This is a 10* BOOKIEKILLER on the Mavericks.

Neither team was supposed to be here, but we're going to have some new faces in the NBA Finals from the Western Conference no doubt.

The Wolves won three of four regular season matchups, but all occurred before Dallas added P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford before the trade deadline. In the one 121-87 rout, Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Dereck Lively and Derrick Jones Jr. were all out.

This Dallas defense is legit.

Minnesota "getting over the hump" though in its dramatic Game 7 win at Denver will be an issue for the home side though in my opinion, with a bit of a hangover here for that now legendary franchise playoff series victory.

Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving are a deadly one-two punch and while I do think the outright win is possible, in the end I'm grabbing the points.

The play is DALLAS.

Good luck, NP