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2022 NBA Handicapping
(16-16) Dallas Mavericks vs. Houston Rockets (9-22)
Date: Friday, December 23rd
Time: 8:00 PM EST
Venue: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
NBA Moneyline Odds: Mavericks -225 | Rockets +175 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Mavericks -6
NBA Betting Total: 221.5
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Friday, December 23rd finds the Dallas Mavericks facing the Houston Rockets for the second of four scheduled matches. Houston won the initial November 16th match 101-92. Dallas will host again on December 29th while Houston will host the final contest on January 2nd.
Both teams last played on Wednesday with the Mavericks defeating Minny 104-99 while the Rockets lost 110-116 to the Magic.
The Last season, the teams played four times with the Mavericks sweeping the regular season series. The Rockets have won 101 of the 190 matches played versus the Mavericks all-time.
*Editor’s Note: Statistics and rankings are current as of this writing, Thursday evening, December 22nd. Numbers may vary slightly entering games on Friday, December 23rd.
Dallas Mavericks
Luka Doncic is averaging 32.2 points, 8.3 rebounds, 8.7 assists, and 1.6 steals per game.
Luka gets to the line 10.1 times per game shooting 73.7 percent. He’s taking 22.2 field goal attempts per match hitting 49.4 percent and 8.1 long balls connecting at 34.5 percent efficiency.
The Mavericks score 110.9 points per game ranking 22nd overall. As for their efficiency, they shoot 46.5% from the field and 35.9%.from the perimeter ranking 20th and 14th respectively.
On defense, the Mavs rank sixth for opponent scoring allowing 109.5 points per game with foes shooting 48.1% from the field and 36.03% from the perimeter ranking 25th and 17th respectively.
Kemba Walker (rest) and Dorian Finney-Smith (abdominal) are out Friday. Josh Green (elbow sprain), and Maxi Kleber (torn hamstring) are out. McKinley Wright IV and Tyler Dorsey are on G League assignment.
Houston Rockets
Jalen Green leads the team as the only 20 points scorer averaging 21.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.6 assists.
He’s shooting 41.1 percent from the field on 17. 6 attempts, 31.2 percent from the perimeter on 7.1 attempts, and 79.3 percent from the stripe on 5.8 attempts.
Offensively, the Rockets score 109.5 points per game ranking 28th overall. Houston shoots 44.3 percent from the field which is the worst in the league and 33.0 percent from the perimeter ranking 28th overall.
Defensively, the Rockets allow opponents to score 115.4 points per game which ranks 20th overall, while Houston’s foes shoot 47.5% and 36.5% from the perimeter ranking 21st and 22nd respectively.
Garrison Mathews (illness) is questionable while Jae’Sean Tate (ankle) and Eric Gordon (thumb) are out Friday. Josh Christopher, Darius Days, and Trevor Hudgins are on G League assignment
NBA Betting Trends:
- The Mavericks are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games when playing in Houston.
- The Rockets are 6-14 SU in their last 20 games at home.
- The Mavericks are 4-14 SU in their last 18 games on the road.
- The Rockets are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games.
- The Mavericks are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against Houston.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston’s last 6 games against Dallas.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Dallas’ last 5 games.
Free Dallas Mavericks vs. Houston Rockets NBA Prediction:
Just when it looked like the young Rockets might string together some wins they’ve coughed up consecutive losses to fellow tanking clubs so it’s hard to back them beating a team who are desperate to stay close to the front of the pack.
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