“We go as he goes. He’s obviously our best player,” Dallas’ Klay Thompson said of Anthony Davis, via the AP.
Wednesday, that best player had his best game since joining the Mavericks — including hitting the game-winner against the Hawks.
“A shot that I’ve been shooting for a long time,” Davis said of the game-winner. “It’s a shot I’m very confident in.”
The Mavericks are now 4-1 in the games Davis has played. Davis has started to look more comfortable in each of those games, and on Wednesday Davis dropped 34 points on Atlanta, the most Davis has scored as a Maverick.
With the win, the Mavericks move 1.5 games ahead of the slumping Kings for the No. 9 seed in the West (meaning Dallas would host the first-round play-in game). Dallas is 2.5 games up on No. 11 seed Phoenix, which is facing its own challenges with Kevin Durant out.
