When Atlanta Hawks will stay steady in the Eastern Conference, which will stay in the Eastern Conference as they visit Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday.
Atlanta (36-39) enters the game after losing three of the last four matches, including Tuesday’s 127-113 Home’s setback to Portland Trail Blazers.
Hawks tried to build the separation on Orlando Magic but instead saw their unfortunate performance, in pairs with a magical victory in San Antonio, resulted in Atlanta falling one percentage point in the back of its southeastern division.
Hawks also leads Miami Heat with just two matches and Chicago Bulls with 2 1/2 for a play-in spot.
Atlanta turned the ball over 19 times and took its last lead in the opening minutes in the second quarter. Hawks also allowed 19 offensive returns in the loss.
“We have to be more accurate with our passing, safer with the ball,” said Hawk’s head coach Quin Snyder. “On the glass there will be some that are difficult for us to correct, but we must be as physical as we can. The two areas of the game hurt us.”
Atlanta Point Guard Trae Young poured in 29 points and 15 Assist-seered their league leading average to 11.6 assists per match. The seventh -year professionals appear to appear in the playoffs for the fourth time, and he knows that the hawks have another important opportunity on Wednesday.
“It’s part of the NBA,” Young said. “You can never get too high or too low at any point in the season, so right now I’m not too low after the loss.”
Dallas (37-39) is in his own post-season push, which currently sits half a game before Sacramento Kings for location # 9 in Western Conference and two matches before Phoenix Suns.
After a miserable 1-9 starts marching, Mavericks has won four out of six to revive an unpredictable season. Dallas fell 113-109 at home against Brooklyn Nets on Monday after beating a two-digit lead during the fourth quarter.
In a damaged campaign, Mavericks finally got some good news when Center Daniel Gafford returned from a 21 game’s absence due to a struck knee. He published 17 points and seven returns in Monday loss.
“I have a big heart for the game,” Gafford said. “Every day I was out I was just trying to get better. It wasn’t the end of the world or the end of my career. … I’m very happy to be back.”
Gafford, which an average of 12.4 points, 6.9 returns and 1.4 blocks per match, started with the great man Anthony Davis in his first match back.
Davis, who returned last week from an extended absence due to an adductor injury affected in his first game with Dallas, is an average of 16.6 points and 8.6 returns in five matches since he was traded from the Los Angeles Lakers for Luka Doncic.
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