Lakers vs Mavericks Prediction, Picks & Odds for Tonight’s NBA Game

Farmer's prediction: Luka Doncic is set to burn his former team on the road.

Douglas Farmer - Betting Analyst at Covers
Douglas Farmer • Betting Analyst
Jan 24, 2026 • 14:06 ET • 4 min read

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Photo By - Reuters Connect. Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77).

Luka Doncic is facing the Dallas Mavericks again. It is a poor reflection of the Los Angeles Lakers that this return to Dallas is not getting as much attention.

My Lakers vs. Mavericks predictions will still trust Luka. Some anger still lingers.

Read more in my NBA picks for Saturday, January 24. 

Lakers vs Mavericks prediction

Lakers vs Mavericks best bet: Luka Doncic Over 33.5 points (-112)

There may not be many headlines surrounding Luka Doncic’s return to Big D today, but that’s exactly when the Los Angeles Lakers superstar is likely to remind the Dallas Mavericks what they traded away.

No one actually thinks Doncic got over that trade in just one offseason, do they? The Mavs’ insults should be fresh in his mind.

Even if this was just a random opponent, Luka has cleared this prop in seven of his last 13 games. He is always ready to score in the mid-30s.

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Lakers vs Mavericks same-game parlay

Doncic has returned to Dallas once.

He hit 7-of-10 threes as the Lakers covered a 4.5-point spread with a 15-point win. 

Lakers vs Mavericks SGP

  • Luka Doncic Over 33.5 points
  • Luka Doncic Over 3.5 threes
  • Lakers -4

Our "from downtown" SGP: Paint Issues Remain

Betting on Dallas post players is a direct reflection of Los Angeles’s greatest weakness.

Until the Lakers find proper big men for Luka, they are wasting his brilliance. 

Lakers vs Mavericks SGP

  • Luka Doncic Over 33.5 points
  • Luka Doncic Over 3.5 threes
  • Lakers -4
  • Cooper Flagg Over 18.5 points
  • Daniel Gafford Over 7.5 points

Lakers vs Mavericks odds

  • Spread: Lakers -4 (-110) | Mavericks +4 (-110)
  • Moneyline: Lakers -170 | Mavericks +145
  • Over/Under: Over 233.5 (-110) | Under 233.5 (-110)

Lakers vs Mavericks betting trend to know

The Lakers have won their last three games against the Mavericks. Find more NBA betting trends for Lakers vs. Mavericks.

How to watch Lakers vs Mavericks

Location American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
Date Saturday, January 24, 2026
Tip-off 8:30 p.m. ET
TV ABC

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Douglas Farmer
Betting Analyst

Douglas Farmer spends his days thinking about college football and his nights thinking about the NBA. His betting habits and coverage follow that same pattern. He covered Notre Dame football for various outlets from 2008 to 2024, most notably spending eight seasons as NBC Sports’ beat writer on the Irish. That was also when his gambling focus took off. Knowing there were veteran beat writers with three decades more experience than he had, Douglas found his niche by best recognizing Notre Dame’s standing in each year’s national landscape, a complex tapestry most easily understood and remembered via betting odds.

In 2021, that interest created a freelance opportunity with Covers, a role that eventually led to Douglas joining the company full-time in 2023. In the fall, Douglas will place five or six dozen bets each week, a disproportionate amount via BetRivers because the operator tends to have lines slightly different than the rest of the market. The same can be said of Circa Sports’ futures markets.

While Douglas is an avid NBA fan and covers the league throughout the year, the vast majority of his bets are on college football, because that is the biggest key to sports betting: Know what you do not know.

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