The Hawks were overmatched last night as the Mavericks hit 54.3% of their shots from the floor.  Joe Johnson led the way for the Hawks with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.  Zaza Pachulia also had a solid game with 24 points and 9 rebounds.

The Hawks fell to 22-35 on the season with this loss.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270226006

The Hawks didn’t play any defense today as the Suns shot 50.6% from the floor and that’s why the Hawks lost.  Joe Johnson had a horrible shooting day (9 for 25) and still wound up with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.  Marvin Williams also had a very solid game with 23 points and 10 rebounds.

The Hawks fell to 22-34 on the season with this loss.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270225001

The Hawks were just too much for the Rockets last night.  Joe Johnson led the way for the Hawks with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.  Josh Smith had a stat sheet stuffer with 20 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocked shots.  Marvin Williams also had a decent game with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The Hawks improved to 22-33 on the season with this win.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270223001

The Hawks have traded a 2nd round pick to the Mavericks for point guard Anthony Johnson.  This is Johnson’s third go around with the Atlanta Hawks.  Johnson played for the Hawks from 1998-2000 + 2000-2001 and appeared in 112 games and averaged 3.6 points and 1.8 assists per game.  For his career, Johnson has played in 586 games and he’s averaged 5.6 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.  This was a good move for the Hawks as they need help at point guard.  Speedy Claxton has been a bust, Royal Ivey has little skill and Tyronn Lue has been banged up as of late.  It’s possible that Johnson could even start some games for the Hawks who now have a legit chance to make a run for the playoffs due to Dwyane Wade’s devastating injury last night for the Miami Heat.

The Hawks played hard tonight, but it just wasn’t enough.  Joe Johnson led the way for the Hawks with 30 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.  Zaza Pachulia only played 24 minutes and he scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.  Marvin Williams scored 16 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and dished out 3 assists.

The Hawks fell to 21-33 on the season with this loss.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270221001

The Hawks were awful last night as they only hit 35.6% of their shots from the floor and were out-rebounded 51-40 by the Bulls.  The Bulls also had an awful third quarter in which the Hawks out scored them 28-8!  Josh Childress led the way for the Hawks with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.  Marvin Williams also had a decent game with 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.  Josh Smith only shot 5 of 17 from the floor, but he still wound up with 11 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocked shots.

The Hawks fell to 21-32 on the season with this loss.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270220004

The Atlanta Hawks had been playing poorly all season, but a 6-4 run right before the All-Star break has put them in a position to compete for a playoff spot.  Right now the Hawks are only 5 games behind the Heat with 30 games left to play.  Joe Johnson and Josh Smith have both taken their games up to new levels and the rest of the team is following right behind their lead.  The Hawks should just have Joe Johnson start at point guard the rest of the season so that they can get their best five players on the floor together for maximum minutes.  It’s probably not realistic to target the Miami Heat, but the Hawks are only 5.5 games behind the reeling Orlando Magic and it’s not impossible to think the Hawks can catch them.

The Hawks were down 75-62 after three quarters but then they flipped the switch on and outscored the Clippers 34-18 in the 4th quarter to win last night!  Joe Johnson led the way for the Hawks with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.  Josh Smith also had a great game with 19 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocked shots.

The Hawks improved to 21-31 on the season with this win.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270214012

If the Hawks are going to continue to start Lorenzen Wright, they need him to step up and do something because he’s taking minutes away from Zaza Pachulia and Shelden Williams.  Wright is averaging 17.4 minutes on the floor per night and he’s not doing much with the time.  He’s only averaging 2.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per game this season and that’s just not enough to keep playing him.  Wright is only shooting 42.5% from the floor and that’s not good enough seeing how most of his shots are putbacks or dunks!  Also, he’s only hit 30.8% from the free throw line this season and that is downright pathetic.

The Hawks fell behind 50-32 in the first half and they never had a chance last night.  The Hawks only shot 37% from the floor and they were outrebounded 52-32 by the Jazz and that didn’t help matters.  Marvin Williams led the way with 15 points.  Joe Johnson had a rough game as he only scored 14 points and grabbed 3 rebounds.

The Hawks fell to 20-31 on the season with this loss.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270212026