Feb 27, 2002 11:44 PM EST
Not exactly what they had in mind.
The Hawks turned a fast start into a lethargic performance to spoil homecoming from a moderately successful road trip Wednesday. Anyone with a fairly good memory will recall that the Hawks came home from last February's marathon and lost six in a row.
This time they were punished 98-81 by the Seattle SuperSonics.
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Three Denver Nuggets made their home debuts Sunday night at the Pepsi Center and experienced what the rest of the Nuggets have too often this season -- a close loss with yet another discombobulated ending for this struggling franchise.
The subject of inefficiency in the final minutes came up again at a perfect time for interim coach Mike Evans. This time he had a tailor-made excuse in a locker room with so many new faces.
Denver needed a three-pointer to tie the Atlanta Hawks in the waning moments, but got a fall-away jumper from the baseline instead from new point guard Tim Hardaway.
Atlanta made its free throws and won only its eighth road game
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Sounds the trumpets and sends the clowns home, the Hawks are finally returning to Philips Arena after a grueling six game Western swing, ending in victory in Denver and a 3-3 split for the outing.
Jeff Denberg of the AJC breaks down the game and what went right out West for the Hawks...
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Hawks Feb 2002 Archive
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| Feb 23, 2002
According to Jeff Denberg of the AJC, in a crackling good game the Hawks got 32 points, eight assists from Jason Terry and 25 points, 16 rebounds from Shareef Abdur-Rahim, but it wasn't enough as Seattle put the Hawks away 99-96 in the closing moments.
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| Feb 22, 2002
When: 7 tonight.
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| Feb 22, 2002
According to the AJC, There was no suspense here Thursday night.
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| Feb 20, 2002
Lethargy had overtaken the Kings as they entered the fourth quarter Tuesday night, and a jump-start of energy was badly needed.
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| Feb 20, 2002
The story has it, one of the reasons the Vancouver Grizzlies struggled in British Columbia, especially later on, was the inability of point guard Mike Bibby and small forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim to get along.
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| Feb 20, 2002
Jeff Denberg of the AJC reports that the Hawks' brief winning streak, which had been like a refreshing breath of spring in the dead of winter, was undone Tuesday.
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| Feb 17, 2002
As Jeffrey Denberg of the AJC reports, you can forget the nonsense of a Nazr Mohammed for Travis Best deal.
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| Feb 16, 2002
Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 12 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter Friday night in another stirring performance as the Hawks held off a Lakers rally from 19 down in the second half.
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| Feb 15, 2002
Jeffrey Denberg of the AJC reports that a funny thing happened to Shareef Abdur-Rahim after serving a three game suspension in January, he was named to the All-Star team.
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| Feb 13, 2002
Jeffrey Denberg of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes about the Hawks upset over the Eastern Conference leading Nets and muses about the Hawks actually putting a string of hard fought games together.
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| Feb 12, 2002
In the days leading to training camp, an innocent and almost heady time, the Hawks thought anything would be possible this season.
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| Feb 8, 2002
Chris Broussard of the New York Times says that after carrying the Knicks all night with his feathery touch, Houston hand delivered the victory by draining his final 3-pointer with 2.
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| Feb 7, 2002
The Hawks had chances to win on the last stop before the All-Star break.
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| Feb 6, 2002
The Heat doesn't have to worry about losing momentum during its seven-day All-Star break.
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| Feb 6, 2002
Just when the optimism begins to soar, reality reminds you this still is a last-place team.
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| Feb 5, 2002
The Hawks survived a pair of missed attempts by the Heat in the final seconds Tuesday for a 76-73 victory at American Airlines Arena.
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| Feb 5, 2002
When/where: 7:30 p.
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| Feb 3, 2002
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| Feb 3, 2002
Winning never comes easy for the Hawks.
