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The Hornets' two rookies left the New Orleans Arena with bright-colored, glittery suitcases specially selected for them by veterans, Darren Collison's with a "Little Mermaid" theme and Marcus Thornton's emblazoned with Tinkerbell's smiling visage.

Make it seven wins in a row for the Atlanta Hawks after Friday nighta TMs squeaker past the Houston Rockets at Philips Arena, pushing them to the NBA's best record at 11-2 overall.

When experts were asked who would be contending for an NBA Championship in 2009-10, I believe they mentioned the following teams: Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, and Orlando Magic.

When the NBA and TNT met last spring to discuss the regular-season schedule, one topic of discussion was the Thanksgiving Day game.

Once again, the Hornets get to face a team that walloped them just a week ago, as the Eastern Conference-leading Hawks come to the Hive tonight.

Josh Smith skied to slam home Mike Bibby's missed jump shot with 0.7 seconds left to give the Hawks their seventh straight win, 105-103, over the Houston Rockets at Philips Arena.

Joe Johnson finished with a game-high 30 points, leading the Atlanta Hawks to a 105-90 victory over the Miami Heat at Philips Arena.

Joe Johnson finished with a game-high 30 points, leading the Atlanta Hawks to a 105-90 victory over the Miami Heat at Philips Arena.

The unstoppable force met the immovable object last night at Phillips Arena. The Blazers came into the game winners of six in a row and four straight on the road.

Joe Johnson scored eight points in overtime, and the red-hot Atlanta Hawks erased a nine-point fourth quarter deficit to cool off the Portland Trail Blazers, 99-95, at Philips Arena.

Keeping this guy off the boards will be a big deal. Browse more photos>> Game Time: 4:00 PM Pacific TV: Comcast We just played Atlanta two weeks ago and their basic constitution hasn't changed since then.

The Hawks didn't have a lot to go on in preparing for a New Orleans team playing without its star point guard and a new coach.

Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson is happy to see that Shelden Williams has found a home in Boston.

OK, this week Lebron James has made it crystal clear that he is no longer going to answer questions about his impending free agency in the huge NBA summer 2010 Lebron sweepstakes.A But, after watching him dominate the Orlando Magic and put on an absolute show against the Miami Heat , I could not help, but imagine LBJ in an Atlanta Hawks' uniform ...

Al Horford scored a season-high 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Josh Smith added 22 points and 12 boards, and the Atlanta Hawks sent the New York Knicks to their fifth straight loss with a 114-101 victory Wednesday night.

The Atlanta Hawks will be attempting to keep up their strong start to the young season, as well as extending the early woes of the New York Knicks, when the two teams get together at Madison Square Garden this evening.

Five Atlanta Hawks players - guards Mike Bibby, Jamal Crawford and Joe Johnson, forward Josh Smith and center Al Horford - are featured on the 2010 NBA All-Star Ballot, which was unveiled Tuesday during a special tip-off event in Dallas, the Official Host City of NBA All-Star 2010.

The Denver Nuggets are coming off their longest postseason run in 24 years. The Atlanta Hawks advanced to the second round of the playoffs last season for the first time in a decade.

Jamal Crawford scored 25 points, and Josh Smith had 22 points, nine rebounds, six blocked shots and seven assists in the Atlanta Hawks' 125-100 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.

I know you didn't see enough of rookie point guard Jeff Teague against Portland.