Dallas Mavericks vs Detroit Pistons: Odds and Predictions
The Dallas Mavericks and the Detroit Pistons sit in opposite conferences and meet twice a regular season, once at each arena. This page tracks the Kalshi markets for the matchup — moneyline, spread and total — alongside the meetings already played and the ones still to come.Next game: Thu, Jan 14, 2027
Mavericks
2
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Pistons
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Last 5 meetings
Next meeting
Thu, Jan 14, 2027
7:00 PM ET · NBA · 2026-27
DAL Mavericks
DET Pistons
Not listed on Kalshi yet. Markets open closer to game day.
Last meeting
Thu, Dec 18, 2025
NBA · 2025-26
DET Pistons
114
DAL Mavericks
116
Head-to-head
Other DAL Mavericks vs DET Pistons meetings
The rest of the meetings between these two clubs — still to come first, then the most recent results — with the Kalshi market for any that is listed.
Sat, Nov 1, 2025
DAL Mavericks
110
DET Pistons
122
NBA · 2025-26
Fri, Mar 21, 2025
DET Pistons
117
DAL Mavericks
123
NBA · 2024-25
Fri, Jan 31, 2025
DAL Mavericks
102
DET Pistons
117
NBA · 2024-25
Fri, Apr 12, 2024
DET Pistons
107
DAL Mavericks
89
NBA · 2023-24
Upcoming
Next games for the DAL Mavericks and DET Pistons
Every listed fixture either club plays next, whoever the opponent is, with the Kalshi market for each.
How often do the Mavericks and Pistons play each other?
The Dallas Mavericks and the Detroit Pistons meet twice a regular season, once at each arena. Every club plays all fifteen clubs in the other conference twice, home and away, so this is the least often the league schedules any pairing — and it is the only kind of meeting the Mavericks and the Pistons get outside the NBA Finals.
Are the Mavericks and Pistons in the same division?
No, and not the same conference either. The Dallas Mavericks are a Western Conference club in the Southwest Division; the Detroit Pistons are a Eastern Conference club in the Central. That makes every meeting between them an inter-conference game.
What is at stake when the Mavericks play the Pistons?
For the Mavericks and the Pistons, the overall record and only that. An inter-conference game touches neither club’s division record nor its conference record — but the overall record is what the standings in each conference are ordered by in the first place, so these two games count for seeding exactly as much as any other.
Can the Mavericks and Pistons meet in the playoffs?
Only in the NBA Finals. The Mavericks are in the Western Conference and the Pistons in the Eastern Conference, and the playoffs are run inside each conference until the final round — so these two cannot be drawn against each other before it.
Where can I follow the Mavericks and Pistons for the rest of the season?
Every Mavericks and Pistons game Kalshi lists has its own market page, with the moneyline, the spread, the total and the player props built on that fixture. The NBA market index carries the rest of the league, and the matchup index carries every other pairing the Dallas Mavericks and the Detroit Pistons are in.
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