Dallas Mavericks versus Philadelphia 76ers Pick NBA Pro Basketball 11-27-2012

The 7-7 Dallas Mavericks will travel to face the 8-6 Philadelphia 76ers in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night. Tip off time from Philadelphia is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA TV.

A check of the odds and the home team Philadelphia 76ers are a -3 ½ point favorite with an over under line of 192 ½ points. When the NBA odds were released a few hours ago the 76ers were a -3 point favorite and the total was lined at 194 points. We have seen a ½ point move on Philadelphia and a 1 ½ point move on the under. Trend: The under is 8-1 in their past nine head to head meetings.

Dallas has been navigating through the first month of the 2012-13 season without Dirk Nowitzki who is recovering from knee surgery. He is about a month away from returning to the lineup. The Mavericks has lost six of his past nine games. Their defense has been poor as they are giving up 110 points per game to their opponents. They come off a 115-89 home loss on Saturday to the LA Lakers who were playing the back end of a back to back.

The 76ers offense just like last year will have those games where they struggle for points on the scoreboards. They average just 92 a game and connect on 42% from the field. They just broke a two game losing streak as they beat Phoenix on Sunday night 104-101 as a -4 point home favorite. Jrue Holiday had a great game with 33 points and 13 assists.