Marvin Williams News

Raja Bell scored 24 points and the Charlotte Bobcats looked nothing like the NBA's lowest scoring team in beating the road-weary Atlanta Hawks 103-83 on Friday night.

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.

The Atlanta Hawks seem to have found their rhythm and will wrap up a successful road trip tonight against the Charlotte Bobcats at Time Warner Cable Arena.

Joe Johnson and Jamal Crawford had 26 points each to help the Atlanta Hawks beat the Sacramento Kings 113-105 on Wednesday night.

Portland Jamal Crawford said it was a big game. And he played like it, rescuing the Hawks from themselves and their usually frivolous ways on the road.

LaMarcus Aldridge will get a chance to get after Josh Smith and the Hawks tonight at the Rose Garden.

Today, the Hawks get a shot at an old foe, an old adversary that's been around for as long as anyone can remember.

Atlanta Hawks forward Marvin Williams get off a shot in front of the Wizards DeShawn Stevenson during a preseason game.

Mike Woodson is smiling. He clearly doesn't read Bodog.com. After an offseason that saw the Hawks keep their three best free agents , strengthen their bench , eliminate both a punchline and a draft mistakeA , and draft a promising guard , optimism surrounding the franchise seems near an all-time high.

Joe Johnson scored 25 points, Al Horford had 24 and the Atlanta Hawks finally played some defense in an offensive shootout, pulling away in the fourth quarter for a season-opening 120-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.

The Atlanta Hawks will win 55 games this season if... A This team only won 16 road games during the 2008-09 season.A The Hawks lost all five of their road playoff games.A They should be able to get to 50 wins by just playing better on the road.A What isA it going to take to go .500 on the road?A One qualitya 'toughness.A By toughness, I mean ...

Hawks forward Marvin Williams thought his mind was playing tricks on him when he glanced over to a corner of the team's practice facility Sunday and saw both Al Horford and Mike Bibby, wrapped up with wires and protective gauze, receiving medical treatment.

The Atlanta Hawks are a terrific young team. After years of futility and poor draft day selections, the Hawks broke through in 2007-08 when pushing eventual champion Boston Celtics to the brink in a seven game first round playoff loss.

Hindsight is always 20-20. Or, in the case of the Atlanta Hawks, 19-10. Those are Chris Paul's career averages in scoring and assists.

At 23 years old, Dwight Howard entered Friday's exhibition against the Atlanta Hawks as the second-youngest player on the Orlando Magic roster.

Joe Johnson scored 14 points with eight assists and six rebounds, as Atlanta continued its solid preseason form with a 92-87 victory over Miami.

By Henry Abbott On Atlanta's 790 the Zone this morning, Atlanta Hawk Al Horford was asked about his playoff battle with the Celtics' Paul Pierce in 2008.

Marvin Williams had 16 points and six rebounds and Al Horford added 14 points and six rebounds to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 113-95 preseason victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday night.

Jamal Crawford is projected to have a higher individual defensive rating than he posted either of the last two years in New York and Golden State.

Hawks coach Mike Woodson is careful not to invest too much emotion into preseason basketball.