NBA Power Rankings 2012: Atlanta Hawks Land At No. 9

The latest NBA Power Rankings are out from SB Nation's Tom Ziller and the Atlanta Hawks are ranked among the top ten at No. 9 overall. Winners of four in a row and six of their last seven, the Hawks are among the hottest teams in the league right now and that's a good sign heading into the latter part of the regular season schedule. Ziller writes:

Unfortunately, Sunday's 4OT victory is still only worth one game in the win column. It's looking more likely every day, though, that the Hawks or Pacers will have first-round home court against the Atlantic champion. That's an important target, even though Atlanta is comfortable drawing No. 3 Orlando.

Ziller ranks the 30-20 Hawks as the fourth best team in the Eastern Conference at this point with the Chicago Bulls on top of everyone.

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Video: Joe Johnson Sends The Game Into A Third Overtime

An exhausting performance to end an exhausting stretch of three games in as many days. The Hawks had ample opportunities to cash out in this game but didn't. One of those opportunities came with Atlanta trailing by three in the second overtime when Joe Johnson hit a step back three to tie the game with just seven seconds remaining.

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Hawks Vs. Jazz Final Score: Atlanta Wins 133-139 Over Utah In Quadruple Overtime

The Atlanta Hawks were playing their third game in as many nights and ended up playing some extra basketball as the game went to four overtimes against the Utah Jazz. The Hawks ended up winning 139-133.

The game went to overtime with an Al Jefferson layup with 1:14 left as neither team could score on the few chances they had in regulation. The first overtime period was a wasteland of offense as each team scored only two points with the Hawks going 1-of-8 with the Jazz making 1-of-5 shots.

The second and third overtimes saw the two teams back to actually scoring baskets, and then it was in the fourth overtime when the Hawks started to pull away. The Hawks started the fourth quarter on an 8-2 run en route to beating the Jazz.

Hawks Vs. Jazz Halftime Score: Atlanta Having No Issues With Utah, Lead 55-40

The Atlanta Hawks are in process of wrapping up their third game in as many nights, and they are having no issues against the Utah Jazz as the Hawks are leading 55-40 at the half. The duo of Joe Johnson and Josh Smith are leading the way for the Hawks with Johnson having 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting while Smith has 15 points.

Jazz Vs. Hawks: Derrick Favors Giving Utah Solid Bench Production

Former Georgia Tech standout and South Atlanta High product Derrick Favors makes his return to the city of Atlanta Sunday evening when the Hawks take on the Utah Jazz.

As a 20 year old in his second season with the Utah Jazz, Favors is averaging 8.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game off the bench for the Jazz in about 20 minutes of playing time each night. He is stuck backing up Paul Milsap and Al Jefferson in the Utah frontcourt.

In case you have forgotten, after being drafted by the New Jersey Nets with the third pick in the 2010 NBA Draft Favors was the key piece in the trade that brought former Utah point guard Deron Williams to the New Jersey.

Favors hasn't had much luck against the Hawks averaging 4.7 points and 4.7 rebounds in three career games. During his only season at Georgia Tech, Favors averaged 12.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game as a freshman.

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NBA Standings 2012: Atlanta Percentage Points Behind Pacers In East Standings

The Atlanta Hawks have won three straight games and are keeping pace with the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Standings whom they now trail by just four percentage points. Indiana is 28-19 and in fifth place in the East while Atlanta is 29-20 and currently sixth.

Interesting to note that both the Hawks and the Pacers have a better record than the Philadelphia 76ers but they are locked in to a top 4 spot by virtue of their lead in the Atlantic Division. Atlanta is just two games behind the Orlando Magic for third place and are three games in front of the Boston Celtics.

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Jazz Vs. Hawks Time, TV, Radio Info And More

The Atlanta Hawks look to sweep a back-to-back-to-back set Sunday evening when they take on the Utah Jazz at Philips Arena.