After a decisive win against the 76ers, the Hawks are now poised to make it seven wins in a row against a lackluster Dallas Mavericks team.

Timing is important in the NBA. Teams that are and aren’t playoff-bound are fairly easy to discern after about 20 to 30 regular-season games. Who is and isn’t a contender is also largely well known by about the same point.

Jalen Johnson scored 13 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter to help the Atlanta Hawks to a 124-112 win over the visiting Dallas Mavericks for their seventh straight win. The win broke Atlanta's four-game losing streak against Dallas and sent the Mavericks to their eighth consecutive loss,

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