NBA Picks: Miami Heat at Dallas Mavericks Odds

The Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday night at 8:30pm EST when they meet at the American Airlines Center in a game that can be seen on NBA-TV or FOX SW. NBA picks have the Mavericks listed as 11.5-point favorites at home against the Heat with a betting total of 184 at online sportsbooks. The Heat dominated the second overtime session as they defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 100-87 on Friday as 6.5-point underdogs in NBA odds while the game's 187-points went UNDER the posted total of 188.5.

Michael Beasley scored a career high of 30-points and eight rebounds for the Heat filling in for the injured Dwyane Wade while Jermaine O'Neal and Mario Chalmers had 18-points apiece in the win to lift Miami to their fifth straight win. "When you are up during the game, or down, regulation or overtime, you have to have some mental [toughness]. Just stay in the moment," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said after the game. "The guys did a good job of doing that. Every guy that played had an impact on the game." Heading into tonight's match-up, the Heat are 29-27 straight up on the season, 29-26-1 against the spread as underdogs in NBA picks and 2-8 after playing Memphis.

The Mavericks scored 30-points in the fourth quarter to rally for a 95-85 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday as 6.5-point underdogs in NBA odds. The teams played UNDER the posted total of 204 at online sportsbooks. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 23-points, four rebounds and five assists while Jason Terry netted 16 for the Mavericks second straight win. Caron Butler scored 16-points and Brendan Haywood added 15 with nine rebounds for Dallas after being acquired from the Washington Wizards.

"We're capable of playing good defense and we showed that," Nowitzki said after the game. "The guy that really made this trade work for us is Haywood and he showed why tonight. He was battling in there." Heading into tonight's match-up, the Mavericksare 34-21 straight up on the season, 23-32 against the spread as favorites in NBA odds and 9-1 after playing Orlando. The betting total has gone UNDER in 6 of Miami's last 7 games when playing on the road against Dallas. Vegas odds at Caesars sportsbook have the Dallas Mavericks -11.5 favorites against the Miami Heat with a total of 184.