New Orleans Pelicans vs Dallas Mavericks Prediction, Odds and Picks for Tuesday, 11/19/24

Despite being down several key players, the New Orleans Pelicans have shown they still have a lot of character in them and have been in games lately. They even beat the Nuggets a couple of days ago, although Denver was without Nikola Jokic. The Pels are double-digit underdogs against Dallas here, as they look to win their 2nd Emirates NBA Cup game in a row. This team has started to gel together, as the replacements are finally getting used to playing each other. They just pushed the Lakers to the brink, losing by only 5 points.

After 4 consecutive losses by 1 possession, the Mavericks finally returned to form with back-to-back wins over San Antonio and Oklahoma City. The win over the Thunder was particularly impressive as they did it without Luka Doncic. He is once again questionable here with a knee problem and although they just beat OKC, the Mavs were just 4-8 without Doncic last season. Despite the 2-game win streak, I still have a hard time trusting this team. The loss at Utah was not a good look for a team trying to get back to the NBA Finals. New Orleans might not have the flashy names on paper right now, but they are showing a lot more passion than some other teams are, playing as underdogs on a nightly basis. If they can keep the pace somewhat slow here then I give them a chance of keeping things close. I’m taking New Orleans to cover in this one.

Pelicans vs Mavericks prediction: Pelicans +11 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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