http://goo.gl/HjLrV By MATT BEARDMORE (STATS Writer) | The Associated Press If Josh Smith misses another game, the Atlanta Hawks will still have plenty of confidence in their offense as they open their trip. 即使Josh Smith再错过一场比赛，亚特兰大老鹰仍有足够的信心在客场首战中发动强势进 攻。 That doesn't bode well for a Houston Rockets team giving up points - and giving the ball away - at an alarming rate. 这对失分与失球数渐趋失控的休士顿火箭来说显然不妙。 Going for just its third win in Houston in 21 years, Atlanta will try to extend its winning streak to five on Monday night when these teams close out 2012 and their season series. 21年来仅在休士顿拿下两胜的老鹰，力求在星期一晚间夺取五连胜。这场2012年岁末之战 也是两队本季最後一场例行赛。 Without Smith - the team's leading scorer at 16.6 points per game - who aggravated a hip flexor in Friday's 102-94 victory at Cleveland, and Devin Harris (sore left foot) and Anthony Morrow (strained right hip), the short-handed Hawks (19-9) defeated Indiana 109-100 on Saturday. 尽管少了以每场16.6分居老鹰之首的Smith - 他在星期五对骑士102比94的胜利中导致髋 屈肌伤恶化 - 外加Devin Harris(左脚痛)和Anthony Morrow(右髋部拉伤)，人手不足的 老鹰(19胜9败)仍在星期六以109比100击败溜马。 "Guys scored some key points," said center Al Horford, who finished with 20 points, six rebounds and six assists despite playing with a right hip contusion. "We got stops when we needed to. That was a game where we got better.'' 右髋部挫伤之下仍取得20分，6篮板，6助攻的中锋Al Horford说：「大夥投中几颗关键球 ，我们适时阻止对方得方。这场比赛我们进步了。」 The Hawks would obviously prefer to have Smith back as they open their three-game stretch outside Atlanta, but Zaza Pachulia has been more than a capable backup, averaging 8.4 points and 9.1 rebounds in seven starts this season after scoring 17 with a season high-tying 14 boards on Saturday. 老鹰显然更乐见Smith在客场三战期间归队，但Zaza Pachulia这位候补表现得相当称职， 本季七场先发平均拿下8.1分，9.1个篮板，星期六更取得平本季最高的14个篮板。 "Zaza is going to do whatever it takes to be ready, whether he starts or whether he comes in off the bench," coach Larry Drew told the Hawks' official website. 教练Larry Drew在老鹰官网上表示：「Zaza始终尽全力做好准备，不管是打先发还是板凳 。」 First-year Hawks guard Lou Williams - last year's runner-up to Houston's James Harden for Sixth Man of the Year honors - is proving to be an effective starter. Since Drew inserted Williams into the starting shooting guard spot four games ago, he is averaging 17.8 points and 6.5 assists after scoring 21 with a career-best 12 assists on Saturday. 效力老鹰五年的後卫Lou Williams - 去年评比年度第六人时仅次於火箭的James Harden - 正在证明自己是合格的先发。自从Drew在四场比赛之前，将Williams排入先发得分後卫 ，他平均拿下17.8分，6.5助攻，星期六更写下生涯最高的21分，12助攻。 Atlanta is scoring 107.3 points per game on 49.8 percent field-goal shooting during its surge. 连胜期间，亚特兰大每场攻下107.3分，命中率49.8%。 While the Hawks are going for their first five-game win streak since a season-best six-game stretch spanning Nov. 16-28, the Rockets (16-14) are in bounce-back mode after a pair of setbacks. 11月16至28日期间写下本季最佳的六连胜之後，老鹰将再次争取五连胜，而火箭(16胜14 败)也力图从二连败中奋起。 Coming off a 122-116 loss at San Antonio on Friday that ended its season-best five-game winning streak, Houston suffered its most lopsided home loss in three seasons on Saturday, 124-94 to Oklahoma City. 星期五，火箭以122比116输给马刺，中止本季最佳的五连胜纪录。星期六，火箭在主场吞 下三季以来最惨烈的败仗，以124比94轮给雷霆。 It's the first time the Rockets have surrendered 120 in back-to-back games since a three-game stretch from April 7-11, 1995. 这是火箭自1995年4月7日至11日以来，首次背对背失分超过120分。 "We're going to go through tough times like this," forward Chandler Parsons told the Rockets' official website. "We're going to go through great stretches like we just went through but we're going to learn and get better together." 前锋Chandler Parsons在火箭官网上表示：「我们会遇到这种艰难的时刻，也会遇到刚结 束的那段美好的连胜，我们会努力学习，一起变得更好。」 The Rockets have to get better with the basketball after committing a season-high 24 turnovers in each of the last two games. Harden and Jeremy Lin each have a team-high nine during that stretch. 火箭前两场都犯下本季新高的24失误，这一点必须改善。合计两战，Harden与林书豪各犯 下全队最高的9次失误。 Harden, though, has reached the 20-point plateau in a career-best 12 consecutive games. The last Rocket to have a stretch that long was Yao Ming, who reached 20 in 14 straight from Feb. 22-March 20, 2006. 不过，哈登也在此时写下连12场得20分以上的生涯最佳纪录。上一位拥有类似纪录的火箭 人是姚明，他在2006年2月22至3月20日期间，写下连14场得20分以上的纪录。 Harden netted a career-high 45 points as the visiting Rockets won their fourth in this row series on Nov. 2, 109-102. 11月2日，Harden 攻下生涯最高的45分，作客的火箭取得两队交手四连胜。 Houston has won two straight at home over Atlanta after posting a 95-84 victory last New Year's Eve. 自去年元旦除夕以95比84击败老鹰以来，火箭已在主场两度猎鹰成功。 --

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