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Portland Trail Blazers vs Dallas Mavericks Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: December 16, 2022 at 8:30 PM ET

Venue: American Airlines Center — Dallas, TX

Article updated Dec 15, 11:39 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Portland is on the road playing Dallas at the American Airlines Center stadium on Friday, 12/16/2022 @ 8:30pm EST. Dallas -3.5 was the opening favorite and current line is

Game outlook

Portland is on the road playing Dallas at the American Airlines Center stadium on Friday, 12/16/2022 @ 8:30pm EST. Dallas -3.5 was the opening favorite and current line is Dallas -4.

Portland Highlights

With a power ranking of 16, Portland is ranked #17 in offense (scoring an average of 112.57 per game), #11 in defense (allowing an average of 111.64 points to be scored against them per game) and are 16-12 (19-9 ATS) this season.

Dallas Highlights

Dallas Mavericks has a power ranking of 14 and are #21 for offense (scoring an average of 111.11 per game), #6 for defense (giving up an average of 111.64 points per game) and 14-14 (8-18-2 ATS) overall. Portland went 3-0 (2-1 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Dallas.

Curated Picks & Predictions

From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be POR 117, DAL 109. 50% of SportsJaw predicts Dallas Mavericks to cover. OddsShark predicts Dallas will win, portland will cover, and the total will go under.

52% picked Dallas Mavericks on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Trail Blazers 106 to Mavericks 119.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Trail Blazers 106 to Mavericks 119.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NBA Predictions

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Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Portland Trail Blazers+140 → +155Moved
  • Moneyline · Dallas Mavericks-164 → -175Moved
  • Spread · Portland Trail Blazers+3.5 (-110) → +4 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · Dallas Mavericks-3.5 (-110) → -4 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over222.5 (-110) → 226.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under222.5 (-110) → 226.5 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

Portland Trail Blazers
16-12 matchup record · 7-3-0 ATS · 7-3-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Dallas Mavericks
14-14 matchup record · 4-5-1 ATS · 7-3-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-16T04:39:06.292Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-11-12Portland Trail Blazers 112 · Dallas Mavericks 117
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Dallas Mavericks defeated Portland Trail Blazers 130-110

Dallas Mavericks defeated Portland Trail Blazers 130-110 on December 16, 2022, a 20-point decision in the series. Dallas Mavericks' strongest period was the 3rd quarter, when it outscored its opponent 38-22. Against SportsJaw's recorded Portland Trail Blazers +4 (-110) spread, Dallas Mavericks covered, while the 240 combined points finished over the recorded total of 226.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • IroncladlocksTotal · Over 222.5 (-110)Win
  • MikehuffSpread · Dallas Mavericks -3.5 (-110)Win
  • CorTotal · Under 225 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkTotal · Over 225 (-110)Win
  • JohnTharpSpread · Portland Trail Blazers +3.5 (-110)Loss
  • JohnTharpTotal · Under 225 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioSpread · Portland Trail Blazers +4 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioTotal · Under 226.5 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkSpread · Portland Trail Blazers +4 (-110)Loss
  • DocthizzSpread · Portland Trail Blazers +4 (-110)Loss
  • CoversSpread · Dallas Mavericks -4 (-110)Win
  • XyoojsterSpread · Dallas Mavericks -4 (-110)Win
  • XyoojsterMoneyline · Dallas Mavericks -175Win
  • XyoojsterTotal · Under 226 (-110)Loss