It’s a cross-conference match-up tonight at TD Garden as the Boston Celtics welcome Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks to town. Tip-off is live at 7.30 pm ET on ESPN, I've prepared a Same-Game Parlay to make things a bit more interesting.
There's a total of 12 games being played this Wednesday, head over to our NBA Predictions page for picks on the side and total for every single one of them.
Let's dive into the Mavericks vs Celtics match-up now!
Dallas Mavericks ML (+154)
I was really disappointed with the way Dallas played in their last game against Denver, losing 98-97 vs a team that was without their two best players. This is a good bounce back opportunity, I'm expecting them to be a lot more competitive against the East champs tonight. Boston just had a 9-game streak snapped on the road in Chicago, they could be without leading scorer and MVP candidate Jayson Tatum here as he's a game-time decision with a left ankle sprain. There's a good chance the Cs decide him to rest, for precautionary reasons. After all, we are still only in November and you don't want to risk your best player getting hurt which could ruin the rest of your season. The Mavericks already have one of the best defenses in the league, ranking 4th in defensive rating (108.7), and they have a 4-1 SU record over the last 5 games against Boston. Let's hope Luka and co. can pull out the win on the road here.