Dallas Mavericks 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
In the season before last, the Dallas Mavericks deliberately tanked the opportunity to qualify for the play-in round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. But the strategy seemed to have paid off as Dallas made the 2024 NBA Finals. The Mavericks fought hard to place in the first six of the Western Conference to avoid the play-in round. After a five-team battle for the final two automatic qualifier spots, the Mavericks escaped the play-in round. Since 2019, the NBA Playoffs have been more unpredictable. And that is why Dallas was able to advance surprisingly. With Luka Doncic, the Mavericks have a shot anytime they take the floor. Doncic helped keep Dallas in the black last season.
2024-25 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Dallas Mavericks NBA Betting Lines
Last year, the Dallas Mavericks were 50-32 straight up, 48-34 against the spread, and 36-46 over/under the total. Dallas was 5th in the Western Conference playoff standings. Dallas was seven games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference playoff race.
Dallas had NBA metrics of 7th for scoring offense, 11th for field goal percentage, 13th for 3-point field goal percentage, 27th for free throw percentage, and 21st for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Mavericks had NBA metrics of 20th for scoring defense, 20th for field goal percentage permitted, 18th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 25th for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
PG Luka Doncic led Dallas with 33.9 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 9.8 assists per game. Doncic is a 5-time NBA All-Star. He has averaged over 30 points per game in the past two seasons and in three of his four playoff campaigns for Dallas.
PG Kyrie Irving is an 8-time NBA All-Star and was on the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA championship team. This season, Irving averaged 25.6 points per game.
Head Coach
Head coach Jason Kidd is a previous NBA player who had two stints with the Mavs, including in 2011 when Dallas won the NBA championship. He was a 10-time NBA All-Star. Previously, Kidd coached the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks. His career record is 323-296 in the regular season and 31-33 in the playoffs. Kidd is credited with developing Giannis Antetokounmpo into a superstar while with the Bucks.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
50 |
32 |
1st, Southwest |
Lost In NBA Finals, 1–4 (Celtics) |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
38 |
44 |
3rd, Southwest |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
52 |
30 |
2nd, Southwest |
Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Warriors) |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
42 |
30 |
1st, Southwest |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Clippers) |
| 2019–20 |
75 |
43 |
32 |
2nd, Southwest |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Clippers) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
33 |
49 |
5th, Southwest |
Did Not Qualify |
Dallas Mavericks History
The Dallas Mavericks were the third NBA team in the Lone Star State behind the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs. Dallas started play in 1980 and became the first team in American sports to be named after a television show. The Mavericks were awful in their expansion season, going 15-67. Still, they slowly built a contender behind Rolando Blackman, Derek Harper, and Mark Aguirre and nearly made it to the NBA Finals in 1988 after five straight postseason appearances. Dallas fell in seven games to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, and that was the furthest the Mavs advanced in the playoffs until franchise legend Dirk Nowitzki came to the Big D.
Dallas went a full decade without making the playoffs, but the Mavericks ended up contending with Nowitzki, Michael Finley, and Steve Nash. Of course, Nash soon went on to be a two-time NBA MVP with the Phoenix Suns, preventing Dallas from becoming a dynasty. However, Nowitzki led the franchise to its first NBA Finals appearance in 2006 where the Mavericks lost in six games to the Miami Heat.
Nowitzki and the Mavericks got revenge on the Heat five years later, winning their first NBA title. Veteran guards Jason Terry and Jason Kidd took some of the pressure off Nowitzki, while Tyson Chandler was strong in defense. That led to Dallas dropping just five games on its way to its lone championship.
NBA Teams
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Eastern Conference - Central
Eastern Conference - Southeast
Western Conference - Northwest
Western Conference - Pacific
Western Conference - Southwest
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