MyDallasMavs: Mavs Get Fourth Consecutive Win, Beating the Hawks 102-91

The Mavs got their fourth consecutive win as well as third straight win in their four-game homestand against the Hawks Saturday night.

Over the past few games, the Mavericks have really shown that they've been improving in trying to get back to the team they used to be before they were pummeled with injuries. They had seven players score in double figures for the first time all season in Thursday's win over the Rockets and they did it for the second time in this game vs the Hawks.

In this game, the Mavericks were far from selfish when it came to handling and passing the ball. They had assists on 38 of 36 shots against the Hawks.

Lately, Dallas has been having terrible games on the offensive end, as well as star player Dirk Nowitzki, who has been recovering from his knee injury.

Dirk finally had a great shooting night against the Hawks, leading the team with 19 points on 8 of 11 shooting.

The first quarter ended with the Mavs up by 4 points. The rest of the game went back and forth and Terry helped the Mavs lead at the half 32-29.

Dallas trailed 78-77 going into the fourth. In this quarter, Haywood, Nowitzki, and Marion combined for 12 points and helped the Mavs on a 14-1 run as they took a 91-79 lead with 8 minutes left. On this run, Nowitzki blocked a shot and scored a 3-pointer. Next, Marion blocked a shot and scored on the other end as well. Another Hawks turnover led to yet another Dallas basket, and they scored six unanswered points in under a minute.

The Mavericks had an excellent shooting night. On the other hand, this wasn't so true for the Hawks. Bibby, who is normally an outstanding 3-point shooter, was 1 for 3 from the 3-point line. Jamal Crawford was 1 for 7 and Johnson was 0 for 5.

Aside from Dirk's 19 points, Terry had 18 points and a season high 11 assists. Other players to score in double figures were Chandler and Kidd with 12 points, Stevenson with 11, Marion with 10, and Haywood with 10. This is only the second game where Haywood has scored about 10 points.

The Hawks played without one of their starting forwards, Marvin Williams, who sat out with a suspension for a fight in their game vs the Knicks on Friday. Maurice Evans took his spot in the starting lineup.

Johnson led the Hawks with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Smith who eventually fouled out of the game wound up having 17 points. Crawford finished with 11 points and Horford had 10.

Pavlovic started his 5th and last game with the Mavs as this was his last game of his second 10 day contract with them. The Mavericks declined to sign him for the rest of the season Saturday night. Carlisle told him the bad news, but thanked him as the rest of the team gave him a standing ovation.

Peja Stojakovic and Rodrigue Beaubois are looking to return by allstar weekend. Peja will most likely be their starting small forward.

Next, the Mavs take on the Washington Wizards Monday night as they head into their fourth and final game in their homestand. The Wizards are 0-23 on the road and the Mavs are looking to make it 0-24 as well as win their fifth consecutive game and perfect their four-game homestand.