Filip Tomic
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Things are back to normal in the NBA regular season, following the excitement of the In-Season Tournament over the weekend. We have an exciting clash coming our way tonight as the LA Lakers travel to Dallas to take on the Mavericks. Tip-off is set for 7:30 pm ET live on TNT, and I’ve prepared a Lakers vs Mavericks Same Game Parlay to spice things up. We have NBA predictions for tonight’s biggest games, but for now, let’s get into this SGP.
Mavericks ML (+108)
Luka Doncic to score 40+ points (+240)
Same Game Parlay odds: +387
Dallas Mavericks ML over Los Angeles Lakers (+108)
The Lakers enter tonight’s game as road favorites despite Dallas beating them 104-101 earlier in the season on their home court. Anthony Davis in particular struggled in that game, scoring just 10 points, I’m curious to see how he plays tonight following the big game he had against Indiana in the In-Season Tournament final. LA is just 1-9 ATS in the last 10 meetings with just 1 victory in the last 7 head-to-head.
The banged-up Mavs will be playing their 2nd night of a back-to-back here, following a convincing 120-113 victory over Memphis. Luka Doncic kept the ship afloat with a monster stat line, while 4 other role players scored in double-figures. That is encouraging considering Dallas is without Kyrie Irving, Maxi Kleber, Grant Williams and Josh Green right now. With so much time off during the weekend, I don’t think playing their 2nd game in 2 nights will be that much of an issue here for the Mavs. They’ve played well against the Lakers in home games, covering the spread in 5 of the last 6. Expect a big night from Doncic — without that Dallas stands no chance.
Read our full Los Angeles Lakers vs Dallas Mavericks predictions
Luka Doncic to score 40+ points (+240)
Heading into tonight’s game, Mavs head coach Jason Kidd has a lot of decisions to make as 4 important players are out of the rotation due to injuries. As mentioned above, Irving, Kleber, Williams and Green are all likely to miss this game, but thankfully superstar Luka Doncic is playing. He just carried the Mavs to a big road win in Memphis last night, scoring 35 points along with 8 rebounds and 6 assists. That was against one of the worst teams in the West, and against one of the better ones he might need to do even more than that.
The Lakers haven’t had much success in slowing Doncic down over the last 5 meetings – Luka is averaging 31.4 points, 11.2 rebounds and 9.4 assists per game during that stretch. LA’s defense will be put to the test and with them playing those extra IST games, plus traveling to Vegas and celebrating after the win, and there’s a good chance he stuffs the stat sheet here. I also like the +300 odds for him to get a triple-double here, but for this SGP I have him scoring at least 40 points in a Mavs victory.
