Atlanta Hawks 130 vs 122 Dallas Mavericks summaruy: stats and highlights | NBA

The Atlanta Hawks won their fourth straight game and continue to climb the Eastern Conference standings after their road win over the Dallas Mavericks. Dejounte Murray led the Atlanta Hawks with 30 points in the 130-122 win at the American Airlines Center.

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It was supposed to be the battle of the two stars from the 2018 NBA Draft as Luka Doncic and Trae Young squared off, but Murray stole the show. Doncic sat out the Mavs last game in Portland with a bummed ankle, but there was no doubt he would be on the floor to face his draft classmate.

The Hawks jumped off to a hot start lighting up the score board thanks to Murray’s sharp shooting and Young’s vision off the pick and roll and in transition. He had five first quarter assists as Atlanta scored 40 in the first 12 minutes.

Luka Doncic had 19 points in the first quarter, but the Mavs turned the ball over seven times as their choppy start saw them fall behind in the open minutes of the game.

Young bounces back from ankle scare

Atlanta had a scare at the end of the first quarter when Young twisted his ankle on a cameraman’s foot under the basket. He had to go to the locker room, but returned after a short absence in the second quarter.

The scoring slowed down once Young was briefly sidelined and Doncic headed to the bench, and the Hawks led the entire first half.

Dallas came out and took the lead early in the third quarter on their way to a 14-0 run that looked like it was going to turn the tides. Doncic and the Mavs built up an eight point lead, but just when it seemed like the home side was taking control Murray stopped the run by rattling off five straight points and from then on the game was on a knifes edge until the end.

In the end, Luka’s 30 points weren’t enough as eight different Hawks scored double digits including Young who had 18 and 12 assists and John Collins had another 19.

Two teams going in opposite directions

Young finished off the Mavs with his signature floater to stretch the lead to six points with under a minute to go and give the Hawks their fourth straight win and sixth in their last eight games while the Mavs drop their third straight and seventh in their last nine.

That's four in a row for the Hawks and they are gaining steam as the team gets healthier by the day.

Young put the nail in the coffin with this text book floater to ice the game.

Murray and Young took over in a fourth quarter that was in the balance until the end. Murray ended the night with 30 points and Young had 18 and 12 assists.

Collins chipped in 19 points and is always ready to make a dash to the rack when Young comes off the screen.

The Mavs went on a 14-0 run in the third quarter, but Murray put an end to that and gave the Hawks back the lead going into the fourth quarter.

Capela had 16 points on 7-10 shooting from the field and Murray and Young made it easy for him to find easy buckets under the rim.

There are few players as dangerous as Young off the pick and roll. Here he his Capela for the alley oop.

Trae Young got things going early in his showdown with Luka Doncic, he had 5 assists in the first quarter to kick off the Hawks to a 40 point first quarter.

Murray got the steal and score to give a little preview of what was to come on Wednesday in Dallas.

The Mavs have lost three straight, while the Hawks win thier fourth straight and sixth in their last 8!

It's all over!!! The Hawks hold on to keep their streak going!

Young at the line and he drills both FTs after getting fouled by Wood and the Mavs take a TO with 24.5.

Young at the line and he drills both FTs after getting fouled by Wood.

Finney-Smith on the tip slam off the missed Doncic three ball. Timeout with 35.5 to go.

Young with his patented floater and that might have just sealed the game! Timeout Mavs with 41 seconds to go.

Murray bangs home a three ball off the dribble with under 2 to go.

Doncic with the floater in the paint and it's a one point game.

Bullock takes his defender off the dribble and gets the finger roll. He's got 18 and the Mavs trail by three. Timout with 3:06to go in the final quarter.

Dinwiddie cuts into the lead with a three point bucket!

Bogdanovic off the dribble from the baseline

Murray in the lane with the floater and he's got 27!

Bullock in the corner for three and is this the time for a comeback charge from the Mavs?

Young got clipped on the arm by Wood and Young hits both FTs with 5:35 to go.

Hunter bangs home the top of the key three ball and ATL lead by 5 with under 7 minutes to go.

Murray gets the jumper and we have been going back and forth in this final quarter.

Dinwiddie of the dribble and hitting the step back.

Murray on the fade away from outside the lane.

Doncic is fouled by Murray and gets one of two to go.

Murray was fouled by Green and hit both from the stripe.

Dinwiddie in the corner for three off the pass from Finney-Smith

Okongwu put the Hawks back in the lead with a lay up underneath.

Johnson ties it up with a deep ball!

Green with a short fader in the lane.

Griffin drops the step back jumper to draw the Hawks within one.

Dinwiddie with the long three point jumper.

Wood hits the floater in the lane on the first play of the fourth quarter to give the Mavs the lead again.

Capela gets back to back jams after the lob from Young on the ally oop in transitiion, to give the Hawks the lead back.

That will bring us to the end of the third quarter!

Capela with the slam off the Young assist as bodies went flying.

Luka gets fouled by Bogdanovic and he hits one of two.

Capela at the line and he hits two of two after getting fouled by Powell.

Green in the corner for three!

Bogdanovic with the floater from inside the FT line.

Doncic went between the legs and almost had a big time highlight. Instead he goes to the line and hits two FTs.

Collins on the turn around jump hook and we have a one point game.

Young with the lob and Collins with the hammer.

Bullock extends the lead with a deep ball off the Wood assist.

Bogdanovic this time going to the rack and he's got five straight.

Boganovic with a step back jack from downtown!

Dinwiddie drops a mid range jumper off the assist from Powell.

Wood responds with a three ball of his own.

Murray dropping the pull up three and the lead is down to two.

Murray with a couple straight jumpers, one from downtown and the five point spurt will force the Mavs into a TO.

WOOD WITH THE THREE BALL!! The Mavs are on a 14-0 run!

Powell on the double pump after the feed from Wood.

Wood hits the leaner out of the timeout, gets fouled and hits the FT.

Doncic gets to the baseline and hits the shot over Okongwu and then he drills a three ball to give the Mavs their first lead of the game!! ATL take a timeout with 8:34 to go in the third.

Bogdanovic in the corner and he finally hits a three ball!

Doncic finds Powell down low for the jam.

Finney Smith gets hacked going to the rack and he hits both FTs.

Collins with the three ball and he leads the Hawks with 15 points!

Powell at the line after getting fouled by Collins and hits both FTs.

Wood follows his own shot and gets a dunk for his troubles.

WE ARE BACK IN PLAY FROM DALLAS!

Young starts the half with a floater to get to double digits.

The Mavs took better care of the ball in the second quarter, but couldn't take the lead.

Doncic got going early, and had 19 points in the first quarter.

When Young is not scoring he is creating off the pick and roll and this time he found Capela for the Alley

Murray started the game with a steal and score and went to the half with 11 point and 5 rebounds.

WE ARE ALL DONE WITH THE FIRST QUARTER!!

The Mavs have never led after a slow first quarter in which they turned the ball over 7 times.

Doncic has 19 and 5 assists, while Young has 8 and 6 assists after twisting his ankle at the end of the first quarter.

Griffin was tapped by Doncic and that's his 3rd! Griffin hits both FTs.

Wood with the steal and slam to bring the deficit to one.

We are under a minute to go in the first half!

Dinwiddie on the drive and he gets the short floater to go.

Collins drops the three ball from the corner after the Young's assist

Murray with the mid range jumper over Doncic on the baseline.

Bullock ties the game up from downtown!!!

Capela down the lane for an easy jam out of the timeout.

Doncic with the steal and sets up Finney-Smith with the alley oop lay up in transition. ATL need a TO with 3:14 in the second quarter.

Bullock drops the three ball and the scoring is starting to heat up in the second quarter!

Capela with a wide open lay up after Hunter found him down low.

Doncic hits Wood down low for the easy score!

Hunter on the pull up from the mid range and he's got 8.

Hardy hit the driving lay up on the left side.

Hunter gets back to the FT line and he hits both after the Doncic foul.

Wood gets the rebound and takes it all the way for the spinning lay up.

Timeout on the floor with 6:26 to go in the half

Collins on the step back jumper from the right side and he's got 9.

Green at the line after Murray's foul and he hits one of two.

Bullock dashing to the rack and Green found him for the lay up.

Green glides to the bucket and finishes with the throw down.

Murray spots up from the elbow and he's looking to get going.

Dinwiddie going to the line and he misses both after the Griffin foul.

Okongwu starting to feel it as he finishes close to the bucket off the glass.

DINWIDDIE WITH THE CROSSOVER AT THE PERIMETER AND FLIES TO THE BUCKET WITH A TOMAHAWK SLAM!!

Okongwu getting the feed from Collins and he gets a short jumper to fall.

Green is fouled by Okongwu and hits one of two from the line.

Collins on the catch and release floater after the pass from Bogdanovic.

On the final play of the first quarter, Young tried the lay up and tripped on a camera mans foot under the basket. He's back in the locker room getting some medical attention.

You knew Luka was going to show up to play against Trae Young tonight, but 19 points in the first quarter??

We are at the end of the first quarter and the Hawks lead after putting up 40 in the opening 12 minutes!

Donicic has 19 points and 3 assists but the Mavs have turned it over 7 times already while Young has 8 and 5 assists.

Doncic got Hunter in the air, and drew the foul from behind the arc. He hits all three from the line and he's got 19 in the first quarter!

Caplea hitting the glass hard and tips in the miss from Young.

Doncic going strong to the basket absorbs the contact and banks it off the glass. FT is good and he's got 16 already.

Griffin on the floater after the swing pass from Young.

Young with a running jumper from the elbow and he's got 8 and 4 assists.

Young streaking down the right side of the paint and hits the floater over McGee.

McGee gets the lay up to go after the feed from Doncic and goes to the line after the Griffin foul and drills the And-1.

Griffin drill the three ball from straight on!

Bertans fumbled the pass had to go chase it down in the corner and drilled the fading three ball with the clock winding down!

Young to the line after the Bullock foul, and he hits both FTs.

Three ball from Bullock after the feed from Doncic!

Young on the pick and roll and hit Capela on the alley oop out of the timeout!

Luka with back to back buckets, including a spot up three ball and he's already got 13 points! ATL needs a timeout with 3:15 to go in the first quarter as they look for a way to stop Doncic.

Young on the alley and Capel on the oop!

Luka sneaking through traffic and hitting the runner on the right baseline.

Hunter cutting to the bucket and drops the lay up.

Murray drills the catch and shoot three ball!

Luka going to the free throw line after Capela picks up his first foul. He hits both FTs.

Collins drops the baseline jumper from the right side.

Dinwiddie with a spot up three ball!

Luka with the off balance fader from the elbow out of the timeout.

Collins gliding to the bucket in transition and the finger roll will force the Mavs to take an early timeout with 7:35 to go in the first quarter.

Collins gliding to the bucket in transition and the finger roll will force the Mavs to take an early timeout.

Okongwu going back to the line after the foul on Dinwiddie, he gets both free throws to drop.

Okonguw got fouled by Doncic on the shot and he hits one of two FTs.

Finney-Smith drops a second straight three ball for the Mavs

Hunter get the lay up to go down the lane.

Luka gets his first assist with a pass to Wood for the three ball.

Young got the rebound and went coast to coast with a tear drop from the FT line.

Murray on the offensive glass and gets the floater in the lane to go.

Luka driving with a defender on his back and makes the short jumper from outside the lane.

Young with a no look pass to Okongwy with the jam down the middle of the lane.

Murray gets the night going with a lay up on the first drive to the bucket after a steal and score.

WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM BIG D!!!

Luka is on the floor and looking to break the Mavs bad spell in their first game of a four game home stretch.

2018 Draft class

Luka Doncic and Trae Young will always be tied together after being drafted in the same draft class. The Hawks took the Slovenian and traded him to the Mavs who took Young with the 5th pick. Since getting drafted, both have made the All-Star Game, both have made an All-NBA Team and both have led their teams to the Conference Finals. They are without question the most successful players of the 2018 draft class that included Deandre Ayton, Marvin Bagley III and Jaren Jackson Jr. in the top 5.

Trae Young and Dejounte Murray look to keep the train rolling in Big D, but they will have to take down Luka and the Mavs to keep climbing the Eastern Conference ladder.

As you can see, Doncic is featured in the starting line up, and there was little doubt that he would play for this big time match up against Trae Young.

Tonight's odds

Accoridng to Bet365.com, the Mavs are 2.5 point favorites over the Hawks and the Over/Under is set at 231.5.

After a rough patch on the road, I think the Mavs come in looking for blood tonight, so I'm taking the Mavs to cover.

Doncic Drama

Dallas courts have recently settled an ugly off court feud between him and his mother over ownership of his image rights. According to reports, the core of the feud lies in the trademark of her son’s name, “Luka Doncic 7,” which she herself owns. After Doncic filed a petition to cancel the trademark and subsequently failed, he then applied to file another trademark under his name with the title “Luka Doncic 77.” Unfortunately, it was also denied.

Click the here to read the entire story written by AS English's Paul Rudder.

Western Conference Standings

The Mavs road trip saw them fall down the standings after losing four of their last five, but they are still fifth in the West, a game and a half above the Warriors and two games above the Jazz in 8th place.

Eastern Conference Standings

The Hawks moved to .500 with their win over the Heat last game, and look like they might be turning things around but still sit ninth in the Eastern Conference even after their recent run.

ATL is streaking

The Atlanta Hawks have been rolling since the turn of the new year and they kept of their fantastic form with an eight point victory over the Heat on Monday. Dejounte Murray came alive in the fourth quarter, scoring 12 of his 28 points to lead the Hawks over Miami. Jimmy Butler dropped 34 points against Atlanta, but his side never lead in the game that they trailed by as many as 26. Trae Young added 24 points and 8 assists as the Hawks evened their record to 22-22.

Dallas back home after road trip

The Mavs played the Trail Blazers for a second straight game on Sunday and they flat out looked warn out. On the fifth and final of their road games they gave up 140 points in Portland after losing 136-119 the night before. Mavs stud Luka Doncic was given the night off against the Blazers, and Spencer Dinwiddie’s 28 points weren’t enough to take down the boys from Rip City. The game was tight until the fourth quarter although Portland was in control for 48 minutes. Damian Lillard had 40 points and led a fourth quarter charge that buried the Mavs to serve them their four loss in five games.

We are live from Dallas

Hello everyone and welcome to American Airlines Center where the Mavs finally return home after a five game road trip, that didn’t go as planned for Jason Kidd’s team. Dallas lost four of their five away games, but they return to Dallas looking to keep track with the top half of the Western Conference. The Hawks had another disappointing start to the season but is there a turn in the tides in Atlanta? They have won three straight and five of their last seven and now look to keep the good spell going in Big D.

Hawks vs. Mavs

We have an interconference matchup between two of the biggest names in the game as Luka Doncic the Dallas Mavericks host Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks. AS English will be with you all night providing live stats, scores, highlights and analysis from tonight’s game featuring two stars that will forever be tied together after the 2018 Draft.