The Hawks looked really flat yesterday in Motown as the Pistons dominated them 53-27 on the boards and it did them in. Josh Smith led the way for the Hawks with 23 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 5 blocked shots in this game. Jamal Crawford pitched in with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists. Mike Bibby had a so-so game with 13 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals against the Pistons. The Hawks are now 12-5 on the season.

The Hawks shot 51.4% from the floor last night and they outrebounded the Sixers 42-32 and those were the biggest reasons for the win in Philly. Jamal Crawford led the way for the Hawks last night with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Mike Bibby did a good job of running the show on offense with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Josh Smith stuffed the stat sheet with 20 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocked shots. The Hawks are now 12-4 on the season.

The Hawks got absolutely blitzed last night at home by the Magic. The Hawks were outscored 54-25 in the second half of this game as they didn’t look like they belonged on the same court as the Magic. The Hawks only shot 38.8% from the floor in this game and they were outrebounded 53-41 by the Magic. Joe Johnson led the way for the Hawks with 22 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals in this game. Josh Smith only shot 6 of 17 from the floor but he still finished up with 13 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists. The Hawks are now 11-4 on the year.

I thought the Hawks should have let Marvin Williams walk instead of giving him that huge contract in the off-season. He is a average ball player at best as the fifth or sixth option on offense for the Hawks. Williams has played in 14 games (all starts) for the Hawks this season and he has averaged 29.6 minutes, 11.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. On a different team Williams would be a better basketball player but in his defense it’s good that he’s not a selfish player who needs the ball in his hands to succeed.

The Hawks only shot 37.2% from the floor last night and it did them in. Jamal Crawford led the way for the Hawks with 20 points and 4 rebounds off the bench. Marvin Williams had another decent game with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. Josh Smith stuffed the stat sheet as usual with 14 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocked shots. The Hawks are now 11-3 on the year.

The Hawks shot 50% from the floor last night and it was a huge factor in a hard fought win over the Rockets. Marvin Williams had his best game of the year by far with 29 points and 9 rebounds last night. Jamal Crawford had another solid game off the bench with 21 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals. Joe Johnson had a rough shooting night (6 of 18) from the floor as he finished up with 19 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals. The Hawks are now 11-2 on the season.

The Atlanta Hawks (10-2) became the first team in the Eastern Conference to get 10 wins this season as they took down the Miami Heat (7-4) Wednesday night at home.  The Hawks were led by who else but Joe Johnson.  Johnson shot the ball great from the outside, hitting 5-11 threes and finishing with 30 points, 3 assists, and 2 rebounds.  Johnson got a lot of help from Josh Smith, who filled up the stat sheet in this one.  Smith scored 16 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, and dished out 7 assists.  Smith was also a beast on defense, blocking 2 shots and getting 2 steals.  The Hawks did a great job containing the very talented Dwayne Wade.  Wade only hit 33% of his shots and was held to 15 points.  The Hawks are the surprise of the East so far this season and are undefeated at home.  Nobody expected them to be on top of the Eastern Conference with the Celtics, Magic, and Cavaliers expected to be better.  If they can rebound and play good defense against high quality opponents like Wade, they will stay near the top all season.

Atlanta Hawks guard Joe Johnson rarely gets the credit or attention that an All-Star is used to, but that hasn’t stopped him from putting up great numbers for the Hawks year in and year out.  This year has been no different for Johnson and he is one of the main reasons the Hawks currently have the best record in the Eastern Conference at 9-2.  Johnson is leading the team in scoring and is also leading them in minutes and assists.  He is averaging 23.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.8 assists, while shooting 46% from the field and 86% from the free throw line.  The only thing Johnson is not doing well is shooting the three.  He is only shooting 31% from behind the arc so far this year.  I expect him to improve on that as the season progresses since Johnson was a career 38% three point shooter coming into this year.

The Hawks outrebounded the Hawks 47-37 last night and they outscored the Blazers 27-18 in the 4th quarter to send the game into O.T. where they won. Joe Johnson led the way for the Hawks last night with 35 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists. Josh Smith filled up the boxscore with 20 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocked shots. Al Horford was also solid last night with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. The Hawks are now 9-2 on the year.

The Hawks shot 54.5% from the floor last night as they continue to roll. Joe Johnson led the way for the Hawks last night with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Jamal Crawford pitched in with 21 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals off the bench for the Hawks. Josh Smith really stuffed the stat sheet last night with 17 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocked shots. Mike Bibby did a solid job of running the offense with 17 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists. The Hawks are now 8-2 on the year.