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With the Miami Heat's playoff hopes at stake, they got a key win. Behind a strong effort from Jimmy Butler, the Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks, ...

We go over some of the best betting options for Sunday's matchup between the Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks.

The Hawks rank fifth in points per game over the last five games, but the Mavericks are 20th in the same category. Both teams have been inconsistent, but the Hawks are more fresh at the moment and have been playing better basketball. The Hawks are eighth in the East, four games back of the No. Atlanta is -150 on the moneyline, while Dallas comes in at +130. The total comes in at 245.5. The Mavericks sit in 11th in the West, one game back of the final play-in tournament spot.

Jimmy Butler scored 35 points and recorded a game-high 12 assists to lead the Miami Heat to a much-needed 129-122 win over the Dallas Mavericks.

But the Mavericks face the real possibility of missing out on the play-offs - just a year after they reached the Western Conference finals - as they sit in 11th place. It puts them one win behind the sixth-placed Brooklyn Nets in the Eastern Conference as they chase the final automatic play-off berth. Above them in seventh are the New Orleans Pelicans, who maintained their push for the post-season with a 122-114 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.

Miami won despite allowing Dallas to shoot a season-best 61%. Luka Doncic was brilliant again for Dallas, finishing with 42 points, 10 rebounds and eight...

Love was 3 for 3 from the field and 6 for 6 from the line for 13 points in his first 8 minutes off the bench, and Zeller had 12 points by halftime. … Miami will finish with a record of at least .500 for the fourth consecutive year and the 24th time in its 35 seasons. … The Mavs fell to 5-16 in games where they allow more than 100 points. He had 17 in the third quarter against Milwaukee on Feb. Even if the Heat win out and finish with 45 wins, the Nets - who hold the head-to-head tiebreaker - would only need to go 3-2 in their final five games to ensure they would finish ahead of Miami. The best the Mavs can finish is 41-41. The Mavs fell a full game back of No. "Just got to play hard, play with desperation and anything can happen," Hardaway said. had 31 points and Kyrie Irving added 23 points and eight assists for the Mavericks. Dallas is now two games back of No. Miami moved within 1 1/2 games of No. "I don't like the fact that they shot 61%.

Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is healthy, but will he play on the second night of a back-to-back set on April 2 against the Hawks?

The Mavs play their final road game of the season on April 2. Fans should expect Luka to play as he did not appear on the team's injury report ahead of Sunday's game. Who sits out for the Mavericks in Atlanta? It is the final back-to-back of the season for Dallas and another crucial game. The Mavs are still just one game behind tenth in the Western Conference and the final It has been an epic collapse from the Mavs, and they have to win out just to finish at .500.

As the Mavericks prepare for their final road game of the season Sunday at Atlanta, they are nearing a crossroads. They now are 37-41 and trail Oklahoma ...

The Hawks, incidentally, have plenty to fight for themselves in Sunday’s game. And by the way, the Friday game against Chicago could have big ramifications in that regard. This team is good enough to be in the top 10 in the West. They now are 37-41 and trail Oklahoma City by a game for the final spot in the play-in tournament. If the draft were today, with no lottery, the Mavericks would be picking 10th. 82, the April 9 home game against San Antonio.

Can the Mavericks get back on track against the Hawks? Check out our NBA odds series for our Mavericks-Hawks prediction and pick.

Without De’Andre Hunter in this one, the Hawks will have to dig in defensively and double-up Doncic when necessary. If the Mavericks can’t find scoring from their role players and bench, they won’t be able to hang in with the talent of Atlanta. They combined for just 22 points and could have given the Mavs a much better shot to win if they were just more active on offense. The Hawks have alternated wins and losses for the last eight games and have gone 4-4. The Dallas Mavericks are sitting in 11th-place in the Western Conference and are on the outside-looking-in for the last spot in the playoffs. They’ve desperately needed to scrape out a few wins in this last stretch of games, but have gone just 1-6 in their last seven games.

When Atlanta's Trae Young and Dallas' Luka Doncic meet twice each year, the games often are a showcase for the two stars, who were traded for one another ...

The Hawks shot 57.0 percent from the floor, 13 of 26 on 3-pointers and 19 of 20 from the line, with Dejounte Murray scoring 30 points. Overall I was disappointed (against the Nets) because we knew it was a big game, but I thought we competed." "A lot of these guys haven't been in this situation," Kidd said. The Hawks and Mavericks met on Jan. Despite the inability to improve their playoff standing, coach Quin Snyder has been pleased with the effort shown by his team. We've got to do a better job taking care of the ball when we do get stops." "We're trying to get stops and when we'd get one we'd throw it away. He has scored 20 points only once in the past four games. He has 35 double-doubles and 10 triple-doubles this season. The Mavericks (37-41) are coming off a 129-122 loss at Miami on Saturday. Dallas, which has lost two straight and six of its past seven games, is No. The

Dallas @ Atlanta. Current Records: Dallas 37-41; Atlanta 38-39. What to Know. This Sunday, the Atlanta Hawks are hoping to patch up the holes in a defense ...

- Feb 01, 2016 - Atlanta 112 vs. - Feb 01, 2020 - Dallas 123 vs. - Feb 22, 2020 - Atlanta 111 vs. - Feb 03, 2021 - Dallas 122 vs. [NBA picks](https://www.sportsline.com/nba/picks/#ttag=SL19_lk_cbssports_nba_htw) for every single game, including this one, from SportsLine's advanced computer model. Regional restrictions may apply.) Atlanta was down 101-79 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from. With both teams hitting sour notes in their previous games, they will no doubt be looking to produce a better outcome in this one. They have failed bettors playing the spread in their past three games, so buyers beware. The game between the Hawks and the Brooklyn Nets this past Friday was not a total blowout, but with Atlanta falling 124-107 on the road, it was darn close to turning into one. They will be playing at home against the Dallas Mavericks at 6 p.m. If the matchup is anything like Atlanta's 130-122 victory from their previous meeting in January, the scorekeeper will be kept real busy.

Another day, another loss in a failed defensive performance for the Mavericks on the road in Miami on Sunday.

WHO: Dallas Mavericks at Atlanta Hawks; WHAT: Annihilation of hope or something else; WHERE: State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA; WHEN: 5:00 p.m. CST; HOW: NBAtv or ...

It’s a match-up of sadness, a play-in hopeful in the Mavericks against a play-in stalwart in the Hawks. Platonic ideal of Dorian Finney-Smith, aka De’Andre Hunter is out with a knee injury of some sort. [Dallas Mavericks](https://www.mavsmoneyball.com) (37-41) round out a five-game road trip against the [Atlanta Hawks](https://www.peachtreehoops.com) (38-39) in a late afternoon/early evening contest on NBAtv.

Mankato, Minn. --- Minnesota State associate head coach Todd Knott, has declined an opportunity to become Minnesota State's next head men's hockey coach ...

In the end, I had to do what I felt was best for myself and my family. "I know that some will question the process and others will question Todd's decision. "We have had a contingency plan in place for the last 14 months in the event Coach Hastings left our program," explained Buisman.

Monique Meyer has already proved herself to be a calming presence at the back for the Mavs since arriving in the off-season. Having never played in the NSL ...

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There have been worse trips in history than the one the Mavericks just finished. That canceled flight that required an extra night's stay in Fargo in ...

But Irving scored twice as the Mavericks finally secured a defensive rebound in between. And I thought Luka got a great look at the end. The Mavericks took a foul with 6.7 seconds left. JaVale McGee, who played splendidly to help the Mavericks rally from a 15-point third-quarter deficit, missed the second of two free throws with 0.4 seconds left in regulation that could have avoided the overtime. “There was a lot that had to be executed on both sides. Both teams missed and the Mavericks had possession with 46.2 seconds left. They will have to pass one of the teams in front of them outright to squeeze into the play-in tourney. But the odds are long, to say the least. But just like the Thunder, the Wolves have the tiebreaker against the Mavericks. The only win the Mavericks got was against Indiana, a team that was missing its two best players. Earlier Sunday, the Portland Trail Blazers did the Mavericks a favor with a win at Minnesota, dropping the Timberwolves to 39-40. There have been worse trips in history than the one the Mavericks just finished.

Dallas falls to 37-42 with the loss, its seventh in its last eight games, and sits in 11th place in the West.

[New York Knicks](https://theathletic.com/nba/team/knicks/) unless it falls within the top 10, which seemed unfathomable just two months ago. But the Mavericks have now lost seven of their last eight games, and it feels near impossible to overcome this brutal stretch of basketball, even though the possibility still exists in a mathematical sense. For the Hawks to cough up a double-digit lead in the third quarter when Dallas, which has been one of the league’s worst defensive units for months now, actually started playing decently on that end? Here’s what you need to know: [Trae Young](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/trae-young-pMqz7IIVkDhPCk6P/)put Atlanta ahead with a pair of free throws with 1.8 seconds left in OT, while [Luka Dončić](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/luka-doncic-gMyReUOesjAikT7S/)missed a potential game-winning 3 at the buzzer. For Dallas’ playoff hopes to end with a barely used Wood and McGee combination playing nearly the entire second half and overtime period, on the second night of a back-to-back, with both players missing clutch free throws that could’ve sealed the win in regulation? That was one of the most absurd endings to one of the most absurd seasons that has maybe ever happened in league history.

The Dallas Mavericks fell to the Atlanta Hawks 132-130 in an overtime battle that dampens their postseason chances.

Visit ESPN for the game recap of the Dallas Mavericks vs. Atlanta Hawks NBA basketball game on April 2, 2023.

With 0.4 seconds remaining, Atlanta's [Clint Capela](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3102529/clint-capela) fouled [JaVale McGee](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3452/javale-mcgee) near the basket as McGee reached for Doncic's inbound pass. “It's what you want to do as much as energy.” Kidd complained the Mavs' defense was “nonexistent” in a 129-122 loss at Miami on Saturday night. [Saddiq Bey](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4397136/saddiq-bey)'s layup gave the lead back to Atlanta. Mavericks: Kidd made a pregame plea for improved contributions from his bench “on both ends.” It was part of his emphasis on improved overall defensive play. Hawks coach Quin Snyder said Hunter is “a unique player and very important ... It's grit,” Kidd said. [Christian Wood](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3058254/christian-wood) was fouled by [John Collins](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3908845/john-collins) and made one free throw before missing the second with 1.2 seconds remaining. “We’re playing catch-up. John Collins' 3-pointer, followed by Clint Capela's jam, gave Atlanta an 84-74 lead midway through the third period. Toronto and Chicago put pressure on the Hawks with wins before Atlanta’s game. [Tim Hardaway Jr](http://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2528210/tim-hardaway-jr). The Hawks (39-39) moved back into eighth place in the play-in race.

The Hawks held off the Mavericks Sunday as Trae Young hit two free throws with less than two seconds remaining in overtime for a 132-130 victory at State ...