In a matchup featuring one of the hottest squads in the NBA, the Dallas Mavericks (47-30, 9-1 in their last 10) play the Houston Rockets (38-39) at American Airlines Center on April 7, 2024. The Mavericks are favorites by eight points. The matchup’s over/under is set at 227.
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Spread: Rockets (+8) to Cover
- The model and DraftKings both have the Mavericks taking home the win, but the model has them winning by slightly less (5.8 points). Lean towards taking the Rockets.
- So far this season, Houston has compiled a 42-33-2 record against the spread.
- The Rockets have an ATS record of 5-3-1 when playing as at least 8-point underdogs this year.
- Dallas has gone 45-32-0 ATS this season.
- The Mavericks have an ATS record of 10-4 when playing as at least 8-point favorites this season.
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Total: Over 227
- The DraftKings point total for this matchup is just 3.3 points lower than the model projection.
- A total of 48 times so far this season, Dallas and its opponent have combined for more than 227 points.
- There have been 36 Houston’s games this season with more than 227 points scored.
- So far this season, 34 out of the Mavericks’ 77 games have gone over the point total.
- A total of 38 Rockets games this season have gone over the point total.
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Moneyline Winner: Mavericks (-325)
- Prediction: Mavericks 118, Rockets 112
- This season, Dallas has won 34 out of the 45 games, or 75.6%, in which it has been favored.
- Houston has been chosen as underdogs in 49 games this year and has walked away with the win 15 times (30.6%) in those games.
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Luka Doncic Rebounds Prop: Over 10.5
- Luka Doncic posts 33.8 points, 9.8 assists and 9.2 rebounds per contest.
- He has averaged 1.3 less rebounds per game (9.2) than his prop bet total in Sunday’s game (10.5).
- This will be his 73rd game with a rebound prop this season, and so far he’s hit the over 35 times.
- The Rockets are the third-best team in the league in rebounds per game (45.6) and are ranked 23rd in rebounds allowed (44.7).
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