We like the Dallas Mavericks to defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday at 7:10pm ET for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

The Thunder will be without Chet Holgren (as they have been) for a while, and Alex Caruso tonight.

Without Chet, OKC have to play extreme small ball. That will favor a physical team like the Mavs.

Unlike the past couple of teams the Thunder have played, Dallas have the size to exploit them.

Dallas have won back-2-back games versus Oklahoma City. They've also won four of the L5.

The Mavericks aren't playing their best quite yet, but still need to be thrown in consideration as one of the best in the west after making the NBA Finals a season ago.

We think this is a great spot to sell high on the Thunder. They'll start to regress just slightly without one of their stars.

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