oklahoma City Thunder



4th April 00:35 GMT

The West is so tight right now that every win matters and Dallas can't afford themselves two home losses in a row. Dallas has the easiest schedule of the battling for the 2nd place teams, but if they don't take advantage of that and win the games, that won't help them. Dallas comes to this game off a rest and will have two days rest after this game. They also, in my opinion are much better team than the Thunder.

The teams have played three times this season; Dallas winning two of the three and the only loss was a day after the Butler and Haywood for Howard trade. I think that Dallas has good keys at winning the game. Marion is a perfect Durant defender. He also has a big arm swing and he is one of the few players that answers all Durant's strengths. On the other hand, Thunder don't really have a Dirk stopper. Green can try, but Dirk is averaging over 30 points per game against them (while being only 24.7 ppg in the season). Haywood and Dampier also have an advantage and that isn't the case against most playoff teams in the West.

I think that both teams will want it, both teams are good and in a good form, but Dallas needs it more because at this stage of the season losing two games in a row is just something that a good team can't afford.



Pick: Dallas -3, 1.91 - 3.5 units play - Bet365

Divol