NBA 10* Dallas/NO

[Spearit]

Play Against - Underdogs (NEW ORLEANS) - off a cover where the team lost the game straight up as an underdog, in a game involving two good teams (60% to 75%)
(35-7 since 1996.) (83.3%, +27.3 units. Rating=4*)

Dallas is 13-0 on ATS revenge within the division.

Dallas -8

Best of Luck if you ride!

[Spearit]

Remember Dallas was just blown out by Washington- so that got their attention and they should focus well on the game tonight.

[Chado1]

BOL with the Mavs tonight Spear!!!

[TOYER]

Remember Dallas was just blown out by Washington- so that got their attention and they should focus well on the game tonight.

they were just blown out by Toronto but Good luck

[bryce]

Best of luck with the play Spear!

[rocko]

thanks FOR POSTING SPEAR
GLLLLLLL
GETER DONE PEACE

[libertypl]

BOL Spear on em also.

[Spearit]

Uhhhhhh Yeah- Raptors! Thanx Toyer! Washington wiped out Miami!

[Spearit]

The Hornets halted their losing streak against the Mavericks with a 112-108 overtime victory at home on Dec. 1. Paul had 33 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds in that game, and Tyson Chandler added 21 points and 13 boards.

Paul is averaging 19.1 points, 6.5 assists, 5.9 rebounds and 2.1 steals while shooting 50.4 percent from the field in eight career games against the Mavericks, but that was his first win against them.

"This is the last team in the NBA I had yet to beat and I finally beat them," he said. "For a while there, everybody in the organization almost thought Dallas was unbeatable. We showed we could do it. ... Enough is enough."

Dallas will likely need an improved defensive effort to recapture its form from last season. Coach Avery Johnson's typically stout defense is giving up 99.3 points per game.

"We have to be better defensively to win, especially on the road consistently," Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki told the Mavericks' official Web site. "We have to do it with energy, getting back in transition, contesting shots even though sometimes the guy might be open, you still have to go out there and do your best."

Dallas' defense was adequate on Wednesday, but the Mavericks shot just 38.5 percent in a 92-76 loss at Toronto. Nowitzki, last season's Most Valuable Player, was just 6-for-15 from the field and 1-for-4 from the free-throw line for 13 points.

"He just couldn't get it going tonight," Johnson said of Nowitzki, who's averaging 21.4 points - his lowest since 1999-2000 - and shooting 29.5 percent from 3-point range one season after making a career-best 41.6 percent from behind the arc.

Nowitzki hopes to rebound against the Hornets, who have also struggled defensively lately, giving up 101.6 points per game in their last five.

They were outscored 28-18 in the fourth quarter of a 105-99 loss against Denver on Wednesday.

"In the fourth quarter, they had more intensity," said Paul, who had 30 points and 12 assists for his 10th double-double. "We matched it for the most part, but for the last five minutes or so, we couldn't contain them."

That defeat was just the Hornets' third in 11 road games this season. They're visiting a Mavericks team that's 9-2 in Dallas, where the Hornets have dropped 11 straight visits.

[tash]

GL Spear ! always enjoy your 10 stars !

[Homer]

GL tonight Bud I will jump on also

[blitz]

GL Spears!

[jmarty6969]

love the call here buddy on it like dime is on cake

[rcmcd]

Gl Spear!

[thesandman]

Not easy because I had -8.5, but isn't it nice when your team makes all their freethrows at the end. Nice call spearit. thanks