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2021 NBA Handicapping
(31-43) Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks (46-29)
Date: Tuesday, March 29th
Time: 7:30 PM EST
Venue: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
NBA Moneyline Odds: Lakers +600 | Mavericks -690 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Mavericks -12
NBA Betting Total: 218.5
Tuesday, March 29th finds the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks playing for the third and final time this season. The teams split the prior meetings with the Lakers taking the December 15th match 107-104 in overtime while the Mavericks won 109-104 on March 1st.
Both teams last played on Sunday with LA losing 108-116 to the Pelicans while the Mavericks beat the Jazz 114-100.
Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers are 4-12 through their last 16 games and while LeBron James is playing with the verve of a 20-year-old it doesn’t matter. In fact, consider that James has scored 30 or more in 32 games this season but LA is 16-17 in those matches!
That’s a concerning fact given Anthony Davis also played in many of those games. And while I’m on that tangent – where is Davis? Wasn’t he working his way back and close to returning more than a week ago?
By virtue of the loss to the Pelicans, on Sunday LA dropped to the tenth seed and is in jeopardy of falling out of the play-in with no let-up in the schedule.
Of their final eight games, five are on the road, six are against teams seeded sixth or higher in the West plus another match against the Pelicans, and just one against a lottery team (Thunder) who happens to be 2-1 against them.
Dwight Howard (hip) is probable while LeBron James (ankle) is doubtful for Tuesday. Anthony Davis (calf) and Kendrick Nunn (knee) are out indefinitely.
Dallas Mavericks
While many expected the Jazz to vie for the third seed in the East once Steph Curry got injured, instead they’ve dropped four in a row including their most recent loss to the Mavericks.
Dallas hasn’t exactly been tearing up their schedule but they’ve gone 3-3 through the last six and got the most important victory versus the Jazz on Sunday which pushed them into the fourth seed a game ahead of Utah who is now in jeopardy of being caught by the Nuggets too.
Ironically, the move to get Kristaps Porzingis off the books has resulted in giving Dallas more options with a new small-ball lineup and most importantly added playmaking and shooting to the roster.
I’m not sure the Mavericks could honestly claim they expected this result because their preference had been to grab Goran Dragic but sometimes players just fit into certain systems better which is the case with the revitalized Spencer Dinwiddie.
Even Davis Bertans fits this system because he can just find his spot on the perimeter and await the ball to land in his hands for a wide-open 3-pointer.
Sterling Brown (quarantine) was downgraded to out Tuesday. Theo Pinson (finger) and Tim Hardaway Jr.(foot) are out indefinitely.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The Lakers are 5-11 ATS in their last 16 games.
- Dallas is 12-6 ATS in their last 18 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of the Lakers’ last 5 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas’ last 6 games.
- The Lakers are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 road games.
- The Mavericks are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 home games.
Free Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks NBA Prediction:
LA is 11-25 on the road and while the Lakers have listed LeBron as questionable with a sore knee in virtually every game he tweaked his ankle in the loss Sunday and is much more likely to miss this game than any of the previous listings.
Dallas’ size and defense are problematic for the Lakers and since they’re motivated to get a home-court seed for the first time in Doncic’s tenure they also won’t be approaching this game with less than full intensity.
Figuring out if the Mavs will cover win by more than 12 is the question and likely is depends on whether James will play or not. I’ll take a different route for this match given that uncertainty and pick the under
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