On Friday night, the Sixers will be in Dallas to take on the Mavericks. The Sixers are still plenty hot, having won seven of their last ten, but Wednesday night’s loss to the moribund Washington Wizards dropped them out of second place in the Eastern Conference. The Mavericks are 29-23 and clinging to fifth place in the Western Conference.

Let’s get into our Sixers vs. Mavericks betting pick with player prop predictions, odds, and analysis for this February 4, 2022 matchup.

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Sixers vs. Mavericks Betting Pick (February 4, 2022)

The timing of this game is pretty interesting given the recent exchange that Mavericks owner Mark Cuban had with a Wharton student about the trade the Mavericks made with the Sixers in November of 2020. The Sixers sent Josh Richardson, who had been a fairly egregious flop with the Sixers, along with Tyler Bey (who has not appeared in an NBA game this season) for Seth Curry.

Cuban was probably not expecting the question, since the exchange came during a discussion of blockchain and cryptocurrency startups (which is about what you’d expect Wharton kids to be interested in these days). And to his credit, Cuban was typically blunt and honest with his answer to the student’s question of whether he should have made that trade: “Yeah, we might re-think it if we had to do it all over again.”

Good for Cuban not to make excuses or otherwise come up with some justification for “why it was a good deal at the time,” etc. Sometimes, you swing and you miss. The Mavericks did this time — Richardson was dumped in a subsequent trade this past offseason by the Mavericks. Richardson is presently disappointing his third team in a row, averaging 10.1 points for the floundering Boston Celtics.

Seth Curry has been a much better fit for the Sixers than Richardson was, and Curry is a useful player for the Sixers. He’s averaging 15.5 points per game this season, and he helped carry the Sixers to a few early season wins when some of his teammates were sidelined with COVID. All that said, Curry is still very limited on the defensive end, such that when his shots aren’t falling (as they aren’t right now), he’s unworthy of minutes. Curry is questionable tonight, so we won’t know until tip-off whether Curry can put it to the Mavericks all over again tonight.

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Sixers vs. Mavericks Odds

Here’s the line for the Sixers and Mavericks at FanDuel Sportsbook:

  • Point Spread: Sixers +1.5 (-108), Mavericks -1.5 (-112)
  • Moneyline: Sixers +108, Mavericks +126
  • Total: 210.5

Bets We Like With a Sixers Win

Sixers to Win and Over 210.5 Total Points (+263, FanDuel Sportsbook)

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The Mavericks have scored 132 points twice in their last four games, and posted 114 on Wednesday night (albeit with overtime). The Mavericks are also a decent home team, at 16-10 so far this season. The Sixers should be motivated to re-establish their swagger in this game after Wednesday night’s poor showing, and they’ll need to keep up with the Mavericks’ scoring to do it.

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Bets We Like Independent of Outcome

Joel Embiid Under 31.5 Points (-120, Caesars Sportsbook)

Sixers fans can’t love what they saw from Embiid on Wednesday night coming off a three-day break created by an off night for “rest” on Monday. Embiid is beloved because it’s quite apparent that he never mails in a night, never goes through the motions. On Wednesday night’s evidence, though, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Embiid played a ton of minutes during the stretch where the Sixers climbed out of the middle of the conference to threaten for the top spot. It’s fair to question whether one night off was enough to compensate for that.

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Jalen Brunson Over 15.5 Points (-110, DraftKings Sportsbook)

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Is this, just maybe, a little bit of fan service to our beloved Maestro? Possibly. A little. OK, maybe more than a little. Villanova players get a lot of love on Crossing Broad for obvious reasons. Here, though, it’s not just a misguided apple on the teacher’s desk. Brunson is averaging 15.8 points per game this season and has gone for at least 15 in three of his last four. We’ll ride the hot hand here.

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Luka Doncic Triple Double (+230, BetMGM)

Triple doubles are one of those props that are generally best to stay away from, and this is the first time we’ve gone here this season. But Doncic is a force of nature on a mini-tear, with point totals for 30, 34 and 40 in his last three games. Four games ago, while he only posted 15 points, he added 10 rebounds and 15 assists. That was the first of his two triple doubles in his last four games. We don’t need to overdo it with this one at +230, either.

Sixers vs. Mavericks Prediction

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This game is a bit of a watershed moment for the Sixers. For the most part, in the games following stupid, inexplicable losses this season, the Sixers have bounced back quickly and with some authority. Lose this game, and a lot of the momentum that was built rising back up the Eastern Conference standings gets replaced with questions about where exactly we are headed here.

Pick: Sixers moneyline (+102, Barstool Sportsbook)

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