Mavericks vs Pistons Betting Odds: Dallas Rolls over Detroit

Mavericks Stopped the Bleeding

The Dallas Mavericks finally put a stop to their four-game losing streak with a narrow win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday. Prior to that win, the Mavs had dropped games to the Bucks, Raptors, Celtics and Nuggets. That’s a tough stretch of games, but Dallas also wasn’t playing up to their potential throughout that stretch.

The Pistons find themselves on a three-game losing streak after dropping their game on Tuesday night to the New York Knicks. Wins have come as a premium for Detroit this season, with only five total wins this season. There are a number of Pistons players on the NBA injury report today which is going to make it difficult for them to beat Dallas. The Mavericks vs Pistons betting odds opened with Dallas as a seven-point favorite and have moved to -8. The total on the game opened at 222 and has moved down just slightly to 221.5. Let’s see where we can find some value in this game.

Game Information

Pistons Not Firing on Any Cylinder

We start our Mavericks vs Pistons betting odds preview by taking a look at the struggles that Detroit has had this season. They have struggled offensively all season, but have been especially bad on that end of the floor over their last three games. They’ve failed to score more than 110 points in each of those games and are only averaging 102 points per game during that stretch.

Much of that struggle can be attributed to their leading scorer Cade Cunningham being out with an injury. Rookie Jaden Ivey has also missed time recently, which has affected Detroit’s offense. It’s also quite surprising, but the Pistons are averaging 0.4 fewer points on their home floor than they are on the road.

We expect this to be another tough night for the Pistons offense as they face a very strong Dallas defense. The Mavericks have the fourth-best defense in the league, giving up just 107.6 points per game. They are great at getting opponents to turn the ball over which is something that Detroit has been doing a lot of lately.

Total Looks Like Play of The Day

Based on the lack of offense from Detroit and the tough defense from Dallas, we think a look at the under 221.5 is the best play in this game. Both of these teams also play at a very slow pace. The Mavericks love to take their time bringing the ball up the court and get set in their offense, which is why they have played at the slowest pace in the league all season.

Over the last five games, the Pistons pace has also slowed. Without some of their main scorers, Detroit’s style of play has had to change which has taken their pace of play from ranked 16th over the entirety of the season to 26th over their last five games.

We think this could be a 105-95-type game with Dallas winning and covering the Mavericks vs Pistons Betting odds of -7.5, and the under 221.5

While the Mavericks have one of the NBA stats leaders when it comes to scoring in Luka Doncic, they still don’t put up a ton of points each game, which is another reason why we like the under.

They’ve struggled scoring as of late and their offensive rating is ranked in the bottom 10 over the last week. We think this could be a 105-95-type game with Dallas winning and covering the Mavericks vs Pistons Betting odds of -7.5, and the under 221.5 hitting with ease.
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