The Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 25.12.2022;
Kick-Off – 19:30 UK;
Venue – American Airlines Center (19.200);
City – Dallas, Texas, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+9) for Lakers – 1.744.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 225 – 1.555.
The Mavs are winning, but not by a lot. Kidd’s side beat Minnesota by five points and Houston by six. It’s likely that the Lakers can catch up with the Mavericks, too. At times, though, the Los Angeles team looked pretty good.
The Lakers’ recent games have been very productive. The Lakers have scored at least 234 points in their three previous games. It’s likely that the visitors will force Dallas to be aggressive.
Three wins in five games. The Dallas Mavs were back in the game after two straight defeats. The Mavs had bad games against the Minnesota Timberwolves (106-116) and Cleveland Cavaliers (99-100).
The winning streak includes games against the Minnesota Timberwolves (104-99) and Houston Rockets (112-106). By the way, the team got their winning streak back thanks to the return of Luka Doncic to the court.
In the game with the Timberwolves, the Slovenian posted a double-double of 25 points and 10 assists. Doncic had 50 points and 10 assists in the game against the Houston Rockets.
The Mavs moved up to 8th place in the Western Conference. The Mavericks have 17 wins and 16 losses.
The Dallas Mavericks win 70.6% of their games at home.
The Los Angeles Lakers are on a losing streak. The team has lost three games in a row. After setbacks against the Phoenix Suns (104-130) and Sacramento Kings (120-134), there followed a home fiasco against the Charlotte Hornets (130-134).
Despite the loss, LeBron James emerged as the game’s best player. The Lakers’ leader scored 34 points against Charlotte.
Currently, the Lakers have 13 wins, and 19 losses and are 13th in the Western Conference standings.
Los Angeles Lakers concede an average of 121.8 away points per game.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Dallas Mavericks: Luka Dončić – Spencer Dinwiddie – Reggie Bullock – Tim Hardaway Jr. – Christian Wood.
Los Angeles Lakers: Dennis Schröder – Patrick Beverley – LeBron James – Lonnie Walker IV – Thomas Bryant.
Maxi Kleber (Out), Kemba Walker (Out), Dorian Finney-Smith (Out), Josh Green (Out) and Jaden Hardy (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Dallas Mavericks.
Juan Toscano-Anderson (Out), Anthony Davis (Out) and Lebron James (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Los Angeles Lakers.
The fixture will be played at American Airlines Center (19.200) in Dallas, Texas, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 25th of December, 2022, at 19:30 UK Time.
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