The Mavs have been closely monitoring Parsons minutes, he has barely played more than 20 minutes in any game this season. This game is the 2nd of a back to back. Obviously Mavs are way older than Thunder and have many guys -Dirk, Deron Williams, Parsons- who need to have their minutes closely monitored. This team beat OKC in OKC last year but they had Monta Ellis, Tyson Chandler, Stoudemire, Rondo, and Al-Farouq Aminu making substantial contributions and all of them are gone. The Thunder have always been the more athletic team but now there is a huge disparity. I don't think Dallas will be able to do a good enough job defending the paint. OKC needs a win and they are home. Barea can't match up with a motivated Westbrook. I'm wary of Westbrook trying to do too much though. I'm taking the Thunder but I will wait and hope the line moves a little in OKC's favor. I plan to buy a point or maybe even 2...OKC needs this win so much more there is even the revenge factor coming into play as the Thunder were swept by Dallas last season. I will update as soon as I lay the bet.