{"id":339973,"date":"2025-04-16T11:33:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=339973"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:33:48","slug":"mavericks-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-april-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mavericks-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-april-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks vs. Kings play-in SGP predictions April 16: Look for LaVine to stay hot, fade Lively"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks fight to keep their seasons alive on Wednesday night in the Western Conference&#8217;s 9-vs-10 matchup of the NBA play-in tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Dallas has been injury-riddled for most of the past few weeks, and I&#8217;d rather not mess around with picking a side tonight. Instead, this +310 SGP has milestone prop bets for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/domantas_sabonis\">Domantas Sabonis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/zach_la_vine\">Zach LaVine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/dereck_lively_ii\">Dereck Lively<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Mavericks vs. Kings SGP predictions for April 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mavericks vs. Kings predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Sabonis 6+ assists | LaVine 3+ threes | Lively under 5.5 rebounds (+310)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:112585\">Embed: #112585<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sabonis 6+ assists (-175)<\/strong>: The best passing big man in the NBA is Nikola Jokic, but Sabonis isn&#8217;t that far off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for a guy who averages 6.0 assists on the season, this is a mark I expect Sabonis to hit based on the matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dallas allows the seventh-most assists per game to opposing centres, per Betting Pros.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sabonis has 7+ assists vs. Dallas in four straight matchups (since March 2024).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This season, Sabonis has 6+ assists in 39 of 70 games (55.7%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With De&#8217;Aaron Fox traded away and Malik Monk ruled out, Sabonis is the clear-cut No. 1 option to facilitate offence for the Kings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>LaVine 3+ threes <\/strong><\/strong>(-182):<\/strong> If Sabonis is doing his job as a passer, LaVine will hopefully be on the receiving end of some good looks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And he deserves them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LaVine is on fire from 3-point range over his past 10 games:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>51.9 3PT%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4.0 makes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7.7 attempts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3+ threes in six straight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mavericks tend not to allow a ton of 3-point attempts, but who am I to fly in the face of this hot streak?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if the volume isn&#8217;t always high, Dallas does allow the 12th-highest opponent 3PT% in the NBA (36.3). LaVine went 4-for-5 from deep against the Mavs when he last faced them on March 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Lively under 5.5 rebounds<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (-150):<\/strong> Lively missed 36 games this season with an ankle injury, and his production since returning at the start of this month hasn&#8217;t been very encouraging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second-year centre has gone under 5.5 rebounds in three of four games. He played fewer than 20 minutes in each of those matchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 7-foot-1, Lively will be the tallest player on the court tonight. But his minutes seem to be capped, and he&#8217;s competing against a pair of truly elite rebounders (Sabonis, Anthony Davis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lively ranks 17th in offensive rebounding rate (12.2%), but the Kings have the second-highest defensive rebounding rate in the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mavericks vs. Kings predictions made at 11:24 a.m. ET 04\/16\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks fight to keep their seasons alive on Wednesday night in the Western Conference&#8217;s 9-vs-10 matchup of the NBA play-in tournament. The pregame narrative: Dallas has been injury-riddled for most of the past few weeks, and I&#8217;d rather not mess around with picking a side tonight. 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