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. Two years later, they are being accused of tanking yet again. Dallas traded marquee man Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in what was seen as a surrender to the 2024-25 season. Doncic led Dallas to the 2024 NBA Finals. 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. Also, Doncic helped keep Dallas in the black last season. Now he is gone with Anthony Davis arriving from the Lakers and facing plenty of skepticism.
2024-25 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Dallas Mavericks NBA Betting Lines
As the All-Star break approaches, the Dallas Mavericks are 26-24 straight up, 23-25-2 against the spread, and 25-24-1 over/under the total. Dallas is 8th in the Western Conference playoff standings. Dallas is 14 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference playoff race.
Dallas's NBA metrics rank 11th for scoring offense, 8th for field goal percentage, 10th for 3-point field goal percentage, 19th for free throw percentage, and 9th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Mavericks rank 16th for scoring defense, 8th for field goal percentage permitted, 20th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 20th for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
PF Anthony Davis averaged 24.6 points and 12.7 rebounds per game for the Lakers last year. Davis is a 10-time NBA All-Star, including this year. Davis was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. So far this season Davis is averaging 25.7 points and 11.9 rebounds per game.
PG Kyrie Irving is an 8-time NBA All-Star and was on the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA championship team. Last year, Irving averaged 25.6 points per game. In 2024-25, Irving is averaging 24.3 points per contest.
Head Coach
Head coach Jason Kidd is a former NBA player who played for the Mavs for two stints, including in 2011 when Dallas won the NBA championship. He was a 10-time NBA All-Star. Kidd also coached the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks. At the start of the season, his career record was 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
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Central
Eastern Conference - Southeast
Western Conference - Northwest
Western Conference - Pacific
Western Conference - Southwest
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