The New Orleans Pelicans (24-16) visit the Dallas Mavericks (23-17) at American Airlines Center, tipping off at 2:30 PM ET on Monday, January 15, 2024. The Mavericks are 4-point underdogs in the game. The matchup’s over/under is set at 236.
Dive into the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) in Monday’s game, before you place an informed wager on the contest.
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Spread: Mavericks (+4) to Cover
- The model favors the Pelicans by 0.8 points, a much smaller margin than the 4-point spread set by DraftKings. Take the Mavericks to cover.
- Dallas is 22-18-0 against the spread this year.
- The Mavericks are 4-4 ATS this year when playing as at least 4-point underdogs.
- New Orleans’ ATS record is 23-16-1 this season.
- When playing as at least 4-point favorites this season, the Pelicans have an ATS record of 7-6.
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Total: Under 236
- The DraftKings point total for this game is just 4.1 points highter than the model projection.
- A total of 13 times so far this year, New Orleans and its opponent have combined for more than 236 points.
- There have been 22 Dallas’ games this season with more than 236 points scored.
- In the Pelicans’ 40 games this season, the combined scoring has gone over the point total 19 times.
- Mavericks games have gone over the point total 22 out of 40 times this year.
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Moneyline Winner: Pelicans (-170)
- Prediction: Pelicans 117, Mavericks 116
- This season, New Orleans has been favored 21 times and won 13, or 61.9%, of those games.
- Dallas has been chosen as underdogs in 15 games this year and has walked away with the win six times (40%) in those games.
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Brandon Ingram Rebounds Prop: Over 4.5
- Brandon Ingram posts 21.8 points, 5.4 assists and 4.6 boards per game.
- He averages 0.1 more rebounds than his prop bet Monday of 4.5.
- Oddsmakers have set a rebound total for him 40 times this season, and he has hit the over in 14 of those games.
- In 2023-24, the Mavericks are 24th in the league in rebounds (41.9 per game) and second-worst in rebounds allowed (46.7).
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Kyrie Irving Points Prop: Under 33.5
- The Mavericks are getting 25.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game from Kyrie Irving this season.
- The 25.1 points Irving has scored per game this season is 8.4 fewer than his prop total set for Monday (33.5).
- So far this season, Irving is 12-for-27 at scoring more than the total set for his points prop.
- So far this year, the Pelicans are putting up 116.4 points per game (11th-ranked in NBA) and giving up 111.7 points per contest (10th-ranked).
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