The Hawks offense has felt a bit stagnant over the last several games, even while the team was winning. That certainly wasn't the case tonight, as Atlanta hung a season-high 129 on the Bulls in a 129-117 win at Philips Arena.
Joe Johnson, and it pains me to say this, sorta, kinda, struggled in Tuesday's win over Oklahoma City (I say that delicately, I mean the dude did have his second career triple-double). He made up for that tonight and then some, scoring a season high 41 points and hitting 4-6 three-pointers to lead the team to its 4th straight win and sixth in seven games on the homestand.
This homestand has been awesome so far, if for no other reason than the Hawks are taking advantage. The last few years, it seemed like every time the Hawks had a chance to do something right, something went wrong. Not this year - at 9 games over .500, the Hawks are doing their best to put some distance in the standings in the race for the last home-court spot in the Eastern Conference, and are giving themselves a chance to even challenge Orlando for the Southeast Division title.
Most of the wins of late have been of the grind it out, first-one-to-90-wins kinds of affairs, but it's nice to see the Hawks can go the other way as well.
The Bulls have been frequent tormentors of the Hawks of late, so it's particularly sweet to see them take the first two games of the year against this squad (though it must be said, Derrick Rose can ball).
A great win, and now Atlanta is one win away from a very, very impressive 7-1 homestand.
Bring it on, Denver.
