Dallas wants to break the Arizona Curse!

The Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks will contest Game 5 of their series in the Western Conference semifinals.

Both teams have won twice so far and the battle is shaping up to be a nail-biter after the Valley basketball team’s two opening victories.

Phoenix Suns – Statistics & current form

One reason for the Suns’ last defeat was Chris Paul’s foul trouble. The point guard therefore got comparatively little playing time and had to leave the court in Dallas early after his sixth foul. In general, the “Point God” also appeared unusually pale in the series against the Mavs. For example, in terms of his greatest strength in the form of numerous assists.

So far, he has not recorded a double-digit tally in this area in a single game against Dallas. For comparison: In the regular season, “CP3” still recorded an average of 10.8 assists per game.

Devin Booker, however, continues to be reliable. Since his return from a short injury break in the first round of the playoffs, “Book” has been playing at his old strength again. He averaged 26.5 points for Head Coach Monty Williams’ team against Dallas and only three players topped his record of 3.6 successful threes per game in the postseason.

Dallas Mavericks – Statistics & current form

The Texans are back! After the latest two wins, the series is even again. But if the Mavs really want to move into the Conference Finals, the visitors have to win away from home for once, because Phoenix has one more home game in case of a possible seven-game series.

With Luka Doncic, head coach Jason Kidd also has the best scorer of the 2022 NBA Playoffs on board. Dallas, on the other hand, can offer little hope when looking at their away record in this match-up: The Mavericks haven’t won in Arizona in seven games!

Phoenix Suns – Dallas Mavericks tip

For the duel between Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks in Game 5, the tip includes more than 12.5 points by Dorian Finney-Smith on the side of the visitors.

The normally rather defensively strong power forward now presents himself in the postseason with ambitions in the game forward. In the last game he recorded no less than eight successful threes and 24 points!

His offensive upward trend can also be seen in the fact that he is averaging 13.4 points in the playoffs and has thus increased his output from the regular season by more than two points. In addition, the 29-year-old has already exceeded the selected limit in points in five of the past six games in the playoffs.