Bad Road Losses of ATL

By: Aryan Javan

After knocking off the red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers last Friday night, the Hawks have dropped two of three against to teams with an under .500 record.

They lost to the lowly-Philadelphia 76ers Saturday, 84-92. Granted the Hawks rested starters Paul Millsap, Kyle Korver and DeMare Carroll. Still there is no excuse to lose to one of the worst teams in the league. The Hawks depth is what has carried us all season so they should have stepped up and played better. Al Horford stated how it was just one of those off-nights in basketball.

"I couldn't get a basket. A lot of our guys had good looks as well. Is just happens."

The Hawks shot a putrid 39 percent from the field. This also snapped the Hawks 6-game-winning streak.

To their credit, the Hawks rebounded Monday night at home against the Sacramento Kings. They shot an amazing 55.6 percent from three-point land and hit 20 three-pointers! They shot an overall 60.2 percent from the field. Let's just say, they may have been angry from the loss against the 76ers. All the starters played in that game. This would be the last home game for the Hawks until March 22nd when they host the San Antonio Spurs.



The Hawks started their 6-game-road trip last night in Denver. And it was another poor effort against a mediocre team. The Nuggets came out and shot lights out. Denver finished the game shooting a respectable 50 percent from the field. The Hawks have not won in Denver since December of 2006! Danilo Gallinari led all scorers with 23 points in about 24 minutes of action. The Nuggets also put together a great 54-point performance off their bench. the Hawks staged a furious comeback rally in the end but had dug themselves too big of a hole to come out of.

"We had fun. We enjoyed tonight, " stated Kenneth Faried of the Denver Nuggets, "Atlanta is still a top team, one of the top teams in the league. We were able to show, 'Hey maybe the Nuggets can really play and maybe the Nuggets are worth watching."'

DeMare Carroll gave the perspective from the Hawks side, "We're a good team, but no team in the league is good enough to look at another person's jersey, look at another person's record and come out and play like that. We got down big. Thought we could come back, like we normally do. They kept their foot on the pedal."

The Hawks continue their road trip Friday night in Phoenix, who is still very much alive in the Western Conference Playoff race. They then travel to Los Angeles to play the Lakers, Sacramento to play the Kings, the huge showdown in Golden State on March 18th, and end their road trip in Oklahoma City against the Thunder.