Early games in playoff series often are higher-scoring than the later ones in the series. I see that occurring here. The Mavericks have fresh legs being idle the past four days. That's a much needed break for Luka Doncic, who has been dealing with injury and illness.

The Mavericks were the seventh-highest scoring team during the regular season averaging 117.9 points.

The two teams met four times during the regular season. The combined scores of those games were 223, 220, 218 and 208 - all of which is higher than this total.