The Atlanta Hawks continued their surge in the Eastern Conference playoff race Tuesday night, defeating the Dallas Mavericks 124-112 at State Farm Arena for their seventh consecutive victory. Atlanta relied on balanced scoring and late-game shotmaking to secure the win, improving to 34-31 while maintaining the NBA’s longest active winning streak. The Mavericks dropped to […] The post Alexander-Walker scores 29 as Hawks extend winning streak to seven with win over Mavericks appeared first on T...
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Hawks were up against another team that has struggled this season, the Dallas Mavericks, as they looked to extend their winning streak to seven games. They were able to do so, walking away with the 124-112 win, but it wasn’t as easy as many thought it would be, and it wouldn’t […] The post Clutch Hawks’ Jalen Johnson-Nickeil Alexander-Walker duo earns Quin Snyder applause appeared first on ClutchPoints .
After a season of jarring change and inconsistent play, the Atlanta Hawks appear to be coming together at just the right time. The Hawks won their seventh straight game — the team's longest streak since the 2021-22 season and best active run in the NBA — by holding off the woeful Dallas Mavericks 124-112 on Tuesday night. It wasn't pretty, but was just the kind of effort the Hawks needed as they try to escape a fifth straight trip to the play-in tournament.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 29 points, Jalen Johnson had 27 and the Atlanta Hawks won their seventh in a row, holding off the Dallas Mavericks 124-112 on Tuesday night. The Hawks, who have the NBA's longest active winning streak, led nearly the entire game but couldn't pull away from the Mavericks until the final period. Dallas tied the score at 97 on Khris Middleton's step-back jumper with just over nine minutes remaining.
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