Pacers +4½ vs Mavericks
Game Time: 1/12/2007 7:00:00 PM
By: Alex Smart
The Pacers, and the points, are the right play tonight when Indianapolis hosts the Dallas Mavericks at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Dallas enters into this contest in red-hot form having won 15 of their last 16, including wins at Utah and home against Portland already this week.
Coming into the Nap Town off a home game sandwiched between three and two road games respectively makes this a difficult proposition for the Mavs. If that wasn't bad enough, Dallas will be in an arena where they have had little in the way of success recently.
Final Notes & Trends: The home team in this series is 22-8 SU and 19-10-1 ATS, including 11-3 SU and 10-3-1 ATS in the last 14 meetings. Dallas is just 2-5 SU and 2-5 ATS in Indiana since the turn of the Century including 0-3 ATS when the Pacers are home dogs. Five of those seven games have been decided by five points or less with three of those being decided by a single point. Indiana are 31-11 SU and 30-12 ATS at Conseco facing an opponent that enters off two or more road games. Indiana is 19-8-1 ATS at home vs. winning teams over the last two seasons. Indiana is 20-8-2 ATS in its last 30 tries as a home dog.
Play: Pacers +4½
Game Time: 1/12/2007 7:00:00 PM
By: Alex Smart
The Pacers, and the points, are the right play tonight when Indianapolis hosts the Dallas Mavericks at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Dallas enters into this contest in red-hot form having won 15 of their last 16, including wins at Utah and home against Portland already this week.
Coming into the Nap Town off a home game sandwiched between three and two road games respectively makes this a difficult proposition for the Mavs. If that wasn't bad enough, Dallas will be in an arena where they have had little in the way of success recently.
Final Notes & Trends: The home team in this series is 22-8 SU and 19-10-1 ATS, including 11-3 SU and 10-3-1 ATS in the last 14 meetings. Dallas is just 2-5 SU and 2-5 ATS in Indiana since the turn of the Century including 0-3 ATS when the Pacers are home dogs. Five of those seven games have been decided by five points or less with three of those being decided by a single point. Indiana are 31-11 SU and 30-12 ATS at Conseco facing an opponent that enters off two or more road games. Indiana is 19-8-1 ATS at home vs. winning teams over the last two seasons. Indiana is 20-8-2 ATS in its last 30 tries as a home dog.
Play: Pacers +4½
