The Dallas Mavericks (34-25) and the Boston Celtics (46-12) link up in a cross-conference battle on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists the Celtics as 9-point favorites, while the over/under is 237.5 points (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). 

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The model knows Boston small forward Jayson Tatum will look for a similar effort to what he put forth in their Jan. 22 meeting. In that game, Tatum finished with 39 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks. He is coming off a near triple-double in Tuesday's win over the Philadelphia 76ers. In that game, Tatum poured in 29 points, while adding 11 rebounds and eight assists.

The model also knows Dallas point guard Luka Doncic is questionable with an ankle sprain and broken nose. If the team's leading scorer at 34.4 points per game can't go, look for point guard Kyrie Irving to play an even more prominent role for Dallas. In 37 games, all starts, Irving is averaging 25.9 points, 5.2 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 34.1 minutes of action.

The model has simulated Mavericks vs. Celtics 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over on the point total, and it also says one side of the spread hits well over 50% of the time!

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