Dallas Mavericks favored to beat Portland Trail Blazers in playoff series

The Dallas Mavericks seeks for a morale boosting victory when they play host to the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday evening in Game 1 of the National Basketball Association playoffs.The home-team Dallas Mavericks team is favored to roll past the Portland Trail Blazers in their scheduled game and the entire playoff series as well.

The Dallas Mavericks is picked to win over the Portland Trail Blazers due to their better NBA record and the fact that they have beaten the latter in their NBA regular season games.To prevail over the Portland Trail Blazers the Dallas Mavericks need to play solid in both offence and defense in this game.

The Mavericks also need to take advantage of their experience against the young Blazers to win this series.Mavericks superstar power-forward Dirk Nowitzki also need to score and rebound big for his team to bring down the Blazers.Mavericks veteran point-guard Jayson Kidd also need to score and provide good plays for his team to defeat the Blazers.

Tyson Chandler, the dependable center of the Mavericks also need to play huge for his team in this game in terms of scoring and rebounds to defeat the Blazers.Chandler must also do his best to play hard on defense to stop Blazers rising power-forward Lamarcus Aldridge from scoring big for his team.

The Mavericks has all the reasons to win this game all they need to do is to play smart and with determination on game-day.The visiting Blazers for its part can pull an upset against the Mavericks if the team can play huge defense in 48 minutes and score big points at the same time.Aldridge also need to score and rebound big for his team to bring down the home-team Mavericks.

Aside from Aldridge the rest of the Blazers roster also need to play huge in this game to defeat the Mavericks.Veteran Blazers point-guard Andre Miller and center Marcus Camby must contribute in scoring and rebounding for their team respectively to defeat the Mavericks.

The Blazers can upset the Mavericks in this game and the entire series if they can come up with a good game-plan and execute it well come game-time.