The Oklahoma City Thunder will visit the American Airlines Center in Dallas to face the Dallas MavericksWednesday night February 1. The Thunder are leading their division even though they lost a tough game against the Los Angeles Clippers Monday night in Los Angeles. Nevertheless, they have won 8 of their last 10 and enjoy a 16-4 record. The Mavericks are leading their division at 14-8 are the defending NBA champions, have won three straight and 7 of their last 10. This all makes for a very competitive matchup.

Oklahoma is lead by scoring machine Kevin Durant. Durant is averaging 26.8 points and nearly 8 rebounds per game. In Monday nights' loss to the Clippers, Durant poured in 36 points and hauled down 13 rebounds. The Mavericks are lead by veteran forward Dirk Nowitzki who is averaging 16.7 points per game. Jason Kidd leads the team in both assists and steals, while Brendan Haywood is leading the team with 7 rebounds per game.

This season the Thunder are 11-9 ATS and 6-5 ATS while on the road. The Mavericks are 14-8 ATS and 8-4 ATS when playing on their home court. Head to head Dallas is 7-3 SU and 7-3 ATS in the last 10 games against Oklahoma City. The total has been OVER in 6 of the last 10 games the two teams have played head to head.

Oklahoma is 4-1 SU over their last five games but in those five games the only top team they faced was the Clippers and they lost by 12. The Mavericks on the other hand are also 4-1 SU in their last five games but have beaten Phoenix twice and were victorious last Sunday against San Antonio.
Dallas is playing at home and enjoys a good record of winning both ATS and SU on their home court. Nowitzki is starting to get into game shape and they have played far better competition over their last five games than Oklahoma City has. In a high scoring game, the Mavericks will win ATS.

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