The 27-22 Atlanta Hawks will travel to play the 22-28 Dallas Mavericks in an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night. Tip time from Dallas is scheduled for 8:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.

The NBA odds in this game has the home team Dallas Mavericks favored by -4 ½ points with an over under line of 204 points. There has been no line movement since these odds opened up a few hours ago.

The teams met once during the lockout year with the Hawks posting the 106-89 home win as a -5 point betting favorite. The total came in at over 194 points.

Atlanta is 10-13 on the road this season. They lose for the third time in four games after a 111-100 home defeat on Friday to the New Orleans Hornets as a -5 point betting favorite. The total came in at over 193 points. The Hawks shoot 47.3% from the field and 13 of 24 from three. They lose because they commit 17 turnovers and allowed 52.3% shooting to the Hornets. Josh Smith had 23 points and 8 assists on 9 of 19 shooting. Atlanta has been an inconsistent team this season. Looking over their past ten games you find five good defensive efforts and five games where they give up 106 or more points. They are 27th and fourth to last in the NBA in free throw shooting making 70.4%.

Dallas has begun this five game home stand with two straight wins. They come off the 116-91 home win on Saturday to the Golden St Warriors as a -5 ½ point betting favorite. The total came in at under 210 ½ points. The Mavs shot 49.4% from the floor and 11 of 20 from three. They limit the Warriors who were playing a back to back just 38.2% shooting. Shawn Marion had 26 points and 11 rebounds on 11 of 16 shooting. Dirk Nowitzki is still searching for his shooting touch. In 21 games he is hitting on 40.7% from the field a career low by five percentage points. It is time now for Dallas to make a playoff push. They have scored 100 or more points in eight of their past ten games.