NBA Vegas Line Picks: Dallas Mavericks Vs. Orlando Magic Preview

Matt Rivers winner for NBA betting Tuesday is, just like Monday, on the Dallas Mavericks +2.5 Orlando.

Reasoning: Orlando has been absolutely horrendous over the past few weeks and after making all of the trades recently are not going to all of a sudden just be great again. Things are not good for Stan Van Gundy’s troops. About three weeks ago the team started to go south right before the west coast trip and not much has improved since. In fact some are even saying how the wheeling and dealing was done in a bit of a panic mode and I’m not sure if that isn’t accurate.

Vince Carter and Rashard Lewis are gone and it’s going to take some time to gel with the new guys. We saw just that yesterday in Hotlanta where as the Hawks came out and won easily for the second time in the last few weeks against Dwight Howard and the Magic. Orlando has now dropped seven of their last eight both on the court and at the window. The lone victory came on the road in Los Angeles against the Clippers.

Orlando at some point will right the ship as they are too good not to but it’s not going to be easy and it’s not going to be quick. Sure Howard is the beast of all beasts and Jameer Nelson is a quality point guard but with all of the new pieces it’s going to take some time for adjustments to be made and today just ain’t that time.

On the opposite extreme we have a Dallas team that continues to be great in the regular season as they have now won 15 of the last 16 games. Last night they prevailed as the solid dog in Miami. They may be on the extremely difficult back-to-back with travel but Orlando obviously is in the same spot so it’s not a disadvantage for Dirk and his mates. The bottom line here is that Nowitzki, Terry, Kidd, Butler, Chandler and the rest of the Mavs are without a doubt the far better team right now and even if on the road I will back them and expect the visitors to win the game.

The pick: Dallas

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