Lakers vs Mavericks NBA Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com

The Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at American Airlines Center.

Oddsmakers currently have the Mavericks listed as 4½-point favorites versus the Lakers, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

Los Angeles won its last outing, a 103-92 result against the Trail Blazers on February 20. The Lakers covered in that game as a 4-point favorite, while the 195 combined points took the game OVER the total.

The Mavericks were an 89-73 winner in their most recent outing at home against the Celtics. They covered the 9.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score (162) made winners of UNDER bettors.

Los Angeles:
Team record: 19-13 SU, 15-17 ATS

LA Lakers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of the LA Lakers last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of the LA Lakers last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of the LA Lakers last 6 games when playing Dallas

When playing on Wednesday are 8-2
Before playing Oklahoma City are 5-5
After playing Portland are 9-1
After a win are 4-6

Dallas:
Team record: 21-12 SU, 20-13 ATS

is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of last 6 games at home
is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of last 5 games

When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing New Jersey are 6-4
After playing Boston are 7-3
After a win are 7-3

Next up:
LA Lakers at Oklahoma City, Thursday, February 23
Dallas home to New Jersey, Tuesday, February 28