Will Utah take the lead again?
Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks face off for the first time in the series in the Mormon State. The Texans have previously recorded a loss and then a win in their two home games. The series is thus evenly poised.
Utah Jazz – Statistics & current form
The Salt Lake City hoopsters gave away a fourth-quarter lead in their last meeting and are now looking to get back in front with a home series win.
Head coach Quin Snyder will be banking on home advantage: Utah has won the past eleven games against Dallas in front of their own fans!
In addition, Donovan Mitchell once again presented himself in very good form on the side of the two-time runners-up. “Spida” delivered 34 points in the last duel and in the first encounter it was hardly less with 32.
With this he confirmed his reputation as an excellent playoff player, because in the previous year Mitchell already achieved an average scoring value of 32.3 points in ten games and a year before it was even 36.3 points per game in the postseason.
Overall, his average scoring value in the playoffs is around 29 points. How strong this yield is can be seen from the fact that there are only four players in the history of the NBA who top this number.
Among these players is still the best playoff shooter Michael Jordan – a prominent company that can be seen from Mitchell’s point of view and even LeBron James is behind the guard in this rating!
Dallas Mavericks – statistics & current form
The basketballers from the Lone Star State had a lot to thank Jalen Brunson for after their recent win. The point guard replaced injured superstar Luka Doncic in dignified fashion.
Brunson scored 41 points and set a new career best! He also joined an illustrious group of only five Mavericks players to score at least 40 points in a postseason game.
These include Dirk Nowitzki and the currently injured Doncic. Head coach Jason Kidd was also very pleased with the concentration of his team. The 2011 champions produced no more than three turnovers in their last match with Utah.
Utah Jazz – Dallas Mavericks Tip
Dallas once again showed strong morale in the last game. Despite being down by ten points at one point, they turned the game around against Utah.
However, this is not a new quality feature – already during the regular season, no team had turned a deficit of at least ten points into a victory more often than the Mavericks.
However, Luka Doncic’s absence continues to weaken the visitors and the away record in this pairing does not give them much hope: as mentioned, no less than the past eleven guest games in the “Beehive State” have been lost!
For the third duel between the Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks on 22 April from 03:00, the tip aims for more than 29.5 points by Donovan Mitchell on the home side.
“Spida” has always exceeded this limit in the first two playoff games and will certainly be no less motivated in the first home game of the series.
