The fourth-seeded Los Angeles Clippers will be on the road to take on the fifth-seeded Dallas Mavericks on Friday at 8 p.m. ET. For this game, SportsLine's consensus has Dallas as his 4.5-point favorite, and the over/under has him at 212.5 points (up-to-date odds for each game this week can be found on his NBA odds page Please look).
Before you make your Clippers vs. Mavericks pick, you should see what the SportsLine projection model says.
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The model knows that Los Angeles guard James Harden is a great playmaker. Harden has the skill to involve his teammates and has a smooth jumper from the perimeter. Through two games, the 34-year-old leads the team in points (25) and assists (8). In Game 1, Harden had 28 points and eight assists.
The model also knows that Dallas guard Luka Doncic is one of the top players in the league. Doncic can easily score from any position on the floor and has top-level vision as a passer. The five-time All-Star leads the team in points (32.5), rebounds (9.5) and assists (7.5). In his last game, Doncic had 32 points, six rebounds and nine assists.
The model simulated Clippers vs. Mavericks 10,000 times and here are the results. You can see that the model is leaning toward total points. It is said that one side of the spread will hit 60% of the time.
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