Dallas Mavericks vs LA Clippers Predicted Starting Lineups and Depth Chart for Apr. 5

Dallas Mavericks vs LA Clippers Predicted Starting Lineups and Depth Chart for Apr. 5 | 2024-25 NBA Season

Modified Apr 05, 2025 14:06 GMT

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The Dallas Mavericks and LA Clippers will clash on Saturday night in a crucial game in the race for the play-in tournament in the Western Conference. The Clippers are the seventh seed with a 45-32, tied with the sixth-seeded Timberwolves and one game behing the fifth-seeded Warriors. The Mavericks enter the game looking to even the season series at two games apiece.

As they prepare to take each other on, the Clippers enter the game with more momentum, having won three straight and five of their last six games, including a 126-113 win over Karl-Anthony Towns and the New York Knicks. On the other hand, the Mavericks are 3-3 over their last six contests as they struggle to string wins together.

Saturday's game will be the second between the Clippers and Mavericks in the last 48 hours. The Clippers easily handled their business on Friday night, winning 114-91 behind 20 points from Kawhi Leonard. Los Angeles has been great at home this season and have won nine of their last ten games at the Intuit Dome. The oddsmakers favor the Clippers with a -8.5-point-spread and a moneyline of -380.

The Clippers are playing their best basketball of the season at the end of the year, notching wins over the Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers in the last three weeks. For the Mavericks, a loss all but locks them into a spot in the play-in tournament as they and the Sacramento Kings continue to fight off the Suns.

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Dallas Mavericks vs. LA Clippers Starting Lineups and Depth Charts for April 5

Dallas Mavericks starting lineup and depth chart

The Dallas Mavericks will start Spencer Dinwiddie and Klay Thompson in the backcourt, P.J. Washington and Anthony Davis at the forward spots and Dereck Lively II at the center spot.

Point guard	Spencer Dinwiddie	Jaden Hardy	Brandon Williams
Shooting guard	Klay Thompson	Max Christie	Kessler Edwards
Small forward	P.J. Washington	Naji Marshall	Olivier-Maxence Prosper
Power forward	Anthony Davis	Caleb Martin	Kai Jones
Center	Dereck Lively II	Daniel Gafford	Dwight Powell

LA Clippers starting lineup and depth chart

The LA Clippers will start James Harden and Kris Dunn in the backcourt, Norman Powell and Kawhi Leonard in the forward spots and Ivica Zubac at center.

Point guard	James Harden	Patty Mills	Jordan Miller
Shooting guard	Kris Dunn	Bogdan Bogdanovic	Trentyn Flowers
Small Forward	Norman Powell	Amir Coffey	Patrick Baldwin
Power Forward	Kawhi Leonard	Derrick Jones Jr.	Nicolas Batum
Center	Ivica Zubac	Ben Simmons	Drew Eubanks

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Zachary Howell is an NBA and WNBA journalist at Sportskeeda with a degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism from Syracuse University and over a year of experience in the field.

Being introduced to the digital side of content inspired Zachary to become a writer, and his love of basketball made this an obvious transition.

His favorite team is the OKC Thunder, and Zachary started following them in 2011 when they were on the rise with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. His favorite basketball players from the past are Tim Duncan, Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal. Those three came to define their eras of basketball and were dominant without beating their chests too much. Zachary is a big fan of quiet greatness and these three players are good embodiments of that.

When not writing or watching sports, Zachary enjoys reading and exercising, as well as gaming. He loves to be outside and spend time with friends and family, including his three dogs.

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