24.10.2024 | 
Last season’s NBA Finalists the Dallas Maverick open the new campaign at home as they welcome the retooled San Antonio Spurs in an all-Texas affair. It was all Dallas in the 4 regular season meetings last year, will we see a different outcome this time around?
The Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs meet on 24.10.2024, in what is a showdown between two Western Conference teams. The game will be played at the American Airlines Center (Dallas) with the home team Dallas Mavericks heavily favored at 1.37 odds to pull off the win.
| Dallas Mavericks | Thu, 24.10.2024, 19:30 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 1 | x | 2 |
| 1.37 | 15.00 | 3.75 |
Dallas Mavericks vs San Antonio Spurs: Current situation
Luka Doncic once again heads into a season as the frontrunner to win MVP honors, after taking the Dallas Mavericks all the way to the NBA Finals last season. There are high expectations within the Mavericks front office this time around, especially after new ownership took over the team from Mark Cuba. Klay Thompson was brought in to add necessary three-point shooting, but more importantly Kyrie Irving seems to be in a great place heading into the new year. Dallas finished off the season winning 16 of 20 games, while posting the 2nd best defensive rating during that span in the entire NBA.
Year number one of the Victor Wembanyama experiment yielded only 22 wins in 82 games played, but that was to be expected from one of the youngest rosters in the NBA. Things should be different this time around, the Spurs have acquired veteran leadership in Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes. The addition of CP3 in particular should help the development of Wemby, the two have already connected on several alley-oop dunks in the preseason. We are expecting a jump of at least 10 wins compared to the 2023-24 wins for San Antonio.
Dallas Mavericks Stats & Form
The Mavericks did not wow anyone with their play in the preseason, going just 1-3 SU in the 4 games played. This means only 2 other teams in the Western Conference posted a worse record in the warm-up to the new NBA season. Klay Thompson in particular has struggled to fit in with his new team, which is to be expected after he spent the previous 13 seasons as a member of the Golden State Warriors.
San Antonio Spurs Stats & Form
San Antonio did slightly better than the Mavericks in the preseason winning 2 of 5 games played, however they did end the run with back-to-back defeats at the hands of the Miami Heat and Houston Rockets. There were some positives to take away from the 5 games they’ve played, but the main issue this team faces heading into the new season is once again their defense. They’ve allowed 120+ points in the last 3 preseasons games played.
Dallas Mavericks vs San Antonio Spurs: Head to Head
These two teams met up a total of 4 times last season and the Mavericks dominated the regular season series 4-0 SU. In fact, Dallas has swept the Spurs in 2 of the last 3 regular seasons and is currently on a run of 11 wins in 12 meetings. However, the Spurs still hold an edge in the all-time record of games played head-to-head with 115 wins to 84. This means Thursday’s game will be the 200 regular season meeting between the two teams.
Dallas Mavericks – San Antonio Spurs Odds
Betswap is offering 1.37 odds for a home victory in this match-up. If you believe there’s a chance of this game ending in a tie and going into overtime, then you can get massive odds of 15.00 for that bet. If you see the San Antonio Spurs winning on Thursday night, you can get odds of up to 3.75 at Betswap.
Top 3 Betting Odds
| Dallas Mavericks vs San Antonio Spurs Betting Tip | Odds |
| Dallas Mavericks -5.5 Point Spread | 1.61 |
| San Antonio Spurs +5.5 Point Spread | 2.23 |
| Over 228.5 Total Points | 1.61 |
Betting tip and prediction: Dallas Mavericks vs San Antonio Spurs (24.10.2024)
San Antonio made some notable additions in the offseason, but we still don’t see them posing a threat to teams like the Dallas Mavericks. Position by position, I think you can only argue that the Spurs have an advantage at the center spot with Victor Wembanyama, other than that it’s all Mavs. Luka Doncic seems to be destined to win the MVP award and it could finally be his year. Dallas dominated the head-to-head meetings by an average margin of victory of 15.2 points per game. With just 10 road wins in 41 attempts last season, the Spurs were one of the worst road teams in the entire NBA. In games played vs teams from the same division they managed to record only 3 wins in 13 attempts. Head coach Gregg Popovich still has a lot of work to do with this young core, we’re afraid they won’t be able to challenge the Mavericks on Thursday night. Give us the Mavs to cover the spread here.