Mavericks at Hawks: Game 51 Preview

Dallas Mavericks (28-22) at Atlanta Hawks (27-22)
Mon. Feb. 1, 7:00 at Philips Arena
TV: FSSW, NBALP
Line: Hawks by 6

2015-16 Matchups
Dec. 9 at Dallas
Hawks 98 Mavs 95

All-Time Series
Hawks 37 Mavs 32

Team Stats
Mavs
Off. Rating: 103.1 (11th)
Def. Rating: 102.5 (14th)
Point Differential: -0.1
Hawks
Offense: 102.5 (15th)
Defense: 100.4 (6th)
Point Differential: +1.6

Projected Starters
Mavs
PG: Deron Williams
SG: Wesley Matthews
SF: Chandler Parsons
PF: Dirk Nowitzki
C: Zaza Pachulia
Hawks
PG: Jeff Teague
SG: Kyle Korver
SF: Kent Bazemore
PF: Paul Millsap
C: Al Horford

Team Leaders

Mavs
PPG: Nowitzki, 17.5
RPG: Pachulia, 10.8
APG: Williams, 5.4
PER: Nowitzki, 19.5
Hawks
PPG: Millsap, 18.0
RPG: Millsap, 8.7
APG: Teague, 5.5
PER: Millsap, 23.3

Of Note

• Devin Harris will missed his 5th straight game with a strained left toe.
• This will be the Mavs 19th game in 32 days. They will only play 9 games in 28 days after this including a 9 day all-star break.
• The Mavs have lost 4 straight to Hawks with 3 of those losses coming by 3 points or less.
• Former Hawk Zaza Pachulia has 25 points and 27 rebounds in the last 2 games after missing 3 games due to a sore Achilles.
• The Hawks have really struggled lately, losing 5 out of their last 6 games in which they failed to score more than 95 points in any of those losses.