Despite winning back-to-back games over the Memphis Grizzlies, oddsmakers have made the Utah Jazz 6-point underdogs on the road against the 3-3 Dallas Mavericks. Check out our Jazz-Mavericks picks.
The Jazz are one of the biggest early surprises of the NBA season. After a blockbuster trade that sent Donovan Mitchell to the Cavaliers, nearly everyone wrote off the Jazz as a team that would finish near the bottom of the Western Conference. It's still early, but with wins over the Nuggets, Timberwolves, and Pelicans to go along with two over the Grizzlies, this team has already taken down some of the best in the West.
Meanwhile, the Mavericks have had an up-and-down start to the 2022-23 season. They have yet to win back-to-back games, even though they are tied for the fifth-most points per game in the NBA this season. Luka Doncic leads the NBA in scoring, averaging 36.7 points per contest.
Here are my NBA picks and predictions for Wednesday's game between the Jazz and Mavericks (odds via DraftKings Sportsbook and PointsBet; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).