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Dallas Mavericks vs New York Knicks Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 01/19/26

Updated: 7:53 AM ET Jan 19, 2026

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Mavericks

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LWLWW	Last 5	LWLLL
17-26	Record	25-17
19-23-1	ATS Record	19-23-0
21-22	O/U Record	23-19

Mavericks vs Knicks Pickswise Expert Predictions

Point Spread Pick

DAL Mavericks +10.0(-110)

Reasoning

Dallas comes into Monday’s game at MSG following back-to-back wins over the tanking Jazz in which it scored 138 and 144 points. Cooper Flagg sat out both of them; he is expected to miss the trip to New York, as well, due to his ankle issue. He also did not play in the first meeting back in November when the Knicks barely escaped Dallas with a 113-111 win. The Mavs are one of the more injury-plagued teams this season, but when Flagg does not play they actually have a winning record. With 3 wins in 4 games, they are the more in-form team — and yet the oddsmakers have them as double-digit underdogs.

It all started going downhill for the Knicks following their NBA Cup win. They have covered in just 3 of 17 games and own 2 wins over their last 10 outings overall. At home, where they have been reliable all year long, they have covered just once in 7 games. Jalen Brunson remains out with an ankle injury — without him they managed just 99 points in their most recent loss to Phoenix over the weekend. This team is clearly in a crisis right now and cannot do much about it in terms of getting new players, as its cap situation won’t allow that behavior.

Beating the Utah Jazz by double-digits in back-to-back games might be a bit deceiving, but whenever you have a team scoring 138 and 144 points in 2 games in a row, it is doing something right. It’s hard for me to trust the Knicks to cover, but they should still come out on top. I’ll take the Mavericks and the massive spread instead.

Mavericks vs Knicks prediction: Dallas +10 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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Money Line

The Knicks have won 4 of their last 5 matchups against Western Conference Southwest Division teams.

Game Totals

The Over is 7-3 in the Mavericks' and the Knicks' last 5 games combined

Point Spread

The Mavericks have covered in 4 of their 6 matchups against Eastern Conference Atlantic Division teams this season.

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