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How to bet the Dallas Mavericks at Philadelphia 76ers
The Dallas Mavericks (26-23, 12-10 away) venture to the East Coast for a date with the Philadelphia 76ers (30-18, 17-7 home) later tonight. After so many teams have faced the Mavs with a health advantage, that may tilt in the Dallas direction. Joel Embiid is out for the Sixers pending his recovery from a severe knee injury while Kyrie Irving is expected to return to the lineup for Dallas. While Irving is listed as a game-time decision, his player props on the board so we can reasonably anticipate his return. Let’s scan the lines and props for value.
Game Details
Fixture: Dallas Mavericks vs Philadelphia 76ers | NBA 2023-2024
Date and Time: Monday, February 5th, 2023; 6:00 PM CST
Venue: Wells Fargo Center | Philadephia, PA
Outcome Odds
- Spread: Mavericks -1.5 (-110)
- O/U 243
- Mavs ML: -120
Odds up to date as of 5:15 AM CST from DraftKings
Player Props
- Tyrese Maxey over 29.5 points (-145)
- Kyrie Irving over 2.5 3pt (-140)
With Embiid out, the newly minted All-Star Tyrese Maxey gets the lion’s share of the offensive usage for Philly. Expect the 2020 draftee to hoist it early and often on his way to over 30 points in this contest.
This just feels right. First game back, wide smile, fresh legs. A younger star might have rust coming back from injury but an ultra-talented vet is just happy to be back on the floor and will want to launch a barrage on the Sixers. Take the over 2.5 3s made.
Play of the Day
Just when you were ready to give up on the season, they reel you back in with a fist-pump-inducing win. How many times has that sort of win come along at various points this season to make us see all the things we love about this team? After the calamity of the last couple of weeks, Hyde may once again give away to Jekyll. Take the Mavs to rally for a feel-good win on the money line.
Morton started 15 games in 1972 for an injured Staubach, who eventually returned in the playoffs. The Cowboys decided to trade Morton in 1974 to the Giants, who sent back a first-round pick, which turned out to be the No. 2 overall pick in 1975. The Cowboys used that selection to take Randy White, a 10-time Pro Bowler and future Hall of Famer.
Ironically enough, White’s best game was likely Super Bowl XII, when he was named Co-MVP with Harvey Martin. The Cowboys’ Doomsday defense dominated the Broncos, who were quarterbacked by Morton.
Overall, Morton played for the Cowboys, Giants and Broncos before officially retiring at the end of the 1982 season.
His career ended with 27,908 passing yards, ranking him 71st in NFL history, just ahead of Hall of Famer Joe Namath (27,663).
With the official NFL schedule coming this week, the Dallas Cowboys have revealed when, where and against who their Week 1 contest will be.
The Cowboys announced that they will square off against the New York Giants on the road in Week 1, with the game set for Sunday, Sept. 13, at 7:20 p.m. CT. So, it’s prime time for the Cowboys to start the season.
This is the second game we know about for the Cowboys this year. Of course, we know they will be playing on Thanksgiving, also.
The official schedule will drop on May 14, the NFL announced last week. Schedules for all 32 teams will be revealed on ESPN and the NFL Network, but each team will unveil its own schedule on social media, also.
The Cowboys were always likely to play a road game in Week 1 because of an Usher and Chris Brown concert taking place at AT&T Stadium that week.
Dallas will also be impacted by an Ed Sheeran concert in Week 7, so that’s another potential road game. They could also play on Monday or Thursday that week, or have a bye.
Cowboys’ strength of schedule
According to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis, the Cowboys are not going to have an easy road to make the postseason.
The Cowboys have the fourth-toughest schedule in the NFL going into the 2026 season, with only the Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers having tougher slates.
Dallas’ schedule is also the third-toughest in the NFC, and the most difficult in the NFC East.
Sharp does his strength of schedule rankings based on win totals from Vegas oddsmakers rather than utilizing the previous season’s records because that metric doesn’t factor in offseason changes.
The Cowboys will play home games against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders.
On the road, Dallas will square off against the Giants, Eagles, Commanders, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers.
Of those opponents, seven of them made the postseason in 2025, a list that includes the Jaguars, 49ers, Eagles, Texans, Rams, Seahawks and Packers.
All of those teams should be as good in 2026, and teams like the Colts, Titans, Ravens, Bucs, Giants and Commanders have a very real chance to be improved as well.
It won’t be an easy road for Dallas to get back to the playoffs in 2026, but there’s at least hope following a defensive overhaul.
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