Johnson's 40 lifts Hawks again By D. ORLANDO LEDBETTER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 02/24/06 Indianapolis - Joe Johnson showed why the Hawks decided to shower him with dollar bills. Johnson earned some his cash on Friday night, when he tossed the entire squad on his back and carried them to 117-112 overtime victory over the Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse. Johnson, who finished with 40 points, drained a 3-pointer to force overtime and scored 11 straight points to will the Hawks to victory on an assortment of drives and deep jumpers. "He was phenomenal," Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. "He was huge." Johnson also had 13 assists, while making 16-of-24 shots, including 5-of-5 3-pointers. "Joe took over the game," said Al Harrington, who had 22 points and nine rebounds before fouling out. "It was his night. He couldn't miss and we just had to keep feeding him." With the Hawks down 104-101, Marvin Williams missed a 3-pointer and Zaza Pachulia got the rebound and tossed it back outside to Marvin Williams. He swung the ball to Johnson for the tying shot. Time and again this season, the Hawks have melted down the stretch. This time Johnson wouldn't let them fold. "Going into overtime, I didn't want to start playing from behind," Johnson said. "I didn't want them to jump on us. I tried to come out with some intensity and jump on them before they jumped on us." Johnson scored the Hawks first three baskets of overtime. "Our record don't say a lot, but we still fight hard," Johnson said. "We've been fighting to win a close game like this, against a great team like the Indiana Pacers. We can take a lot from this and build on this." The Pacers didn't go away quietly and had a chance to win. With the Hawks leading 113-112, Anthony Johnson missed a 3-pointer. Wayne Granger got the rebound, but missed the stick-back and Royal Ivey got the rebound. "We had to get that rebound," Johnson said. "It was ugly out there." It was the Hawks third win over the Pacers this season. With Harrington scoring 17 points, the Hawks defeated the Pacers 87-85 on Nov. 25 and Johnson led the way to a 104-94 on Jan. 23 with 28 points. "I won't say that we dominate them," Harrington said. "Dominate is not a good word. We've just been fortunate enough to win because we've just out-executed them and got the stops when we had to." The Hawks went into the All-Star break with a promising victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, but have found things tougher in their return, dropping two games before this thrilling win. Josh Childress kept up hot shooting this month. He made 7-of-14 shots as he finished with 18 points, 11 rounds and one block shot. "We've been growing game by game, practice by practice," Woodson said. "This group of guys come to work everyday and it was a nice carryover into the ball game. "We've lost a lot of close games. Our record doesn't really indicate how well we've played this year. Nobody has really blown us out. We've been in a lot of ball games." Harrington got the Hawks off to a good start, making his first two shots on his old home court. The Hawks controlled most of the first quarter, gave up a lead in the second, before battling back for a 47-47 halftime score. The Hawks led 27-22 after the first period. The Pacers seemed to pick up some momentum after guard Fred Jones dribbled in from the wing and threw down a thunderous dunk. He poster-ized backup center Esteban Batista in the process. 原文轉載 http://www.ajc.com/hawks/content/sports/hawks/stories/0225hawks.html -- 稍微抓了一下錯，可能還有，請小心服用。 --

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