Why do i torture myself like this?
The Phoenix Suns are playing tonight and that means I will be loading up with both hands when I bet on the Dallas Mavericks to extract some serious payback on the Steve Nash led Arizona boys. Ive lost count on how much Phoenix has removed from my savings account as they mowed down first the Lakers, then the Clippers and now the Mavs in game 1!
If I was smart and we all know Im not I would not have taken a peek at the morning line which shows Dallas as being a very heavy -7 favorite in tonights tilt at the America Airlines building.
Dallas was strolling along with a large lead in game one when Phoenix came storming back behind Nash who finished with 27 points and 16 assists against his former team, finding his shooting range after struggling from the perimeter against the Los Angeles Clippers in the semifinals. He went 11-of-18 from the field and hit a pair of 3-pointers during the pivotal fourth-quarter run.
Unfortunately the injury bug has hit the Suns as midway through the fourth quarter G Raja Bell went down with what later was diagnosed as a left calf strain. Bell started hobbling after releasing a jumper and was on the floor for a pair of possessions before the Suns called timeout. He had to be helped off the court by teammates. Shortly thereafter, F Shawn Marion came up limping with a sprained left ankle. He remained in the game but had to be carted to an X-ray room afterward. It is the same ankle he injured in the conference semifinals vs. the Los Angeles Clippers.
Bells injury is now a torn calf muscle and he is gone for a while, but look for Marion to gut it out, while Dallas will lose talented Josh Howard with an ankle injury.
The Mavericks win tonight by 20!
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