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2022 NBA Playoffs Handicapping Round 1
(2-2) Utah Jazz vs. Dallas Mavericks (2-2)
Date: Monday, April 25th
Time: 9:30 PM EST
Venue: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
NBA Moneyline Odds: Mavericks +140 | Mavericks -148 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Jazz -3
NBA Betting Total: 212.5
Monday, April 25th the fifth-place Utah Jazz and fourth place Dallas Mavericks play the pivotal Game 5 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series. The teams are all even following the 100-99 victory by the Jazz in Game four.
The clubs split the 2021-22 season series with Utah winning 120-116 on December 25th and 114-109 on February 25th while Dallas won 111-103 on March 7th and 114-100 on March 27th.
Utah holds the all-time record having bested the Mavericks in 106 of their 183 regular-season matches but the Mavericks possess the postseason edge (6-3) having won two prior first-round series in 1986 (3-1) and 2001 (3-2)
Utah Jazz
With Luka Doncic returning from his injured calf the Mavericks got a boost and it puts pressure on the Jazz superstar Donovan Mitchell to raise his productivity.
Through four games he’s averaging 30.2 points, four rebounds, and six assists but has struggled with inefficiency and lack of scoring in clutch time. He’s shooting 39.6 percent from the field and 23.5 percent from the perimeter.
In Game 4, Mitchell scored 23 points on 7 of 21 from the field but struggled after the first quarter when he connected on 4 of 7 field goals then shot 3 of 14 the rest of the way.
Jordan Clarkson led the scoring with 25 points while Rudy Gobert was utilized more on offense registering a double-double of 17 points and 15 rebounds and Bojan Bogdanovic chipped in 12 as the other double-figure scorer.
Trent Forrest (foot) is out indefinitely while Udoka Azubuike (ankle) is done for the season.
Dallas Mavericks
It seemed like a risk to bring back Doncic for Game 4, especially once Dallas took the 2-1 series lead. But as the young superstar is wont to do he proved that theory wrong by dropping a double-double of 30 points and 10 rebounds plus four assists, and two steals.
In hindsight, coach Jason Kidd and Doncic might have figured this game could serve to shake off the rust, but it sure didn’t seem like he’d missed a beat.
All five starters scored in double-figures with Jalen Brunson remaining hot offering 23 points while the trio of Dorian Finney-Smith, Dwight Powell, and Reggie Bullock each scored 11.
Frank Ntilikina (illness) is questionable for Monday. Tim Hardaway Jr.(foot) is out indefinitely.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Utah is 3-11-1 ATS in their last 15 games.
- Dallas is 9-2-1 ATS in their last 12 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Utah’s last 6 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 8 of Dallas’ last 11 games.
- The Jazz are 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 playoff games as an underdog.
- The Mavericks are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games as a home favorite.
Free Utah Jazz vs. Dallas Mavericks NBA Prediction:
Dallas overcame a 16-point deficit and was poised for victory leading by four points with 40 seconds remaining but failed to hold on. Instead, the Jazz who’ve made a habit of losing double-digit leads (doing it 16 times this season) finally got one to go their way.
Utah also received almost double the free throw attempts (42 to 23). Post-game, Doncic didn’t complain preferring to focus on the Mavs’ need to stop fouling.
It was a step for the youngster who has received more than his share of techs often for complaining about receiving fouls or not getting calls.
Teams who win Game 5 typically go on to win the series so this match carries extra relevance especially since Dallas was so close to being able to wrap up the series tonight.
Doncic has dispensed of the rust and my guess is he won’t accept anything less than a victory so take the Mavericks to win and cover the meager 3-point spread.
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