Dallas Mavericks 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
In one year, the Dallas Mavericks went from being in the NBA Finals to being discredited in their hometown. Dallas began the year with high hopes. The Mavericks hoped to build on their tremendous playoff run of 2024. However, at midseason, the Mavericks shocked the sporting world by trading their marquee man and best player. Luka Doncic was sent to the Los Angeles Lakers in the ultimate white flag move. There are plenty of theories as to why, but the result is all that matters. Dallas has lost all credibility with fans and gamblers. Dallas was eliminated in the play-in round by the Memphis Grizzlies, 120-106.
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The Dallas Mavericks' final regular season record was 39-43 straight up, 37-42-3 against the spread, and 44-36 over/under the total. Dallas was 10th in the Western Conference playoff standings, 29 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Dallas's NBA metrics were 12th for scoring offense, 10th for field goal percentage, 15th for 3-point field goal percentage, 24th for free throw percentage, and 22nd for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Mavericks' metrics were 21st for scoring defense, 18th for field goal percentage permitted, 18th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 25th for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
PF Anthony Davis came to Dallas in the Doncic trade and averaged 20.0 points and 10.1 rebounds per game this season. Davis is a nine-time NBA All-Star and the New Orleans Hornets' first overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft out of Kentucky.
PG Kyrie Irving is an 8-time NBA All-Star and was on the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA championship team. This season, Irving averaged 24.7 points per game. The Cleveland Cavaliers selected him first overall in the 2011 NBA Draft out of Duke.
Head Coach
Head coach Jason Kidd is a former 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 362-339 in the regular season and 31-33 in the playoffs. Kidd is credited with developing Giannis Antetokounmpo into a superstar while with the Bucks. Kidd was left holding an empty bag after taking Dallas to the 2024 NBA Finals.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 7)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2024–25 |
82 |
39 |
43 |
3rd, Southwest |
Lost Play-In (Grizzlies) |
| 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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Western Conference - Northwest
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