NBA basketball betting odds have the Spurs listed as 8.5-point favorites.

Over the summer the Spurs acquired forward Richard Jefferson from Milwaukee for Bruce Bowen, Kurt Thomas, and Fabricio Oberto. San Antonio also signed veterans Antonio McDyess and Theo Ratliff in the offseason to bolster its frontcourt.

Chris Paul, who finished fifth in last season’s MVP voting, won’t have Tyson Chandler to pass to this season after the Hornets traded the center to Charlotte for Emeka Okafor.

David West scored a career-best 21.0 points per game with 8.5 rebounds in 2008-09. He averaged 23.5 points and 10.5 boards as the Hornets and Spurs split four games last season.

New Orleans has lost three straight and nine of 10 in San Antonio.

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The Mavs have been here before. Up 3-1 against the Spurs in the 2006 conference semifinals, San Antonio rallied to even the series and forced Dallas to close the series in overtime of Game 7.

Role players, always essential to San Antonio, have fizzled this series. Duncan and Tony Parker combined for 75 percent of San Antonio's points in a 99-90 loss in Game 4, and it still wasn't enough. The duo made 25 of 42 shots from the field, and everyone else was 6 of 28.

The 5.5-point underdog Mavericks are 10-3 ATS in the last 13 meetings in San Antonio. Get your NBA basketball odds in the Bodog Sportsbook.

Mavericks players and coaches stood up for Dampier, essentially calling his threat a heat of the moment, slip of the tongue.

Parker scored 24 points in the opener, but made only two field goals in the second half. He scored as many points in the first quarter of Game 2 as the Mavericks did.

San Antonio made 11 three-pointers and held Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry well below their averages in Game 1, but Dallas won anyway. Parker's dominance was the storyline in Game 2, and now Dampier's comment is helping build buzz for Game 3. Bet on the NBA Championship in the Bodog Sportsbook with NBA betting.

About the only thing wrong for Dallas and its backers is that Jason Kidd didn't practice because of a stomach illness.

Kidd expects to be fine for Game 2 tonight, where the Mavericks will try and go up 2-0 before heading home.
The Mavericks were only 18-23 on the road this season, including winning just two of their last eight away from Dallas before the playoffs.

Tony Parker averaged more than 31 points and seven assists in four games against Dallas before the playoffs but made just two field goals in the second half, finishing with 24 points. Get NBA basketball picks before the big game.

The Spurs, who are listed at +800 to win the West, are playing without Manu Ginobili but still managed to win their last four to clinch the Southwest title. Dallas also finished strong to vault all the way to the No. 6 seed. Get NBA basketball picks before the big game.

The teams tied their season series with two wins each, with the highlight being the Spurs’ 133-126 double-overtime victory in Dallas on Dec. 9. Josh Howard averaged 20.7 points in the three games he played, missing one of Dallas’ losses. Dirk Nowitzki had a pair of 30-point games for Dallas.

If Ginobili were playing, this would have been a matchup of the NBA’s two best sixth men. Now Jason Terry is easily the top game-changer in the series.

Monday the Spurs announced Ginobili would miss the rest of the season, including playoffs, with a stress fracture in his right ankle.

The news leaves San Antonio without one of its key contributors from its last three NBA championship teams.

Things are about to get much tougher with San Antonio's next two games against fellow contenders and possible first-round opponents.

The Blazers would tie San Antonio with a victory Wednesday, but only after Portland survived a lackluster performance for a 96-93 win at Memphis on Tuesday night.

Portland has lost its last 11 road games against the Spurs since 2002, which includes a 1-6 ATS record in the last seven meetings in San Antonio. Head over to the Bodog Sportsbook for the best in NBA betting.

Beating the team with the third-best record in the West may have been confidence-inspiring, but the Lakers will have to regroup fast for this meeting with the second-best.

The Lakers are 11-4 in the second half of back-to-backs, including a 112-111 loss in their only previous trip to San Antonio on Jan. 14.

With Manu Ginobili sidelined, Tony Parker has stepped up to average 26.1 points and 7.6 assists while shooting 51.6 percent from the field over his last nine games.

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The Bobcats have been the East's hottest team, winning six straight for the first time in their five-year existence and moving into a six-team logjam for the conference's final postseason spot.

Charlotte's surge has been due in large part to excellent shooting. The Bobcats are averaging 51.3 percent from the field and 47.6 percent from 3-point range during the winning streak.

The Bobcats' lone victory against the Spurs in nine tries came at San Antonio on Nov. 15, 2006 despite Tim Duncan and Tony Parker combining for 49 points.

Can the 6.5-point underdog Bobcats keep the hot streak alive?

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The Spurs will be pleased to see the lowly Wizards come to town after last week's heavy load of games against playoff contenders.

The Spurs beat the Wizards 98-67 a few weeks ago thanks to 25 points from Roger  Mason Jr., who just happened to play for the Wizards last season.

If San Antonio can beat Washington away from home at the end of a killer road trip, what chance do the Wiz have of pulling off an upset on Friday? Get your NBA basketball lines with Bodog today.

The Mavericks have dropped four of their last five against the Spurs. Dallas won 98-81 in San Antonio on Nov. 4, but fell 133-126 in double overtime in the teams’ last meeting Dec. 9 in Dallas.

Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 32 points and 14 rebounds in that game, his fourth straight double-double against Dallas.

Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki had 35 points and 10 boards in the double-overtime defeat. He’s averaging 32.5 points and shooting 50.9 percent against the Spurs this season. Get NBA basketball picks before the big game.