No blowout for the Mavs?
Shortly before Christmas Eve, the Mavs will host the Nuggets. The visitors are second in the Western Conference and are once again among the hottest contenders in the NBA championship odds.
The home team had a disastrous start to the season but has stabilized in recent weeks. Looking back at the last ten games, the basketball players from the Lone Star State have recorded a majority of wins (6) and are now in eleventh place in the table, which is at least somewhat better than before.
Nevertheless, they are the underdogs against the team from the foot of the Rocky Mountains. However, due to their recent upswing, the forecast for the game at the American Airlines Center between the Dallas Mavericks and Denver Nuggets is that they will lose by a maximum of seven points or cause an upset in the form of a home win.
In addition, we see sufficient value in the odds of 19 or more points by Cooper Flagg for the home team. The first pick in the last draft achieved this record in seven of his nine games in December, averaging 24 points! This output shows a clear upswing for the 19-year-old rookie. By comparison, his seasonal scoring average is 18.8 points.
Dallas Mavericks – Denver Nuggets Head-to-head comparison / H2H record
The Texans shocked the Nuggets earlier this month with an unexpected away win at Ball Arena. However, the home record of the basketball hunters from the “Lone Star State” against Denver in recent years is not good from their point of view.
Only one of the last four games in front of their own fans ended in victory for Coach Jason Kidd’s team. The bookmakers are now once again giving the visiting franchise from the “Mile-High City” the role of favorites in the Dallas Mavericks vs. Denver Nuggets odds.
Dallas Mavericks – Denver Nuggets Tip
The basketball players from Colorado are in second place in the West, where they usually are, and are once again living up to their status as one of the NBA’s top teams. The season is proving more difficult for the home team.
With Kyrie Irving still out, they are missing their best guard. Dallas’ second star, forward Anthony Davis, has also missed numerous games since the start of the season and is probably already on his farewell tour, as the transfer rumors surrounding “AD” continue unabated.
Despite these personnel concerns, the Mavs have recently found their footing and won six of their last ten games. They also scored a victory against their upcoming opponent from Denver at the beginning of the month and recently against the Eastern Conference leaders from Detroit.
The form curve in “Big D” is thus pointing upwards. Against this backdrop, the Dallas Mavericks vs. Denver Nuggets betting odds for a home win, including a handicap of plus 7.5 points for the hosts, look promising. The prediction is underpinned by the continued absence of the Nuggets’ powerful forward Aaron Gordon, which means the visitors are currently equally weakened in terms of personnel.
