{"id":569228,"date":"2026-01-29T20:39:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/569228\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:39:35","slug":"mmbets-mavericks-vs-hornets-rookie-bowl-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/569228\/","title":{"rendered":"MMBets \u2014 Mavericks vs. Hornets: Rookie Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Dallas gets dropped straight into the deep end after the weather-forced pause, hosting Charlotte on a night where both teams are on the second leg of a back-to-back. The Hornets arrive with a lot of January buzz and a shiny offensive profile, while the Mavericks quietly sit in a familiar role: short home dog, still not fully trusted by the market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Let\u2019s scan the lines in search of value.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\ud83c\udfc0 Fixture:<br \/>Charlotte Hornets (20\u201328, 11\u201315 Away)<br \/>@ Dallas Mavericks (19\u201328, 14\u201313 Home)<br \/>\ud83d\udccd American Airlines Center \u2014 Dallas, TX<br \/>\ud83d\udd62 7:30 PM CST, January 29, 2026<br \/>\ud83d\udcfa\u00a0KFAA-TV \/ NBA App<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\ud83d\udcb0 DraftKings Odds (as of 2:30 AM CST):<br \/>Spread: Hornets -4.5 (-102) | Mavericks +4.5 (-118)<br \/>Total: 227.5 (O -115 \/ U -105)<br \/>Moneyline: Hornets -166 | Mavericks +140<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\ud83c\udfb2 Game Side Pick: Mavericks +4.5<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Charlotte\u2019s been the league\u2019s January darling \u2014 hot from deep, elite in net rating, and finally playing with the kind of rhythm that moves markets. On paper, they\u2019ve earned their favorite tag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But tonight\u2019s context reshuffles things. Dallas had key players sit versus Minnesota, giving them fresher legs than a normal back-to-back team, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamrankings.com\/nba\/stat\/opponent-three-point-pct\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:they\u2019ve quietly led the league in opponent three-point percentage this season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">they\u2019ve quietly led the league in opponent three-point percentage this season<\/a>. That strength shows up exactly where Charlotte wants to live \u2014 on the perimeter, in rhythm, with space.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\ud83d\udcca Player Props:<\/p>\n<p>Max Christie Over 2.5 Three-Pointers Made (-129)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Charlotte\u2019s defensive attention is likely to tilt toward the primary creators, which keeps Christie in the flow as a release valve on the perimeter. In a matchup that projects toward pace and scoring, this number feels a touch light for a shooter who sports a green light along with Klay Thompson. Coming off a down game, we get a bit of value here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Moussa Diabate Over 9.5 Points (-108)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Front-court players usually have nice nights facing a decimated Mavs front court. That should hold true here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas gets dropped straight into the deep end after the weather-forced pause, hosting Charlotte on a night where&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[6071,7,684,473,3878,686,149,685,498,7139,307,6,490],"class_list":{"0":"post-569228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-american-airlines-center","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-charlotte","11":"tag-charlotte-hornets","12":"tag-charlottehornets","13":"tag-dallas","14":"tag-dallas-mavericks","15":"tag-hornets","16":"tag-klay-thompson","17":"tag-max-christie","18":"tag-minnesota","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-the-mavericks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115980321671292356","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}