If you watched the Mavericks close out win over the Clippers, you would have heard the commentators repeatedly praising the Dallas defense. They kept commenting about how the Mavericks had transformed themselves into an elite defensive team. Maybe not elite but the Mavericks sure were tough in the final 2 games. LA scored only 93 and 101 points. As a matter of fact, the Clippers scored 93 or less in 4 of the final 5 games.

The Thunder were even better defensively. They held New Orleans to an average of less than 90 points in a 4-game first round sweep.The Pelicans scored 92, 92, 85 and 89 points. The Mavericks are 4-1 to the under their last 5 tries, when playing with 3 or fewer days rest. Go with Under!