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Mavericks vs. Thunder Player Props & Odds: Today's Game 1 NBA Playoff Prop Bets

C Jackson Cowart

Last Updated: May 7, 2024 7:00 PM EDT • 3 min 21 sec read.

Kyrie Irving (11) of the Dallas Mavericks drives to the basket in front of Aaron Wiggins (21) of the Oklahoma City Thunder, as we offer our best Mavericks vs. Thunder player props for Game 1 on Tuesday at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.
Kyrie Irving (11) of the Dallas Mavericks drives to the basket in front of Aaron Wiggins (21) of the Oklahoma City Thunder at American Airlines Center on February 10, 2024 in Dallas. Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images via AFP.

The Oklahoma City Thunder host the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday for Game 1 of their second-round series, as we offer our best Mavericks vs. Thunder player props based on the best NBA odds.

There will be no shortage of star power on display when the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder (57-25) host the fifth-seeded Dallas Mavericks (50-32) for Game 1 of their second-round series in the 2024 NBA playoffs.

The Thunder are favored by 3.5 points across our best sports betting sites for the series opener, which tips off tonight at 9:30 p.m. ET (TNT) at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.

All eyes will be on leading scorers Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luka Doncic, two of the three finalists by the closing NBA MVP odds. Those stars lead two of the five best teams by the latest NBA championship odds, though Tuesday's outcome could be dictated by the performance of these teams' supporting casts.

To accompany our Celtics vs. Cavaliers player props, here are our best Mavericks vs. Thunder player props and NBA picks (odds via our best NBA betting sites; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale).

Mavericks vs. Thunder Game 1 player props

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Mavericks vs. Thunder prop bet predictions for Tuesday

Kyrie Irving Under 24.5 points ⭐⭐⭐⭐

There's only so much you can do to shut down Doncic, even with his injury and recent struggles. If Irving gets going at the same time, though? Good luck with that.

That's why I suspect the Thunder will focus extra attention on Irving, who scored 30 in Friday's close-out victory over the Los Angeles Clippers after dropping 40 earlier in the series. He fell below this scoring prop in three of the other four games, though, and faces an elite OKC defense that just held the Pelicans to the worst offensive rating (93.5) by any team in a playoff series in eight years.

Gilgeous-Alexander is a plus-defender with size to make life difficult for Irving, but I wouldn't be surprised if elite stopper Luguentz Dort draws Irving for stretches of Tuesday's game to avoid an eruption from the Mavericks' No. 2 scoring option.

Best odds: +100 via DraftKings

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Chet Holmgren Over 1.5 threes ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Dallas' defense deserves its flowers, too, as it's been one of the best units at defending the rim since acquiring P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford at the trade deadline. It's much worse defending the perimeter, especially after losing versatile 6-10 forward Maxi Kleber (shoulder) for this series and beyond.

That should signal a green light for Holmgren, who hit at least one 3-pointer in each of his first four career playoff games in Round 1 with multiple threes in two of them. He attempted a whopping seven triples in Game 4, his third game of the series with at least six shots from deep.

These +102 odds represent a 49.5% implied probability that Holmgren will hit multiple threes, per our odds converter, with a $10.20 profit on a $10 wager if he does. In this matchup, that feels like solid value.

Best odds: +102 via FanDuel

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Dereck Lively Over 6.5 rebounds ⭐⭐⭐

While Holmgren should be able to expose the Mavericks' traditional bigs on the offensive end, I'd expect them to return the favor on the glass in one of the defining matchups of this series.

The Thunder owned the NBA's third-worst rebounding rate (45.9%) in the regular season with Holmgren (7.9 RPG) serving as their only big man of note. They allowed a combined 26.8 rebounds per game to opposing power forwards and centers, and they were subsequently outrebounded by 10 in the first round, too.

Lively led the Mavericks in rebounding (6.2 RPG) in the first round and played 24 minutes in each of the final two games of the series, clearing this total in both. His uncertain playing time makes this a three-star bet, but if Dallas leans into its size advantage inside, the rookie should have no trouble hitting this mark.

Best odds: +105 via DraftKings

Mavericks vs. Thunder Game 1 info & odds

  • When: Tuesday, May 7
  • Tip-off: 9:30 p.m. ET
  • Where: Paycom Center, Oklahoma City
  • How to watch: TNT
  • Favorite: Thunder -3.5 (-105 via BetMGM)

Mavericks-Thunder player props made Saturday at 5:45 p.m. ET

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C Jackson Cowart
C Jackson Cowart is an award-winning sports writer, reporter, and editor with nearly a decade of experience in the industry, with previous stops at theScore, Action Network, Forbes, and ESPN before joining the Sportsbook Review team. He's written about sports betting for the last five years, with a specialty in NFL, NBA, MLB, and collegiate futures markets and a weakness for novelty props and betting on the eventual runner-up. He's also an avid fantasy sports manager and commissioner and runs a sports card business on the side. He's a fiercely proud Oregon native and UNC alumnus, and he can't seem to stop betting on Ben Simmons to win MVP.