The 34-11 San Antonio Spurs will hit the highway to battle the 18-24 Dallas Mavericks in an NBA pro basketball game on Friday night. Tip off time from Dallas is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.

The odds from this NBA game will be up on Friday afternoon as Tim Duncan has a knee injury that forced him to miss Wednesday game and Kawhi Leonard is questionable with a knee injury as well.

The teams have met twice this season with San Antonio winning and covering the spread in both games home and away. Trend: Dallas Mavericks are 7-0 ATS in their past seven games.

The Spurs are 15-9 on the road this season. They are riding a six game win streak following a 106-102 home win on Wednesday night to the New Orleans Hornets as a -8 ½ point betting favorite. The game ended over 195 ½ points.

It was a great shooting night for San Antonio as they hit under 54% from the floor. A good thing they shot well as they miss 11 of 23 free throws and pull down seven less rebounds than the Hornets. Tony Parker had 24 points and 13 assists on 10 of 18 shooting. The Spurs are a top three offense this season in points scored and field goal percentage. They average 104 points a game and hit on 48.6% from the field.

The Mavericks are playing their best basketball of the season with five wins over their past six games and finally look like a playoff team. Dallas is coming off the 111-105 road win at Orlando on Sunday as a -3 ½ point betting favorite. The game ended over 201 ½ points. Over the past six games for Dallas the team has averaged over 110 points per game. In the win at Orlando the Mavs shot 50% from the floor and 8 of 15 from the three point line. Shawn Marion had 20 points and 10 rebounds on 10 of 16 shooting. Vince Carter off the bench dished out 6 assists and scored 15 points. Seven players score in double digits for Dallas. The defense needs to be better for Dallas as they are 27th in the NBA in points allowed by giving up 103 points a game.