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One day removed from suffering their worst loss of the season, the Atlanta Hawks were at home last night against the Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets (5-2), like the Hawks, also came to Atlanta following a loss, their first of the season. For the Nuggets, last nightÆs game was the second of their four-game road trip before they return home to play the Los Angeles Lakers next Friday. The Hawks (5-2) continue to play ...

Sure, it is never fun to lose by 20 points, especially against a division opponent. But, when the team is 4-1, and you are coming back from your first West Coast road trip of the season, a loss like this is a trap wait waiting to happen. Unfortunately, the Hawks did fall into the trip, and they did get blown out by 20 against the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday night. They are still ...

The Atlanta Hawks draw even on their West Coast road trip after holding off the Trailblazers in Portland last night 97-91. The win came in large part to the play of AtlantaÆs new reserve point guard, Jamal Crawford. Crawford helped spark a Hawks team that had a 10-point deficit after the first period. CrawfordÆs 17 points in the first half put the Hawks back in the game trailing 48-47 at halftime. His ...

I know that it is only the first week of the 2009-2010 season and the Hawks still have 80 games to go, but with the best free agent pool of this century only one year away, it is just way too hard not to talk about it. Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, LeBron James, and Dirk Nowitzki are just the tip the free-agent iceberg. Another player on that upcoming free agent list, ...

On Friday night at Philips Arena in Atlanta Georgia, Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith made NBA history. With 4:26 remaining in the game, the 23-year-old rejected a shot attempted by Washington Wizards point guard Gilbert Arenas. In his sixth season in the NBA, all played with Atlanta who took Smith as the 17th overall pick in the 2004 draft, he became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 900 career blocks. ...

It took the Atlanta Hawks three quarters until their defense finally showed up. Once they did, the Indiana Pacers offense went out the door giving the Hawks a 120-109 opening night win. The Pacers and the Atlanta Hawks were at triple digits with nine minutes still left to play. However, Indiana would only score one point during the next six minutes, while the Hawks rolled off 10 unanswered points. Finally, Danny ...

The Hawks received good news today after learning that their all five of their starters will be healthy and cleared to play tomorrow night in the Atlanta HawksÆ opening night. It was only 48 hours ago that both Al Horford and Mike Bibby were at the practice facility receiving treatment from their injuries. Horford is going to play even though he sprained his ankle in the HawksÆ preseason finale against the Orlando ...

In the Atlanta Hawks last preseason game before the regular season starts next week, four of their starting five played at least twenty minutes. However, the Orlando magic also played four of their five starters. Orlando reminded the Hawks who the defending Eastern Conference champion was while en route to a blowout 123-86 win. The win kept the Orlando Magic with a perfect record (8-0), remaining the only unbeaten team. In fact, ...