2009 NBA Playoffs Pick Dallas Mavericks (1-0) vs. San Antonio Spurs (0-1): In game 1 of this Western Conference’s first round series, the 6th seeded Dallas Mavericks put a dent on the armor of the seasoned (3rd seed) San Antonio Spurs team with a 105-97 victory.
According to oddsmaking, 2009 NBA Playoffs Pick experts at SBGglobal.com, the San Antonio Spurs [-6] will even out this series at 1 game apiece tonight when they defeat the underdog visiting, Dallas Mavericks [+6]. 
In tonight’s game 2, the Spurs have going to have to deal with a very confident Mavericks team, already one game own in the series and with home court advantage taken away.
Needless to say, tonight San Antonio finds itself in a must-win situation before traveling to Dallas for games 3 and 4.
"This league is about confidence," Dirk Nowitzki said Sunday. "You go through stretches of five or six games when you feel like you can't beat anybody. And then you go stretches like we have the last three weeks… At this point, we got confidence at the right time." The OVER/UNDER for tonight’s 2009 NBA Playoff Picks: Dallas Mavericks vs. San Antonio Spurs has been totaled at a combined 189½ points.
One of the biggest problems for the Spurs defensively was defending the pick-and-roll with Nowitzki and Barea. "We've got to find a way to stay in front of him," Michael Finley said of Barea. "If you have seven of the nine guys in your rotation playing well, the odds of you winning that game are real good," he continued. "Those guys have been playing well, and that's why they've had success.
"A lot of people know about Dirk and Jason Terry, but they forget about the production of their bench. That's the reason they've been on this winning streak before the playoffs and that's the reason they went from non-playoff team to a sixth seed."
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich echoed those sentiments: "Defensively, we need to do a better job. We can't let them score that many points and expect them to win."
Sports-Odds 2009 NBA Playoffs Pick: SAS -6
