Andrew Nembhard will faca a difficult matchup against a Mavs squad that is ranked 3rd in Defensive Efficiency, in addition to ranking 6th in pace of play. Nembhard has only eclipsed this line once this season and I have him projected to play only 28 minutes.

This is the second of a B2B for Dallas, but it didn't have to travel after blowing out the Magic and neither Luka Doncic nor Kyrie Irving played heavy minutes so they should be in there tonight. Indiana might be a bit thinned-out with Aaron Nesmith out and Andrew Nembhard in doubt. Indiana also is rather small right now with two centers --James Wiseman and Isaiah Jackson -- recently going down for the season. The Pacers swept the season series with the Mavericks last season for the first time since the 2015-16 campaign, so Dallas will clearly be aware of that.