Will the upcoming ‘Rookie of the Year’ take the lead again?
In Dallas, the front office has been very busy in recent weeks, arranging an XXL trade with the Washington Wizards. Several players changed jerseys in the process. Read our preview of tomorrow night’s game to find out whether the newly assembled Texas team is likely to win the duel between the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks.
As part of the trade, the Mavs gave up multiple All-Star Anthony Davis, among others. However, Davis has been injured frequently this season and is past his prime anyway. Dallas also received several players in return, such as Khris Middleton and Marvin Bagley.
In addition, the franchise from the “Lone Star State” picked up two first-round picks and three second-round picks in the upcoming drafts. These options are also the focus of the front office’s considerations surrounding the trade with the Wizards.
The long-term goal is clearly to build a new team around rookie Cooper Flagg. The forward is the first pick of the last draft and the great hope in Dallas. The 19-year-old is currently playing particularly consistently.
Flagg has scored at least 32 points in four of the last five games! Against this backdrop, the prediction of at least 21.5 points by the youngster in the duel between the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks appears promising.
In addition, we expect a home win for the Valley’s basketball hunters by at least eight points. The Mavs are coming off seven straight losses and, with the exception of Flagg, are in poor form.
In addition, the Suns are counting on their home-court advantage: they have won 17 of their 26 home games this season, while Dallas has won only 22.7 percent of its away games in the current NBA season.
Phoenix Suns – Dallas Mavericks Head-to-head comparison / H2H record
Phoenix won the only game against the Mavericks this season last November. In that game, the Suns won 123-114 on the road. This is not a new pattern for this pairing: two-thirds of the last nine meetings also ended in defeat for the Texans.
The odds also favor the home team in the upcoming showdown between the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks.
Phoenix Suns – Dallas Mavericks Tip
Dallas is facing a rebuild of the team. The recent mega-trade with Washington shook up the roster in Texas, and the signs are clearly pointing toward rebuilding. Rookie Copper Flagg is at the center of this.
The 19-year-old is expected to become nothing less than the new Dirk Nowitzki or Luka Donic in D-Town. He undoubtedly has the talent, but he still lacks similarly talented teammates, which is why the plan in Dallas is a bet on the future. For now, Flagg has to lead more or less on his own, and he has recently delivered a string of strong performances.
In the last five games, he has averaged 33 points, and his recent streak of four consecutive games with at least 30 points is something no rookie in NBA history has ever achieved before! We now believe he is capable of another stellar performance and are betting on the small forward from Maine to score more than 21.5 points again in the game between the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks.
