SB Nation Atlanta - Atlanta Hawks Score: Josh Smith Leads Hawks To Ninth Straight Home Win With 103-93 Victory Over Golden Statehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46601/atlanta-fave.png2010-12-30T09:41:39-05:00http://atlanta.sbnation.com/rss/stream/16663262010-12-30T09:41:39-05:002010-12-30T09:41:39-05:00Atlanta Hawks Score: Josh Smith leads Hawks to ninth straight home win with 103-93 victory over Golden State
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/">Atlanta Hawks</a> did exactly what they had to do against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/">Golden State Warriors</a>: run, gun and win. <span>Josh Smith</span> had 22 points and 10 boards and <span>Al Horford</span> added 21 and 15, leading the Hawks to their ninth straight home win with a 103-93 win over the Warriors on Wednesday.</p>
<p><span>Joe Johnson</span> had 16 points and dished eight assists and <span>Mike Bibby</span> had 15 for Atlanta, which has won four of five overall.</p>
<p>The Hawks halted the Warriors' winning streak at three with the win. Golden State was trying to win four in a row for the first time since Feb. 26-March 4, 2008. Instead they dropped their 11th game of their last 13 away from Oakland.</p>
<p>Atlanta kept the NBA's third-leading scorer under wraps in this one, took away his perimeter game and rolled to the win. <span>Monta Ellis</span>, who was averaging nearly 35 points over his last four games, finished with just nine points on 4-for-13 shooting from the field.</p>
<p>The news wasn't all good for Atlanta, which lost <span>Marvin Williams</span> to a third-quarter injury when he crashed to the Philips Arena floor trying to intercept a pass. The Hawks do not know whether Williams will play on New Year's Eve against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.welcometoloudcity.com/">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>.</p>
https://atlanta.sbnation.com/atlanta-hawks/2010/12/30/1903977/atlanta-hawks-score-josh-smith-leads-hawks-to-ninth-straight-home-winPhil Foley2010-12-29T12:01:45-05:002010-12-29T12:01:45-05:00Atlanta Hawks Schedule: Hawks look to extend home winning stretch to nine against Golden State Warriors
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/">Atlanta Hawks</a> look to extend their home winning streak to nine when they take on the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/">Golden State Warriors</a> on Wednesday night at Philips Arena (7:00 PM, SportSouth, 97.9 FM).</p>
<p>The (non Road) Warriors are looking for their first four-game winning streak in nearly three years. But three of those wins have come at home at the Oracle Arena. The other was against the lowly <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.sactownroyalty.com/">Sacramento Kings</a> – that barley counts for an NBA victory.</p>
<p>Golden State (or Oakland as I like to call them), has dropped 10 of its last 12 away from home. Their only other win during that stretch on the highway came against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.canishoopus.com/">Minnesota Timberwolves</a>. So let’s just say they are very ungood on the road. Advantage Atlanta.</p>
<p>The Hawks are coming off of a 95-80 win over the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brewhoop.com/">Milwaukee Bucks</a> on Monday. <span>Al Horford</span> lead five Atlanta players into double-figures with 18 points and 12 rebounds.</p>
<p>While Oakland does have a red-hot scoring threat in <span>Monta Ellis</span>, who is averaging nearly 35 points a game over the past four games, they otherwise do not put the Golden in Golden State. The Warriors struggle defensively, allowing an average of 106.3 points a game.</p>
<p>Look for the Hawks to feast on the defensive lapses of an inferior Golden State team and keep the winning drive alive at home.</p>
https://atlanta.sbnation.com/2010/12/29/2327135/atlanta-hawks-schedule-hawks-look-to-extend-home-winning-stretch-toPhil Foley