{"id":339031,"date":"2025-04-09T11:39:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=339031"},"modified":"2025-04-09T11:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:39:05","slug":"luka-doncic-props-lakers-vs-mavericks-april-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/luka-doncic-props-lakers-vs-mavericks-april-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic props for must-see return to Dallas: Fade Lakers star vs. Mavericks on April 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-931197bf-2ad5-4c57-849e-7d7f08295496\">On Wednesday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/luka_doncic\">Luka Doncic<\/a> returns to Dallas for the first time since the seismic midseason trade, as his Los Angeles Lakers face the Mavericks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-698efd13-9c9e-419c-8a36-0e7451ccdd5b\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Doncic was a dominant force in his first matchup against his old team, notching a triple-double in a winning effort. But I cashed a fade of him on that night, and I&#8217;ll try to do so again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3dd5ebe2-a8ee-4660-83a1-6f422ccae17b\">Check out these Luka Doncic props for the April 9 matchup against the Mavericks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-195ce732-0d1b-4895-816f-8b1eceb2360e\">Luka Doncic props vs. Mavericks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/basketball\/competitions\/10240\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report-news\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\"><strong>NBA stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Doncic markets<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Betting odds<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 31.5 points<\/td><td>-118<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Under 31.5 points<\/td><td>-120<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 7.5 rebounds<\/td><td>-154<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Under 7.5 rebounds<\/td><td>+110<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 8.5 assists<\/td><td>+110<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Under 8.5 assists<\/td><td>-150<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 16.5 rebounds\/assists<\/td><td>-106<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Under 16.5 rebounds\/assists<\/td><td>-130<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 3.5 threes<\/td><td>-163<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Under 3.5 threes<\/td><td>+115<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Over 1.5 steals<\/td><td>-120<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Under 1.5 steals<\/td><td>-118<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best Doncic prop bet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Under 16.5 rebounds\/assists (-130)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m trying to prevent the narrative of the night from taking over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because on one hand, wouldn&#8217;t you expect Doncic to set fire to American Airlines Center and give a mourning Dallas crowd a knife-twisting show? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, this line has been too lofty for Doncic in recent weeks with the emergence of Austin Reaves. I&#8217;m not ready to refer to Doncic, LeBron James and Reaves as a Big Three &#8230; but they&#8217;re playing like it right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are their statistical averages since the start of March:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Doncic:<\/strong> 7.9 rebounds, 8.1 assists (16.0 RA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>LeBron:<\/strong> 7.0 rebounds, 7.2 assists (14.2 RA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reaves:<\/strong> 5.2 rebounds, 5.2 assists (10.4 RA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When three players are averaging at least a 5-and-5 stat line on a nightly basis, it&#8217;s difficult to back any of them individually to clear a 16.5-RA prop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doncic posted an inefficient triple-double in his first matchup against the Mavericks back in February. He scored 19 points on 6-of-17 shooting, but buoyed the stat line with 15 rebounds and 12 assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthony Davis, who is healthy now, didn&#8217;t play in that game. From a rebounding standpoint, that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I expect AD to gobble up plenty of rebounds, while LeBron and Reaves will also dip into Doncic&#8217;s potential as a rebounder and passer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doncic should have some cathartic moments on Wednesday night. But that doesn&#8217;t convince me to buck his recent trend of reduced production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> In his past 11 games, Doncic has averaged 14.1 RA and hit this under nine times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"thestar\"><em>Luka Doncic prop odds as of 11:30 a.m. ET on 04\/09\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday night, Luka Doncic returns to Dallas for the first time since the seismic midseason trade, as his Los Angeles Lakers face the Mavericks. The pregame narrative: Doncic was a dominant force in his first matchup against his old team, notching a triple-double in a winning effort. But I cashed a fade of him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":339025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-339031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Luka Doncic props for Lakers vs. Mavericks: April 9 | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Luka Doncic props for Lakers vs. Mavericks on April 9. 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