Mike Bibby News

Sure, it is never fun to lose by 20 points, especially against a division opponent.

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.

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

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.

With his second straight game of scoring in the upper twenties in back-to-back nights, Jamal Crawford has put the Atlanta Hawks at 4-1; good for a tie with the Miami Heat for second place in the Eastern Conferencea TMs Southeast division.

The Lakers are back on the hardwood tonight against a talented Atlanta Hawks team.

It took the Atlanta Hawks three quarters until their defense finally showed up. Once they did, the Indiana Pacers offense went out the door giving the Hawks a 120-109 opening night win.

Jamal Crawford scored 27 points off the bench and the Atlanta Hawks outlasted the Portland Trail Blazers 97-91 on Tuesday night.

Is it a protest if Fox News does not cover and promote it?A Mike Bibby's return could not even bring back flashes of the glory days of this franchise earlier this decade.

Hea TMs grateful that frustration now belongs to his opponents a ' including Joe Johnson, the first top scorer to get locked down by the Lakersa TM new defensive stopper.

Well, you can't win 'em all. Last night's loss may have dampened some of the praise that the team had been receiving before the game, but I still like where this team is headed.

Josh Smith scored 20 points and reached a blocked shots milestone, and the Atlanta Hawks held off Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards 100-89 on Friday night.

Tomorrow night, the Atlanta Hawks and the Washington Wizards square off in a big early season match up of two of the top three teams in the Southeast Division of the NBA's Eastern Conference.

" Jamal Crawford was understandably a bit confused about his role as the Hawks' sixth man after playing just 12 minutes in the season opener.

Ita TMs definitely disappointing to see this game end the way it did, especially because looking back through the game there is one thing that really changed it.

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.

A After a reasonably injury-free preseason the Hawks came crashing back to reality Sunday.

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.

Vince Carter was 9-of-10 from the field and scored 26 points to lead the Orlando Magic to a 123-86 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night to cap the NBA's only unbeaten preseason.