Dallas Mavericks visit Indiana Pacers early in the season. Neither team has a regular-season result yet, so our read leans on last season's games: Mavericks went W-L-L-L-W and Pacers went L-L-W-L-L over their last five.
The model leans toward Pacers: about 62% to win, with a projected score of Dallas Mavericks 112, Indiana Pacers 116. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 4 times in our recent records. The series is even, and the average margin has been 1.3 points in favor of Pacers.
On the injury report, T.J. McConnell (IND), Johnny Furphy (IND), Aaron Nesmith (IND), and Santi Aldama (DAL) are listed as out.