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2022 NBA Handicapping
(17-11) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Dallas Mavericks (14-13)
Date: Wednesday, December 14th
Time: 9:00 PM EST
Venue: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
NBA Moneyline Odds: Cavaliers +117 | Mavericks -127 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Mavericks -2
NBA Betting Total: 213
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On Wednesday, December 14th, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Dallas Mavericks meet for the first of two scheduled contests. Cleveland will host the second match three days from now on December 17th.
Both teams last played Monday with the Cavaliers losing 111-112 to the Spurs while the Mavericks defeated the Thunder 121-114.
Last season the teams played twice with each team winning on the road. The Cavaliers hold the all-time record having bested the Mavericks in 41 of their 81 matches.
Cleveland Cavaliers
Although the Cavaliers have carved out a spot between the top two teams in the East and the bunched middling group they’re much closer to the second group than the former.
Case in point, they followed up their five-game losing streak, and four-game winning streak by playing .500 through the next 10 matches. Dive in deeper and they’re winning games against lower-tier clubs and struggling against winning teams.
Donovan Mitchell leads his squad with 29 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 4.7 assists while shooting 49.6 percent from the field on 20.6 attempts, 41.9 percent from deep on 9.0 attempts, and 89.1 percent from the line on 5.4 attempts.
Offensively, Cleveland scores 110.9 points per game ranking 22nd while shooting 47.5% from the field and 36.8%, and the perimeter ranking 11th and ninth respectively.
Cleveland tops the league for opponent scoring limiting foes to an average of 105.1 points per game. Cavs opponents shoot 45.7% from the field and 35.0% from deep which ranks sixth and 14th respectively.
Mamadi Diakite is on G-League assignment. Dean Wade (shoulder), Dylan Windler (ankle), and Ricky Rubio (ACL surgery) are out indefinitely.
Dallas Mavericks
Luka Doncic is averaging 33.1 points, 8.6 rebounds, 8.8 assists, and 1.7 steals per game. Luka gets to the line 10.4 times per game shooting 71.8 percent. He’s taking 22.8 field goal attempts per match hitting 50 percent and 8.3 long balls connecting at 34.1 percent efficiency.
Without their star in the lineup Saturday (plus Josh Green and Maxi Kleber) everyone saw just how much impact he has on the Mavericks squad and his subsequent return on Monday equated to a victory and climbing back above .500.
The Mavericks score 111.9 points per game ranking 19th overall. As for their efficiency, they shoot 46.9% from the field and 35.8%.from the perimeter ranking 16th and 15th respectively.
On defense, the Mavs rank seventh for opponent scoring allowing 110.1 points per game with foes shooting 48.3% from the field and 37.1% from the perimeter ranking 26th and 25th respectively.
Maxi Kleber (knee sprain) is questionable while Josh Green (elbow sprain) is out Wednesday. McKinley Wright IV is on G League assignment.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The Cavaliers are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games against Dallas.
- The Mavericks are 5-14-1 ATS in their last 20 games.
- The Cavaliers are 1-8 ATS in their last 9 games on the road.
- The Mavericks are 10-3 SU in their last 13 games at home.
- The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Cleveland’s last 9 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas’ last 5 games.
Free Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Dallas Mavericks NBA Prediction:
Historically, younger teams perform much better at home but this season the disparity between home and road is impacting copious squads (Warriors, Raptors, Heat) who aren’t just comprised of youth or purposely tanking.
The Mavericks are one of those clubs with an 11-4 record at home versus 3-9 on away from home. Fortunately, this match is at American Airlines Center with their superstar in the lineup. Hence I’ll take the Mavs to win and cover.
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