Luka Doncic called out his teammates and since that point they lost at the buzzer to the Suns on a Devin Booker 3-pointer when they were up two and they controlled the Hawks basically start to finish. They are trending upward and catch Golden State coming back to Earth after winning some close games earlier in the year.

Yes, the Mavs are playing the second of a back-to-back, but they finally looked like the team many projected them to be with Wednesday's 112-116 victory in Atlanta to end a six-game skid. I was holding off on picking this game to see if Kristaps Porzingis would sit out the second of a B2B, but he's not listed on the injury report. He could have a massive day against a Warriors frontcourt missing the injured James Wiseman, Kevon Looney, Marquese Chriss and perhaps Eric Paschall (he's questionable). Steph Curry can only do so much. The Mavericks have won four straight against the Warriors and covered the spread seven in a row.