The Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 26.02.2023;
Kick-Off – 20:30 UK;
Venue – American Airlines Center (19.200);
City – Dallas, Texas, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+7) for Lakers – 1.57.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 233 – 1.645.
The Lakers are very close to finally finishing in the top 10 of the Western Conference. This, as we know, will allow the Lakers to book their playoff spot. We believe that Ham’s men will do everything in their power to defeat the Mavericks.
After acquiring Kyrie Irving, the Mavs started to act more spectacularly. Now it’s no longer a problem for the Texans to score more than 120 points. In fact, Jason Kidd’s men scored 142 points in their last game. Given that result, we think it’ll be a high-scoring encounter.
The tandem of Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic won the game against the San Antonio Spurs (142-116). Here’s a look at how the Texans’ leaders played in their win.
Luka Doncic was the best player in the game. He had a double-double of 28 points and 10 assists. Kyrie Irving had 23 points. The guard was the second-best scorer.
With this victory, the Mavs broke their three-match losing streak, in which they lost to the Denver Nuggets (109:118), Minnesota Timberwolves (121:124) and Sacramento Kings (128:133).
The Mavs are sixth in the Western Conference. The Cowboys played 61 games: 32 wins and 29 losses.
The Dallas Mavericks have won six of their previous eight head-to-head encounters.
The Los Angeles Lakers winning streak continues. Two home games and two wins. They beat the New Orleans Pelicans (120-102) and Golden State Warriors (124-111).
In the first game against the Pelicans, Anthony Davis shined. The forward scored 28 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. On the other hand, Malik Beasley and his 25 points stood out in the game against the Golden State Warriors.
In the last five games, the Lakers had another win over the Golden State Warriors (109-102) and losses to the Portland Trail Blazers (115-127) and Milwaukee Bucks (106-115).
The LA Lakers are in 13th place in their conference. The team has 28 wins and 32 losses. Yes, they’ve been winning lately, but they can’t move up the standings just yet. The Lakers are two wins away from the play-in zone.
The Los Angeles Lakers are averaging 116.2 points per game on the road.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Dallas Mavericks: Kyrie Irving – Luka Dončić – Josh Green – Reggie Bullock – Dwight Powell.
Los Angeles Lakers: Dennis Schröder – Malik Beasley – Jarred Vanderbilt – LeBron James – Anthony Davis.
Maxi Kleber (Out) and Davis Bertan (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Dallas Mavericks.
D’Angelo Russell (Day-to-day), Anthony Davis (Day-to-day) and LeBron James (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Los Angeles Lakers.
The fixture will be played at American Airlines Center (19.200) in Dallas, Texas, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 26th of February, 2023, at 20:30 UK Time.
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