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Fri, Oct 16 · 8:00 PM ET

ATLATLAtlanta Hawks46-36 · 2025-26 final
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DALDALDallas Mavericks26-55 · 2025-26 final

Atlanta Hawks at Dallas Mavericks preview

No win probability for preseason games — our NBA simulator only plays regular-season games.

Numbers to know

  • 1ATL has lost its last 3 games (2025-26, incl. playoffs).
  • 2ATL has been outscored by opponents by 18.8 points per game over its last 5 (100.0–118.8).
  • 3DAL has scored 120+ points in 3 of its last 5 games.
ATL

ATL recent form

Last 10 games played (2025-26, incl. playoffs)

  • L4/30vs NYK89–140Playoffs
  • L4/28@ NYK97–126Playoffs
  • L4/25vs NYK98–114Playoffs
  • W4/23vs NYK109–108Playoffs
  • W4/20@ NYK107–106Playoffs
DAL

DAL recent form

Last 10 games played (2025-26, incl. playoffs)

  • W4/12vs CHI149–128
  • L4/10@ SAS120–139
  • L4/8@ PHX107–112
  • L4/7@ LAC103–116
  • W4/5vs LAL134–128

Key players

NBA: the top scorer per game on the current roster over the latest regular season in our logs (2025-26; min. 20 games).

Head to head

ATL 2 – 2 DAL · last 4

Meetings since the 2024-25 season, incl. playoffs.

  • 3/18/26ATL 135 @ DAL 120
  • 3/10/26DAL 112 @ ATL 124
  • 4/2/25ATL 118 @ DAL 120
  • 11/25/24DAL 129 @ ATL 119

All numbers come from our own schedule and game-log tables; each section states its window. Results our logs can't settle reliably (e.g. a tied run or goal sum) show as “–” and are left out of streaks. Not betting advice.