Trail Blazers vs. Mavericks betting: NBA preview for Dec. 29

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The Dallas Mavericks (12-21) visit the Portland Trail Blazers (13-19) after losing six road games in a row. The Trail Blazers are favored by just 2 points in the matchup, which tips at 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday, December 29, 2025. The point total for the matchup is set at 232.5.

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Trail Blazers Cover -2 vs Mavericks -108

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Trail Blazers vs. Mavericks betting lines

  • Trail Blazers odds to win: -134
  • Mavericks odds to win: +112
  • Spread: Trail Blazers (-2)
  • Total: 232.5
  • TV Channel: MyNetworkTV (KJBO – Wichita Falls, TX)
  • Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)

Trail Blazers Statistics, Trends and More

As the Home Team

  • Portland has an 8-7 record against the spread at home and is 6-9 in home contests.
  • This season, Portland is 0-3 ATS at home as 2-point favorites or more.
  • Trail Blazers home games have hit the over on the set point total eight times this year.
  • Recent performance gives an edge to Portland to beat the total. This year its home games averaged a total of 233.6 points per contest.

Trail Blazers Recent Trends

  • The Trail Blazers are 4-6 overall and 4-6 against the spread over their past 10 games.
  • The Trail Blazers and their opponents have combined to hit the over in four of those 10 games.
  • The Trail Blazers’ last 10 games have ended with an average of 234.4 points scored. That’s 1.9 more points than this contest’s over/under.
  • Over their past 10 games, the Trail Blazers have scored 4.1 fewer points per contest compared to their season-long scoring average.

Trail Blazers Betting Records

  • The Trail Blazers have put together a 5-6 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 45.5% of those games).
  • In games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -134 or shorter, Portland has gone 5-4 (55.6% win percentage).
  • The implied moneyline probability for this matchup gives the Trail Blazers a 57.3% chance to win.
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
44.7 (28th in NBA) 47.6 (20th) 45.2 (eighth) 44 (16th) 24.7 (24th) 16.4 (30th)

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Mavericks Statistics, Trends and More

As the Away Team

  • The Mavericks have covered the spread six times on the road and are 3-12 in road contests.
  • The Mavericks have a 1-1 record ATS in road games this season as 2-point underdogs or more.
  • Mavericks road games have hit the over on the set point total seven times this year.
  • The Mavericks and their opponents have averaged a total of 232.4 points per road contest this year, 0.1 points fewer than this game’s posted total.

Mavericks Recent Trends

  • The Mavericks have covered the spread four times in their last 10 matchups while putting up a 4-6 record straight-up in those games.
  • The Mavericks and their opponents have combined to hit the over in seven of the past 10 games.
  • The past 10 Mavericks games averaged 1.3 fewer points (231.2) than this matchup’s over/under.
  • The Mavericks’ per-game scoring average during their past 10 games is 118.2, 4.7 points higher than their season-long per-game average.

Mavericks Betting Records

  • This season, Dallas has won eight out of the 22 games, or 36.4%, in which it has been the underdog.
  • The Mavericks have a record of 7-13 in games where bookmakers have them as underdogs of at least +112 on the moneyline.
  • Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Mavericks have a 47.2% chance to win.
Field Goal % Opp. Field Goal % Rebounds Opp. Rebounds Assists Turnovers
46.8 (16th in NBA) 46 (sixth) 44.6 (11th) 47.7 (27th) 25 (23rd) 14.9 (22nd)
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