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Bibby Wins In Return To Sacramento
Posted by:
Micah Hart on
February 19, 2009 at
10:51AM AFT
It wasn't easy. I have seen this game many times before over the last few years, where a team looks to be overmatched on paper but manages to stick it to Atlanta in the end.
That didn't happen tonight thankfully, as the Hawks held off a spirited home team in the Sacramento Kings to win 105-100 and move to 1-1 on their five-game West Coast swing. The star of the night for Atlanta was Mike Bibby, as if it could be anyone else. In his return to the town where he became famous as a playoff and all-around crunch time killer, Bibby scored a team-high 29 points to lead the team to it's 13th road win, besting last year's total with 28 games left in the season. Bibby didn't do it alone tonight, as Al Horford had his best game since coming back from a knee injury with 18 points and a season-high 18 rebounds. The rebounds were particularly nice, given the drubbing the Lakers gave the Hawks the night before in Los Angeles. The win also snapped a nine-year losing streak in Sacramento, and kept the Kings winless against the Eastern Conference this season. The Hawks get a day to rest up tomorrow and see if any moves get made at the deadline (3 pm ET, be sure to check the blog for any updates as the day goes on) before heading to Portland to take on the Blazers on Friday night.
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