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The San Antonio Spurs (27-4) will visit the undermanned Dallas Mavericks (24-6) who will be playing without its injured superstar power-forward Dirk Nowitzki.

Coming into the game, the Spurs is the slight favorite to win their match-up due to its superior win-loss record and the absence of Nowitzki in their all important game this year.

The Spurs who is still on cloud nine after defeating the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers at home 97-82 is very determined to keep their winning momentum alive when they face the host team Mavericks. Read more

NBA Teams: Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs

Sporting a 19-5 record, the Mavericks is considered as one of the top teams in the ongoing NBA season and heavily favored to win over the Blazers 12-13 in their game. Read more

NBA Teams: Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers

Sporting an impressive record of 15-4, the Maverick is the hottest team in the NBA today and getting their 16th victory of the NBA season will be easy against the Kings.

The Mavericks is having a banner year in the current NBA season and just a game behind NBA leader San Antonio Spurs.

The NBA Western Conference powerhouse is playing superb this year due to the strong plays of its core players lead by versatile power-forward Dirk Nowitzki, veteran point-guard Jason Kidd and high-flying guard Jason “Jet” Terry.

The past NBA seasons, the Mavericks also had the number of the Kings beating them for the past six games.

Mavericks forward Caron Butler also had a great season for his team that contributed greatly to the success of the Mavericks this year.

Butler said if they continue to play as a team and with the sole purpose of winning, there is no reason they cannot get the NBA championship from the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2010-2011 NBA season.

If Butler and the rest of the Mavericks will have an A-game on Saturday night, the night could be early for the home-team Kings.

Despite the huge odds against them, the Kings could still win the game and upset the Mavericks if they play tough defense and limit their turnovers.

Kings star point-guard Tyreke Evans also needs to shake off the dust and play great to give his team a chance to beat the Mavericks.

The 2009-10 rookie of the year averaged 19.9 points on 44.7-percent shooting his first 10 games, but 12.7 on a paltry 28.9-percent shooting the last six contests.

However, if Evans can repeat his 22.5 points and made 50.7 percent of his shots average in four games against the Mavericks last season this year, there is a big chance for the home-team to upset the Mavericks.

Evans is the main catalyst for the Kings if he can produce great numbers and dished out assist to his teammates, victory against the tough Mavericks is very possible for the Kings.

NBA Teams: Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings.

Sporting a 9-7 win-loss record, the Heat hopes to get its winning groove back when they face the dangerous Mavericks at its own home-floor.

Despite its star laden line-up made up of three of the top young NBA superstars, the Heat is the underdog in this game due to the superior 11-4 record.

Heat superstars’ point-guard Dwayne “Flash” Wade, Lebron “King” James, and Chris Bosh will have their hands full against the Mavericks who will once again be lead by its one-two punch made up superstar power-forward Dirk Nowitzki and veteran point-guard Jason Kidd.

To win against the Mavericks, the Heat big-three comprising of Wade, James and Bosh need assert themselves and make their presence felt inside the American Airlines Arena.

The three Heat superstars need to complement each other if it wishes to defeat the Mavericks and go back to its winning groove.

Before the start of the current NBA season, the Heat had been considered as one of the top favorites to bring home the championship crown alongside defending champion Los Angeles Lakers and NBA Eastern conference powerhouse Boston Celtics.

However, as the NBA season progresses the Heat has shown that they still have a lot of things to do in order to get the NBA crown one of whom is team chemistry as shown by their losses this year.

Despite its losing woes, NBA experts still believe the Heat can still go all the way and become the champion in the 2010 NBA season.

To accomplish its goal to capture the NBA crown, the Heat needs to start winning consistently now starting in its game against the favored Mavericks team.

The Mavericks for its part is poised to get its 12th victory against the Heat if they can limit the big-three of the Heat.

To defeat the Heat, Nowitzki and Kidd also need to produce a great game and make life hard for their visitor.

NBA Teams: Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat