The Los Angeles Clippers (12-5) visit the Dallas Mavericks (11-5) Tuesday at American Airlines Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET. We analyze the Clippers-Mavericks odds and lines, with NBA betting advice and tips around the matchup.
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Clippers at Mavericks: Key injuries
Clippers
- SG Landry Shamet (ankle) out
Clippers at Mavericks: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
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Prediction
Mavericks 107, Clippers 102
Moneyline (ML)
The MAVERICKS (100) have won five straight games and are 6-3 on home court. The Clippers (-121) have also won five straight, but they’re just 1-4 on the road. Both teams have been off since picking up a double-digit win Sunday. They haven’t faced each other yet this season and won’t meet again until Jan. 21 Dallas.
The Mavs beat the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers by 40-plus points before toppling the state rival Houston Rockets 137-123 their last time out. The Clips have won their last five games by margins ranging from two to 49 points.
Mavericks star SF Luka Doncic has led his team in scoring each of the last 12 games, and is averaging 30.6 points, 10.1 rebounds and 9.8 assists per game on the season. He and PF Kristaps Porzingis will go up against the Clippers’ duo of Paul George and Kawhi Leonard in a star-studded showdown. Back the home side to extend its winning streak while dealing LA its first loss since Nov. 14.
Against the Spread (ATS)
The Clippers are 9-8 ATS overall but they’re just 1-4 ATS on the road, matching their straight-up record as visitors. The Mavericks are 9-7 ATS overall but just 4-5 at home, although they cover by an average of 3.8 points per game at the AAC.
The host MAVERICKS (+1.5, -110) are the underdogs in what’s projected as a one-possession game. The moneyline has a greater profit margin, but the spread can also be played at near-even money.
New to sports betting? A $10 bet for the Mavericks to lose by a single point or win outright using the spread returns a profit of $9.09. The same bet for the straight-up win on the moneyline fetches a profit of $10.
Over/Under (O/U)
Back the UNDER 227.5 (-115) with Leonard and George likely to limit Doncic’s production, but exhausting themselves at the defensive end of the floor in the process.
The Mavericks are a league-best 12-4 against the O/U while topping the projected totals by an average of 10.1 points per game. The Clippers are just 7-10 against the number and fall an average of four points shy of the projected total.
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