*NBA(1u): Nuggets +4(-110) @ Mavericks–7:40 PM CT
This is a bad travel spot for Dallas, who completed a 5 game road trip with a win in Oklahoma City last night. This is a team that has been on the road(mostly on the West coast) since before Christmas Day; instead of being able to readjust back to life in Dallas, they’ll be right back at it tonight for the second game of a back-to-back. With the Warriors coming up on Wednesday, the Nuggets might not be getting all of Dallas’ attention tonight. While the Nuggets have had an up-and-down season, they enter this game having won 3 in a row. Dallas did welcome Luka Doncic back last night, but he will not be in peak shape for at least a few games. In fact, Dallas has welcomed back quite a few guys off the injury report, which sometimes spells trouble in the short term as the team had to readjust their rotation and move guys out of roles they began to excel in. Either way, the Mavs are not 4 points better than the Nuggets; when you factor in this spot, I think Dallas will be lucky to win this game. I’ll take those 4 points all day.
