New Year’s Day features a matchup between the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks. The NBA odds slightly favor the Mavericks to win at home. The Heat – Mavericks NBA betting preview will find the best NBA betting odds, give you some betting trends and show the best NBA picks and NBA predictions available.
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NBA Betting Preview: Picks, Odds & Betting Trends
Heat vs. Mavericks Game Info
Miami Heat (2-2, 0-1 Away) vs. Dallas Mavericks (1-3, 0-1 Home)
Date:Â Friday, Jan. 1, 2021
Time: 7 p.m. EST
Venue: American Airlines Center — Dallas, Texas
The Heat are playing their third game in four days, following a back-to-back meeting with the Milwaukee Bucks. One player that does not have this same level of fatigue is Jimmy Butler, who has missed the past two games. However, Butler traveled with Miami to Dallas and is probable to play in this game. The return of Butler to the lineup does a lot for this team both offensively and defensively. As the team’s top defender, he could be tasked with guarding Luka Doncic today. The recipe for stopping the Mavericks has been to slow Luka this season. It has been successful, and Dallas’ games have hit the under in three of the four games as a result.
While the Heat could suffer from a little fatigue, the Mavericks will only be playing their second game in the last five days. The rest advantage could be what this team needs to get Luka back to the level he was playing at last season. Compared to last season, he has seem a reduction in the following stat categories: points (-5.0), rebounds (-3.6), assists (-2.5) and field goal percentage (-2.5%). The lack of Kristaps Porzingis on the floor for Dallas without a doubt has made things tougher for the Mavs star. However, the inconsistencies of fellow starters Josh Richardson and Tim Hardaway Jr. has also hurt. There have been few moments so far when all three were playing quality, cohesive basketball. It will click eventually, but will it be today?
Heat vs. Mavericks Betting NBA Picks + NBA Odds Shopping
Using Awesemo’s OddsShopper tool, we can easily compare the NBA odds for Heat – Mavericks betting across the major sports books. The odds expressed are from 10 a.m. EST on Jan. 1, so make sure to check out the OddsShopper tool yourself to get the most up-to-date odds.
NBA Odds: Moneyline
Heat (+105) — BetMGM, PointsBet
Mavericks (-121) — SugarHouse, DraftKings
NBA Odds: Spread
Heat +1.5 (-110) — SugarHouse, BetMGM, FanDuel, PointsBet, DraftKings
Mavericks -1.5 (-110) — BetMGM, FanDuel, PointsBet
NBA Odds: Point Total
Over: 222.5 (-112) — SugarHouse, DraftKings
Under: 222.5 (-105) — PointsBet
Heat vs. Mavericks NBA Betting Trends
- Miami is 5-0-1 against the spread (ATS) in its last six games against Dallas.
- Miami is 6-0 straight up in its last six games against Dallas.
- Dallas is 1-8 ATS in its last nine home games against Miami.
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