The Dallas Mavericks (5-15) visit the LA Clippers (5-14) Saturday night at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Tip is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NBA odds around the Mavericks vs. Clippers odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets.

Los Angeles is bad and it’s getting worse with a simplistic offense, lack of previously elite defense and no answers from coach or players.

The Mavericks hung on, snapping Dallas’ four-game losing streak, behind huge nights from Cooper Flagg and Klay Thompson.

In a further blow to their already fragile rotation, the Mavericks announced that Klay Thompson would be unavailable for the game Saturday against the Clippers as he continues to manage a left knee injury. However, a short time later, the injury report was updated to say that Thompson is available to play.

As the matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and the LA Clippers tipped off tonight at the Intuit Dome, one key presence was missing. Dallas forward PJ Washington, one of the team’s standout pieces in a disastrous early-season campaign,

P.J. Washington was a late scratch after suffering a right ankle injury during his pregame warmup. The Mavericks forward slipped on a loose basketball, which forced coach Jason Kidd to insert Naji Marshall into the starting lineup.

The Memphis Grizzlies gave an encouraging update on Ja Morant's injury status before the team's game vs the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday, Dec. 5.

The Dallas Mavericks are on the second night of a back-to-back against the LA Clippers on Saturday night after falling to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. They were already missing a lot of key players due to injury management heading into this game, with Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, Daniel Gafford, Dereck Lively II, and Dante Exum all being out.