The Dallas Mavericks face the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. The game, the first of the 2022-23 season for both teams, tips at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN and BSSW.
The Suns are a 4.5-point favorite against the Mavericks when the Suns and the Mavericks meet. The over/under for the matchup is set at 218.
Suns vs. Mavericks Betting Odds
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- Spread: Phoenix -4.5
- Total: 218
- Moneyline: Phoenix -185, Dallas +155
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Mavericks at Suns odds, spread, & more
Prediction
- Pick ATS: Suns (- 4.5)
- Pick OU:
Under (218)
- Prediction:
Suns 111 – Mavericks 106
Moneyline
- Phoenix won 81.4% of the games last season in which it was favored on the moneyline (57-13).
- In games it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -185 or shorter last year, Phoenix had a record of 42-10 (80.8%).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, Phoenix’s implied win probability is 64.9%.
- Dallas was underdogs 32 times last season and won 12, or 37.5%, of those games.
- Dallas had a record of 4-5, a 44.4% win rate, when it was set as the underdog by +155 or more by sportsbooks last season.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 39.2% chance of a victory for Dallas.
Against the spread
- Last year, the Suns averaged 10.1 more points per game (114.8) than the Mavericks allowed (104.7).
- Phoenix had a 42-27 record against the spread and a 57-12 record overall last season when scoring more than 104.7 points.
- Dallas went 43-27 against the spread and 49-21 overall last season when giving up fewer than 114.8 points.
- The Mavericks’ 108.0 points per game last year were only 0.7 more points than the 107.3 the Suns gave up to opponents.
- Dallas went 32-10 against the spread and 35-7 overall when it scored more than 107.3 points last season.
- Phoenix had an ATS record of 30-12 and a 42-0 record overall last season when its opponents scored fewer than 108.0 points.
- Last season, the Suns were at the fifth spot in the NBA’s scoring charts (114.8 PPG), while the Mavericks allowed the second-fewest points per game (104.7) in the league.
- The 24th-ranked scoring NBA team was Dallas a season ago (108.0 PPG), while the Phoenix squad was the eighth-ranked defense (107.3 PPG) in the league.
- The Suns totaled 615 more points than their opponents last season (7.5 per game on average), and the Mavericks scored 271 more points than their opponents (3.3 per game).
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Over/Under
- Phoenix’s average implied point total last season was 4.0 more points than its implied total in Wednesday’s game (115.0 implied points on average compared to 111 implied points in this game).
- Last year, Phoenix put up more than 111 points in 55 games.
- The average implied point total last season for Dallas (110.7) is 3.7 more points than the team’s implied total in this matchup (107).
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How to watch Suns vs. Mavericks
- Game Day: Wednesday, October 19, 2022
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN and BSSW
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
- Arena: Footprint Center
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Livestream: Watch on fuboTV!
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