The Portland Trail Blazers (9-19) travel to face off against the Dallas Mavericks (18-10) on Monday, December 23rd. This game will be played at American Airlines Center in Dallas and televised on KATU. The Mavericks are coming off a win in their previous game, while the Trail Blazers are looking to get back on track from a loss to the Trail Blazers. Tip-off is set for 8:30 ET.

Trail Blazers vs Mavericks

The Trail Blazers Look To Bounce Back From A Loss

Portland’s struggles continued on Saturday with a 114-94 road loss to the Spurs, dropping their record to 9-19. The Blazers entered the game as +6.5 point underdogs but failed to cover the spread, losing by 20 points.

After falling behind 60-44 at halftime, Portland couldn’t mount a comeback, as both teams scored 27 points in the 3rd and 4th quarters. The game’s total of 208 points fell short of the 225.5 O/U line.

The Mavericks Look To Bounce Back From A Loss

The Mavericks improved to 18-10 on the season with a 113-97 win over the Clippers on Saturday. Dallas, favored by 3.5 points, covered the spread. The game’s total points of 210 fell short of the 220.5 O/U line.

Dallas took control in the 2nd quarter, outscoring the Clippers 31-18. After a 26-20 3rd quarter in favor of L.A., the Mavericks responded by winning the 4th quarter 39-31, highlighted by a 10-0 run that extended their lead from 104-96 to 114-96.

Trail Blazers Offense Breakdown

In their loss to the Spurs, the Trail Blazers managed just 94 points, shooting 39.6% from the field and 27.9% from three-point range. Shaedon Sharpe led the way with 25 points, hitting 50% of his threes and shooting 68.8% overall.

Anfernee Simons added 18 points, though he connected on just 31.8% of his shots, including 27.3% from deep. Deandre Ayton contributed 14 points, shooting 63.6% from the floor.

Mavericks Offense Breakdown

Quentin Grimes led the Mavericks with 20 points in their 113-97 win over the Clippers, shooting 87.5% from the field and hitting 3 threes at a 75% clip. Klay Thompson added 16 points, making 4 threes at 66.7% efficiency.

Grimes scored 14 of his 20 points in the 4th quarter, while Thompson added 6 in the final period. The Mavericks hit 14 threes, shooting 40% from deep, and finished with a 45.5% overall field goal percentage.

Trail Blazers Team Defense

Defensively, the Trail Blazers gave up 114 points to the Spurs, with a tough 2nd quarter where they allowed 35 points. They held San Antonio to 27 points in both the 3rd and 4th quarters.

Portland limited the Spurs to 10 made threes on 27% shooting. San Antonio went 16/18 from the free-throw line. The Blazers recorded 8 steals and 3 blocks.

Mavericks Team Defense

Despite a solid 1st quarter, the Trail Blazers struggled defensively in the 2nd, giving up 35 points in their 114-94 loss to the Spurs. Portland allowed San Antonio to shoot 47% from the field.

Portland did well defending the three, holding the Spurs to 27% shooting with just 10 made threes. The Blazers sent San Antonio to the line 18 times, where they made 16 free throws.

Trail Blazers vs Mavericks Trends

• Although Portland has a straight up record of 0-5 in their last five road games, they have not held up as well vs the spread going 2-3. The team averaged 104 points per game in these games.
• Across the Mavericks last ten home games, the team averaged 124 points per game while allowing 117. Their record vs the spread in these contests was 7-3, while going 8-2 straight-up.
• In their last ten games as the betting underdog, the Trail Blazers have a straight up record of 2-8 and an ATS mark of 5-5.
• Spanning across their last ten games as the betting favorite, the Mavericks have gone 7-3 vs the spread. Their overall record in these games was 8-2.

Trail Blazers vs Mavericks Prediction

Coming in as the underdogs at +10, we have the Trail Blazers as the way to go on the point spread. Not only do we have them covering, but our projections show they have a good one of winning this one straight-up, if you’re looking for a higher payout on the moneyline.

Right now, the over/under line for the game is sitting at 228.5 and given that our model is projecting 294 points between the teams, we like the over.

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