Los Angeles Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks Prediction, Odds and Picks for Saturday, 12/21/24

The Los Angeles Clippers picked up a dominant 23-point road win in their last outing against the Dallas Mavericks and will be confident they can recreate that performance here in what will be the second straight game between the sides. The hosts were without the services of Luka Doncic in the previous game and he will remain unavailable on Saturday. Without him, the Mavericks managed just 95 points. While the return of Kyrie Irving should help, he is coming back from a shoulder injury, so his scoring could be impacted here if he is not at 100%. The last meeting between the sides was also the 4th straight game in which the Mavericks have given up at least 118 points to opponents. Irvings return would do little to change this.

Over the last 10 games the Clippers have been 9th in the NBA in defensive rating. They have active perimeter defenders in Kris Dunn, Norman Powell and Derick Jones Jr. who could all be used here to make life difficult for Irving. During that same stretch of games they are also 6th in the league in 3-point percentage. While the Mavericks have been leading the league in that category, they will struggle to create clean looks without the playmaking abilities of Doncic. That was evident in the last contest, where they made just 7 of 30 shots from beyond the arc. Let’s take the Clippers on the money line.

Los Angeles Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks Predictions: Los Angeles Clippers ML (+135) available at time of publishing.

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