Atlanta at Dallas 8:30 ET
Mavericks (-) over Hawks- The Dallas Mavericks who won only 33 games last season missing the playoffs for only the second time in the Mark Cuban era are looking to change their offensive philosophy where they were 29th (out of 30) in the NBA last season in possessions. With the addition of Dennis Smith Jr. drafted out of NC State the offense will become 'high-tempo' attack as the preseason has shown us. Dirk Nowitzki is entering his 20th NBA season and he is still an effective offensive force. The Hawks are not the same this season as they have parted one way or another with four of their top five scorers. Last season the Mavs started 2-13 and had to play catch-up the rest of the year. Not here! Take DALLAS!