If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Dallas Mavericks and the Memphis Grizzlies meet at FedExForum.
Oddsmakers currently have the Mavericks listed as 6½-point favorites versus the Grizzlies, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Mavericks roared back in the second half to defeat the 76ers by a final score of 96-86 on Friday. The Mavericks covered the 8-point spread, but the 182 points fell UNDER the posted total of 195.5.
Dirk Nowitzki was his usual self in dropping a game-high 31 points, and Jason Terry added 21 points in the win.
The Grizzlies were defeated 91-80 by the Spurs last time out, as 8-point underdogs at home. The game’s 171 points fell UNDER the posted total of 188.
Marc Gasol netted 15 points with 11 rebounds in a double-double performance.
Current streak:
Team records:
Memphis: 10-23 SU, 14-18-1 ATS Dallas most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 7-3 Before playing LA Clippers are 5-5 After playing Philadelphia are 7-3 After a win are 6-4 Memphis most recently: A few trends to consider:
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Memphis The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas’s last 5 games when playing Memphis Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Memphis Dallas is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Memphis The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Memphis’s last 5 games when playing Dallas The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Memphis’s last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Memphis’s last 8 games at home Memphis is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games Next up:
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