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Mavericks vs. Grizzlies Parlay Picks & Predictions: Tonight's Best NBA Play-In Tournament SGP Odds

Brenden Schaeffer

Last Updated: April 18, 2025 12:04 PM EDT • 2 min 33 sec read.

Mavericks vs. Grizzlies Parlay Picks & Predictions: Tonight's Best NBA Play-In Tournament SGP Odds
Pictured: Memphis Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama reacts with Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane at FedExForum. Photo by Petre Thomas via Imagn Images.

Our Mavericks vs. Grizzlies parlay picks for tonight's NBA Play-In Tournament game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks expect more of the same from these teams.

Though Nico Harrison insists that defense wins championships, Memphis has dominated Dallas since the Luka Doncic trade. We’re fading the new-look Mavs' ability to hold down the Grizzlies in a game that should see Over 220.5 points, and think the Grizzlies can cover the spread as 6-point betting favorites. Those predictions lay the foundation for our play-in tournament same-game parlay based on our best NBA SGP odds.

Tonight's game from FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn., starts at 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN).

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🔥 Grizzlies -6 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Grizzlies have handled the Mavericks well this season, going 3-1 against Dallas outright. After the Doncic trade in February, Memphis had the Mavs’ number in both matchups, winning 122-111 and 132-97, respectively.

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While it should be noted that we haven’t seen Anthony Davis against the Grizzlies as a member of the Mavericks, we like the upside of this Memphis team at FedExForum.

The Grizzlies are just 20-21 ATS on the season at home, but their ability to blow teams out contributes to a +3.4 average margin at home against the spread that ranks third in the NBA.

🔢 Mavericks-Grizzlies spread odds

🔥 Over 220.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Defense wins championships!’ screams Dallas GM Nico Harrison into the void as his Mavericks team allows 115.3 PPG (19th in NBA) during the regular season. While the performance against the Kings in holding Sacramento to 106 points was impressive, we predicted the Kings to struggle in that game, as they did all year at home.

Doing it against Memphis, who averages 123.4 points per game at home to lead the NBA, won’t be as simple.

The Mavs and Grizzlies combined to score 235.9 PPG this season, while their combined opponent scoring averages this season totaled 232.5. With Dallas road games trending Over to the tune of an overwhelming 28-14-1 mark, we see 220.5 as a pretty attainable total to clear.

🔢 Mavericks-Grizzlies Over/Under odds

🔥 Santi Aldama Over 1.5 made 3-pointers ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Aldama is a sneaky pick to connect on 3-pointers against a Dallas team that has allowed opponents to make 36.3% of their 3-point attempts on the season (18th in NBA).

Aldama has knocked down more than 2.5 3-pointers in five of his last eight games. Dallas ranks in the middle of the pack in terms of efficiency against opposing power forwards lining up from deep range.

His averages of 1.8 made triples per game and 5.0 3-point attempts per game are career-highs.

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📺 Game info & where to watch Mavericks vs. Grizzlies live tonight

📅 Date: Friday, April 18
🕗 Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
📍 Location: FedExForum (Memphis, Tenn.)
📺 TV: ESPN
💻 Streaming: ESPN+

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Brenden Schaeffer
Brenden has covered the St. Louis Cardinals as a credentialed baseball writer for KMOV-TV since 2016. His sports writing has appeared in outlets including the Austin American-Statesman and Columbia Daily Tribune. Since 2021, Brenden has co-hosted 'The Big Show' during the afternoon drive for KTGR, the ESPN radio affiliate in Columbia, MO. He has appeared on radio stations around the country, including KMOX, and hosts a daily St. Louis Cardinals podcast. In the sports betting content space, Brenden has covered the NFL, college football, NBA, and college basketball for outlets including SBR since 2019. For his football handicapping, Brenden looks to target NFL player prop markets as well as sharp underdog lines in college football. Brenden looks to reference FanDuel for his sports betting articles because of its consistently competitive odds on parlays. FanDuel's boost offerings are also customer-friendly, and its odds on the NFL Same Game Parlay articles he's written for SBR have historically been consistently competitive compared to other books.