The Oklahoma City Thunder are on the road at the Dallas Mavericks on Monday. This is a best of 7 series, with the winner heading to the Western Conference Finals. The Mavericks come into this game leading the series 2-1 after back to back wins. The winner of this series will take on the winner of Denver and Minnesota.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are the top seed in the West. The Thunder went 57-25 in the regular season, and won their final five games. Oklahoma City won their first five of the postseason as well, sweeping New Orleans in four games. Oklahoma City will look to even the series before heading home for Game 5.
The Dallas Mavericks went 50-32 in the regular season. Dallas was fifth in the West. The Mavericks eliminated the Los Angeles Clippers in six games in the first round. Dallas has won the last two games, scoring 112 points per game in those games.
The Dallas Mavericks are -1.5 over Oklahoma City in this game on Monday.
Oklahoma City Looking for Road Win
The Thunder got a big game again from Shai Gilgeous- Alexander in Game 3, but it was their second straight loss. The guard scored 31 points, and dished out 6 assists in the game. Jaylen Williams was second on the team with 16 points, and he also dished out 8 assists on Saturday.
Oklahoma City has won three of their five games in the postseason by double digits. Games 2 and 3 against the Pelicans were blowouts, and Game 1 against Dallas, they won the game by 22 points. The Thunder were third in the regular season in scoring, with 120.1 points per game.
Gilgeous-Alexander was one of the top scorers in all of the National Basketball Association. The guard scored 30.1 points per game, and dished out 6.2 assists per game. Williams was second with 19.1 per game, while big man Chet Holmgren finished third with 16.5 points per game.
Dallas Got Balanced Scoring
Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving both scored 22 points in the win on Saturday. Doncic had 15 rebounds in the game. The big story the last two games has been the emergence of PJ Washington. The big man played 40 minutes, and scored a team high 27 points in the game. That was after scoring 29 in Game 2.
Washington was fourth on the team in scoring. He played just 29 games with the Mavericks this season, after coming over from the Hornets. He scored 11.7 points per game. Tim Hardaway Jr was ahead of him, with more than 14 per game.
In the regular season, Dallas was one of the best three point shooting teams in the league. The Mavericks made nearly 15 per game. Dallas scored 117.9 points per game, which ranked 7th in the league.
Mavericks Top Thunder
We like Dallas to take a commanding 3-1 lead in this series. The veteran play, and the guard play has come through. The Thunder look a little lost, and will need to get it back on track when they head home following this game.
When we go to make our bets for this game, we are going to take the Dallas Mavericks -1.5 over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday. Enjoy the game and best of luck with all your NBA Betting!
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