Dallas with a duty against Indiana!

The Dallas Mavericks and Indiana Pacers face each other on 30/01/2022 starting at 01:00. The home side lost to Indy away from home last December in their only meeting of the season so far. It was the Texans’ second straight defeat on the road in the same fixture.

Dallas Mavericks – Statistics & current form

The basketball players from D-Town have been stable lately: Head Coach Jason Kidd’s squad has seven wins in the last ten games. Especially at home, Dallas has developed into an unpleasant opponent.

Only against the two top teams in the form of the first-placed team in the West, Phoenix, and the champions, Milwaukee, were defeats conceded in the last ten home games.

With Nikola Jokic, the hosts also have an MVP candidate in their own ranks. The 2019 Rookie of the Year continues to perform at a consistently high level in his fourth season in Dallas.

One example was the aforementioned only duel of the season, which the Mavs lost, but Doncic came within a hair’s breadth of a triple-double with the best scoring output of all players on the court (27) and nine rebounds and assists each.

Doncic is especially dominant in rebounding at the moment: The Slovenian is averaging 10.2 boards in January, which is his best monthly output so far.

In addition, Doncic generally scores better in home games than away: His record on home turf (27) is a whopping four points higher than in away games (23).

Indiana Pacers – Statistics & current form

The Pacers look back on a dismal season so far: third last in the East, the stands to miss the playoffs for the second year in a row. The last time this happened was in 2008, which makes it clear that they actually entertain higher expectations in Indiana.

One reason why things are not going well is the permanently strained personnel situation. Once again, several key players are not available. In addition, the visitors have been extremely weak away from home so far. Only six of the 25 matches played away from home have been victorious.

Dallas Mavericks – Indiana Pacers Tip

For the duel between the Dallas Mavericks and Indiana Pacers, the forecast includes a home win with at least ten points difference. In addition to the points listed so far, the fact that the guests are playing a back-to-back speaks in favour of the home side.

The visitors’ game last night in Oklahoma also took a lot of energy, as it was only decided in overtime.