Mavericks target the glass against Pacers without Haliburton

The Indiana Pacers (3-7), without Tyrese Haliburton, visit the Dallas Mavericks (6-4) on Monday at 8 p.m. ET in a game that turns on the glass, where Indiana ranks last in offensive rebounding.

Indiana rebounds 20.8% of its misses, last in the league. Dallas grabs 30.1% of its own, seventh, against a Pacers defense ranked 16th on the defensive boards.

The Mavericks are vulnerable in the same area, ranking 24th in defensive rebounding. The league's worst offensive rebounding team is poorly placed to exploit it.

Indiana needs every extra look. It scores 108.1 points per 100 possessions, 22nd, and meets a Dallas defense that holds opponents to a 51 effective field goal percentage, sixth in the league.

Cooper Flagg runs the Dallas attack at 24 points and seven assists a game, and his 2.1 steals will test a Pacers backcourt missing its playmaker. Daniel Gafford adds two blocks a game.

Haliburton, who averages 21.8 points and 9.5 assists, is out, with an expected return of Friday, November 13. Ben Sheppard (20.8 minutes a game) and Johnny Furphy are also out, and another guard is questionable.

Ivica Zubac, at 8.4 rebounds a game, holds the paint for Indiana. Quenton Jackson leads the Pacers with 1.3 steals.

Dallas is thin at center too. Dereck Lively II (21.2 minutes a game), Tarik Biberovic and Sergio De Larrea are out.

The Mavericks have won two straight, the latest 130-93 over Brooklyn. Indiana lost 114-102 at home to Denver in its last game. Dallas took the first meeting 121-105 on Friday, October 23.

Sportsbook prices give the Mavericks a 57% chance to win. The Keel Stats projection, blended with the market, puts Dallas at 58% and 4.1 points better.