Dallas Mavericks 2024 NBA Finals Betting
The Dallas Mavericks have gone from a team that tanked the shot at a 2023 NBA Playoffs berth to the 2024 champions of the Western Conference. Dallas has been the surprise team of the 2024 NBA Playoffs. In the first round, Dallas eliminated the LA Clippers in six games and did the same in the second round against the Oklahoma City Thunder. In the third round, the Mavericks dominated the Minnesota Timberwolves in a five-game series. Now comes their toughest assignment of the postseason. The Mavs will face the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA Finals. Boston has been the best team in the NBA all season.
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Dallas Mavericks Team Overview
The Dallas Mavericks are 50-32 straight up, 48-34 against the spread, and 36-46 over/under the total. Late on, Dallas has covered seven out of their last ten games. While the Mavericks have gone over the total in five of its previous six matchups. 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 has 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 have 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.
Mavericks will play the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA Finals. The best of seven series opens on Thursday, June 6.
Dallas Mavericks vs. Boston Celtics Series Schedule
Game 1: Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics, Thursday, June 6 (8:30 PM ET, ESPN)
Game 2: Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics, Sunday, June 9 (8:00 PM ET, ESPN)
Game 3: Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks, Wednesday, June 12 (8:30 PM ET, ABC)
Game 4: Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks, Friday, June 14 (8:30 PM ET, ESPN)
Game 5:* Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics, Monday, June 17 (8:30 PM ET, ESPN)
Game 6:* Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks, Thursday, June 20 (8:30 PM ET, ESPN)
Game 7:* Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics, Sunday, June 23 (8:00 PM ET, ESPN)
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Dallas Mavericks 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. PG Kyrie Irving is an 8-time NBA All-Star. This season, Irving averaged 25.6 points per game.
So far in the NBA Playoffs, Luka Doncic leads Dallas with 28.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 8.8 assists per game. PG Kyrie Irving adds 22.8 points and 5.2 assists per game.
Dallas Mavericks 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 18-24 in the playoffs.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023-24 |
82 |
50 |
32 |
1st, Southwest |
TBD |
| 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, but 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.
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