With the Spurs' win last night in Portland, the Mavs have fallen a full game behind San Antonio (54-15 to 53-16) in the race for the West's best record (also SW Division lead). Dallas is coming off a heart-breaking last-second one-point loss to Golden State on Thursday despite Nowitzki's 51 points and could really use a win tonight in Atlanta. The Hawks are 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games and 2-4 ATS in its last 6 home games against Dallas. Dallas is 22-10 ATS off a upset loss as a favorite over the last 2 seasons and 16-6 ATS in road games after scoring 105 points or more over the last 2 seasons. Look for a motivated Dallas team to come out and dominate tonight.

The Kings haven't played well in the last week, but they have played 9 of their last 12 away from home. Perhaps all the road travel is taking a toll, as Sacramento is 1-3 SU, 0-4 ATS the last 4 games. With Ron Artest or without, the Sacramento Kings have not been able to win on the road this year they are just 11-23 SU, 14-19 ATS. They will try to turn that around Saturday night when they visit the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center. Utah is playing better with A revamped lineup led by 6'-9" Andrei Kirilenko and 6'-11" Mehmet Okur, and Carlos Boozer. They are 3-1 ATS the last 4 games. Utah is battling the Lakers for the final playoff spot and they Jazz are off a tough 109-97 home loss to Washington. They may have been gassed in that game after beating Phoenix on Tuesday 107-99. Utah has won 3 of their last five games in Salt Lake. Look for Utah to avenge an 18-point loss suffered in their last meeting against the Kings here tonight.