HAWKS AT MAVERICKS
Jan. 7, 2017, 8:30 p.m., American Airlines Center
Probable starters
Hawks (20-16)
Dennis Schroder
Kent Bazemore
Thabo Sefolosha
Paul Millsap
Dwight Howard
Injury report: Out – Tiago Splitter (right hamstring strain), Bembry (personal)
Inactives: Splitter, Bembry
Mavericks (11-25)
Deron Williams
Wesley Matthews
Harrison Barnes
Dorian Finney-Smith
Dirk Nowitzki
Injury report: Questionable - J.J. Barea (left leg muscle strain)
Inactives: TBA
Officials: Kane Fitzgerald, Eric Lewis, Gediminas Petraitis
From the Hawks
The Hawks are coming off a 99-94 road victory over the Pelicans Thursday, their fifth straight win. They have won 10 of the past 14 games. ... They have won five straight games against the Mavericks. ... During the win streak they are averaging 106.2 points, 24.6 assists and 48.0 rebounds with a .442 field goal percentage and .390 3-point percentage. … Tim Hardaway Jr. is averaging 18.3 points while shooting .618 from the field and .667 from 3-point range over the past three games.
From the Mavericks
The Mavericks are coming off a 102-95 home loss to the Suns Thursday. ... Nowitzki has 29,621career points and needs 379 to become the sixth player in NBA history to reach the 30,000-point plateau. He would also become just the third player to score 30,000 points with one franchise, joining Karl Malone (Jazz) and Kobe Bryant (Lakers). …Williams is averaging 15.6 points and 7.7 assists per game since Dec. 1.
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