The San Antonio Spurs And Dallas Mavericks open their season on Thursday. American Airlines Center tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM ET (TNT). Let’s round up BetMGM Sportsbook’s NBA odds Spurs vs. Mavericks chances and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets.

Season Series: First Meeting; Last season, Dallas won 4-0

The Spurs went 22-60 in 2023-24, the C’s first season Victor Wembanyama era for San Antonio. The Spurs took F Harrison Barnes from the Sacramento Kings in July – part of a three-team deal with the Chicago Bulls – and signed G Chris Paulwho averaged just 9.2 points per game (PPG) last season with the Golden State Warriors.

The Mavericks went 50-32 last season – good for fifth place in the Western Conference – and powered their way through the playoffs before losing 4-1 to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. The highlight of their offseason was signing G Klay Thompson from the Warriors – part of a six-team sign-and-trade – to form a big 3 alongside G. Luka Doncic and G Kyrie Irving.

Spurs vs. Mavericks Expectations

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• Moneyline (ML): Spurs +310 (bet $100 to win $310) | Mavericks -400 (Bet $400 to win $100)
• Against the Spread (ATS): Spurs +8.5 (-105) | Outsiders -8.5 (-115)
• Top/Bottom (O/U): 227.5 (E: -110 | U: -110)

Spurs at Mavericks top injuries

Tracks

• G Devin Vassel (foot) out

Outsiders

• G Dante Exum (wrist) out

For the latest updates: Official NBA Injury Report.

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Spurs at Mavericks picks and predictions

Prediction

Mavericks 111, Spurs 110

Moneyline

The Mavericks (-400) will likely beat the Spurs for the fifth straight time, but this line has too much power to recommend.

PASSAGE. Instead, bet the spread and/or total.

Against the spread

Although Spurs struggled overall in the 2023/24 season, they ended the season on a high note, winning nine of their last eleven games. Their regular season win total is pegged at 35.5 (O: -120 | U: +100 at BetMGM Sportsbook), so the market expects them to take a huge step forward this year with Barnes and Paul.

Dallas was nothing special at home last season, going 26-25 ATS according to Teamrankings.com. It will take time to fully integrate Thompson into the offense, and scoring 8.5 points against an improved Spurs team seems like an overreaction to last season’s impressive playoff run.

BETTING PURS +8.5 (-105).

Top/Bottom

Dallas was the third-best Under bet last season when playing at home, going 20-31 O/U (60.8%).

San Antonio was 17-22-2 O/U in road games, the 7th highest clip for cashing Unders. We can only assume that Wembanyama will continue to progress as a defender this season. The signing of Paul also gives him a new defensive leader – and will hopefully help us win this Under!

BET UNDER 227.5 (-110).

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